Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Deal of the Day - 9/21/10

Hello All,

Another month passes and another Woot-Off hits.  If you do not know, during the woot-off, Woot sells many items as fast as they can, with a special item at the very end.  You can read more about what this is here.

You can find the actual woot-off here.

Later,

John

Saturday, September 11, 2010

Deal of the Day #2 - 9/11/10

Hello All,

RedBox just rented its billionth movie.  As a thank you they are having a contest with free rentals for everyone, and the chance at a 51 other big prizes.  If you rent a movie, you enter your code on the DVD for a free rental and a chance at 1 of 50 Golden Code Prizes and an entry into the grand prize drawing for either a Sony Home Theatre or a trip for 2 to the People's Choice Awards.

You can find the details and get your free rental code here.

Later,

John

Gone but not forgotten

Hello All,

I cannot celebrate the PlayStation without mourning the loss of the Dreamcast.  The Dreamcast debuted on 9/9/99, four years after the PS1 hit the US.  It was the finest system at the time, arguably the best system launch, and was killed due to Sega's bad decision making, EA not supporting it, and finally the PS2.

There is a video podcast series in iTunes that goes through the history of gaming, and is very entertaining.  Here is the episode on the Dreamcast.  If you have iTunes I recommend finding the series in their as the video quality is better.

If you missed out on the awesomeness that is the Dreamcast, you can still buy them from Amazon.  Lastly it is true that I bought a Dreamcast, then bought a second unit when they were on sale for $40, just in case the first one broke.  That is my love for the Dreamcast.

RIP Dreamcast

Later,

John

Deal of the Day - 9/11/10

Hello All,

Sony has been selling PlayStation in America for fifteen years.  Wow, does that make me feel old.  Anyway, to celebrate they are offering free stuff and discounted stuff in their store, available to PS3 owners.  Here is Sonys post on the topic.

So far the special includes a neat theme, Super Rub a Dub, a Super Monkey Ball Deluxe style of game, for $2.99 and Suikoden, a PS1 RPG, for $2.99.

The sales and specials run through the end of the month.

For a background in how the PS1 came to be, check out this video.  The Bad move for Nintendo, good move for video gamers.

Later,

John

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Deal of the Day - 9/9/10

Hello All,

Just a quick one this morning. Starcraft II, one of the most anticipated games for several years, is on sale until Saturday at Kmart for, the low low price of $39.99. That is $20 off where almost everyone else is selling it.

You can find it here.

You can see ratings and reviews for the game here and here.

Later,

John

Thursday, September 2, 2010

Deal of the Day - 9/2/10

Hello All,

A quick one for you this morning.  Woot is selling an Epson networked all-in-one printer for $59.99 shipped to your door.  If you need a printer you should buy this one.  Here is why

  • Super fast - 38 Pages per minute
  • You can print to it directly from your iPhone
  • It is over $190 brand new - find it here
  • It scans, it faxes, it copies, and it prints
  • It hooks into your network wirelessly, or via ethernet cable
Epson is arguably the best printer maker out there, the only thing is their ink is a bit high, but that is what the best can do, they can charge more.

You can buy it here.

Later,

John