@Korsi: I understand the idea that parents are going to buy the DS now instead of the 3DS in four months, but why now? I mean, it's been pretty much the same price for the last couple of Black Fridays, and the library has been just as good for the last couple of years as it is now. I guess if your kids were too young…

@Shinta: I can see that possibly being true. It truly is a wonderful game... but it's weird that DKC would sell certain people on the Wii now when both Galaxies, NSMBW, and other stuff didn't... especially considering the console was roughly the same price on Black Friday last year? Either way, good on them, I guess.

If I was shopping for a new console, I wouldn't be buying a Wii or a DS this year. The Wii hasn't seen much of a price drop recently... so if I was buying one, I'd already have it; and the DS is being replaced in just a few months. The libraries for both also aren't markedly better than they were twelve months ago,…

This is terribly sad news. God Bless you, Irvin Kershner. All our lives truly wouldn't be the same without you.

I recently watched an interview with Eric Schmidt and found it quite illuminating. Schmidt seemed very determined that Google was going to resolve the issues with the content providers simply by proving to them that something like GoogleTV was an inevitability, and that Google could introduce the networks to enormous…

@Mixiboi: To be fair, he didn't mention Minidisc, Beta, or Memory Stick... all of which were determined failures produced by Sony's legendary stubborn-ass desire to use a proprietary tech where a standard one would work just as well, if not better.

@Cheeseter: You mean Hot Pursuit? Because if someone sold you Most Wanted for $35, that guy is not your friend.

This weekend I'm going to try and make it through the two indie packs I just picked up on Steam. I'm really looking forward to Puzzle Agent.

Fable 3, $29.99. TMNT Turtles in Time for $2 in MS points. Two of the indie packs on Steam, $4.99 each. $41.97 for twelve quality games is a nice haul for me.

@MajorGroove: With all due respect, that doesn't change any of the points we established in the earlier comments.

@Tebasaki: Any time, my friend. Hope you get some good stuff, best of luck!

Dark Void is decidedly not worth $20. It's been on clearance at most stores for months already (not that it's any indication of the game's quality)... but in this case, even clearance prices aren't a great deal. That game is just not very good at all.

@Awesome Mcawesome: Thank you!

Achievement Unlocked: It's A Gruel, Gruel World.

@Tebasaki: I see what you mean, my friend. However, there seems to be an option to waitlist it... seems the remaining "available" quantity is currently in customers' carts... but if you waitlist it (the offer ends in about thirty minutes) and some of the customers currently considering it opt out, you'll get a…

@heytherefancypants: If you removed all the ads and nagware in Yahoo mail, you'd have a blank page.

@Tebasaki: That's because you're not looking at the Lightning Deals section. Go to the main Amazon page, then the Black Friday ads, then Video Games, then the Black Friday navigator will have all the games listed. They're not doing it as a price change on the SKU this year... instead, it's a discount that is added to…

@derkbryant: Fair enough, and an important clarification, you're right. They'll definitely do in a pinch. Cheers!

@derkbryant: I just don't get using an HDTV as a monitor. Unless you're talking 1080p and the television is tiny, the pixel density is just awful. There's a reason 28" and larger monitors run at 2560x1600.

I think it's another game starring Vin Diesel as a bad guy in a bad town doing bad things. Hopefully this one will be more like Escape From Butcher Bay and less like Wheelman.