Nintendo is showing no mercy to those who picked up a DSi since it was released in April and announcing that gamers will have to pick up the new, redesigned DSi LL if they want to stay cutting-edge.
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Give Amazon $80, Get Video Games And $40 Credit
By 10.28.09
If you have $80 and a lust for video games, Amazon has a deal for you, which was spotted by Joystiq. Spend the money on pre-selected video games and you get a $40 credit.
Netflix Streaming Coming To PS3 In November
By 10.26.09
Sony is barging in on Microsoft’s territory, having hammered out a deal to stream Netflix movies over the console just like the Xbox 360 for no additional charge beyond the Netflix membership.
Man Wakes Up To Find Dog Went On XBOX Spending Spree
By 10.26.09
A man claims his dog bought spent $62.50 on video games by chewing on his Xbox 360 controller at night, Kotaku writes:
Man Says Sony Wants $140 To Repair Four-Month Old PS3
By 10.26.09
Robert bought a PlayStation 3, which crapped out him after four months, falling victim to the yellow light of death. He says he contacted Sony to get a repair, but the company insists on charging him $150 plus tax and shipping. This is odd, because Sony offers a one-year warranty on PS3s.
A Look Inside Microsoft's First Retail Store
By 10.23.09
Destructoid’s Conrad Zimmerman hoofed it to the world’s first Microsoft Store in Scottsdale. People actually camped out overnight in order to be the first to get a look inside, which shows you how little there is to do in Arizona.
2007 Called With A Pretty Good 'Rock Band' Offer
By 10.22.09
Maybe excitement around the Rock Band video game has faded, but if you were one of the holdouts who were always jealous of friends who brought the game home a couple years back, now is the time to have your latent wishes fulfilled.
Guy Orders 20 Xboxes, Microsoft Won't Give Him Right Power Brick For Just One
By 10.21.09
Jon ordered 20 Xbox 360s and was happy with all of them, except for the one that came with a mis-matched power brick adapter. He called Microsoft customer service but says he was stonewalled, dealing with a rep who was either quite misinformed, lazy, lying, or some combination of the three.
Browns Fan's Case Against EA Dismissed, Will Probably Be Settled
By 10.16.09
It looks like Big Dawg is getting his.
It's Been Two Months, So Sony Goes Ahead And Releases Another New PS3
By 10.16.09
If you went out and bought a PS3 Slim, thinking your new system would at least avoid obsolescence for the rest of the year, think again.
Blockbuster Tells Gamer It's Reinstituting Late Fees For Game Rentals At 'Select Stores'
By 10.7.09
Blockbuster is apparently “celebrating the end of late fees” with… late fees!
Toys R Us Charges You $10 More For Game With Bonus 'Free' T-Shirt
By 10.6.09
Brent snapped these photos of sales displays for Carnival Games for Wii. The store is charging $30 for the game by itself, but $40 for the game with a bonus “free” t-shirt.
Browns Fan Sues Because Madden Game Shows His Iconic Mask
By 10.6.09
Cleveland Browns fanatic John “Big Dawg” Thompson, famous for wearing an intimidating bulldog mask in Cleveland’s rowdy Dawg Pound section, is suing Electronic Arts for using his likeness in the Madden NFL 10 video game, several video game blogs are reporting..
Gamers Accuse Sony, Nintendo Of Breaking Their Consoles From Afar
By 10.2.09
It’s a good week for Microsoft and its fanboys, because both Playstation 3 and Wii gamers are reporting recent system updates are rendering their consoles nothing more than bricks.
Rumor: Game Crazy To Close 200 Locations
By 9.29.09
Joystiq reported last night that Game Crazy “plans to close 200 of its approximately 680 locations at the end of October.” There’s no official list of which stores are closing yet, so feel free to ask your local Game Crazy employees and see if you can scare them.
Why Can't Microsoft Help Get This Guy's Stolen Xbox Live Account Back?
By 9.25.09
Erik has been patiently trying to get his stolen Xbox Live account back for a month and a half now, but all Microsoft has done to help is lie and fail to follow up on phone calls or emails. Oh, and there was that one point where they sent “how to get your account back” instructions to the person who had stolen the account, which sort of defeated the point.
Buy DS Game Scribblenauts, Get Bonus Racist Symbolism
By 9.21.09
In the puzzle game Scribblenauts for the Nintendo DS, you type in names of items that appear on screen and help you complete levels. Among the tens of thousands of possibilities is one that’s more than a little unnerving: type in the antiquated racial slur “sambo” and up pops a watermelon, another racist Vaudevillian symbol.
