As you might have heard, Toys “R” Us is now allowing customers to offload their used console and handheld games – Atari 2600 and Game Boy cartridges included – in exchange for credit that can be used online or at brick-and-mortar locations. This isn’t a full step into the used business mind you, as the [...]

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The 360 is getting its first major update in a while, very soon, and we’ll be able to download Xbox 360 titles directly to our hard drives.  Whoopty frickin do!  We’re all screwed!  And everyone that buys full size games at retail prices online is to blame.

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These days times are, as we probably all know, pretty tough. Money’s coming up short, jobs are being dropped all over the place, companies are going under and worst of all, our gaming habits are being threatened by the money that we don’t have to buy anything new.
Naturally, as specialists in providing community service, Sarcastic [...]

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You might be tempted to grab your check card and drive at an usafe speed toward Gamestop, upon first hearing of the ridiculous deals they’re offering, including 50% off of “New” games.  However, a note of caution.  “New” is pretty much a description of condition, not recency.
Oh and the games?  The average Metacritic score of [...]

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GameStop, as many a gamer know, are the masters of extortion. They’re experts in taking your games from you faster than you can say “good value,” deposit a couple of measly bucks in your hand and tell you to “have a nice day” in half that time. Next thing you know, you’re outside the shop, [...]

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Wow. Sony have swept me off my feet. No sooner had they climbed into the top 40 of our Top Gaming Moments of 2008 by being rubbish in Europe, they have gone and done something Eurocentric. This time they’ve gone and shafted the Americans instead, by making them pre-order Killzone 2 before they can download [...]

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Do you purchase used games? If so, then I have one question for you. How the hell do you sleep at night? Seriously, you are an awful human being that probably clubs baby seals. Don’t you know that publishers and developers don’t earn any money from second-hand sales? Not even [...]

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This was a really fun show for the whole crew as we finally called Dave out about his overall prize apathy.  We also welcomed our very good friend (and sponsor) Chad Vance from Playswitch.com to the show and spilled the beans on an awesome game giveaway.  So pull up a Slurpee, turn up your ear [...]

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“Thank you for calling Gamestop where we buy and sell used games and you can trade in your game towards a pre-order for Gears of War 2, this is Michael, would you like to reserve a copy of Fable 2?” says the voice on the other end of the phone.
Such is the standard telephone greeting [...]

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GameStop appears to be hell-bent on world domination. The U.S.-based retail giant has an impressive global presence, which includes Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, Spain, Italy, Germany, Norway and Denmark. In late June, the company expanded its empire when it purchased New Zealand’s Gamesman stores. Now it looks like the used-game-pimping chain [...]

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Ghostbusters junkies were no doubt crushed when Activision Blizzard opted not to publish Terminal Reality’s game based on the popular franchise. Sierra quickly quelled fears that “Ghostbusters: The Video Game” had been canceled, but confirmed that the title did not have a publisher.
The game was originally supposed to ship this October. However, that [...]

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We’ve been tipped off by a mysterious figure known only as ironfist74 (or, er, Brian) on the subject of Sears, who’re currently selling Xbox LIVE points cards at an unreasonably high price. What is it with huge corporations and sticking vacuum cleaners in our pockets every time we make a reasonable request?
For that price in [...]

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Of all the signs that indicate the end of the world, I think one of them should read “The only place you can buy a physical copy of your video game will be at a Gamestop.” While we’re not close to that yet, thank you to all that is good in holy, it looks like [...]

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