This is it folks, the last Calendar Man post of the year. Sure, there will be deals and such from now until the end of the year, but as of Wednesday of this week, I am officially off of the clock for the rest of the year. This week has nothing of note coming out, a pattern I see repeating until I’m back on the shift and I’m fairly certain you can navigate the retail landscape on your own until the New Year.
So yeah, I’ll post something on Wednesday, Bill, Todd and I will do a show on Thursday and then it’s nothing but holiday eating and packing my many, many Transformers to fill my free time. Whee!
Deals
Toys R Us – Buy any Skylanders figure from the first game, get the second figure at 75% off. All Skylander Giants figures (that’s just the big guys, not all figures for Skylanders Giants) are 20% off. All Skylanders triple packs are $19.99. Get the following 3DS games at two for $40: Monster 3D 4×4, Imagine Fashion Life, Lego Lord of the Rings, Trash Pack, Epic Mickey, Angry Birds Trilogy, Scribblenauts Unlimited, Lalaloopsy Carnival of Friends, Disney Princess My Fairytale Adventure, Hello Kitty Picnic, Lego Batman 2, Sonic Generations, Moshi Monsters Moshling Theme Park, Bratz Fashion Boutique, Wipeout 3, Spyhunter. Get a $20 gift card with purchase of 4GB Xbox 360. Get free $20 gift card with purchase of PS3 Uncharted 3 bundle. Buy one, get one at 40% off for all Wii games and all games priced $19.99 and less. Save $10 when buying one of the following games or save $50 when buying two or more: Family Guy Back to the Multiverse, Tekken Tag Tournament 2, Dishonored, Farcry 3, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Fifa 13, Kinect Star Wars, Hitman Absolution, Forza Horizon, Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, Epic Mickey 2 The Power of Two, Call of Duty Black Ops 2, Halo 4. Save $20 plus a free $10 gift card with purchase of any 3DS or 3DS XL. Save $25 on two or more Wii U games priced $49.99 and up or save $5 on any one Wii U game priced $49.99 and up.
Target – Buy two, get one free on all Wii U games. Free $30 gift card with purchase of 360 4GB Kinect bundle or PS3 Epic Mickey 2 bundle. Free $50 gift card with purchase of any Vita bundle. Get the following games for $49.99: Far Cry 3, Medal of Honor Warfighter, NFS Most Wanted, WWE 13, NBA 2K13, Madden NFL 13, Call of Duty Black Ops II, Assassins Creed III, Skylanders Giants. Get the following games for $39.99: Resident Evil 6, Epic Mickey 2, Sleeping Dogs, Dance Central 3, 007 Legends. Get the following games for $35: Paper Mario Sticker Star, Mario Kart 7, New Super Mario Bros 2, Just Dance 4. Get the following games for $29.99: LEGO Lord of the Rings, Wipeout 3, Amazing Spider-Man, Battlefield 3 Premium Edition, Max Payne 3. Get the following games for $19.99: Just Dance 3, Wreck It Ralph, LEGO Batman 2, Just Dance Disney, Angry Birds Trilogy.
Best Buy – Get a $50 gift card with purchase of any Vita. Free $25 gift card with purchase of Forza/Skyrim Holiday 360 bundle. Get free $20 PSN card with purchase of 160GB PS3. Save $25 with the purchase of any two of the following games: Just Dance 4, Just Dance Disney Party, Hip Hop Dance. Get the following games for $49.99 each: NHL 13, Madden NFL 13, Fifa Soccer 13, NCAA Football 13, Family Guy Back to the Multiverse. Get the following games for $39.99: Medal of Honor Warfighter, Need for Speed Most Wanted, Battlefield 3 Premium, Forza Horizon, Halo 4. Get the following games for $29.99: Tiger Woods PGA Tour, Uncharted Golden Abyss, Assassins Creed Liberation, Epic Mickey Power of Illusion. Get the following games for $19.99: The Trash Pack, Wreck it Ralph, The Sims 3, The Sims 3 Seasons , The Sims 3 Supernatural.
But how will people know what I’m playing on a weekly basis for the rest of the year? ??
Sleeping Dogs and Halo 4? With sides of Borderlands 2? Fine ;).
Almost done Sleeping Dogs. Just finished all the favors, races, and lockboxes. Now two more story missions and any clean up I want to do.
Oh, I got a copy of Picross 3D on clearance for ten bucks and it has been humming in my 3DS all weekend. Fantastic puzzle game.
Still have not decided what to play next, so in the meantime I am trying to systematically take down all the New Super Mario Bros U challenges. The time challenges all require perfect runs to get gold, which is great since it has turned Mario into a much more fluid platformer like Rayman Origins, Dust Force, or Super Meat Boy (so I’ve been told).
I may try to take down another game before I go to my parents next week, at which point I will switch to The World Ends With You.
In addition to all the deals above, Amazon is having a massive sale on downloadable PC games right now. The selection will vary a bit from day to day, but at the moment, the four-week-old Hitman: Absolution is down to $20.
And don’t forget: all the cool kids buy from Amazon by searching through the No High Scores app there on the right side of screen —->
So I have no interest in Skylanders, or Spyro, but I was at a friend’s house this week, and his 8 year old son asked me to play a little bit of it with him, and I can, without qualification, say that if I was 8, and that game had come out I would have LOST. MY. SHIT.
The giants glow when you put em on the thing! And then they show up! Right there on the Tee Vee! It’s crazy!
The gameplay’s passable enough, but the fact that you can set a piece of plastic on another piece of plastic and have the game recognize everything and have the character give you an entrance catchphrase? That’s cool.
Oh, and the action figures glow when they’re on the pedestal…just sayin.