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Boxing Day Sales 2012: Who Has The Best Deals?

The key to shopping success on Boxing Day is to go in with a plan. Coordinate all the alarm clocks in your house, study the floor plans of your nearest Westfield shopping centre, and scope out the layout of the stores you’re going to hit. Here’s a roundup of some end-of-year sales to get you started.


MMO Shopping Is A Real Thing

I’ve never been one of those people that considers shopping “fun”. I shop because it’s necessary, because I need something. If gamification has taught us anything though, it’s that all it might take for something to become fun and interesting is to make it a game.


Check Out Taipei’s Underground Video Game “District”

Many of my expatriate friends call Taiwan “China-lite”, and to me it really makes sense. Taiwan unlike the Chinese mainland is run by a democratically elected government, it doesn’t censor its internets like the mainland does and most importantly for a gamer like myself, you can legally buy video game consoles. In Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, there are many places that sell video games and video game accessories but one place has become kind of like a pilgrimage site for gamers and tourists alike, the Taipei City Mall.


Harvey Norman Games Sale Goes Awry As Customers Bemoan Unfulfilled Orders

When Harvey Norman staged a 50 per cent off games sale last month, it attracted lots of buyers keen for a bargain. However, not everyone is happy with the outcome: some shoppers are reporting extended delays in receiving their games, along with poor and conflicting information from customer service.


Get The Year’s Biggest Games On The Cheap From Steam

Whether they were good (Portal 2), bad (Duke Nukem Forever) or under your radar (Orcs Must Die!), you can get some of the biggest games of this year and other recent releases for up to 75 per cent off on Valve’s digital distribution portal. Starts today, ends on Sunday, Get clicking, folks: store.steampowered.com.


ShockedFish Lets You Compare Prices At Multiple Online Game Retailers

Digital delivery services for video games have completely changed the way many of us buy video games. There are several to choose from, but ShockedFish is a new web app that lets you price compare the most popular ones to see which has the best price on the game you want to buy.


Nintendo 3DS Buyer’s Guide

We’ve played the games. We’ve shown you its most show-offy feature. We’ve been surprised how much we liked the 3DS. (And we expected we’d like it a lot.) So should you get your $349 out of your sock today and buy a Nintendo 3DS? Probably not.


How The Weak US Dollar Is Good For Video Games

The US Dollar is as weak as it’s ever been at the moment. That’s (generally) bad news for Americans, but for everyone else? It’s good news if you buy video games and like to save money.


Standalone 320GB PlayStation 3s Going On Sale

Sony started selling 320GB PlayStation 3s bundled with the new PlayStation Move controller last month but promised another option. Today, the company says the 320GB systems are now shipping to retailers. They’ll cost $US350. Move-bundled units run $US400; 160GB units go for $US300.


Patent Application Imagines The DS Helping With The Groceries

Still trying to sell the DS to people who don’t typically play games, Nintendo has plans for an application linking the DS with a supermarket’s inventory so users can simplify their shopping list and find what they need more easily.


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