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| Holiday Procrastinators Unite!
Eventually... |
| December 7, 2007 at 4:57pm |
Unless you know Phil and his Magical
Holiday Mullet, you should place your gift orders soon.
Although you still have plenty of time to place your orders on
GameStop.com for holiday gifts, you should probably make your gift
selections soon if you want to be sure they arrive by December 25
— unless you have connections with the big guy in red. And when we
say, "big guy in red," we mean Phil, a guy in our merchandising department who has a
fondness for mullets and red Dickies™ coveralls.
If you are the procrastinating type who usually picks up gifts at the convenience store
on the way to your relatives' houses, why not make this the year that you make hay while the sun shines
or get that worm like the early bird? On second thought, neither of those sound very fun. But you
could make this the year you give games, consoles and accessories, instead of the usual air freshener,
beef jerky and 10w30 motor oil.
You can find more information on Holiday Shipping Deadlines, Customer Service
Holiday Hours, Store Holiday Hours and our Gift-Givers Guarantee
here.
Don't wait too long to bring joy to
your favorite players!
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| Accessories Make All the Difference |
| December 6, 2007 at 5:04pm |
Accessories help you stand out from the crowd.
Anyone involved in the fashion industry will be the first to tell you that accessorizing makes all the difference.
Without his utility belt, Batman would just be some rich weirdo
running around in tights. As we saw in The Empire Strikes Back,
without his lightsaber, Luke Skywalker was just some one-handed guy
screaming "Noooo!" at his dad.
If you're going to get the most out
of your gaming experience, you need to accessorize, as well. Without
a controller, your console is little more than an expensive
doorstop. Without a guitar controller, you couldn't be a Guitar
Hero. You'd just be a regular, run-of-the-mill hero. Without a Zune, you'd just have to stand on the street corner and wait for
someone to drive by with his windows down and his radio turned up
loud.
You can find controllers, memory sticks, headsets, cables and more on the
GameStop website. When you're visiting one of our console-specific pages, just click
on the Accessories link on the left side of the page, and you'll see a list of the
latest accessories for your Wii,
DS,
Xbox 360,
PS3,
PS2,
PSP or
PC.
You can also find the link to the Zune Media Player
on the left side of every page.
So stand out from the crowd by customizing your console. Or get yourself a Zune and snicker at your friends who got sucked in by the
iPod hype. Whatever you do, remember, it's all about the accessories. |
| You, Too, Can be as Smart as a
Hollywood Starlet |
| December 5, 2007 at 4:39pm |
Is she pondering a sudoku, or is she
wondering why the stylus doesn't taste like peppermint?
We're sure you may have already read this on some other gaming blog
sites whose writers don't get distracted when it's Corn-Dog Day at
the office cafeteria, but actress Nicole Kidman is promoting More
Brain Training from Dr Kawashima: How Old Is Your Brain?, which is
basically the long-winded name of the European version of what we
know as Brain Age 2.
We've never claimed to be a "breaking news"
kind of blog. In fact, "breaking news" makes us think of "breaking
wind," which makes us giggle, not to mention the previous use of the
term "long-winded."
As you can surmise, the pursuit of these higher planes of thought often prevents us from tracking down the latest scoop. However,
when we eventually took the time to read about Nicole Kidman and
the Brain Training series, it prompted some healthy debate about
whether she lives up to "her reputation for being intelligent, entertaining and genuine,"
as the article from the Nintendo web site states. This led to an
equally healthy debate over whether Corn-Dog Day should be replaced
by Pigs-in-a-Blanket Day. When we finally arrived back at the subject at
hand, we were ultimately stumped with a few unanswerable questions.
For one thing, none of us
here at GameStop personally knows Nicole Kidman, and we haven't seen
her SAT scores. Sure, we've witnessed her witty banter on talk shows with
the likes of David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, but they script a
lot of that. So can we really verify that she's some kind of genius
whose MIT acceptance letter was lost in the mail, causing her to
pursue a career in acting instead?
Without any verifiable evidence, we decided
that any actor promoting a brain-training video game sends one of
three messages: "You can be smart like me," "We could all use a
little brain sharpening," or "I have no idea what this game is, but
they backed a dump truck full of money into my driveway."
We don't know which of the three applies to her.
We promise to make the selfless sacrifice of keeping a close eye on
her in the
movie The Golden Compass, opening in theaters this Friday. Did we mention that she also
appears in The Golden Compass
video game that we just happen to have
available online? When she gazes off into
the distance as if she's deep in thought, is she
really deep in thought or is she just practicing "Smell-the-Fart"
acting touted by Joey from Friends? The world may never know. Just to make sure she
doesn't pass you up on the cerebral scale, you should pick
up your own copy of Brain Age 2 for DS. |
| Make a Difference this Holiday Season |
| December 4, 2007 at 5:27pm |
Your donations can help fulfill a child's wish.
We think we have the best customers in the world, and we're giving you
the opportunity to prove it this season. While you are shopping
for gifts on GameStop.com for your loved ones, we'd like you to consider making a small
donation to the Make-a-Wish Foundation®.
We've made it easy for you to donate to this worthy cause while you shop
online. Simply visit our
Make-A-Wish Foundation®
donations page and add the amount you would like to give to your
shopping cart. As a token of our gratitude, we'll give you Free
3-Day Shipping on any in-stock items with your Make-A-Wish®
donation. Even the smallest gift can make a huge difference when we
all band together.
Make-A-Wish Foundation® grants the wishes of children with
life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience
with hope, strength and joy. It is the largest wish-granting charity
in the world, with 67 chapters in the United States and its
territories.
With the help of generous donors and nearly 25,000 volunteers, the
Make-A-Wish Foundation®
has granted more than 153,000 wishes to children in the United
States since 1980. You can help the Make-A-Wish Foundation® send
thousands of children facing life-threatening medical conditions on
amazing adventures.
Donating cash is not the only way you can help. Visit our
Make-A-Wish Foundation®
page or www.wish.org to find out more about the many ways you can make a difference. We're proud to support the Make-A-Wish Foundation®,
and we're proud of you for helping. Thank you for your generosity! |
| Brütal Legend Countdown |
| December 3, 2007 at 3:19pm |
We know this shirt will still be in style next fall.
With
the November 3, 2008 release of Brütal Legend looming upon us, we
need to remind you that you only have 335 days left to pre-order
your copy. And that also means kotaku.com only has 335 days left to
make fun of us for taking pre-orders so early.
But sometimes a game is just so wickedly cool, you have to say
something about it, no matter how early it is.
Jack Black lends his voice talents to roadie Eddie Riggs, who is transported to a land where heavy metal album covers come to life. He must rely on his axe (guitar) and his axe (an actual battle axe) to vanquish his foes.
The rating is pending on this one, but if you need to be 18 or older
just to view the trailer, that should give you an indication of
where the game is headed, in true over-the-top, heavy-metal fashion.
Although you're still a couple of solstices and equinoxes away from
getting your hands on Brütal Legend, you at least owe it to yourself
to check out the video trailer. And if you do happen to be one of
the first 666 (get it?) people to pre-order Brütal Legend, you'll
get an exclusive Brütal Legend T-shirt. So act now or sometime in
the not-too-distant future to get yours. |
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