QuasidodoJunior Bloghttp://www.gameinformer.com/blogs/members/b/quasidodojunior_blog/atom.aspxCommunity Server2009-10-02T02:15:11Z/blogs/members/b/quasidodojunior_blog/archive/2009/11/27/amazon-s-best-blu-ray-deals-black-friday-sale.aspx2009-11-27T19:11:00Z2009-11-27T19:11:00Z<p><img src="http://www.mediabistro.com/galleycat/original/amazon_crave.jpg" style="max-width:550px;" border="0" alt="" /></p> <p>Here are the following sale prices for blu-rays at Amazon.com. Enjoy!</p> <p><b>$6.99</b><br /> Children of the Corn<br /> Hellraiser<br /> <br /> <b>$7.99</b><br /> 007: Die Another Day<br /> 2001: A Space Odyssey<br /> Alexander<br /> American Psycho<br /> Basic Instinct<br /> Blow<br /> Chaos<br /> Commando<br /> <span style="color:red;">Constantine</span><br /> Corpse Bride<br /> <span style="color:red;">Dark City</span><br /> The Departed<br /> <span style="color:red;">The Devil&#39;s Rejects</span><br /> Dirty Dancing<br /> Dogma<br /> Full Metal Jacket - Deluxe Edition<br /> Ghost Rider<br /> Goodfellas<br /> Happily N&#39;Ever After<br /> A History of Violence<br /> I Am Legend<br /> Into the Blue<br /> Kickboxer<br /> King of New York<br /> A Knight&#39;s Tale<br /> The Lake House<br /> Live Free or Die Hard<br /> <span style="color:red;">Lucky Number Slevin</span><br /> Music and Lyrics<br /> The Ninth Gate<br /> No Way Back<br /> Ocean&#39;s Eleven<br /> <span style="color:red;">The Passion of the Christ</span><br /> The Pink Panther (Steve Martin)<br /> P.S. I Love You<br /> The Punisher (Tom Jane)<br /> <span style="color:red;">Replicant</span><br /> Reservoir Dogs<br /> Revenge<br /> <span style="color:red;">Robocop</span><br /> Ronin<br /> <span style="color:red;">Saw</span><br /> Saw II<br /> A Scanner Darkly<br /> The Searchers<br /> See No Evil<br /> The Silence of the Lambs<br /> Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan<br /> Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home<br /> <span style="color:red;">Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country</span><br /> Star Trek VIII: First Contact<br /> Stargate (original release)<br /> Striking Distance<br /> The Terminator<br /> Total Recall<br /> Traitor<br /> The Transporter<br /> The Ultimate Avengers<br /> Underworld<br /> V for Vendetta<br /> Waiting...<br /> Wyatt Earp<br /> Young Guns<br /> <br /> <b>$8.49</b><br /> Interview with the Vampire<br /> <br /> <b>$8.99</b><br /> 007: From Russia With Love<br /> The Aviator<br /> Blazing Saddles<br /> Courage Under Fire<br /> Cutthroat Island<br /> Never Say Never Again<br /> Raging Bull<br /> Rambo: First Blood<br /> Rambo: First Blood Part II<br /> Rambo III<br /> Short Circuit<br /> Spaceballs<br /> Speed<br /> Stir of Echoes<br /> U-571<br /> Unforgiven<br /> Van Wilder<br /> <br /> <b>$9.49</b><br /> The Fountain<br /> Michael Clayton<br /> Pathfinder<br /> The Perfect Storm<br /> The Phantom of the Opera<br /> Requiem for a Dream<br /> Run Fatboy, Run<br /> The Sentinel<br /> <br /> <b>$9.99</b><br /> American History X<br /> Being There<br /> <span style="color:red;">Bram Stoker&#39;s Dracula</span><br /> Casino<br /> <span style="color:red;">Dawn of the Dead (2004)</span><br /> Eastern Promises<br /> End of Days<br /> Flyboys<br /> Freddy vs. Jason<br /> Friday Night Lights<br /> The Graduate<br /> Halloween (1978)<br /> Heathers<br /> Igor<br /> Last Chance Harvey<br /> <span style="color:red;">Masters of Horror: Season One Vol. 4</span><br /> Mongol<br /> Mr. Brooks<br /> The Pelican Brief<br /> The Point of No Return<br /> Quantum of Solace<br /> Rescue Dawn<br /> Road House<br /> The Spiderwick Chronicles<br /> Spy Game<br /> Sunshine Cleaning<br /> Sweeney Todd<br /> Swordfish<br /> A Time to Kill<br /> Terminator 3<br /> Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)<br /> There Will Be Blood<br /> <span style="color:red;">The Thing</span><br /> Tropic Thunder<br /> Under Siege<br /> Under Siege 2<br /> <span style="color:red;">The Visitor</span><br /> Wedding Crashers<br /> The Wedding Singer<br /> <span style="color:red;">xXx</span><br /> <br /> <b>$10.00</b><br /> The Boondock Saints<br /> Braveheart<br /> Gladiator<br /> Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaur<br /> Harry Potter and the Sorcerer&#39;s Stone<br /> Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets<br /> Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban<br /> Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire<br /> Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix<br /> Spider-Man 3<br /> Underworld: Rise of he Lycans<br /> Wanted<br /> <br /> <b>$10.49</b><br /> Beetlejuice<br /> Donnie Darko<br /> The Mist<br /> The Reader<br /> Soul Men<br /> Vicky Cristina Barcelona<br /> Zack &amp; Miri Make a Porno<br /> <br /> <b>$10.50</b><br /> <span style="color:red;">The Postman</span><br /> <span style="color:red;">Sphere</span><br /> <br /> <b>$10.99</b><br /> Before the Devil Knows You&#39;re Dead<br /> Casino Royale (single disc)<br /> <span style="color:red;">Creepshow</span><br /> The Last Samurai<br /> Leatherheads<br /> The New World<br /> Snakes on a Plane<br /> Training Day<br /> <br /> <b>$11.49</b><br /> Batman Begins<br /> Black Sheep<br /> The Good, the Bad and the Ugly<br /> Taking Lives<br /> The Truman Show<br /> <br /> <b>$11.99</b><br /> Away We Go<br /> Bring It On: Fight to the Finish<br /> Drag Me to Hell<br /> Duplicity<br /> Fast &amp; Furious<br /> Fighting<br /> Land of the Lost<br /> Lonesome Dove<br /> The Manchurian Candidate<br /> Mean Girls<br /> State of Play<br /> Wayne&#39;s World<br /> Wayne&#39;s World II<br /> <br /> <b>$12.49</b><br /> Die Hard<br /> Fargo<br /> Ghostbusters<br /> Hellboy<br /> I, Robot<br /> Kingdom of Heaven<br /> Master and Commander<br /> Men in Black<br /> <br /> <b>$12.99</b><br /> 21<br /> <span style="color:red;">300<br /> 300: The Complete Experience (digibook)<br /> The 400 Blows</span><br /> 88 Minutes<br /> Across the Universe<br /> Batman Begins: Limited Edition Gift Set<br /> Black Hawk Down<br /> Body of Lies<br /> Cadillac Records<br /> Crank 2: High Voltage<br /> The Dark Knight<br /> Dead Calm<br /> <span style="color:red;">Dr. Strangelove (digibook)</span><br /> Eagle Eye<br /> First Sunday<br /> Get Smart<br /> Glory<br /> The Golden Compass<br /> Hancock<br /> Hellboy 2<br /> The Holiday<br /> The House Bunny<br /> The International<br /> <span style="color:red;">Made of Honor</span><br /> The Matrix (digibook)<br /> Monster House<br /> My Bloody Valentine 3D<br /> The Mummy<br /> Nick &amp; Norah&#39;s Infinite Playlist<br /> The Other Boleyn Girl<br /> Paul Blart: Mall Cop<br /> Pineapple Express<br /> The Punisher: War Zone<br /> The Pursuit of Happyness<br /> Resident Evil: Degeneration<br /> <span style="color:red;">Seven Pounds</span><br /> Sex and the City - The Movie<br /> Speed Racer<br /> The Spirit<br /> <span style="color:red;">Star Wars: Clone Wars (movie)</span><br /> Step Brothers<br /> <span style="color:red;">Superbad</span><br /> Surf&#39;s Up<br /> Talladega Nights<br /> <span style="color:red;">Tears of the Sun</span><br /> Transporter 3<br /> Twister<br /> Underworld: Evolution<br /> Untraceable<br /> Vantage Point<br /> We Own the Night<br /> X-Men Origins: Wolverine<br /> You Don&#39;t Mess with the Zohan<br /> <br /> <b>$22.99</b><br /> John Adams<br /> <br /> <b>$25.99</b><br /> Supernatural: Season 3<br /> Supernatural: Season 4<br /> <br /> <b>$27.99</b><br /> Fringe: Season 1 </p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=97842" width="1" height="1">QuasidodoJuniorhttp://www.gameinformer.com/members/QuasidodoJunior/default.aspx/blogs/members/b/quasidodojunior_blog/archive/2009/10/08/just-a-hunch-star-wars-the-clone-wars-republic-heroes-pt-1.aspx2009-10-08T16:17:59Z2009-10-08T16:17:59Z<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.43.10.96.Attached+Files/0363.swcwrh.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align:left;">Chances are, if you&#39;re a Star Wars fan, you&#39;re well aware of the current animated series airing on the Cartoon Network, Fridays at 8 pm. Although the prequel-ish film that hit theaters last year was kind of a dud, the animated series itself has turned out to be quite the pleasant surprise. </p> <p style="text-align:left;">Unfortunately, the new game based on the series appears to be yet another atrocious cash-in. The game&#39;s sole purpose is to lure in unsuspecting young fans, with its jedi mind tricks, and steal their moneys (and a portion of their soul) in order to fuel George Lucas&#39; evil Galactic Financial Empire.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">I&#39;ll get straight to it - this game is simply <span style="text-decoration:underline;">not</span> fun. It comes complete with terrible controls, uninspired gameplay, lousy combat and a barely there story. Not to mention, it looks like a PS2 game, despite being on next-gen consoles. There&#39;s also plenty of horrible platforming to keep you cursing like an angry jawa. Or laughing, which is what I found myself doing most of the time. Believe me, it&#39;s not often that a game&#39;s controls are so excruciatingly poor that I&#39;m left with no option other than to laugh every time my doof of a jedi goes hurdling off of a ledge. </p> <p style="text-align:left;">The platforming could easily be much more frustrating, however, if it weren&#39;t for the fact that you cannot die. You respawn in a manner of seconds, almost exactly where you left off. Considering that the overly repetitive single player campaign seems to drag on for light years, this can be looked at as either a good thing or a bad thing. It&#39;s good, because you&#39;ll fall to your death more times than Luke could cry in an hour. On the other hand, it&#39;s bad because it holds the game back from being just irritating enough to make you turn it off and throw it into the gaping maw of a sarlacc pit monster - never to be seen again.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">And there&#39;s one reason why you probably won&#39;t, if you do manage to rent it. The game has ridiculously easy achievements and trophies.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">Oh, and did I mention it looks like a PS2 game?</p> <p style="text-align:left;">I haven&#39;t even finished the game&#39;s first act (out of three) and the game has already bored me enough that I&#39;m sure if someone were to look at my face while I was playing they would swear I had been frozen in carbonite. I think, at this point, it&#39;s safe to say that this wookie has rabies so you might as well stay clear. Unless, of course, you&#39;re an achievement/trophy *** and you&#39;re boldly willing to brave its ravenous bite.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">I&#39;ll post more later, if the game doesn&#39;t bore me to death first...</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=16594" width="1" height="1">QuasidodoJuniorhttp://www.gameinformer.com/members/QuasidodoJunior/default.aspx/blogs/members/b/quasidodojunior_blog/archive/2009/10/06/shopping-for-blu-rays-with-quasi-week-of-october-5th-vol-1.aspx2009-10-07T03:03:45Z2009-10-07T03:03:45Z<p>Hello, all!</p> <p>As another regular feature to my blogosphere, I plan to keep people informed about great deals, which blu-rays are releasing and what I plan to purchase, on a weekly basis. If other deals surface or I buy a bunch of titles on a whim, I&#39;ll update with a vol. 2.</p> <p><b>Deal of the Week:</b> Good only until midnight, tonight, if you pre-order <i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs </i>and then enter the promotional code &quot;snowhite&quot; at the checkout, this double-disc Diamond Edition sells to you for $9.99. The suggested retail price is $39.99. It also includes a DVD copy of the film.</p> <p><b>Sales to Consider: </b>If you happen to miss the Amazon sale, Wal-mart has <i>Snow White, </i>along with <i>Monsters vs. Aliens </i>and <i>X-men Origins: Wolverine</i> for $19.96 each.</p> <p>Best Buy has a selection of Warner Bros. and New Line catalog titles on sale for $9.99. the discs included are: <i>American History X, A Clockwork Orange, Collateral Damage, Final Destination, The Fugitive, Ocean&#39;s Twelve </i>and <i>The Wedding Singer.</i></p> <p>Best buy also has a few titles on sale for $17.99: <i>17 Again, 300, The Dark Knight, Friday the 13th (2009), Goodfellas, Gran Torino, Harry Potter: Years 1 - 5 </i>(each separate disc for $17.99),<i> Observe &amp; Report </i>and <i>The Watchmen: Director&#39;s Cut.</i></p> <p>Other notable discs on sale at Amazon, this week: <i></i></p> <p><i>2001: A Space Odyssey, Blazing Saddles </i>and <i>Unforgiven </i>for $8.99. </p> <p><i>American Psycho, Halloween (1978), Hellraiser, Interview with the Vampire, Mongol, Risky Business, The Terminator </i>and<i> Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)</i> for $9.99.</p> <p><i>Carrie, Casino Royale: Collector&#39;s Edition, Ghostbusters</i>, <i>Hellboy, King Kong, Underworld: Rise of the Lycans </i>and<i> Van Helsing</i> for $12.49.</p> <p><i>The 40-Year Old Virgin, Black Hawk Down, Cast Away, Dodgeball, From Hell, I Robot, Kramer vs. Kramer </i>and <i>Starman</i> for $12.99.</p> <p><b>Tips of the Week: </b>Sure, Warner Bros. and New Line have a bunch of catalog titles hitting shelves, tomorrow, but as of now they&#39;re all selling at or around their suggested retail price of $28.99. I&#39;d say wait a week or two. Over the past few months, most of WB&#39;s catalog titles have shown up at most retailers for $12.99 and under within a few weeks of their release. Don&#39;t jump the gun on any Warner Bros. or New Line catalog titles.</p> <p>Also, four of the Ghost House Underground titles are coming to blu-ray, and Best Buy has them on sale, where you can get all four for $60. Word to the wise, these are all low-budget, direct-to-video horror films making their home video debut. Meaning that not a lot of people have seen these movies. The sale price may be tempting at $15 a disc, but you may end up with $15 turds.</p> <p><b>Releases for October 6th:</b></p> <p><i>Audition - </i>cheapest price is $17.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Bones: Season Four - </i>cheapest price is $47.99 at Amazon ($48.99 at Best Buy)</p> <p><i>A Charlie Brown Christmas </i>- cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>The Children* - </i>cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Contact </i>- cheapest price is $18.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Dr. Seuss&#39; Horton Hears a Who! (1970) - </i>cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Dr. Seuss&#39; How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1966) </i>- cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Ghost Ship </i>- cheapest price is $18.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Home Alone 2: Lost in New York </i>- cheapest price is $22.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Imagine That </i>- cheapest price is $28.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Mary Shelley&#39;s Frankenstein </i>- cheapest price is $17.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Miracle on 34th Street (1947) </i>- cheapest price is $21.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Miracle on 34th Street (1994) - </i>cheapest price is $22.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>My Life in Ruins - </i>cheapest price is $26.99 at both Amazon and Best Buy</p> <p><i>Not Forgotten </i>- cheapest price is $21.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>The Number 23 </i>- cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Offspring* - </i>cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Seventh Moon* - </i>cheapest price is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs - </i>cheapest is $19.96 at Wal-mart</p> <p><i>The Thaw* </i>- cheapest is $19.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Trick &#39;r Treat </i>- cheapest price is $24.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Willy Wonka &amp; The Chocolate Factory (Digibook) </i>- cheapest price is $24.49 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Wolf </i>- cheapest price is $17.49 at Amazon</p> <p><i>Year One </i>- cheapest price is $22.99 at Amazon</p> <p><i>* - </i>all four of these titles can be picked up for $60 at Best Buy. Or two for $35.</p> <p><b>Quasi&#39;s Picks: </b>So far, I&#39;ve got my pre-order on <i>Snow White</i> along with three catalog purchases, to get the free shipping. I had $20 worth of Amazon gift card balance to spend, so my total came out to $25.34. the other three titles I grabbed were <i>Hellraiser, Starman</i> and <i>A Time to Kill.</i></p> <p>I also stopped in Best Buy, today, and picked up <i>The Wedding Singer</i> for $10.</p> <p><i>Snow White</i> is nearly a must for Disney fans. The <i>Miracle on 34th Street </i>titles and <i>Home Alone 2</i> are cheap and good enough to pick up if you want to start preparing for Christmas early. <i>Willy Wonka</i> looked fantastic on HD DVD, so I can&#39;t see it being any worse on blu-ray. <i>Audition</i> is a fantastic suspense/horror film from foreign director Takashi Miike. At $17.99, it seems like a steal.</p> <p><b>The Ending: </b>That&#39;s all for now. More to come, either later this week or next Sunday, which will be its regular release day from here on out.</p> <p>- Quasi</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=12340" width="1" height="1">QuasidodoJuniorhttp://www.gameinformer.com/members/QuasidodoJunior/default.aspx/blogs/members/b/quasidodojunior_blog/archive/2009/10/02/just-a-hunch-prototype-pt-1.aspx2009-10-02T06:41:48Z2009-10-02T06:41:48Z<p style="text-align:center;"><img src="http://gameinformer.com/resized-image.ashx/__size/550x0/__key/CommunityServer.Components.UserFiles/00.00.43.10.96.Attached+Files/5481.prototype_5F00_boxart1.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></p> <p style="text-align:left;">There are plenty of open-world games out there to choose from, these days. With an almost MMO-like feel, and me not being an MMO fan, these types of games are usually either hit or miss. They have to give me more to do than travel from point A to point B to start the next mission. And said travel has to be more exciting than nabbing a car and clumsily driving my way there and back. Fortunately, <i>Prototype</i> makes the excessive distance crawling a lot more exciting than your average open-ended environment fare.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">As Alex Mercer, an ordinary man infused with extraordinary, but gruesome, powers, the game lets players dash around, over or through any obstacle that crosses their path. The maneuvering controls felt a little stiff, at first. But they grew on me after about thirty minutes or so. Like most games of its ilk, heading directly to the next mission isn&#39;t imperative. You can dawdle around, slaughter some innocents, or see how far you can throw a bus, if you so choose. There seems to be plenty of side events and missions to keep you occupied. Some of them handle like mini-games, such as races or &quot;kill &#39;x&#39; number of enemies before the time runs out. Decent distractions, I guess, but in the end I only see myself playing them repeatedly because they have achievements/trophies attached to them.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">My biggest gripe with the game so far, however, is the combat system. It feels very sloppy and uncouth. I&#39;ve already died a handful of times because of a random button mix-up or shoddy camera angle. Hopefully, as my character becomes more powerful, through the upgrade system, these issues will become less apparent. </p> <p style="text-align:left;">I&#39;ve only reached the game&#39;s 4th mission, so I&#39;ve really only just begun. There will be much more to cover next time around. As for now, I&#39;d say I&#39;m leaning towards the game being worth a rental or a purchase, if you can find it cheap.</p> <p style="text-align:left;">That&#39;s all for now!</p> <p style="text-align:left;">- Quasi</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5871" width="1" height="1">QuasidodoJuniorhttp://www.gameinformer.com/members/QuasidodoJunior/default.aspx/blogs/members/b/quasidodojunior_blog/archive/2009/10/02/it-s-a-strange-new-world-out-there.aspx2009-10-02T06:15:11Z2009-10-02T06:15:11Z<p>Ye Olde Game Informer Online is dead as we know it. But this new incarnation seems to be a step in the right direction. I&#39;m sure it will take me a while to get used to the new forums. And - well, everything else. I look forward to the newness of it all.</p> <p>As for this blog. I&#39;m not much of a &quot;post random thoughts&quot; kind of guy, so I&#39;ll probably come up with a few ideas for video game and movie impressions. I guess I can start some kind of regular entry about blu-ray and my various purchases, as well. I&#39;ve already thought of an idea for what I can call my regular video game impressions entries... &quot;It&#39;s just a Hunch.&quot; It may be corny, but it plays off of my username.</p> <p>Groovy stuff, so far. I dig it.</p> <p>- Quasi</p> <p>&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div><img src="http://www.gameinformer.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=5840" width="1" height="1">QuasidodoJuniorhttp://www.gameinformer.com/members/QuasidodoJunior/default.aspx