Wishing everyone out there and your families, friends, and loved ones a very Merry Christmas!
We’re all out today spending time with our families, so don’t expect much from us today. Hopefully you’re out doing the same.
If you don’t celebrate Christmas, we want to wish you a Happy Holidays!
There are times when being a gamer doesn’t help out much in real life. Take the season of summer, for instance, when it’s too fucking hot to be outside, but somehow staying inside in the air conditioning all day to play video games instead of wanting to go for a walk on a beautiful, sunny, 105 degree day makes you the weird one. There are, however, those time in life when being a gamer is a great thing, two of which dawned on me this week.
1. CHRISTMAS
I was making out my Christmas list this week when it occurred to me; being an adult would suck ass without video games. You can say all you want about Christmas being all about joy, family, friends, and humanity’s ultimate salvation, and I will totally agree with you, but don’t the presents just make it that much sweeter? I realized that my Christmas list, filled with video games, video game accessories, and gift cards to stores that sell all of the above, could just as easily be the Christmas list of an excited 12 year old. When else in the history of all mankind has it been socially acceptable for a 31 year old man and a child to have similar Christmas lists and neither one be headed for the institution? It hit me that because of video games, I will always get to be a little bit of a kid on Christmas.
If you’re in the US of A, today is the day we all give thanks for the Pilgrims coming and settling in our good country. How do we celebrate? Well, first, you get shit faced. Then, you watch football. Lastly, you eat enough that you need to unbutton your pants and you pass out in a food coma. Essentially, a normal Sunday for some of you out there, just on Thursday.
We’re all out today doing the above, so bear with us on a bit of a light posting schedule for the day. You’re most likely doing the same, so crack open a beer and bet against the Eagles 
In a recent sit down with the L.A. Times, Reggie Fils-Aime talked about the appeal of Nintendo products and if you will be able to find them this Holiday season. Of course the DS will sell like hot cakes and will be available throughout the season in every store but what about the Wii and Wii Fit?
Last year Nintendo was producing about 1.6 million units per month. This year Nintendo has ramped up production of the Wii to 2.4 million units per month worldwide, that’s a 33% increase according to Reggie’s math. Reggie was also able to get a bit of a jab in on an unnamed competitor,
“One of our competitors projects they will sell 10 million consoles worldwide this year. For us, that’s three months of production. We’re producing an unprecedented level of hardware to try to meet demand.”
Even with increased production it still might be difficult to find a Wii come December.
As for Wii Fit, the sales numbers have been extremely strong selling somewhere around 3 million units thus far. Nintendo hasn’t been able to keep up with the demand of this product either. Reggie states that they intend to dramatically increase shipment numbers but only 3 out of 10 stores will have Wii Fit in stock at this time.
This is a warning in some way to all of you parents, children and grandparents who want a Wii or Wii Fit this year, if you see either one on a store shelf gobble it up because it might be your only opportunity this year.
[Via L.A. TImes]
It’s almost that time of the year again to start thinking about others instead of yourself. I know it isn’t always easy shopping for the gamers on your list because all they ever want is expensive software or gaming peripherals. I also know what you are thinking, why not get them underwear inside of a nifty tin packaging instead? I am glad you asked.
I was recently walking through Kohl’s trying to find a winter coat so I have a chance at surviving the frigid winter and I stumbled upon a huge rack of tin cases emblazoned with popular gaming icons. I walked a little closer and noticed that each package said “Men’s Sleep Shorts”. The thrifty shopper in me kicked in and I was on my way home to check out to see the selection they would have online, knowing most people shopping for gaming branded underwear probably aren’t the most social folks and would rather purchase their gifts online. To my dismay, the selection online is actually a bit more limited than the physical store but at least you get the idea.
There are many different types of underwear to choose from, even a variation for the hardcore Wii fanboy. Don’t worry, we know you are out there. Not only that but as we speak they are 50% off! The early bird always gets the worm, that’s a rule to live by kids. Check out the store first for a better selection otherwise head to this link.
Times are tough right now with the economy in the shitter. In most cases, you aren’t going to be able to get every single blockbuster title this Holday season. So, if you had to choose, which would it be? What single game is the biggest, in your eyes?
Hit up the poll and let us know in the comments what you think will be the biggest seller of season. What one game will Mr. Hankey the Christmas Poo be delivering the most?
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Wishing all of our US readers a Happy Labor Day! We get to have BBQs and get drunk as hell on an extra day off, all in the celebration of the working class.
A few of us are extremely hungover today (I’ll give you a hint, one is me). We’re taking the rest of the day off to recouperate. We’ll be back strong tomorrow, so stay tuned and take a nice day off.
Power to the people.
Holy ballsacks, Batman. Hungover isn’t even the word. After slow cooking ribs all day yesterday then firing up some awesome chicken, burgers, and hot dogs, I got shit faced. Not sure about the rest of you, but I drank entirely too much to celebrate my July 4th.
I’m not sure if it was the massive quanities of beer or the Don Julio and Maker’s Mark that did, but I feel like ass today.
Here’s to hoping all of you got piss ass drunk too!
Just want to wish all of our readers in the US a Happy Memorial Day!
Get out there, BBQ up some hot dogs and burgers (or whatever your choice of BBQ food may be) and have a grand old time.
For those of you outside the US, have a happy Monday while we commemorate the brave men and women who have given their lives in defending our country.
From all of us to all of you Moms out there, have a very happy Mother’s Day! If you haven’t called your Mom to thank her to doing the things she does, get on it.
And don’t try to send your Mom a copy of GTA as a gift (unless she’s really into that sort of thing). Don’t say we didn’t warn you…
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