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Mothman And The Friday That Was Black - The Haul


On 11/28/2014 at 07:54 PM by mothman

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Black Friday seems to have been adopted outside of the US. I don't get it but I managed to buy some stuff for cheap so there's a plus to it.

When I hear Black Friday I automatically think of the real Black Friday i.e. the stock market crash in which some people lost their fortunes, others their lives and still others both.

On a lighter note I ended up buying physical copies of Dark Souls II ($19.99), Tales of Xillia 2 ($25.00) oh and I'll throw in the copy of Atelier Rorona Plus I picked up on Amazon for $33 last week. Close enough for rock 'n roll. In the digital department I scored Dragon Quest IV for $9.59 from Google Play and Banner Saga for $5.49 from Steam.

In closing I leave you with Steely Dan's Black Friday which has absolutely nothing to do with impulse shopping.


 

Comments

Matt Snee Staff Writer

11/28/2014 at 08:06 PM

Oh thats a great price for banner saga!

yeah i did black friday too, mostly online for xmas shopping.  Ive mostly finished everything now.  Made some good deals.

thanksgiving was good.  Tonight we r having mexican food.

mothman

11/28/2014 at 08:13 PM

I've been watching Banner Saga for a while and this was so cheap it was a no brainer.

xDarthKiLLx

11/28/2014 at 08:08 PM

I'm glad you got yourself a copy of Dark Souls II.  Once you get going...you're not going to want to play much else, I'm betting.  That game has a way of swallowing you whole.

mothman

11/28/2014 at 08:12 PM

I knew I was going to buy it one way or another and I figured a couple of bucks more than digital on PSN was a better deal. I really don't like this whole no manual thing with modern games though. Tales of Xillia 2 had no manual either.

xDarthKiLLx

11/28/2014 at 08:20 PM

I ended up buying the Black Armor Edition of DSII...no manual, but it did come with a cd with all of the game's music.  

I dunno....I think from now on when I buy physical, I'm going to go for the steelbook edition if it can be had.  Just my preference.

And no manuals does indeed suck.  Reading the game manual used to be a penchant of mine back in the day.

KnightDriver

11/28/2014 at 10:12 PM

No games for me this black friday. I had to spend time in Hell, which is following family members around clothes outlet stores for hours. I wanted to scream, "yeeehaaaaa!"

Super Step Contributing Writer

11/29/2014 at 04:08 AM

Fuck the U.S. Black Friday and stores opening on Thanksgiving. May both traditions burn in hell. 

Ranger1

11/29/2014 at 11:15 AM

I stayed home and bought absolutely nothing. I had to drive down to Portland and pick Jason up and drive back to Freeport because he is a retail wage slave and had to start work at 6 AM and the trains and buses don't run that early around here.

mothman

11/29/2014 at 11:23 AM

Getting up that early should be against the law. So should opening retail stores at 6:00 AM.

I the shopping I did was after work yesterday and the worst part of it was traffic and the fact the direct route to the stores I wanted to look in was under construction and had a section that was down to one lane during rush hour.

Ranger1

11/29/2014 at 02:08 PM

Yeah, dog woke me up half an hour before the alarm was set to go off at 4:45 AM. I had to be out the door at 5:00, pick Jason up by 5:30, and drop him off at work at 6:00. Usually, he'd stay at my place, but he's dog-sitting his landlords' dogs and they don't play nice with mine. I never did get back to sleep. And he works in a mens' formal wear shop. No one buys suits on Black Friday at 6:00 AM. Last year, he worked midnight to noon and they had three customers between midnight and 9:00 AM. Ridiculous in the extreme.

leeradical42

11/29/2014 at 12:40 PM

Im glad black friday is reaching you Peter its ironic you snagged two games I want Tales of Xillia 2 and Dark Souls 2 I want them to along with The Evil Within and Alien Isolation oh and I want this matching Xbone & PS4 as well its my favorite colors black & green.

         So Sweet Rock Star black & Green PS4 & Xbone systems

Alex-C25

11/29/2014 at 02:22 PM

We also had a bit of Black Friday in Colombia, but it wasn't so widespread. I did buy a thing yesterday (the fifth book of A Song of Ice and Fire), but it wasn't even on sale.

goaztecs

12/03/2014 at 01:49 PM

Its interesting that Black Friday is starting to hit other parts of the world. Good pickups especially when you find physical copies at those prices.

NSonic79

12/05/2014 at 01:43 PM

I remember hearing about something called "White Friday" for muslims in middel eastern counters to help sell their prodcuts in stoes like dubai.

I ended up getting 5 games for 25 at my local game store but it didn' thave anything to do with black friday/ weekend sales.

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