Happy anniversary, NWP!
Welcome, welcome, to the 75th episode of Nerds Without Pants! It's a monumental occasion, as we are also celebrating our third year anniversary. We celebrate in bombastic fashion, with an epic episode full of surprises and hilarity. If you can make it to the end of this three and a half hour monster we love you.
Co-director of Ghost Rider to take on Sweet Tooth and company.
According to Deadline New York, we could end up seeing Sweet Tooth’s creepy and menacing grin on the big screen pretty soon. Sony has reportedly made a deal with the co-director of the soon-to-be-released Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Brian Taylor, to write and direct a live action, big screen adaptation of the PlayStation’s iconic car combat game.
Get out your Microsoft Points.
There are some good deals to be had on XBOX Live, particularly on EA content and Dance Central expansions. Some notable highlights from this week's sale are DeathSpank, Dragon Age: Origins, and UNO. If you haven't bought UNO yet, it's only 200 Microsoft Points ($2.50) for Gold Subscribers.
TV service is coming to the 360 with these first 26 channels.
Verizon FiOS customers will be able to start watching live cable TV with their Xbox 360s and an internet connection next month, according to the service provider. In order to have this service, Xbox 360 owners must have FiOS TV and FiOS Internet services, as well as be Xbox Live Gold members. A free app must be downloaded to the Xbox 360 for the service to work.
Origin is trying to appeal to Steam customers.
At 9 PM on November 24, 2011, Origin will be having a Black Friday sale. This is clearly an initiative to sway customers from Steam for the holiday. Here’s a few of the sales that EA has released:
The end of the week will bring big savings at these two department stores.
Sears' Black Friday deals will see the New Super Mario Bros Wii bundle at $134.99, a $15 discount. The 4GB Xbox 360 with Kinect bundle that's normally $300 will be discounted to $210 and the PS3 160GB bundled with Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One and Little Big Planet. Various other deals include many of the season's biggest games discounted to $39.99, including RAGE coming down to $29.99.
In one corner is Kmart, and in the other, Toys R Us!
The Black Friday deals keep on rolling out and here's two of them for you to see.
$150 for a Xbox 360 and a $200 PS3 Bundle highlight the savings
As Black Friday looms closer and closer, more retailers are revealing their special prices for the consumer holiday and Gamestop is no exception. A multi-page ad was released showing the savings they're going to have that range from $100 3DS bundles to $30 for RAGE.
The biggest shopping day of the year is almost here and Best Buy is prepared.
Best Buy's Black Friday deals have been revealed and they are quite similar to Walmart's. However, what sets them apart are their 3DS bundles. $179.99 will get you a Cosmo Black Nintendo 3DS with The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D or a Flame Red Nintendo 3DS with Super Mario 3D Land - either way, a $30 savings.
So many deals, so little money...
Here's a list of items that will be on sale at WalMart on Black Friday, the biggest shopping day of the year, which is the day after Thanksgiving. Stand out deals are the Xbox 360 Kinect Bundle and PS3 160 GB bundle.
