Featured Site of The Week: Cheap Ass Gamer

I am a cheap gamer. If I can get a game for less than its regular retail price, I am getting it, hands down.

The best site for me to find great deals is Cheap Ass Gamer.

CAG was created by CheayD who resides on Tokyo, Japan. The site posts deals from all over the web. Users can post deals in the deals thread. The community is huge and there are people with voices here, not just video game-hunting zombies looking to score a good deal. The forums on CAG are a place for people to share deals and opinions with other users who care what they have to say.

CAG has a price tracker where users can create a wishlist and view what the prices of their games are from multiple retailers, used and new. There is even a user market where people can post games they can sell or trade with other users.

CAG has a podcast with hosts CheapyD, a fellow CAG members Wombat and Shipwreck which is described as "a humorous, yet adult discussion of video games and the topics that surround them, such as: industry news, previews and reviews, game deals and shopping, gaming in Japan, and much more." 

If your looking for a cheap game or just a general discussion about anything video game, you can sure find something at Cheap Ass Gamer.  

Picture Provided by Ski Hawk's page on Cheap Ass Gamer.

Science Fiction Novelist to Head Gears of War 3 Story

Karen Traviss, writer of the first two Gears of War novels Aspho Fields and Jacinto's Remnant and numerous Star Wars fiction, will be the lead writer for Gears of War 3. She will also be writing two more Gears of War novels that are set between Gears 2 and 3.  

Check out more on this at Kotaku.

Picture Provided by Traviss' Amazon page.

Gears of War 3 Announced

The teaser trailer announced Monday on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon holds many hints into the future of the end of this Gears of War story.

The trailer starts off with a withered, aging Dom bashing through stones shaped like humans in a war-torn field. Dom falls to the ground and is about to get killed by a locust clad in new armor when suddenly the beast is blown away by a double-barreled shotgun held by our hero Marcus, also in new, conservative armor. Then the war starts.

Our heroes Dom, Marcus, Cole, Baird and a new heroine presumed to be Anya are being surrounded by numerous Locust when suddenly a new enemy appears. It has tentacles all over its body and snatches a locust from the fight and flings him far off. This new enemy could be a new species of lambent. or something new we haven't seen before. Another, possibly one or more, larger creatures spawn behind more tentacle monsters and all-out chaos ensues as not only these creatures attack Delta Squad and the Locust, but smaller crawling creatures attack the groups as well.

Get an overview of the trailer at IGN.

Off Topic: Starbucks Offering Free Coffee Today

Starbucks is giving away free cups of coffee if you bring your own cup. Bring your coffee mugs to Starbucks today before the offer ends.

Off Topic: I Want To Grow A Plant

I've been trying to get into new habits recently. I picked up skateboarding, which is loads of fun and it takes my mind of off life.

I now want to grow a plant. I've never done it and I've decided I want to give it a try. Lifehacker has posted a guide to growing plants which drove me further to completing my goal of having a plant on my boring windowsill.

Photo from Windowfarms.org

Off Topic: Moved Stuff Around...Again.

I tend to not be happy with the setup of my room, especially when I look at the featured workspaces on Lifehacker. I decided to clean up my desk space a little bit since it is spring cleaning time on the site.

I moved a few things(everything) around like the printer, Modern Warfare 2 Edition Xbox 360, and sub-woofer closer to the laptop so I can make videos easier and hear a booming bass all at the same time. The laptop used to be under the desk which made it hard to scan covers and such so I moved it up and used a USB extension cord to connect it to my Lenovo T400. I moved the television up so I can start using it standing up to do some exercise while I'm doing work on the laptop.

Living in a dorm room really sucks because I don't get to have my own furniture, I can't hang things or damage the walls for that matter, and the furniture just plain sucks when your trying to be productive and neat.

I really have to say, dual screens are awesome. They have been known to improve productivity and I could endorse that because I have some media playing up top while I'm dong my work or I have a page of research instead while typing a  post or story for my campus newspaper, The Chimes.    

Here is a list of some photos of the wonderful job I did.

Gears of Love

I took a trip to Wal-Mart with my roommates today and came home with Gears of War 1 & 2.

They were both on the sale. Gears of War 2: Game of The Year Edition was for $30 while Gears of War Platinum Hits Edition was in the discount bin for $20.

Gears of War was one of the first games I played for the Xbox 360. It made me fall in love. I enjoyed the cover system and how sleek it was. When I got the hang of it, I worked the multi-player for hours on end. I met many friends by playing this game and I even bonded with family because of it.

The sequel was just as big a success if not better. It brought new modes, a new user-interface, and more memories with my friends.

I am a cheap ass gamer who tries to find the best deals possible in order to better enjoy my experience by knowing I have paid so little for something so huge, like my purchase of Dragon Age: Origins for $20 last week.