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Freebies: PAX Keynote by Wil Wheaton

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I’m a big fan of Penny Arcade, and as much as I wanted to go to this years PAX event, there was no way I was going to be able to for many thousands of reasons. Next year perhaps. Anyway, this year’s Keynote was given by none other than Wil Wheaton, and it was quick frankly brilliant. It’s certainly rated MA, as he says in his opening, but you realize that before he hits the disclaimer. If you want to listen to to it, then check out the freely available speech from the guys behind Gabe & Tycho.

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Free: Bioshock Art Book

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BigDaddySmall Love Bioshock, but didn’t buy the expensive edition that comes with the beautiful art book? You can download a PDF version of the artbook for FREE from the Cult of Rapture Website. You’ll want to download the high-res version (75Mb) and not the lo-res version (15Mb); The book is simply stunning and makes me jealous that I’m a pretty crap artist. Screenshots just don’t do this book justice, and if you were on the edge about buying this game, this may just tip you over because it shows you how many of the characters developed in concept from simple ideas to finished products (such as the Big Daddies starting life as Mr. Bubbles!). If it does, you can pick the game up for the Xbox 360 at GoGamer.com for $57.90, or for your Vista Windows PC for $46.90

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Deals: Amazon Deal of the Day 29th August 2007 Sonic The Hedgehog (Xbox 360)

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Sale Price: $25.99

MSRP: $39.99 (Save 35%)

Shipping: FREE

If you’re a fan of the little blue ball of fast-moving fur that is Sonic then you’ll no doubt want to pick this game up right away so you can have some high speed hi-jinks on your next gen game system. Although not the best game in the franchise (Metacritic scores it 46) it is one of the better games (and definitely no Shadow the Hedgehog) and allows you to play in 3D on your shining non-Red Ring of Death hardware, and at least it’s cheaper than the PS3 version. The CGI cut-scenes in-game are pretty impressive and have that sort of Final Fantasy-esque look that almost every game seems to go for these days, whilst the soundtrack to the game has that hard-rocking guitar-wailin’ sound that is synonymous with recent Sonic games. I’ve never been a big fan of Sonic like my sister was (she played Sonic almost every day for 2 years on her Sega Genesis system), but I’m actually pretty interested in picking this game up simply because it looks like fun, although I can’t quite bring myself to call Dr. Robotnik by his “new” name of Dr. Eggman.

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Deals: Xbox 360 HD-DVD Drive & 8 Movies

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Amazon.com is currently doing a deal where if you buy the Xbox 360 HD-DVD player for $179.99 you can get 8 HD movies for free. This is a pretty sweet deal indeed, but it finishes on October 31st, 2007 so you’ve only got a limited time to take advantage of it. The HD-DVD drive itself comes with King Kong, and you get to add two movies for free at the special ordering page – the cost of the additional two movies is credited at checkout. You then download a rebate form for another 5 movies and mail it in with your UPC from the HD-DVD player box once it arrives. There’s quite a few excellent movies in the selection available, so you should have no trouble finding some movies you like. With Paramount recently announcing full support for HD DVD movies over Blu-Ray you’ll have a good selection of movies in the future, and have access to plenty of HD content on your Xbox 360. If you’ve been waiting for the best deal for this drive, this is it! Buy five today! 

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