I awakened this morning in that bizarre publish–Cyber Monday haze the place you assume all the great bargains have packed their luggage and vanished. Seems they haven’t. Shops are nonetheless completely awful with offers. For those who’re something like me, you may want to dive again in earlier than the retailers realise the reductions ought to have truly ended days in the past. Loads of stuff price snagging in case you are fast!
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This Day in Gaming 🎂
In retro information, I am utilizing an HECU Marine’s welding torch to gentle a 26-candle cake baked for Half-Life: Opposing Pressure, the gritty enlargement that dropped 1999-me into the boots of a Marine caught in the identical Black Mesa catastrophe from an entire unique approach. I can’t overstate how cool it was to witness the defecation meet the oscillation from an arguably crazier perspective.
Taking part in as Adrian Shephard meant participating acquainted Xen horrors (plus new Race X ones and CIA assassins) in unfamiliar methods, teaming with AI squadmates, and wielding oddball weapons that gave the firefights their very own flavour. Opposing Pressure did greater than add ranges. It proved expansions could possibly be bold, story-rich, and mechanically stunning, and, for many people, it was the second when Half-Life stopped being a GOTY and began turning into a universe.
Aussie birthdays for notable video games.
– Half-Life: Opposing Pressure (PC) 1999. Get
– Muramasa: The Demon Blade (Wii) 2009. eBay
– The Saboteur (PC,PS3,X360) 2009. Get
– PS4 twentieth Anniversary Ed. console, launch 2014. eBay
Good Financial savings for Nintendo Swap
Or reward a Nintendo eShop Card.
Thrilling Bargains for Xbox
Xbox One
Or simply spend money on an Xbox Card.
Pure Scores for PlayStation
PS4
Or buy a PS Store Card.
Buy Low-cost for PC
Or simply get a Steam Wallet Card
Legit LEGO Offers
Similar to I did final vacation season, I am getting festive with the LEGO part. In Mathew Manor, my sons and I are once more racing / score 2025’s batch of LEGO Creation Calendars. Principally, we open the Metropolis, Harry Potter, Minecraft, and Star Wars ones day by day and evaluate the mini-prizes for “Awesomeness” and “Precise Xmas-ness”. 2024’s winner was the Lego Marvel one, but, weirdly, there is not any 2025 equal. So it is anyone’s race this 12 months.
Listed below are the most affordable costs for the 4 calendars we’re utilizing. Rating them your self or simply stay vicariously by way of our unboxings.
Adam Mathew is a passionate connoisseur, a lifelong recreation critic, and an Aussie offers wrangler who genuinely needs to hook you up with stuff that is price enjoying (but additionally low cost). He performs virtually every part, typically on YouTube.