Been a so-so week for videogame sales. Not much new other than the $10 videogame credit promotion from GameStop that covers the same games as Amazon’s current sale. I haven’t received any info on when either the GameStop promotion of the Amazon one will end, so if you’re on the fence about taking advantage of one of them, time may be of the essence.
On the anime side of things, I’ve included the FUNimation 40% off sale from Right Stuf as well as a huge Amazon sale on anime Blu-ray titles with items discounted as much 58% off retail. It appears that ALL anime blu-ray titles have received some sort of price reduction with the average amount of the discount being at least 30% off MSRP.
NIS America’s press department sent out an email last week containing a bunch of info relating to their upcoming release of the Toradora! and Persona – Trinity Soul- anime series in July. To be more specific, they sent out a bunch of photos showing off the spiffy premium edition packaging that they’re putting together for both of these releases. Although I’m personally more interested in reviewing volume 1 of Toradora! than I am in Persona – Trinity Soul-, I can’t deny that the packaging and art for Persona looks mighty fine.
Hit the jump to see all the pics and various other details I gleaned from NIS America’s recent press release.
In what I hope will become a weekly article, I’m posting my first installment of “Sunday Sales.” These articles will highlight particularly good deals that I hear about throughout the week and that I hope will be of use to the folks who read this website. I not going to deny that buying items through these will help me out financially, but that’s not the main reason I’m doing it. I’m doing it because I love bargain hunting and getting the most for my money. Even more importantly, these are companies that have treated me very well in the past and I trust them to provide me with quality service as a customer.
In the coming weeks and months, I hope you find something useful to you and that you’re able to share the savings with your friends. In fact, if you should happen to hear about a good deal, I encourage you to share it with me so that I can pass it along to others!
Okay, enough rambling out of me. On to this week’s deals!
Adult Swim fans, rejoice! The new series from F/X, Archer, embraces all that’s great about Cartoon Network’s late night series of cult animation shows while simultaneously expanding upon proven formulas for riotous results. Sporting a delightful array of hilariously dysfunctional characters and brimming over with deliciously crass dialogue that’s as politically incorrect as it is funny; Archer artfully skewers the spy genre for uproarious results.
Some of you may have seen this video by now, but for those you who haven’t, let me just say that it’s a wonderful homage to the games of yesteryear. With the release of 3D Dot Game Heroes this past Tuesday, I felt it was finally time to run this short film about the impending Dotpocalypse. I’m sure some of the Futurama fans out there are going to cry foul, but seriously, doesn’t this look a heck of a lot cooler? :P
“Pixels” is director Patrick Jean’s second short film and, according to his website, was inspired by the games he used to play growing up. His debut film, “Theo,” was produced several years ago is a lower budget production, but shares many of the same themes as “Pixels.” Patrick currently works as a 2D and 3d artist the visual arts company, One More Production, who were instrumental in bringing his vision for “Pixels” to life.
