If you don't feel like fighting with the clerk (who is actually right anyway), why not wait until Sunday, then buy two 1600 point cards using this coupon?
http://sites.target.com/images/coupo...thday_toys.gif
You should then get 3200 points for $25 + tax, or a savings of 37.5%. That's a nice, fraud-free deal on points, and those sorts of deals do not come along often. At $12.50, I might consider buying the PA title. Maybe.

YMMV with the "Hello Kitty" coupon, since some stores or employees will say that nothing in the video game section counts as a toy.

No.

Yeah, the toy coupon is just as iffy and shady. I used the points cards I bought with the $10 off coupon to buy software, so I don't feel like I was wrong to use the coupon. I would think most cashiers and managers consider gaming accessories to be electronics, not toys.

Same here. :shrug:

Okay, my bad. I shouldn't refer to it as "fraud". What I ment is that it will not come off automatically and needs to be manually overridden after some "sweet-talking" while our friend Miss Kitty's coupon will come off with the scanning.

I've bought four cards and didn't have to say a word to the cashier. No "sweet-talking" needed. If they do it-great, if not-no biggie.

Why can't i get some sweet deals like this at a store near me - come on Circuit City - cheap points cards before you go under...

Where the hell do you live where there isn't a Target?

There are only a few in WV. So depending on where they live in the state it might be quite a hike to a Target.

Sucks. We have 5 Targets in an 8 mile radius.

Yeah, i think the closest Target (that i am aware of is between an hour and a half to two hours away). It kind of sucks because the burb i live in is like strip mall hell and is filled with chain stores.... yet no Target which is a chain i actually kind of like.

If you're close to a border you might want to check other states. Lots in Ohio and Northern Virginia if you're in those parts of WV.

I'm lucky, I can drive 19.9 miles round trip and hit 5 different Targets.

Did that actually for this coupon deal. Two copies of Cars, Texas Hold 'Em download card, Mortal Kombat 3 download card, Def Jam, one other game all free after coupons. Also bought Thrillville for $10 after coupon.

Same here.

So do we get Bionic Commando next week, or is that some time in June?

Ding, ding, ding! We have a winner.

This week on Arcade: Buku Sudoku and Warlords
Buku Sudoku (800 points) and the Atari classic Warlords (400 points) and will be available this Wednesday on Xbox LIVE Arcade.


Sigh.... "Rich" with points and nothing to spend them on this week. Oh, well, maybe I'll pick up the Chessmaster game.

I read somewhere a couple days ago that Bionic Commando got delayed about a month, so we can expect it some time around July. Hopefully they'll add a version of the coin-op in there along with the NES version.

You really think the NES version would show up anywhere other than Nintendo's VC?

I always loved Warlords (both the Atari and SSG games, though completely unrelated) so I'll be checking it out on XBLA. Edit: WTF? Warlords is only 2 player?

And I'm a fan of Sudoku, in general. Not sure it can live up to the Brain Age version on the DS (user interface, I mean), but I'll be checking it out too.

Still waiting for Commando 3...

Are you sure? I found this screenshot:

http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/6...rdsxblayc7.jpg

No, I'm not sure. Looks like it is four with that screenshot and this blurb:
The original arcade game from Atari returns in all of its classic splendor, with its castle-destroying gameplay goodness for one to four players.

But http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/w/wa...xboxlivearcade is where I just saw this stand out:
Players: 1-2

Looks like it is 4 players and that last part is just wrong. But it is what jumped out at me as official specs.

Anybody else looking at this game?

The Atari remakes on XBLA (made by Stainless Games) have been notorious for being of extremely horrible quality, even for fans of the original games. I'd definitely try the demo first since they have such a reputation behind them.

Well the Bionic Commando coming to Live is the NES version (though with snazzy new graphics), and that's the version I meant when I said that it'd be nice if they complimented it with the coin-op version.

Is there a way to see a list of purchased XBLA games?

Your download History in marketplace might give you a close indication.