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The best buy deal is intriguing. The $15 deal says online only and offer varies in store, but I wonder if there's a way to get the $15 GC at the store as well.

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I don’t buy many new releases anymore since I’m still working through my backlog, but I think I’m going to hop on that K Mart deal if the reviews are good. A $20 coupon and a $20 game are too good to pass up. And I still have a $25 gift card that Josh mailed me from the MVC3 fiasco.

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Could be worse. Mine says 49.

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I'm wondering if there's any $20 games that I could get at Kmart that I could flip online for that much. If so, the deal is very interesting.

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Any chance red dead will drop in price when L.A. Noire gets released? I seem to recall gta 4 dropping when red dead came out

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Any idea on when reviews for this will come out? I'm curious, but I don't have quite enough faith to drop a blind pre-order on it.

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I would guess like with most major releases these days you wont see any till that day.

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I'm not a big fan of these review embargoes. It does a disservice to the gamer, especially when combined with pre-order bonuses and the like.

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At the benefit of the game makers though, so it's really no surprise. :(

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I haven't watched it yet, and likely wont, but in case any of you just can't wait, here is a video of the first 15 minutes of the game...

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Not sure on this particular site for reviews but they have one up:

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology...re-game-review

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I started to play it and 10 seconds into the site logo's I stopped it. I just can't spoil this one. I remember going into RED DEAD REDEMPTION blindly and the opening to that was amazingly immersive and one I'm glad wasn't spoiled for me.

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Ok, so i wanted to see if it lives up to the hype with the first few minutes, I'll still love it, spoiled a bit or not.. The facial expressions and the animation to the speaking is superb just like they said it would be. If I didn't know better I would have thought it was a movie.

Seriously, unlike most (read, just about every other game) if someone was deaf and played this, they could play this game by lip reading with no subtitles.

Ok, for anyone worried, it's just the tutorial case, and not the whole thing it looks like. The game pretty much holds your hand through it so I don't think I would consider it a spoiler. I was thinking of not getting this. I AM fucking getting this now.

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I watched a few minutes of it as well. I already have it pre-ordered but this just makes the last five days that much tougher.

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The embargo ends on monday.

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I preordered from Gamestop just to be able to go there at 9 am, and pick it up, and play all day Tuesday.

There was also a deal of getting credit for two games, one of them Halo Reach that I got a double thanks to the beta. I got credit for $53 for both games, so it will only cost me around $10. And yeah, I know Amazon, BB, or another store would be able to give me more credit for those two games, but this was too easy, and the Gamestop is one block from my home.

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Finally got all my BB ducks in a row and placed the order for in-store pickup on Tuesday (GC being mailed free, whatevs). $48.82 after $15 in RZ coupons. So net $33.82 plus all the RZ points and bonuses. Sell the DLC code for another couple bucks = :)

Oh, and BB Customer Service guy? I'm a dude. Please don't say "And your middle initial is 'M' as in 'Mary'?"

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so if I order this for in store pickup I can still go to the midnight launch for the dlc right? Just pick it up then, even if they haven't sent me the "Your item is ready to be picked up" email?

I'm trading in portal 2 and MVC3 for a 60 dollar card to pay for it fully. Problem is the midnight opening is at a different store than the trade in, so I have to go to the store, trade in, get a gift card, then order it online with that gift card at the correct store.

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My Gamestop is having a midnight launch but I figured I waited all this time, another 10 hours or so won't kill me.

Besides, why go, stand in line with a bunch of dorks, and come home to play for an hour? Especially if you have to work.

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Only for the free DLC that will be handed out at Best Buy. I'm dreading it, but I'll be making that run to get it there.

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What's this midnight @ BB DLC you're talking about? I don't see that referenced on their site at all, just the free "Sharpshooter Outfit" when you pre-order it.

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Oh, my GS is having a midnight release. I think I can wait, but we'll see.

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Found the info on the BB midnight thing - exclusive dlc case, min 16 per console. I doubt my BB will be doing a midnight release. I wonder if they'll still have codes when I go to pick it up. I'll be asking either way.

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Your middle name is Mary? Iiiiinteresting.

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M as in Mancy.

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Damn mancy boys

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So did we ever determine whether or not there is exclusive DLC content for the PS3? Because I'm not seeing it listed on the Rockstar website.

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Nope. No official confirmation though we all saw that ad picture that showed it. Not sure if they killed the exclusive or just aren't advertising it since the PSN will be down at launch.

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The extra case that you get if you play the PS3 version is the real-life mystery of "Who stole my identity?"

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Megative Mancy!

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Yeah, I think I might go ahead and switch my order to the 360 just to punish Sony for their sickening negligence.

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Do we assume there will be avatar awards since there were several in RDR?

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I hope so! I'll let ya know in about 4 hours when my friend drops the game off :)

Also, looks like both Pre-Order DLC packs have their own achievements/trophies. 5 each.

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That's the most irritating news I've heard related gaming in a while. And I've heard about PSN.

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Eh, I'll get 1 for free and have to figure out how to snag that WalMart one I guess. I'm all for extra achievements.

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And with that news Pinata's become one of the guys he (and I) like to take advantage of.

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I'm all for extra achievements too, when I'm actually able to get them and complete the game I just bought for full price on release day.

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I'm sure all the pre-order stuff will be sold later down the line.

Rockstar was awesome when it came to RED DEAD DLC. They gave away the other two outfits from that Gamestop contest for free, and just recently offered the winnig Gamestop exclusive costume and golden guns for $1 each.

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No way, son. These are just temporary exclusives. If I do get a midnight BB DLC during the next day, I may keep it now, though. Depends on how much they're going for.

Yeah, the game has 1200gs already: http://live.xbox.com/en-US/GameCente...areTo=Velodyne

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It's kinda sad that he has played over 1080 games (owns nearly 700) and brags about his gamerscore being the best, yet I have double his score with 1/2 the games played :)