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11.17.2009 9:38 pm

Walmart to offer savings on games starting Saturday

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Walmart has decided not to wait until “Black Friday,” the day after Thanksgiving, to start offering big Christmas shopping deals, including discounts on video games.

The giant big-box retailer announced today it will introduce special deals on toys and games for the holiday…

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11.03.2009 12:15 pm

Can Mario ’save’ the Wii?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The bloom is off the rose over at Nintendo.

After several years of high interest and robust sales, the company’s Wii console is looking a little less appealing to consumers. Sales of the system over the first half of the business…

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06.11.2009 10:34 pm

Video game sales figures will continue to fall

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Any question whether video gaming is surviving the recession can be answered by a visit to your local game store.

There, at a glance, you’ll see used titles outnumbering new ones two to one, as consumers start to prefer pinching pennies…

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01.09.2009 7:36 am

Obama bowls better with a Wii

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Remember when President-elect Barack Obama demonstrated during the primary campaign that he was a weak bowler?

Maybe that will change the next time he shows up at the lanes. The New York Times reports that Obama’s daughters received a Nintendo Wii for…

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12.29.2008 3:22 pm

Wii gift for Christmas prompts brawl

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Yes, Nintendo’s Wii is the best-selling game console this holiday season, but that doesn’t mean everyone wants one.

Take Heath Blom, for instance. The Portsmouth, N.H., man is accused of slugging his girlfriend on Christmas when she gave him a Wii…

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12.29.2008 2:00 pm

What’s your favorite video game this holiday?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

With the end of the 2008 holiday vacation season just two days away, the opportunity to spend all hours playing games with friends and family draws to a close as well.

But by now, everyone has had a chance to sift…

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12.25.2008 5:17 pm

Everyone play today

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

On this Christmas Day, the Game Guy blog wishes everyone out there a happy and joyous holiday. So, don’t read, play — and have a great day.

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11.26.2008 11:01 am

Nintendo repackages DS for the holidays

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Tech’s taking a holiday this holiday — no substantial hardware upgrades for gaming are expected before Christmas.

But that hasn’t stopped manufacturers from repackaging products to make them seem new. As an example, Nintendo is offering two refashioned DS handheld systems this…

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09.11.2008 11:49 pm

Flagging game sales due to boredom, as well as the economy

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

arrow.jpgHas the nation’s glum economy jammed a needle into the video game industry’s constantly expanding sales?

You might think growth of 9 percent over the previous month’s sales figures is still reason to celebrate. In the 21st century, however, anything less than double-digit…

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