Just a day after the post about how expensive Modern Warfare 2 was in a certain chain and how much profiteering was about to occur, it seems the UK supermarkets are coming to the rescue, with Sainsburys for a limited time selling the Xbox and PS3 versions for £26, which even with my bad maths skills works out a lot less than what Computer Exchange was selling it for as of yesterday.

At last, more reasonable pricing I think you’ll agree. Just a shame the PC version once again gets overlooked for such a decrease by the majority.

Also because we live in cash-strapping times with other, perhaps more important things to worry about, we may want to know about other cheap deals on offer that we may not otherwise hear about.

Enter: http://savygamer.co.uk/

This site is updated quite often with the latest deals by all retailers, be an actual store or online distribution via Steam or your other favourite services.

Now go my gaming minions, go and save a wee bit of cash on stuff you didn’t need in the first place!

And Finally: It’s time for a late edit!

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In the last few weeks there has been strive among the gaming community about the “so-close, you can smell the napalm” release of Call of Duty: Mighty Fart 2, mainly the PC people at large to be honest, after being told the beloved multi-player mode would not have dedicated servers, no modding of the game at all, 18 players maximum on a peer-to-peer basis with the only difference between the console versions and this would be you can use a keyboard and mouse to play, and can turn the resolution up a bit more.

Add the insult of being charged more for it anyway for very little extra and also even if you have the disks now, you still cannot activate on Steam yet till release day while the Xbox and PS3 people happily lark about online as I type this, even to the point where the Xbox 360 version was the first one to be pirated and out for all to test with, and to be honest, even the old saying “All publicity is good publicity” seems to be getting stretched a fair bit.

What’s more silly was this sight today as i walked back from the local supermarket, carrying 30 packets of super noodles and a dirty mag;

That’s right, already, even before the proper street date of Tuesday 10th, (12th for PC thanks to Timezone differences on Steam) there are second hand copies of the game to be had, at the bargain price from this particular chain of Computer Exchange for £75. That’s just the standard version as well kids, not the fancy ones with a baked bean tin or Night Vision goggles you’d struggle to get the NHS to help pay for (Even if they are prescription).

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It’s been a long time since I wrote about anything topical or otherwise here at oohsometimes, but for once the journalistic hat gets put on.

The 31st of October not only brought all freaks of nature for all Hallow’s eve for gathering chocolate, drinking too much and dressing only slightly worse than they do normally, it was the time of year for another Eurogamer expo in London, where companies from around the globe showcase their upcoming wares for the months ahead.

On the back of the successful first year, they moved to a bigger venue, and allowed even more happy go lucky people to enjoy the wonders of events only really enjoyed by those willing to travel to PAX or Quakecon in the US.

Just like last year, the place was stuffed to the gills with XBOX 360s, Playstations, Wiis (which looks strange to write down as a plural) and even some PCs on the main floor, which was a change from last year in itself. The poor old PC has taken a real bashing of late in terms of gaming creditability and it was good to see some games being showcased on the platform even if there weren’t many.

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Well here we are again on the internet on a Sunday evening typing out various questionable in terms of grammar sentences in an attempt to write something people actually would want to read.

It’s been a few weeks since last time I wrote on these fair digital pages, where it seems that being freed from the woes that is Adulthood, being responsible, having to wash and then fail miserably at being socially acceptable, I proceeded to board an expensive EasyJet flight back out to the promised land known as Spain for the forth time this year.

Remarkably I achieved very little during this period of time, that was the aim of the trip to be fair. Wake up, wander round, have better coffee than what they serve in Britain, and not spend time in front of the screen, staring at the Windows Clock watching my life disappear one minute at a time.

Just before I left for the sunnier 27 degree climb, I was resigning myself to the fact that IT Support in general is a soulless profession and it appeared my mouth was becoming looser than a lady of the evening. Clearly the lack of fun needed to be addressed at the time, and for once not by destroying zombie hordes and saving the last known hot woman for your own naughty needs.

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