Black Friday Ads 2007

[Synthohol]

I'm kinda surprised Wacky hasn't beaten me to this ;)

http://www.blackfriday.info/ads/

[WackyComputer]

SanDisk 4GB Memory Stick PRO Duo $34
PNY 4GB thumb drive $27
The Orange Box PC $24
Smallville 1-6 $14
The Office 2 $14
Grey's Anatomy 2 $14
Madden 07 PS3 $9
Bunch of HBO shows 1/2 price
Time Crisis 4 w/ Guncon3 for the PS3
Wii Zapper w/ Link's crossbow training

I think that's it.

[Player0]

Yeah, I was waiting to see Wacky's picks.

Actually you made out like a bandit there. Let me know how the Links crossbow training thing is.

[WackyComputer]

Links crossbow training has familiar music, locations, characters and enemies from twilight princess, but the stages have enough variety that you don't get bored. There are 9 levels with 3 stages per level. It only took me about an hour to complete, so you should think of it more as training or target practice rather than a full fledged game.

The zapper is nice and sturdy, the wiimote and nunchuk fit nicely. And for the hour that I used it, I didn't get tired of holding it.

It's worth the $25, but I worry that I won't be able to use the zapper with very many games. For-instance, Resident Evil 4. You'd think that would be a good game to play using the zapper, but as I recall wii gestures and waggles were required in parts of that game and with the wiimote and nunchuk locked into the zapper that won't work very well.

[Player0]

$25 isnt bad at all. I saw it at the store yesterday and it was $40 or $50 so I didn't get it. I cant believe you got the orange box for so cheap either. Also, I could have used a copy of Greys Anatomy 2 myself. Damn, I should have shopped some more yesterday.

[Nut]

I picked up two Seagate FreeAgent 500GB USB 2.0 External Hard Drives from Office Max for $100 each.

I've read some negative reviews online about them as they tend to overheat and nuke themselves. I can see how they do that as I opened one up and pulled it for use as an internal drive. Basically encased in an enclosure with minimal venting, can we say none and the drive wrapped in a metal cage. Maybe good for backing up files and then shutting down.

But the drives are pretty good and I suspect with descent cooling they will last a long time. Basically a ST3500630AS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive so got it about $10 cheaper than Newegg sells them for. Thankfully I didn't have to wait in line long to purchase them and they were the last two in the store. Granted the warranty is most likely null and void from here on out. I'm keeping one intact just for backup and quick file transfers from home to work.