It’s NPD time of the month

by
Tehflakes
Posted September 11th, 2009 at 10:00 am
So the NPD sale figures our out for the month of August 2009. August featured the highly anticipated announcement of the PS3 Slim at a price point of $299 and Microsoft followed suit by lowering the price of the Xbox Elite console to $299, the same price as the Playstation 3 Slim. We won’t truly know how these announcements affected sales until sometime in October when the September sales figures are released. Sony closed the gap on Microsoft in the month of August and I’m predicting that So...
Gears of War Double XP weekend

by
Tehflakes
Posted September 2nd, 2009 at 10:00 am
On your way to reach level 100? I know I am and the team over at Epic has planned a double XP weekend.
Details:
Got plans for this Labor Day weekend? Cancel them, because you’re going to be busy gearing up for battle in a Gears 2 multiplayer double XP event! From September 4 through 8, earn double experience for all games, plus an experience bonus of 500 for the winning team in a Public competitive multiplayer match. Plus, in Horde, matches default to Hardcore difficulty, with every ...
Buying games on your console verus retail

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Tehflakes
Posted August 31st, 2009 at 10:00 am
While we move into a time of digital downloads the big 2 console manufacturers Microsoft and Sony are expanding there online services by allowing us to download full retail versions of games and save them to our hard drives. Nintendo simply can't offer this feature to it's customers as there is no real storage on the Nintendo Wii. Microsoft is branding there service Games on Demand while Sony has just placed them into there online store. Microsoft certainly has the edge in terms of the amount of...
Holiday Sales Prediction

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Tehflakes
Posted August 26th, 2009 at 10:00 am
it's coming to that time of year again, the ever so crazy holiday season where we see hundred's of video game titles. I've put together my list of what I think will be the best selling video games.
Game Title
Wii Resort
Batman: Arkham Asylum
Guitar Hero 5 ( Game Only)
Guitar Hero 5 (Bundle)
Dirt 2
Beatles Rock Band (Game Only)
Beatles Rock Band (Bundle)
Scribblenauts
NHL 10
Halo ODST
Dead Space Extraction
PSP GO! (new PSP Hardware)
Brutal Legend
Uncharted 2: Among Thieves
Forz...
My Set-Up and Collection

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Tehflakes
Posted August 5th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I figured I would post my set up and my collection of games.
32inch Sharp Aquos LCD
Rogers HD-PVR
Xbox 360 with 120 gig HDD
Playstation 3 with 320 gig HDD
Nintendo Wii
Pioneer HTS-GS1 Xbox 360 HD Surround System
Collection of Games:
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Where The Hell Have I Been?

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Tehflakes
Posted July 15th, 2009 at 10:00 am
Where the hell has flakes been?
Well it’s been over a very long time since my lastblog post, today’s entry won’t entirely be focused on video gaming since a lot has happen since May. At approximately 9:30 am on May 12th 2009 I was called into an office and was laid off. Almost 4 years at the Hudson’s Bay Company, I was escorted off the property and given a cab ride home. My initial thoughts were I was terrified and scared because we are in a recession and the economy completely su...
Am I an achievement whore?

by
Tehflakes
Posted May 12th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
There was contest recently on Xbox.ca Canada Community forums that had 3 volunteers live their day-to-day lives and achieve 1400 achievement points. Forum goers were asked to pick one of the 3 users, who they thought would get to the 1400 points first. When one of the three volunteers reached the 1400 points, an individual who selected said winner was randomly picked and awarded a 1400 points card. However, we didn’t live our day-to-day lives. Instead, we all raced to 1400 points. The contest ...