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Well, the most anticipated video game related Black Friday ad may have just emerged today. Both Kotaku and BlackFriday.info are reporting that GameStop’s ad circular for Black Friday 2008 has been leaked onto the internet. Aside from the rather obvious “Buy 2 Get 1 Free” used game deal that GameStops are known for, there are also a few extra notable sales. Plus, GameStops will give an extra $40 credit to people who trade in PS3s, Wiis or Xbox 360s. Extra credit will also be given if you trade in games - 3 games get 10% extra credit, 4 gets 20% extra and 5 gets 30% extra.

You have to be careful when checking the ad though. While some deals are really good, there are quite a few advertisements for games that aren’t discounted. So be sure to comparison shop before committing to buying a game from GameStop’s Black Friday ad. The ad also highlights that GameStops will have 2,500 possible video game items for under $20 and, if you don’t mind picking up a preowned game as a gift, they likely will. However, a lot of these 2,500 items under $20 are that price everyday, so you don’t have to worry about the sales.

Also, GameStop will be donating to charity this holiday season. The ad mentions that GameStop will donate $1 to the Make-A-Wish Foundation every time someone buys a gift card between November 3 and December 26, 2008. It also states that up to a $300,000 donation will be made to Make-A-Wish due to this promotion.

To make things easier for you, Gamertell has poured over the possible GameStop Black Friday 2008 ad and picked out the notable deals.

7am - 11am Door Buster Deals

• 4gb SanDisk memory stick is $24.99
• Select PSP UMD movies are reduced to $3.99
• Free copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 for Xbox 360 when you buy any of the following new Xbox 360 Arcade, Pro or Elite bundles

• Xbox 360 Arcade bundle with Sega Superstars Tennis, five Arcade games disc, wireless controller and 256 memory card
• Xbox 360 Elite bundle with Kung Fu Panda, Lego Indiana Jones, wireless controller and 120gb hard drive for $399.99
• Xbox 360 Pro bundle with Kung Fu Panda, Lego Indiana Jones, wireless controller and 60gb hard drive for $299.99 (Note: After 11am you won’t receive a free copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with this bundle.)

System Sales

• Preowned Xboxes will be $39.99
• New, limited edition ice blue DS with Brain Age and Mario red DS with New Super Mario Bros. bundles are $149.99 each
• Preowned GameCubes will be $29.99
• Preowned original DSes will be $79.99
• Preowned GBAs will be $49.99
• Preowned Xbox 360 will be $149.99
• Preowned PS2 will be $49.99
• Xbox 360 Pro bundle with Kung Fu Panda, Lego Indiana Jones, wireless controller and 60gb hard drive for $299.99 (Note: After 11am you won’t receive a free copy of Rainbow Six Vegas 2 with this bundle.)
• Madden Cobalt PSP bundle with 1gb memory stick, In Just One Play UMD, Beats coupon, Madden NFL 09 and a $30 gift card for $199.99
• Ratchet & Clank PSP bundle with 1gb memory stick, National Treasure 2 UMD, Ratchet & Clank: Size Matters and Echocrome coupon for $199.99
• If you buy a new PS2 for $129.99, you will get a $30 gift card

DS Sales

• Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution will be $19.99
• The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Undersea Adventure will be $9.99
• A TouchMaster and TouchMaster 2 game bundle will be $34.99
• Guitar Hero On Tour will be $29.99

PC Sales

• If you buy Guild Wars Trilogy ($49.99) or Guild Wars ($19.99), you get Guild Wars: Eye of the North free
• World of Warcraft will be $9.99
• Crysis will be $19.99
• Lord of the Rings Online: Mines of Moria will be $29.99

PS2 Sales

• The Dragon Ball Z Trilogy will be $19.99
• Final Fantasy XII will be $9.99
• Dragon Ball Z: Budokai Tenkaichi 3 will be $14.99
• Resident Evil 4 will be $9.99
• Monster Jam will be $14.99
• Guitar Hero Aerosmith will be $19.99

PS3 Sales

• Preowned Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune will be $39.99
• Preowned Madden ‘08 will be $9.99
• Metal Gear Solid 4 with bluetooth headset will be $89.99
• Overlord Raising Hell will be $24.99
• Dynasty Warriors 6 will be $29.99
• NBA 2K9 will be $49.99
• Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution will be $49.99
• Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition will be $39.99
• Guitar Hero Aerosmith will be $29.99

PSP Sales

• Get preowned copies of both Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai Another Road and Dragon Ball Z: Shin Budokai for $29.99
• Ben 10: Defender of Earth will be $9.99

Wii Sales

• Preowned Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess will be $34.99
• Preowned Metroid Prime 3: Corruption will be $29.99
• Preowned Game Party will be $17.99
• Guitar Hero Aerosmith (game only) will be $19.99
• Samba de Amigo will be $19.99
• Luxor 3 will be $14.99
• de Blob will be $39.99
• Star Wars Clone Wars: Lightsaber Duel will be $49.99 and come with a free sticker book
• If you buy Wii Fit for $89.99, you get a free Wii Fit bag

Xbox 360 Sales

• Tomb Raider: Underworld will be $59.99 and come with a free art book
• Monster Jam will be $14.99
• Call of Duty 4: Game of the Year Edition will be $39.99
• Sid Meier’s Civilization Revolution will be $49.99
• Guitar Hero Aerosmith will be $29.99
• Dynasty Warriors 6 will be $29.99
• Left 4 Dead will be $49.99
• NBA 2K9 will be $49.99
• Brothers in Arms: Hell’s Highway will be $19.99
• Bad Company will be $29.99
• Spider-Man: Web of Shadows will be $39.99
• Armored Core: For Answer will be $19.99
• Soul Calibur IV will be $49.99

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Section: News, Features, Nostalgia, Consoles, Consoles-Other, Web-Sites, Official-Sites

Its always wonderful to see people coming together to help support a charity. The latest kudos goes out to GoNintendo and Ustream.TV, which are teaming up to create an eight hour “Best of NES” event to benefit Child’s Play. From 8am until 4pm EST on November 22, 2008, GoNintendo’s podcast crew and some others will all join together to play NES games over a live-stream.

So the podcasters and associates will be playing NES games (so far Castlevania, Punch-Out!! and Super Mario Bros. have been mentioned as possible titles) for charity. They’ll also be talking to the people who are watching them via GoNintendo’s Chat Room and there will also be some prizes given out. The goal of the event is to raise $1,000 for Child’s Play. GoNintendo will also be making an initial donation of $300 to the charity as well.

Child’s Play is a community of gamers trying to make a difference in the life of sick children. The charity was started in 2003, by Penny Arcade‘s authors Mike Krahulik (Gabe) and Jerry Holkins (Tycho). The group’s goal is to collect money, toys, video games and movies to donate to 40 hospitals around the world.

Read [PRLog] Site [GoNintendo] Site [Ustream.TV] Site [Child’s Play]

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Section: News, Exclusives, Originals, Features, Interviews, Opinions, Podcasts, Consoles, Xbox, Xbox-360, Consoles-Other

When I last spoke with Zach Wigal, founder of Gamers Outreach Foundation, he was just finishing up a Halo 3 tournament in January to raise funds for his community.

I caught up with Wigala few weeks ago and learned he has just earned the Microsoft MVP (Most Valuable Professional) award.

Wigal said he only became aware of the program a few months ago after doing an interview with Chris Erickson of 360StyleCast podcast and added that Erickson has been an MVP for a while, this year being Erickson’s third award.

“He was really the person who introduced me to the award,” Wigal said. “Prior to meeting Chris (Erickson) I hadn’t heard of it. Roughly 2 to 3 months ago, Chris told me he wanted to nominate me for the MVP award. I still only had a very basic understanding of the award, so I more or less went about my business without saying much to any of my friends. Sure enough, I got a few e-mails from Microsoft, and on October 1, (2008), they welcomed me to the MVP program. Now, I’m very familiar with what the award is.”

I contacted Michael Fosmire, MVP Lead, to find out more about this MVP award.

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It’s a sad day at Moonlight Pictures. This morning, the rendering servers had a massive breakdown - causing a failure to all of the hard drives which the raw scenes of “The Grey People” were stored.

We have lost The Movies game as well as all the modifications.  So does this mean that “The Grey People” is over???

HECK NO. This will give us the opportunity to revisit what we thought to be INCREDIBLE scenes and make them better! It’s a shame that we filmed almost twenty minutes of the film and its now all gone, but we will re-film and release this film to the public.

But how long can everyone wait now until its released? Well, it took us almost two months to film the first twenty minutes. We can imagine that it will take that much to complete again plus the many months finishing the film. We are very sorry for the inconvenience to our viewers, but rest assured, you can expect to see this grand sci-fi adventure sometime in early 2009.

We had to tap into our donation fund and buy a brand new server (which cost a pretty penny) and if you would like to help contribute - for as you know - we don’t just do machinima - we also shoot live action films and are currently working on not one, but TWO feature films. So if you got some spare change - anything helps - then please go here and you will be announced on our upcoming new podcast.

We’ll, thats all for now! We will keep you all updated.

We have reset the Chip-In box for donations again.  Last month’s Chip-In drive was a success with a loyal TGM fan donating the whole $50 goal.  To show our appreciation of this, we will not be increasing our goal this month.  This drive will run for 30 days, ending on September 5th, 2008.

Remember, all donators get “Supporter” access do our donator section and you will get your name listed on the front page like past donators.

Show your support, donate today.