So I really was going to avoid buying new games until after Christmas, but it's so hard with all the fantastic deals and specials going on. My local Best buy is giving us Triple points if we spend over $75, and double points on anything else till the end of October. However, a much greater and more worthwhile deal is on the go right now, and that's the annual Toys R Us buy 2 games get a 3rd one free sale.

The purchases made today were as follows....

1. Tales of Symphonia- A game I already owned, finished, and loved to death, but must share with a best friend for Christmas.

2. Pikmin 2- A game I wanted to buy, but just never wanted to kick down for it and was hoping for it as a Christmas gift. This game is going to be exchanged for Metroid Prime next month, should my trick last year work. Basically I bought 3 games last year on the same deal, and exchanged one of them (they were $39) and $10 for Mario Kart Double Dash. It worked, and I am putting my bets on it working this year too. If it doesn't, then I am just stuck with a game I already planned on getting eventually. If it DOES work, then I will have my hands on Metroid Prime 2 next month and will have already paid for it on this deal.

3. Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas- I don't know what is going to happen to this game. I initially was going to buy it for a friend as a gift. My 2nd instinct was to keep for myself and play if he didn't get it for Christmas, but then it's a waste for me to have it now since it's a game I planned on waiting on for Christmas or next year. My last, and most intelligent instinct, was to keep the copy and sell to a friend, and then make my way to Toys R Us tomorrow (work is near there) and purchase GTA SA again, along with another game, and get a 3rd free game again, whilst selling this copy in my pretty hands right now to a friend for a measly $40 or so.

I am definitely gonna go back tomorrow to see if I can work my magic again, but if not for the GTA deal, I might just get a few cheap games to take advantage of the deal, like PGR2 and GGX2 on xbox, if only I decide that Midway Arcade Treasures is a suitable free pick with those other two. Nice chunk of change, but it's a deal I really have trouble passing up.

Peace