They say that games are the new movies. Whoever the hell ‘they’ are are clearly wrong.

This compilation of 50 abominable pieces of voice acting from games proves that they’re much better than silly old films.

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We like to play games on the Bitterwallet side of the office. Bread frisbee, for example. But don’t get all technological on our ass – leave that for the fresh faced punks on the other side of the cheese plants. Those kids from sister site Dealspwn laugh at our analogue leanings, preferring to immerse themselves in a digital utopia, which we imagine to look a little like Tron.

Here’s Dealspwn’s Editor Emma to take you by the VR glove and walk you through the best gaming bargains of the week:

The Secret Of Monkey Island – £3.49 @ Steam (PC game) – This classic point-and-click adventure from Lucasarts has been lovingly revamped, and is selling for half price on Steam this weekend only! Fans of the Monkey Island series have been re-living their favourite Guybrush moments, involving grog, rubber chickens, voodoo ladies and pirates. ArrrrrRRRRR!

Assassin’s Creed – £8.95 @ The Game Collection (Xbox 360 game) – For only £8.95, you can get the graphically stunning Assassin’s Creed from The Game Collection. Assassin’s Creed 2 is due to be released next month, so you might want to take advantage of the low price on the first game, if you haven’t played it before.

Fallout 3 – £11.89 @ Sendit (Ps3 game) – Fallout 3 is currently priced at £15 @ Game, so it’s a bargain price for only £11.89 at Sendit. Fallout 3 has so many positive points; its huge world, the interesting  mix of gaming genres, flexible characterisation, brilliant combat system, beautiful design – all making for a superb gaming experience.

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Hello! Here’s that moment you’ve been waiting all day for – the round-up of the bestest deals on offer in this here old town we like to call Bargainsville.

As usual, they’re all from HotUKDeals. As usual, we can’t think of much else to say in this second intro paragraph. Hmm, looks like rain…

We all love games, right? Here at Bitterwallet HQ, some of our favourites are Hopscotch, Marble Barble, Kill The Postman and Wet Whisky Afternoon. A few of you might even like console games as well.

For those of you who do, here’s a list of some of the big new console games that are coming out over the summer, including the fine-looking Wii Sports Resort. Pre-order them now using the code ‘GAME20’ and get 20% off the listed price. And when you’re bored, come round to BWHQ and we’ll got outside and have a big game of Got Your Penis.

Next, a charity appeal on behalf of Mike Ashley. Seemingly unable to sell his Newcastle United Football Club, Mr Ashley has now reported a dramatic drop in the profits of his Sports Direct company.

Help Mr Ashley out today by buying one of his Slazenger bikes for only £49.99 (quality of bike cannot be guaranteed). You can also add some cheap tennis balls to your basket in order to qualify for free delivery. Thank you. (Note: Other cheap bikes are available.)

Finally, an offer that you can’t refuse. It’s for a DVD box set that you should already own. If you don’t, it’s now only £8.99 and if you can’t be bothered to fork out that piffling amount, you might as well go and sleep with the fishes, because we’re going to come round and stick a horse’s head up your bed.

We’re talking of course about The Complete Police Academy Collection. No we’re not, we’re talking about The Godfather Trilogy. Just don’t waste your time watching the third one though – it’s shite.

(deals found by HotUKDeals members Jaygo, dancrawley, joeydawson, adamck and DarkKnight)

Sony’s highly anticipated Playstation 3 game, titled ‘LittleBigPlanet‘, has just received a global slap on its release. Sony decided to delay the release date, going as far as to recalling the game from retailers who have already received shipments.

The reason for the delay? It’s a killer bug… it’s missing stuff…

Nope. According to Sony, it’s because some of the background music was deemed as unacceptable due to religion:

“During the review process prior to the release of LittleBigPlanet, it
has been brought to our attention that one of the background music
tracks licensed from a record label for use in the game contains two
expressions that can be found in the Qur’an.”

So while Sony is most likely spending millions recalling the discs already shipped to stores, re-editing soundtracks, re-programming it into the game, and re-printing millions of discs to ship out again to angry and upset fans weeks from now, a combination of the high anticipation for the game and a sudden decrease in supply has shot up demand for the game right now, skyrocketing the price of the game to over £135 in some instances. Plenty of eBay sellers have been taking advantage of the situation and raking it in.

The estimated date of release is currently November 14, but being a pretty crowded season, Sony looks like it’ll be in for some competition.

Until then, why not blow £135 on your ‘collector’s edition’?

[GameIndustry via Reg Hardware]

It’s getting colder and the kids have got a half term holiday looming, so here’s some child-friendly deals to see you into the weekend. As ever, they’ve all been discovered by the eager bargain beavers over at HotUKDeals.

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For the little ‘uns, there’s a collection of 101 Nursery Rhymes for singalong fun. Be warned – it doesn’t contain full versions but has a medley-style so that you’re never far away from a new tune. A livener for rainy days and long car journeys.

Some of these CDs can be guilty of being made by talent-free maniacs, but as it’s only £1.99, if the nursery rhymes suck, you could always cut the disc into the shape of a Chinese star and give it to a teenage wannabe ninja.

HUKD member jakenjo says “it doesn’t want to make you kill yourself, well not straight away.” High praise indeed.

(Deal found by amibees)
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