Prime Day: Best Deals on Video Games (Cheap Games for Cheap Bastards Nintendo Switch One Edition)

This is going to be the shortest post.  Nintendo Switch didn't drop their games for prime day.  The best games are still selling at close to their market value, maybe a $1-5 off.  All well, guess Nintendo needs the money and can't afford to lose profits.

Prime Day: Best Deals on Video Games (Cheap Games for Cheap Bastards PS4 One Edition)

Ho, Ho, Ho.  Merry Christmas in July.  It's Christmas in July and Amazon Prime is celebrating the made up holiday right. This post will be another cheap games for cheap bastards.  Lets dive right into it:

PS4

Until Dawn - $13.33
Horizon: Zero Dawn - $19.99
God of War - $19.99
Nioh - $19.99

Prime Day - Best Deals on Video Games (Cheap Games for Cheap Bastards Xbox One Edition)

Ho, Ho, Ho.  Merry Christmas in July.  It's Christmas in July and Amazon Prime is celebrating the made up holiday right. This post will be another cheap games for cheap bastards.  Lets dive right into it.

Xbox One
The best deal on there is:
Anthem - $14.99
Kingdom Hearts 3 - $19.99
NBA 2K19 - $19.99
The Division 2 - $19.99
Tomb Raider - $19.99

Ending to The Walking Dead Comic Book 193, What You Might Miss

It seems like comic book creator of The Walking Dead, Robert Kirkman, wanted to end his comic series on his terms before AMC screwed up the series even more with their vision of how the show should end like HBO did with Game of Thrones. Spoiler Alerts: Rick Died! Ricks death was more of reasonable death to spark change instead of make you pissed off or cry/ tear jerkers.

Rick once said we are the walking dead.  Rick ended his run in the series by saying we are the living not the walking dead.  We have to live and enjoy life with hope.

What you might have missed in 193

While the walking dead represented a violent threat and the life as we knew it on Earth for 192 issues, they represent something far different in this 193rd and final one. The narrative jumps forward many years to a quiet farm in the countryside. There we see an adult Carl Grimes, his wife Sophia, and their daughter Andrea, peacefully living out their days. That peace is interrupted when a walker stumbles onto the Grimes’ property and Carl puts it down with a very familiar sword.

Maggie and Glenn’s son is a failure

In this post apocalyptic future, walkers are less common. Maggie and Glenn’s now adult-ish son, Hershel Greene, has brought his walker carnival sideshow act to town. He has a group of walkers in a covered wagon that he charges townsfolk a pretty penny to gawk at. Sure enough, the walker that Carl put down was one of his.

Maggie is alive

But in this brave new world, Carl hasn’t just killed a walker, he has destroyed another citizen’s property. Actual walking dead are a prized and expensive commodity nowadays. Though the new sheriff (who is the Sheriff Kapoor revealed in the fake 194 cover) is loath to do it, he has to bring in Carl for a hearing with the local magistrate. While at the hearing, the President of the Colonies herself, Maggie Greene, turns up to have a word with the judge. Carl’s punishment, rather than a debilitating fine, will be to find a walker to replace Hershel’s property. Carl responds to this good news by killing the rest of Hershel’s herd in the dead of night.

United States is United

Carl’s job is that of a messenger. He travels out to the outer reaches of society to deliver important messages. After killing Hershel’s walkers, he heads out once more. We find out a couple of important things about this distant future world. For one, Rick Grimes remains a legend. The Grimes name goes far in these parts and it’s one of the reasons why Carl wasn’t hit with a fine. Also, the “colonies” led by Maggie are set to link up with the Western Alliance very soon. It sounds like the political landscape of the world is slowly putting itself back together and the continental United States may soon all be one political entity again.

Megan is alive

Negan is a hermit now but Carl still appreciates the connection they have, even if it is just leaving food outside his door and praying he’s inside. Carl and Lydia’s dialogue also reveals that Jesus and Aaron are still around, living their best lives. Also: the bird population is coming back and with a vengeance.

Eugene and Laura are alive

Carl reaches the Western front by train, where he delivers a message to a very familiar railroad engineer. Eugene Porter is finishing the most important work of his life: the railway that will connect East and West and further unite human society. Eugene is sad that his wife Stephanie is gone and that he seems to be coming down with a sickness himself. He’s happy to see Carl all the same. Less happy to see Carl is Laura, now one of Eugene’s workers. Laura still hates Rick for killing Dwight in the Commonwealth.




Michonne is alive

The climax of the Walking Dead’s final issue sees Carl pleading his case to Judge Michonne Hawthorne. He says he is grateful for everything they have built together. But he just can’t suffer a walker to live. Everything can slide back to the way it was during “The Trials” so easily. Michonne agrees, citing the words that appear on the statue outside (which is literally just the book jacket description of The Walking Dead). She sets Carl free.




Peaceful Ending

Carl returns home once again to a grateful Sophia and Andrea. Andrea wants her dad to read to her from her favorite book, so he does. He reads to Andrea the story of Rick Grimes - how he lived, suffered, and helped build a better world. We see images of most of the remaining characters, living out their old age in peace, as Carl reads. Carl, Sophia, Earl, Hershel, Maggie, Lydia, Eugene, Laura, Michonne, Aaron, Jesus, Mercer, Princess, Elodie, Sebastian, and Pamela are still around thanks to the efforts of Rick Grimes.

New Walking Dead Series

Alexa Mansour, Nicolas Cantu, and Hal Cumpston will all star in the new series, which is said to follow two female protagonists and focus on the first generation to come-of-age in the zombie apocalypse. A second lead female role has yet to be cast.

Not to be skeptical but what is there left to tell honestly?  So we’re really going to see a show about how teens and preteens survive or didn’t survive the outbreak.  I think we’re going to see some boundaries crossed about how much violence can be shown done to kids, but aside from that I’m not really eager to see another AMC spin-off of the Walking Dead.  

AMC creative license on the show really killed the series with its poor writing and plot twist that don’t make sense.  I feel the comic book creator was right to end the comic series before it was wrapped up on the tv series embarrassingly like the game of thrones which I will leave in lower caps due to disappointment [deep sigh]...

Best Deal on Console Games for 2019

If you’re a millennial and remember a cable video game channel called G4TV, then you remember a show called Xplay and their funny segment called ‘cheap games for cheap bastards’. Basically the segment revolves around gamers who wait on popular games price to drop significantly.  Well I’m doing version of cheap for cheap bastards, and I’m going to bring my viewers the best deals of video games each week.  Please follow the label or tag ‘cheap games for cheap bastards’ to instantly go to what you want to see.

This week I’m going to give the best deals at GameStop for Xbox One, Nintendo Switch, and PS4. These games all are under $20:

State of Decay 2, $19.99

When the dead rise, every decision matters. It's up to you to build, explore, and define what it means to survive.

How Will You Survive? The dead have risen and civilization has fallen. Not even the military could stop the zombies, and now it's up to you to gather survivors and build a community with your friends in a post-apocalyptic world - a world where every decision matters, and where you define what it means to survive.

• The ultimate open world zombie survival game. Build your community and invite up to three friends to explore an open world filled with hostile zombies.
• Establish a base, develop your characters and manage resources to survive in a post-apocalyptic world.
• In the apocalypse, every decision matters and brings with it lasting consequences.
• Xbox One Console Exclusive 
• Xbox One X Enhanced with higher resolutions, steadier framerates, improved details and better effects.

Ni no Kuni II Revenant Kingdom Premium Edition for Nintendo Switch $19.99

• Ni no Kuni II Revenant Kingdom Premium Edition Includes:
• Ni no Kuni II Revenant Kingdom Base Game
• 3D Papercraft Kit
• Music CD Collection
• Steelbook Case
• Special Swords Set
• Exclusive Dragon's Tooth Weapon
• Premium Edition Packaging

The Golf Club 2019 Featuring PGA Tour.  

$19.99

It’s been a while since a golf game came to console.  Tigers Woods golf no longer makes content so this is what golf fans must settle for. 

Tom Clancy's The Division 2 for   PlayStation 4 and Xbox One

The fate of the free world is on the line in Tom Clancy's The Division® 2. Lead a team of elite agents into a post-pandemic Washington, DC, to restore order and prevent the collapse of the city.

• Tom Clancy's The Division 2 is an online action-shooter RPG experience, where exploration and player progression are essential. 
• Save a country on the brink of collapse as you explore an open, dynamic, and hostile world in Washington, DC.

Assassin's Creed Odyssey $19.99

Write your own epic odyssey and become a legendary Spartan hero. Forge your destiny in a world on the brink of tearing itself apart. Influence how history unfolds in an ever-changing world shaped by your choices.

• LEGENDARY SPARTAN HERO - Embark on your journey from outcast to legendary Spartan hero. 
• ANCIENT GREECE AWAITS - Explore an entire country full of unexpected encounters in untamed environments and bustling ancient cities. 
• CHOOSE YOUR PATH - Your choices shape the world around you. Play in a living world that constantly reacts to your every decision. 
• FIGHT EPIC BATTLES - Charge into epic clashes between Sparta and Athens in battles pitting 150v150 soldiers against each other. 
• SAIL THE AEGEAN SEA - Recruit crewmembers and customize your ship as you explore and battle your way on the open seas.

Finally 'They Are Billions' coming to Xbox One and PS4 in July

If you’re like me and jealous that consoles never release RTS games, then you’re finally gifted with a real treat. ‘There are Billions’ is coming to Xbox One and PlayStation 4 in July 2019! 

The steampunk inspired RTS will have features that revolve around using a controller instead of the PC hotkeys.  I’m eager to see how developers will adapt the gamplay to console. I know game developers  like XCOM, Tropico, Terria and  Diablo said screw it and really half assed made the console versions game which really attributed to average sales.

I know biggest problem with games that originated on PC is that most the features of PC games never make it to the console versions.  I know with Terria and XCOM most the levels and monsters on PC never showed up on the console.  Games like 7 days to die got different developers for PS4 and Xbox one, and the Xbox One developers went out of business so the game stop being updated.  

Let’s hope that ‘There are Billions’ doesn’t have the same issues and brings a quality game that will lead to more development for RTS games to consoles,