DVD Sale!

Today was the annual DVD sale at the local computer game shop, which also carries a ton of used stuff, including movies. Every movie was on sale for 15% off, and some had a bigger discount, the ones like Zombie Movie Horror Night 17 and whatnot. Maybe others too. This is a pretty good deal as they already have nice prices on used stuff (basically if you look on amazon/etc for a used copy, the price listed there is what you'll find at the store). The three movies I was looking for were Letters from Iwo Jima (which I have not seen), Hellboy (the movie, which I have seen, and for which a sequel is in the works), and Ten Items or Less, which is a great independent movie that was only in theaters for a very short time, and has since been released on DVD and is very hard to find.

Unsurprisingly, I ended up with the first one of those three, and they did not have a copy of Hellboy on hand, and had not ever had a copy of Ten Items or Less in stock. I did look at some other movies while there, but none seemed especially interesting. Though one was almost worth it for the packaging: Bubba Ho-tep limited edition, the packaging was... a real elvis shirt! Or something like that. It was a truly gaudy white shirt-like thing inside a transparent DVD box. I can only assume that the DVD would be placed inside the shirt.

There was a great find in the used console/handheld games section: Final Fantasy 1 and 2, for the PSP! I've only played these a little (the original versions), but it seemed like a great deal to pick up both, and with new CGI and revamped graphics.

I've also observed some amusing things with respect to Xbox 360 used games. They don't actually have a lot in stock, as I suspect that Gamestop and the like get a lot more of the used games, since they can exchange for credit to buy new ones. Because there's usually only ten to twenty titles in stock, this means that I can see which ones are there time and again, and which ones disappear pretty quickly. So far, the winner in the not reselling category is FIFA world cup soccer. They've had two copies on the shelf for a few months now. Also up there are things like Call of Duty 2, which apparently is a great game, but there's already a sequel out (which I never seen for sale used) and thus gets less attention.