Mass Effect approaches

Max informed us that Microsoft has sent him Mass Effect, the one with an alien lesbian scene. Yay. But the game is actually said to be very good! Max also traded in some old games to get Burnout Paradise reserved. He would have liked to have gotten it through LionGames, but he doesn't like paying to ship his pre-owned games, but that's because he's poor!

For his birthday, I think he's contemplating getting the LionGames Roaring Discount Card. What it does is gets you a 10% discount off new game prices for one full year from date of purchase. So that's like buying a used game at Gamestop without your card, but it's not a used game- it's a NEW GAME from LionGames! That rocks the fat ass!

But.. Gamestop does have a "Buy Bioshock get The Darkness free!" promo going on until February 3rd... Max pointed that out to the clerk at GameStop, and the clerk said "Oh, I guess we are.."