Blockbuster Bends Me Over

I'm cheap. There, I said it. Not frugal, thrifty, cost-effective or otherwise smart with money. I'm cheap, plain and simple. So, when I hit up Blockbuster and spot their "Buy One Used Game $14.99 or Less and Get One Free" deal, my cheap heart stopped dead in its tracks. The most I could possibly end up spending per game would be $7.50? For an Xbox 360 game? I was shocked.

One week after discovering the sale, I've spent about $75 and walked out with 12 games. That's $6.25 per game. Now, not all of them are the greatest games ever made for the 360, but I definitely got well more than my money's worth from these games. Here's the list:

1. Grand Theft Auto 4
2. Mass Effect
3. Dark Sector
4. Viva Pinata
5. The Club
6. Condemned: Criminal Origins
7. Condemned 2: Bloodshot
8. FlatOut: Ultimate Carnage
9. Sega Revo Rally
10. The Darkness


11. TimeShift
12. Frontlines: Fuel of War

All of those games for $75. That's an unbelievable amount of gaming for, at most, might normally get me a special edition game or two older releases. My cheap heart almost went into shock. I know that not all of these games are the best out there. But there's no way that I can honestly look at a single one of them and say, "Geez, I wish I had my Quarter Pounder Combo instead."
For anyone late to the Blockbuster used game party, the pickin's are slim. I've only played the first five on the list, but I can say that those alone are easily worth $75. The rest are just icing on the cake.