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Stor3d: Summer Sale Takes Half Off Five Games Until July 31st

Submitted by Paul Munn on July 24, 2008 – 10:40 pmComments

ps3The Stor3d column used to run weekly to talk about new content dropped on consumers using the PS3’s PlayStation Store, but today’s resurrection of the column is just to talk about a sale going on right now. Sony has announced that five of the Store’s current offerings are just $4.99 from now until the 31st of July, down from their full price of $9.99. The five games are:

- PAIN
- PixelJunk Monsters
- High Velocity Bowling
- High Stakes on the Vegas Strip: Poker Edition
- Rocketmen Axis of Evil

I personally found the Rocketmen game so awful that I wouldn’t even consider it at five bucks, but the other four are likely purchases for me. I’m quite curious about PAIN after hearing numerous folks enjoying it so much and being curious about just how crazy it must be to grab a mime from midair and smash them through a window. PixelJunk Monsters has lots of positive buzz and a pretty enjoyable demo. High Velocity Bowling hasn’t lit a fire for anyone as far as I can tell, but bowling should be good, family-friendly fare. Lastly, the Poker game is interesting to me for quite a few reasons: first, I don’t play poker at all so I could use it to learn; second it’s playable online; third all of its expansions, including new poker game types, have been free; fourth it’s also playable using Remote Play on your PSP if you so desire; and fifth it supports the PlayStation Eye. That’s a lot of features for a five dollar card game!

So head on over to the PlayStation Store and take your pick.

Seen on the PlayStation Blog.

  • Mmmm... tasty! I'll probably go and pick-up PJ Monsters tonight (or the wife may get it this afternoon).

    PAIN is so-so. It's just so short for what you get (unless I'm missing something). It's only so much fun to throw someone through the air, over and over and over..... and over....... and over.... etc
  • PixelJunk Monsters is FANTASTIC. Very challenging, lots of fun, even better as 2 player co-op.

    Rocketman is atrocious. Yes, go ahead and avoid that one. It's based on a failed tabletop game, and turned into an even worse video game. Sony needs to forget that property and get the PC version of the Pirates tabletop game onto PSN.

    The poker one is merely OK. The NPC AI is not great, and I don't think you can do local multiplayer. The presentation is really bad, ugly CG characters and a meaningless avatar system... you can spend in-game money on buying news shoes, but you never see the shoes during a game because everyone is sitting at tables.
  • Hah they sell you shoes?

    Does it seem like the avatar would be used in any other High Stakes games if they made them?
  • Joe Fourhman
    Maybe, but it's so crappy you wouldn't even want to use it again. Seriously, there's like two heads, five hair colors, and goatee yes/no. And seventeen shirts but they're all the same but different colors. Calling it an avatar is generous indeed.
  • Well then...I kind of wanted Pixel Junk Monsters, but I'm about to move and my PS3 is packed up. I'll be unpacking it at the new place on Aug 1st.

    So do I want the game enough to unpack my PS3 and hook it back up?

    No, actually.

    Oh well!
  • chackokhan
    Paul, Pixel Junk Monsters is right up your alley. It's worth the $5 and more, you should definitely pick it up. I enjoyed it so much that I snatched it up just from playing a couple rounds with the demo when it first came out.

    The only other game I'm considering is Pain. pretty much for the same reason's you stated.
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