Review: Dragon Ball Z – Ultimate Tenkaichi (PS3)

Boom Blox is one of those games my wife and I have wanted for a while, but we agree that the full retail price of $50 is just too much for… well, for any single puzzle game, no matter how epic. Today at Target, we poked around the clearance rack as always and, as the many copies of Unreal Tournament 3 and Skate for PS3 were still hanging tough at $30, we headed on to the cases of games. After debating for a while on what we were going to do about toy musical instruments when Guitar Hero World Tour comes out, my wife spotted Boom Blox on sale for $40, and we ditched the idea of picking up a second GHIII guitar immediately. This was a deal we didn’t want to miss.

Unfortunately, we almost did. When I saw the total on the machine at over $50, I called them on it and it turns out the sale ended yesterday, but nobody had gotten around to taking down the sign. The somewhat embarrassed salesperson apologized and tried to refund the full purchase unsuccessfully (as I said, $50 is too much for Boom Blox and I’m not buying it if they’re charging that) so I had to head off to the service desk for my refund.

I talked to the nice people over there and they unanimously agreed with their manager that if the sign was still up, that was Target’s problem, not mine, regardless of the dates of the sale being on the sign. In the end, I got my copy of Boom Blox for $40, and we couldn’t be happier. I don’t imagine it hurt that I wasn’t a jerk about it either. What kind of gaming deals did you stumble onto this weekend?