You probably think it's just a hamburger. A patty's just a piece of meat, but it can have character. See that doughnut hole? Gets 18 patties to the pound instead of 16. Saves me about $40,000 a year. That's serious money, Ron. I plug the hole with lettuce, tomatoes, onions, spices. I cover it with a pickle. They'll never miss a thing.
I'm pretty proud of myself I came up with an ironic quote out of that timely downer of a flick. However, 18 patties to the pound? He's serving 7/8ths-ounce burgers?
On with the deals.
Hardware
• Creative Fatal1ty Pro HS-980 MKII Gaming Headset is $44.99, free ship from NewEgg. Next best is $64. [Dealzon]
• Rock Band 3 Wireless Keyboard (Wii) is $27.99, free ship from NewEgg. Next best is $63. [Dealzon]
• Refurbished Creative Labs World of Warcraft Wireless Gaming Headset is $79.99 with free shipping from Creative Labs (normally $119). [LogicBuy]
• HP's coupon for 30 percent off dv7t Quad Edition laptops + 8GB RAM and Blu-ray upgrades ties the best deal ever for this model. Base config is $875. Last time it was this price was April 10 and 11 only. [Dealzon]
• Toshiba released the 17.3" Toshiba P770-BT4G22 for $1,079. This weekend they added free 6GB RAM (up from 4GB) and 640GB HDD (up from 500GB) and dropped the price by $295 to $884, free shipping. [Dealzon]
• Lenovo has a $250 coupon for the 15.6" IdeaPad Y560p laptop with Core i7-2630QM, 8GB RAM, 500GB 7200RPM HDD, 1GB Radeon HD 6570M. Now $799; previous low $839. [Dealzon]
• HP put 2nd gen Intel Core processors and 1GB Radeon HD 6630 into their Envy 14 laptop. Base config is Core i5-2410M, 6GB RAM for $924.99 after $75 coupon. [Dealzon]
• HP's best-selling Elite h8xt desktop with Quad Core i7-2600, 8GB RAM, 1.5TB 7200RPM HDD, 1GB Radeon HD 6450 is $749.99 after coupon. Previous low was $825. [Dealzon]
Software
• F.E.A.R. 3 (PS3, Xbox 360) is $39.99 plus $1.50 shipping (normally $57). [Dealzon]
• Child Of Eden (Xbox 360) is $29.99, free ship from GameStop. Next best is $45. [Dealzon]
• God of War 3 (PS3) is $14.99 + $2.99 shipping from GameStop. Next best is $27. [Dealzon]
• Dragon Age Origins: Ultimate Edition (PC download) is $11.97 from Amazon. Next best is $30. [Dealzon]
• Spore (PC download) is $7.49 from Amazon. Next best is $20. [Dealzon]
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 (PC download) is $4.99 from Amazon. Next best is $10. [Dealzon]
• Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (PC download) is $4.98 from Amazon. Next best is $20. [Dealzon]
• Dead Space 2 Collector's Edition (Xbox 360, PS3) is $39.99 with free shipping from Amazon (normally $79). [LogicBuy]
• Brink (Xbox 360, PS3) is $36.99 with free shipping from Amazon. Normally $49. [LogicBuy]
• Fallout: New Vegas (Xbox 360, PS3) is $19.99 with free shipping from Amazon (normally $29). [LogicBuy]
• Alice: Madness Returns (Xbox 360, PS3) is $39.99 with free shipping from Amazon (normally $54). [LogicBuy]
• Super Street Fighter IV Arcade Edition (Xbox 360, PS3) is $34.99 with free shipping from Newegg (normally $39). [LogicBuy]
• The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is $36.99 with free shipping from Amazon [TechDealDigger]
Digital Distribution
The following listing of digital download bargains are grouped by distributor. For more, see Deals4Downloads' roundup.
Amazon
• STALKER: Shadow of Chernobyl is $4.99, save 75 percent.
• Amnesia: The Dark Descent is $4.99, save 75 percent.
Direct2Drive
• Borderlands Game of the Year Edition is $7.50, save 75 percent.
• Total War: Shogun 2 is $33.49, save 33 percent.
DotEmu
• Evil Genius is $4.99, save 50 percent.
EA
• The Sims Medieval is $29.99, save 40 percent.
GamersGate
• Sid Meier's Civilization V is $16.98, save 66 percent.
• Sid Meier's Civilization V (Mac) is $16.98, save 66 percent.
• Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale is $4.95, save 75 percent.
GameStop
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 is $9.99, save 50 percent.
Get Games
• Star Wolves is $3.24, save 75 percent.
GMG
• Sanctum is $7.49, save 50 percent.
Impulse
• Prince of Persia: The Forgotten Sands is $4.99, save 75 percent.
Mac Game Store
• Spore (Mac) is $9.99, save 50 percent.
Microsoft Marketplace
• Deus Ex: Invisible War is $4.99, save 50 percent.
Steam
• Summer Camp Sale save 50-75 percent. on hundreds of games
• Paradox Complete Pack is $74.99, save 90 percent.
• Square Enix Summer Collector Pack is $74.99, save 88 percent.
• 2K Complete Pack is $79.99, save 85 percent.
• Id Super Pack is $29.99, save 85 percent.
• THQ Hit Collection is $49.99, save 83 percent.
• Telltale Complete Pack is $49.99, save 79 percent.
• PopCap Complete Pack is $74.99, save 77 percent.
• Valve Complete Pack is $49.99, save 77 percent.
Strategy First
• Best Of SFI Strategy Bundle. Use Coupon: BEST7 is $9.99, save 90 percent.
iPhone & iPad Special - iTunes Store
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 (iPad) is $0.99, save 90 percent.
• Mirror's Edge (iPad) is $0.99, save 90 percent.
• Need for Speed Hot Pursuit (iPad) is $0.99, save 90 percent.
• Need for Speed: Shift (iPad) is $0.99, save 90 percent.
• Dungeon Hunter 2 HD (iPad) is $0.99, save 86 percent.
• StarFront: Collision HD (iPad) is $0.99, save 86 percent.
• Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 12 (iPhone) is $0.99, save 86 percent.
• Dead Space (iPad) is $0.99, save 80 percent.
• FIFA 11 (iPad) is $0.99, save 80 percent.
• Fight Night Champion (iPhone) is $0.99, save 80 percent.
• Transformers: Dark of the Moon (iPhone) is $0.99, save 80 percent.
• MADDEN NFL 11 (iPhone) is $0.99, save 67 percent.
• Mass Effect Galaxy (iPhone) is $0.99, save 67 percent.
• Tower Defense: Lost Earth (iPhone) is $0.99, save 67 percent.
Correction A global find/replace error on my part gave us "Need is Speed" in the titles above.
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