Business, Game Design, Gamer Culture
A Gamer’s Black Friday Survival Guide
This week, we face one of the most significant day of the year for the gaming industry. No, not Thanksgiving; the day immediately following: Black Friday. It’s on this day that the holiday shopping rush officially begins! Consumers will line up around local retail stores at the crack of dark to get first chance at some of the sweetest early bird specials. Whether you’re in said line to score some deals yourself or cursed with facing the plundering hordes from behind the counter, are you ready? If not, here are some helpful tips to get you through the day.
Later next week, America celebrates Thanksgiving, a holiday laden with gluttony, family gathering, and lots of drinking. This, as you could imagine, is the favorite holiday for animal rights organization, PETA, the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. In their never-ending crusade to enlighten the world toward vegan living, they developed a flash game with eerie resemblance to our favorite culinary matriarch, Cooking Mama. Except in their version, she’s developed a bloodlust for murder!