Restock Arrival - Xbox 360 Fighter IV FightStick - In Stock 6/2/09

Our Price: $89.99
Release Date: 2/20/2009
UPC: 728658015565
Genre: Fight Stick
Company: Mad Catz
Version: US
-From Publisher-
The official Street Fighter IV FightStick controller for the Microsoft Xbox 360 was designed for fighting game fans to recreate the quality, gameplay and precision found in arcades. Using an arcade-style joystick and 30mm quick connect buttons along with realistic spacing and an eight-button layout, the Street Fighter IV FightStick brings the arcade experience right into your home. With separate turbo settings for each button and great ergonomics, prepare yourself for hours of competition, no quarters necessary.

• Japanese-style joystick & buttons
• 8-button layout with additional multi-speed Turbo functionality
• Genuine arcade layout
• Licensed artwork featuring your favorite Street Fighter characters
• Wired Cable - 4 M (13 FT) length
• Connect to console via USB
• Compatible with most fighting games including PC games that support Xbox 360 gamepad controllers

Restock Arrival - Xbox 360 Madcatz Street Fighter 4 IV FightPads - Back In Stock - $39.99 Each

From Publisher
The official Street Fighter IV FightPad controller for the Xbox 360 was designed specifically for fighting game fans to put new levels of control and precision in the palms of their hands. Using an enlarged, circular 8-way floating D-Pad and a classic six-button layout, the Street Fighter IV FightPad brings the old school fighting game experience right into your home. With separate turbo settings for each button and great ergonomics, prepare yourself for hours of competition, no quarters necessary.

• Enlarged circular 8-way floating D-Pad
• 6-button layout with additional multi-speed Turbo functionality
• 3-way switch enables D-Pad to also function as left or right analog stick
• Integrated headset port for use with Xbox LIVE®
• 9.8 Ft. (3m) Cable connects to console via USB

New Arrival - 11" Super Mario Plush Toy - Star - Now Shipping - $14.99

Price - $14.99 - Ships & Sold From JapanVideoGames.com

Power-up with your very own Super Mario Bros Plush Star. But be careful, do not buy the star and try attempting real life GTA.

The plush material is extremely soft, similar to the plush throw blankets that we see at bed bath and beyond. The back of the star contains the embroidered "Mario Party" words.

New Arrival - 11" Super Mario Plush Toy - CHOMP! (with Chain) - Now Shipping!

Price - $24.99 - 11" Plush W/ Chain
Additional Information about Chomps:
Chain Chomps, known as Wanwan in Japanese, are black, spherical creatures that are restrained by chains. When not restrained by chains, they are sometimes referred to as just Chomps. Chain Chomps constantly strain against the chain holding them, attempting to break free and bite anything that passes close by. They first appear in Super Mario Bros. 3.

New Arrival - Luigi Plush Slippers 10" - Now Shipping - $19.99

Price - $16.99
Luigi slippers are now available! Each slipper measures 10" in length. Here's some more random information about luigi.

Luigi is a video game character created by Nintendo game designer Shigeru Miyamoto. He is the younger brother of Nintendo's official mascot, Mario. Luigi first appeared in the arcade game Mario Bros., where he was featured as a main character alongside Mario. Since his debut, Luigi has appeared in many games in the Mario series, most often accompanying Mario as a central protagonist, but has also starred as the main character in Mario Is Missing! and Luigi's Mansion. In most games of the main series where a two-player mode is available, Luigi fills the role of the second player's character, but he has also appeared occasionally as a playable character in a single-player game, either as part of a secret revealed in-game or an unlockable.

Restock Arrival - Super Mario Bros Mushroom Plush - 8" - Now Shipping

Price - Starts at $11.99
We've restocked on a few super mario brothers mushroom plush this weekend, notably the red and pink mushrooms. For $11.99, you will be receiving a fairly large plush, much larger than their banpresto counterparts.

News Update - E3 - 6/2/09 - 6/4/09 - LACC

A few guys and I will be attending E3 next week to visit a few good old pals, make a few new buddies, and just have a blast in the exhibitor hall overall.

Here's some detailed info describing the event:

The Electronic Entertainment Expo, commonly known as E3, is an annual trade show for the computer and video games industry presented by the Entertainment Software Association (ESA). It is used by many video game developers to show off their upcoming games and game-related hardware. The new E3 Expo is run by International Data Group (IDG [1] ) instead of by ESA.

E3 is invitation-only since 2007, reducing the number of attendees from 60,000 at E3 2006 to the 3,000-5,000 of E3 2007. Starting in 2009, access is restricted to only retail employees with purchasing authority for the organization. A separate conference called Entertainment for All Expo has been created to accommodate the public demand for a major, annual video game event, however it has not been able to replicate E3's success.

E3 was previously held in the third week of May of each year at the Los Angeles Convention Center (LACC) in Los Angeles. In 2007, the convention was exceptionally held from July 11 to July 13 in Santa Monica, California. The ESA stated that the event reached a record attendance of 70,000 people in 2005.

E3 is widely regarded as the world's largest regular convention for video games. Video game companies generally spend more on their presentations for E3 than any other convention (including fancy decorations and pyrotechnics). Major video game critics often have a "best of E3" award session (similar to end-of-year award sessions), but only E3 consistently features such awards (for example, there is rarely a "Best of TGS" award session).

E3 2009 will remain at the LACC June 2nd-4th.^[1]