Amazon drops hints for Monday's Video Game Gold Box deals

by Griffin McElroy on Jan 10th 2009 7:30PM

Update: It's all going down right here.

For thrifty gamers, Amazon's frequent video game-themed Gold Box sales days are sacred holidays. Admittedly, our luxurious lifestyle prevents us from drooling at the very thought of discounted video games -- but the hints that regularly precede these sales somehow always manage to draw us in. It's like The Da Vinci Code, only with cheap games instead of glaring historical inaccuracies.

Here's the lineup for this Monday's Gold Box deals. We'll leave the Robert Langdoning up to our highly deductive commenters.

6:00 AM - Romp through the garden with your pets.
8:00 AM - A PS3 game that dreams are made of.
11:00 AM - This should hold you over on Xbox 360 until Final Fantasy XIII releases.
12:00 PM - A kid named Ben + Aliens + Wii = Bensational!
2:00 PM - Slimy and award-winning - what else would a PC owner want?
4:00 PM - An alternative to No Child Left Behind.
6:00 PM - Get bonus goodies with this radiant crescent.

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Reader Comments (53)

I really wish people would stop turning Robert Langdon into a verb...

WHAT!

How dare you, I should Robert Langdon your ass for that comment.

GODDAMNIT, Left 4 Dead!? Curse my bank account and my videogame habit! I'm gonna Robert Langdon my ass!

Just got a newsletter from Atlus; last one is Luminous Arc 2 with CD.
...radiant crescent, oh god...

1. ???
2. Little Big Planet :D
3. Infinite Undiscovery or Last Remnant?
4. Ben 10 lol
5. World of goo? idk lol
6. L4D!
7. Once again, no clue

I was thinking Viva Pinata 2 for the first and last.... Fallout 3? Idk... i saw radiant and instantly though radiation. =P

Number 1 is obviously Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise

i already have Little Big Planet but i may bite on number 3 if it's Infinate Undiscovery or The Last Remnant (i hope it's Lost Oddessy, but that's not new enough compared to the other 2 and LBP, so i doubt it). can never have enough JRPG's, just not enough time to play them all lol. other than that, nothing really interest me (assuming your's is the correct list of course).

Number 5 sounds like Spore, maybe? Although I might bite on world of goo...

the last xbox email i read said they were dropping the price for VP so that's my guess for 1 and i thought the same for the rest except for 3

1. Viva Pinata
2. LittleBigPlanet
3. A Square Enix title: Infinite or Remnant
4. Ben 10 for Wii. So obvious it hurts.
5. World of Goo (won numerous awards, most recently at Spike VGAs)
6. Left 4 Dead
7. I honestly don't know. Crescent? Obviously an important clue.

Odd, i was thinking Final Fantasy XI, didn't really consider that it could be one of the SE 360 RPGs

Is there a hint for the main deal?

Maybe Viva pinata TIP.

the last is some form of FallOut 3 SE

Left 4 Dead is an alternative to No Child Left Behind. That's just fantastic. :D

if it's L4D I'm interested...wonder what the pricing will be.

Infinite Undiscovery and Last Remnant were both on sale before Christmas for $20 and $30, so I picked them both up at that time...

Or, you know, just check NeoGAF:

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=348428

Why, exactly? They're having the same exact discussion.

Because they already have all the answers.

Technically cheapassgamer figured it out and Neogaf reposted it.

True; CAG is still credited, though.

fail

Assuming that 8am is Little Big Planet, I may buy it if its below $30.

1.Littlest Pet Shop Garden for the nintendo ds?

yah i didnt see that one coming

World of Goo isn't a box game. Why would it before sale on Amazon?

Spore is more likely. (maybe a bundle with the addon?)

You were saying ...

http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=World+Of+Goo+PC&oe=utf-8&cid=17892619986364079866#ps-sellers

http://www.amazon.com/World-Goo-Pc/dp/B001ENOVP2/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1231644688&sr=8-1

Best way to show that Amazon sells something is to link to the Amazon page

Problem was I checked Amazon while living in Canada. Redirected to amazon.ca where it doesn't exist...

1. Viva Pinata 2 360
2. Eternal Sonata PS3
3. Infinite Undiscovery 360
4. Ben 10 Wii
5. World Of Goo PC
6. Left 4 Dead PC
7. Luminous Arc 2 DS

#1 could be a few different games including Animal Crossing, Harvest Moon or some other more obscure title. I would say that the description most closely fits Viva Pinata.

#2 seems to obviously be Eternal Sonata since the game takes place in Chopin's dreams. - **The story envisions a fictional world dreamed by Chopin during his last hours that is influenced by Chopin's life and music, and in which he himself is a playable character, among others.**

#3 The clue "This should hold you over on Xbox 360 ...." leads me to believe it's Infinite Undiscovery. We don't know when FF will release and the word INFINITE in the title makes me think it's a shoe in. It's also right in line to be heavily discounted.

#4 Easy

#5 Easy - I am 99.9% certain it's World Of Goo - a game about slimy goo balls that won many GOTY and Indie Developer awards. The .01% chance could be Spore but somehow I doubt it.

#6 Easy - Opposite of No Child Left Behind is a child being Left 4 Dead. Probably a PC special as opposed to the 360 but there is no way to know.

#7 Easy - 'Radiant Crescent' = Luminous Arc 2 for the DS

Hoping #3 is Lost Odyssey or Fable II. and I really hope the last one is Left 4 Dead for 360 and not the PC.

Hey you're good at this. I didn't even think of Eternal Sonata, but it makes more sense than LBP. Either will work for me.

* 6:00 AM - Viva Pinata: Trouble in Paradise
* 8:00 AM - LittleBigPlanet
* 11:00 AM - Lost Odyssey or Last Remnant
* 12:00 PM - Who cares
* 2:00 PM - World of Good
* 4:00 PM - Left 4 Dead
* 6:00 PM - No idea

Could 2:00 be deBlob for the Wii? thats slimy, but i'm not sure if it won any awards.... just trying to mix it up a little.

The last one is Luminous Arc, people. Christ. Brush up on your awesome DS SRPGs.

I object! A crescent's perimeter is described by TWO arcs!

brush up on not being a douche.

Oooh, zing. That smarts. D:

It would be cool if #1 were Viva Pinata: Pocket Paradise. I've been meaning to pick that one up.

I really hope #2 is LittleBigPlanet. I've been meaning to get it for a while now.

You sure #6 isn't Are you smarter than a 5th grader? ;)

I believe the last one is referring to the Fertile Crescent. Prince of Persia Collectors edition.

Could 7 be Fire Emblem Radiant Dawn? or whatever?

could be castlevania order of ecclesia - moons / crescent

Damn, I just bought L4D too.

if its the 360 version L4D then ima get it for sure if it has a reasonable price

o yah amazon shows it at PST so what time would that 4pm sale be in Central time US? plz and thank you

Somehow, I'm thinking the deals today might be a bit of a bust... The 6:00 AM PT (9:00 AM ET) deal is up, and it's the world renowned....

Littlest Pet Shop: Garden for the DS

:-|

Oh wow. 4 pm.

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