THIS WEEK AT NOT YOUR MAMA’S GAMER 12/2-12/6

Alex started out the week right by telling us all how to continue to blow our budgets to hell during the holiday season (oh wait, maybe that’s just me) with her Guide to Cyber Monday. Some good tips not only for cyber Monday but for all of the awesome sales that are going to be taking place well into January.

If you’ve been wondering whether or not you should pick up the new DLC, Breakdown, for State of Decay, Alisha gives you some real insight in the new power hour review of this title. As one of her XBL friends I can tell you that I don’t think that she’s stopped playing this game since it dropped.

In Keep on Keepin’ On, Nicole gives some pretty solid advice about how to find time to actually play video games. We’d love to hear what other people have to say about how they find time to play as well.

Episode 68 of the podcast went like this week and it’s entitled, Giants and Volcanoes. To get the full story about why we called it that you should definitely not miss this episode so go ahead and download it right now! On the podcast we also announced our contest to win a free copy of Minority Media Inc’s Papo and Yo for PC. It’s simple. All you have to do is leave a comment on a blog post before 11:59 p.m. on December 11th and you are entered to win.

This week Sarah also tells about how she learned to stop worrying and embrace her inner angry feminist. Don’t miss this one. It speaks to a lot of what many of us do and why we do it.

And, as always, Sam rounds out the week by looking at surveillance culture, next gen consoles, and creepy as Christmas elves in her post, Santa’s Panopticon. A must read for anyone even considering buying a next gen console or an elf on the shelf…or anyone just looking for a chuckle.