GYG Blog

You’ve seen it in the news countless times – our country is experiencing an “obesity epidemic”, as kids and adults alike exercise less and eat much, much more. You also know the ending to that story. Videogames inevitably – and unfairly – take the lion’s share of the blame.

We at Get Your Gamez don’t accept that, and we hope you don’t either. And we’re calling on our customers, our friends and our family to do something about it.

Get Your Gamez is proud to announce the “GYG Play Your Way to Fitness” contest, starting right now and running through the end of the year. We want to prove conclusively to all the doubters and naysayers the thing we and our customers already know – that videogames can be a powerful tool to help shape not only the mind and reflexes, but also the body.

Using the Nintendo Wii platform and its myriad of games designed to get you moving, show us how much weight you can lose between now and January 1^st, 2009. The winners that lose the most weight will be eligible for some great prizes, including a Wii Fit package, free monthly rentals, and Wii sporting games of their choice. In addition, all players that provide their information for our Community Tracker will automatically receive a 10% discount on their rental fees during the promotional period.

The owners of Get Your Gamez (we’ll call them Mr. and Mrs. “X”) will be participating in the challenge as well. We will be updating our blog frequently to include our progress towards reaching our goals, tips, workout plans, helpful advice, and more. Obviously, we are not eligible for the great prizes!

Take charge of your personal fitness today, and prove once and for all that the term “video gamer” doesn’t equal “couch potato!” Contest rules will be posted on the GYG blog at www.trygyg.com. Or, for more information or to enroll in the event, e-mail us at info@getyourgamez.com.

Stay fit. Stay focused. Good luck!

Mushi mushi, gamers!  Grant’s back again this week with another big look, this time at the game Pure for the Xbox 360 and PS3 platforms.  So throw on your helmet and suck down another Mountain Dew, gamers… because it’s go time.

You know that feeling when you think you’ve got something all figured out before you begin, and then find out things aren’t quite what you thought they were.  I went into this game expecting another ho-hum ATV game… and what I got instead was a well-balanced game where fun is front and center during the whole thing.

I know this shouldn’t come as any surprise, since Black Rock Studio was responsible for its development.  They’re the guys that did the ATV Offroad series.  Unlike the Offroad titles, however, this game spends more of its time on big air, awesome tricks, and face-melting speed.  They literally took everything that was awesome from the previous games, and eliminated everything that wasn’t cool.  It’s like catching an episode of Baywatch where it’s just 60 minutes of girls running down the beach.  A pleasant surprise.

I could spend an undue amount of time talking about the various single-player and online modes, or the scenic vistas, or any of 100 other little wins in this title… but honestly, the game is just really a big bucket of fun from beginning to end.  I recommend it highly this week, possibly even higher than Lego Batman.  If you’re a racing fan of any stripe, this is way more than a rental.  If you’re a casual racing fan, though, give it a rental.  I don’t say this lightly — f you can play this game without smiling, then you are dead inside.  Big thanks to Black Rock for turning me into a true believer.

Anyway, that’s my time, and my name is Grant.  If you want to see more of my reviews, drop by Get Your Gamez at dubdubdub-dot-trygyg-dot-com.

Later gamers!

Here is an excellent review comparing GYG with other available rental options. We are proud to have earned the Editor’s Choice Award, and would like to thank SOMM for including us in their reviews. The constructive feedback is greatly appreciated and will be added to our list of “to do’s.”

Thanks so much SOMM for recognizing GYG!

Thank you very much to Top 10 Reviews for their review of GYG!  We’re thrilled to be given a 4th place standing, and the feedback was excellent!

GYG just finished hosting a family gaming night at the Phoenix Children’s Hospital, and it was an awesome experience. The kids got to play on several Wii systems for 3 hours, and their parents and siblings were very appreciative of the opportunity to relax and have fun with their kids. We were thrilled that a local newspaper is running an article in Saturday’s edition, and the Phoenix NBC affiliate came to do a story on it as well!

The staff took some great pictures of the event that we’ll be sure to post when we receive them, along with a link to the news story.

If you’re interested in signing up with GYG and would like to take part in our September fund raising event for the hospital, send an e-mail to info@getyourgamez.com and we’ll be happy to send you the promo code. It’s for a great cause!

So, like most people, you enjoy unwinding while playing video games right? Sure, who doesn’t like to unwind while killing terrorists on a Friday night? But seriously, $60.00 a game is a little unreal, unless the video game is a Rainbow Six Vegas title (in my humble opinion). So, how do you know if a game is worth the sticker price? Video Game Rentals of course! And the easiest way to rent video games is with an Online Video Game Rental Service like Get Your Gamez! No corporate nonsense here, we’re gamers so we buy the games that we want to play…and plenty of them! Now we are not saying you’ll never have to wait for a new release video game, that is a little unrealistic, but you won’t wait as long as some of the other big name rental places…and you know who we mean. We check our inventory levels daily and when a video game has been absolutely out of stock for a week to 10 days, we order more pronto! This makes the wait time on new releases usually less then two weeks!

So, what are you waiting for? Check out www.getyourgamez.com or www.trygyg.com and start relaxing!