Buy A PS3, Prevent Foreclosure... Oops, Too Late

I hesitate to call this the PS3 Douchebag Auction of the Day, as I´m not clear on the circumstances that might have put this family into such dire financial straits, but I came very close. Anytime that someone has the gall to list their PlayStation 3 at $5,000, with a $50,000 Buy It Now price on top of that, they really shouldn´t get a pass, but I´m a softie. At least he didn´t try to include Gundam Crossfire in the auction.

Still, any chump who maxes out his last credit card to but a PS3 and three games, only to flip it on eBay in an attempt to right himself financially has to be at least 60% douche.

From the carefully wordsmithed auction:

Okay we arn´t in foreclosure yet, but we are getting closer and closer each month we have to make our mortgage payment latter and latter. So i called in to work and me and my wife swapped out waiting in line to pick up a ps3 and to max out our last credit card. I know that the asking price is high, but if it is met it would alow us to stay in our home. to not default on the mortgage and to raise our girl in our own home. also if a buisness or buisness person buys this gift at my asking price it will probably be the highest bought ps3 on ebay. if this happens i wil tell all publicity who bought it and their website and or phone number. All and all if you have the money to spend what better to spend it than on the most powerful game consol to date, and to help give someone a hand out of debt.

What better way to spend it? Are you shitting me? Well, it doesn´t appear anyone else took the bait either, despite the token picture of his drooling baby. The auction ended with zero bids. Michael McWhertor

PS3 60G 3 games (unique extras) keep us off the street! [thanks, Justin!]

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Pinball Hall of Fame Pics

GameSetWatch has a wonderful gallery up showing off some of the amazing pinball machines that can be found at the Pinball Hall of Fame in Las Vegas.

In their second set of pictures, the site concentrates on some of the "classic" pinball machines found in the collection. The grooviest by far has got to be Bally´s Tommy-themed pinballer Capt. Fantastic, though there are plenty more to see on the site. Brian Crecente

Pinball Hall of Fame Vol. 2 [GameSetWatch]

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Wiimotion Caught on Film

The always lovely Alice points out over on Wonderland that someone´s created a nifty WiiMotion flickr pool. The shots show Wii play in motion, reminding us all what tools we look like when playing games.

Thank you everyone who´s ever known me for not taking pictures while I played. Brian Crecente

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UMD Endangered Species Watch: Buy Now!

Simon over at GameSetWatch points out that with new UMD releases drying up, it´s a good time to start picking up discs. Most of the new titles seem to come from Sony Pictures (go figure) and 20th Century Fox (big PSP fans, we guess). Loads of titles, such as True Romance and South Park: Volume 1 have been canceled as the format inches closer and closer to MD-Beta land. Pick ´em up while ya still can! Brian Ashcraft

UMD´s Days Numbered [GameSetWatch]

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