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And the popular video games are…. listed below.

One really interesting title which I saw there was Outrun 2006 which was listed for R27.95 under Kalahari. Geez

dunno if any of you remember the ORIGINAL Outrun MANY years ago… wow that takes me back to my youth.
 

Take2.co.za
1.  Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – PC
2.  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat PC
3.  Final Fantasy XIII PS3 
4.  Heavy Rain – PS3
5.  Street Fighter – PS3
6.  Assassin’s Creed II – PC
7.  Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition PS3 
8.  Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition – Xbox360 
9.  THQ Ultimate Box Set (9 Game Pack) PC
Titan Quest, TQ:Immortal Throne, Company Of Heroes, COH: Opposing Fronts, STALKER.: Shadow of Chernoby, Frontlines:Fuel of War, Supreme Commander, SC: Forged Alliance, Warhammer: 40K: Dawn of War – Dark Crusade  10.  World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card European Server Version (PC) 

Kalahari.Net
1. Final Fantasy XIII – PS3
2. God of War 3 Ultimate Edition – PS3
3. God of War 3 – PS3
4. Battlefield Bad Company 2 – Limited Edition – PC
5. Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – PS3
6. Outrun 2006: Coast 2 Coast – PC
7. Street Fighter IV – PC
8. Need for Speed Undercover – PC
9. Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight – PC
10. Virtua Tennis 2009 – Nintendo Wii

Amazon.com
1. God of War III – PS3
2. Pokemon SoulSilver Version Software Only – Nintendo DS
3. Pokemon HeartGold Version Software Only – Nintendo DS
4. Final Fantasy XIII – PS3
5. Grand Theft Auto: Episodes from Liberty City – Xbox360
6. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board – Nintendo Wii
7. Just Dance – Nintendo Wii
8. New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo Wii
9. Final Fantasy XIII – Xbox360
10. Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo Wii

Is it just me or are the Americans obsessed with food and politics titles?!

Sunday is here and once again we take a look at what books are proving popular with the various online retailers.

It looks like LJ Smith is still dominating the local scene and I am still very tempted to get my hands on that Flash Forward book!

Take2.co.za
1.  Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 – Smith, L. J.
2.  Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 – Smith, L. J.
3.  Pleasure of a Dark Prince – Cole, Kresley
4.  The Return: Nightfall – Smith, L. J.
5.  Black Jack – Leigh, Lora
6.  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Larsson, Stieg
7.  Girl Who Played with Fire – Larsson, Stieg
8.  Hot Rocks – Roberts, Nora
9.  Born to Be Wild – Warren, Christine
10.  Flash Forward  – Sawyer, Robert J.

Kalahari.Net
1. The Return: Nightfall – LJ Smith
2. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 – LJ Smith
3. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest – Stieg Larsson
4. Vampire Diaries: v. 1 & 2 – LJ Smith
5. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 – LJ Smith
6. The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary Diet-Free Way to Totally Transform Your Body – Jon Gabriel
7. The Metabolism Miracle: 3 Easy Steps to Regain Control of Your Weight…Permanently – Dianne Kress
8. Captain in the Cauldron – Mike Greenaway
9. Pleisters Vir Die Siel: Soos Uitgesaai in Brekfis Met Derrich Op RSG – Riekert Botha
10. Introduction to business management – J. Strydom; G. du Toit; B Erasmus

Amazon.com
1. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual – Michael Pollan
2. The Five Thousand Year Leap: 30 Year Anniversary Edition with Glenn Beck Foreword – W. Cleon Skousen
3. A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War on Terror – Larry Schweikart
4. World Peace Diet: Eating for Spiritual Health and Social Harmony – Will Tuttle
5. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted – Daniel G. Amen
6. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
7. The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great, Losing Weight, and Saving the Planet – Alicia Silverstone
8. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight – Karl Rove
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
10. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang – Chelsea Handler

And here is the list of the bestselling video games. It looks like Battlefield Bad Company, God of War and Street Fighter IV are all the rage this week!

Kalahari.Net
1. Battlefield Bad Company 2 – Limited Edition – PC
2. Final Fantasy XIII – PS3
3. God of War 3 – PS3
4. God of War 3 Ultimate Edition – PS3
5. Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – Xbox360
6. Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – PS3
7. Street Fighter IV – PS3
8. Assassin’s Creed 2 – PC
9. Virtua Tennis 2009 – Nintendo Wii
10. Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion – PC

Take2
1. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition (PC DVD-ROM) -
2.  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat (PC DVD-ROM) 
3.  Heavy Rain (PS3)
4.  Street Fighter IV (PS3) 
5.  Final Fantasy XIII (PS3) 
6.  Assassin’s Creed II (PC DVD-ROM)
7.  THQ Ultimate Box Set (9 Game Pack) (PC DVD-ROM)
Titan Quest, TQ:Immortal Throne, Company Of Heroes, COH: Opposing Fronts, STALKER.: Shadow of Chernoby, Frontlines:Fuel of War, Supreme Commander, SC: Forged Alliance, Warhammer: 40K: Dawn of War – Dark Crusade 
8.  World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card European Server Version (PC)
9.  Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition (PS3) 
10.  Street Fighter IV Collector’s Edition (Xbox 360) 

Amazon.com
1. God of War III – PS3
2. Final Fantasy XIII – PS3
3. Final Fantasy XIII – Xbox360
4. Mass Effect 2 – Xbox360
5. Just Dance – Nintendo Wii
6. Pokemon SoulSilver Version Software Only – Nintendo DS
7. Xbox 360 12 Month Live Gold Card – Xbox360
8. Heavy Rain – PS3
9. Nintendo Wii – Nintendo Wii
10. New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo Wii

We have not done a bestsellers list in a while so let’s take a look what books are proving popular with the online retailers and see if there are any inspirational purchases in there.

It looks like the Kalahari.net and Take2 listings are heavily skewed toward the various LJ Smith books and I am very keen to get my hands on the Flash Forward book… I’m just worried it might ruin the TV series for me! Here is the list:

Kalahari.Net
1. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 – LJ Smith
2. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 – LJ Smith
3. Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons in Life – Richard Branson
4. Vampire Diaries: v. 1 & 2 – LJ Smith
5. The Return: Nightfall – LJ Smith
6. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
7. The Metabolism Miracle: 3 Easy Steps to Regain Control of Your Weight…Permanently – Dianne Kress
8. SAICA Handbook 2009/2010 – SAICA
9. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
10. The Reunion: v. 3 & 4 – LJ Smith.

Take2
1.  Vampire Diaries, Vol. 1, Books 1 & 2 – Smith, L. J.
2.  Vampire Diaries, Vol. 2, Books 3 & 4 – Smith, L. J.
3.  Pleasure of a Dark Prince – Cole, Kresley
4.  The Return: Nightfall – Smith, L. J.
5.  Girl Who Played with Fire – Larsson, Stieg
6.  Black Jack – Leigh, Lora
7.  Born to Be Wild – Warren, Christine
8.  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Larsson, Stieg
9.  Hot Rocks – Roberts, Nora
10.  Flash Forward – Sawyer, Robert J.

Amazon.com
1. Courage and Consequence: My Life as a Conservative in the Fight  – Karl Rove
2. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
3. Chelsea Chelsea Bang Bang – Chelsea Handler
4. Change Your Brain, Change Your Body: Use Your Brain to Get and Keep the Body You Have Always Wanted – Daniel G. Amen
5. Final Fantasy XIII: The Complete Official Guide – Piggyback
6. Rework – Jason Fried
7. Teach Like a Champion: 49 Techniques that Put Students on the Path to College – Doug Lemov
8. Hypothyroidism Type 2: The Epidemic – Mark Starr
9. American Conspiracies: Lies, Lies, and More Dirty Lies that the Government Tells Us – Jesse Ventura
10. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson

I could not believe it when I saw “Leisure Suit Larry Classics” pop up on the Kalahari.net list. Geez that takes me back to my youth!

Here are the bestsellers for the week:

Amazon.com
1. Heavy Rain – PS3
2. Final Fantasy XIII – PS3
3. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox360
4. Just Dance – Nintendo Wii
5. New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo Wii
6. Dante’s Inferno Divine Edition – PS3
7. Endless Ocean: Blue World – Nintendo Wii
8. God of War III – PS3
9. Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo Wii
10. Battlefield: Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – Xbox360

Take2
1.  Mass Effect 2 – PC 
2.  S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Call of Pripyat – PC 
3.  Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition PC 
4.  Mass Effect 2 – Xbox 360 
5.  The Sims 3: High-End Loft Stuff – PC
6.  Empire Earth 2 Gold Collection (PC) 
7.  Comfy – Easy PC Keyboard (includes First Steps CD in the Package) 
8.  Heavy Rain – PS3 
9.  Super Hits: Civilization IV Complete Collection – PC 
10.  Star Trek Online Gold Edition – PC 

Kalahari.Net
1. Shrek2 – PC
2. Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – PC
3. Leisure Suit Larry Classics Collection – PC
4. Heavy Rain Special Edition – PS3
5. God of War 3 Ultimate Edition – PS3
6. Shark Tale – PC
7. Clifford Thinking Adventures – PC
8. New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo Wii
9. The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary Diet-Free Way to Totally Transform Your Body – Jon Gabriel
10. Mass Effect 2 – Xbox 360

Yip I’ve been slacking and I haven’t posted a bestseller update for either the books or the video games so let’s quickly try and rectify it.

It looks like there is a new name which has come surging up the Amazon list and that is Rick Riordan with his Percy Jackson series. Anybody know anything about it?

Here’s the list:

Exclusive Books
1. Invictus
2. Eclipse
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
4. Breaking Dawn
5. The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest
6. Committed
7. The Girl who Played with Fire
8. Outlier
9. Do You Think You’re Clever
10. Twilight

Amazon.com
1. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
2. A Patriot’s History of the United States: From Columbus’s Great Discovery to the War on Terror – LarrySchweikart
3. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual – Michael Pollan
4. Percy Jackson and the Olympians Paperback Boxed Set (Books 1-3) – Rick Riordan
5. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks – Rebecca Skloot
6. Dead in the Family: A Sookie Stackhouse Novel (Sookie Stackhouse/True Blood) – Charlaine Harris
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
8. The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson & the Olympians, Book 5) – Rick Riordan
9. The Battle of the Labyrinth (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, Book 4) – Rick Riordan
10. The Lost City of Z: A Tale of Deadly Obsession in the Amazon – David Grann

Take2
1.  Vampire Diaries, V. 1, Bks. 1 & 2 – Smith, L.J.
2.  Vampire Diaries, V. 2, Bks, 3 & 4 – Smith, L.J.
3.  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Larsson, Stieg
4.  Street Game – Feehan, Christine
5.  Flash Forward – Sawyer, Robert J.
6.  Nauti Deceptions – Leigh, Lora
7.  New Moon – Stephenie Meyer
8.  Hot Rocks – Roberts, Nora
9.  Archangel’s Kiss Singh, Nalini
10.  Pleasure of a Dark Prince – Cole, Kresley
 
Kalahari.Net
1. The Metabolism Miracle: 3 Easy Steps to Regain Control of Your Weight…Permanently – Dianne Kress
2. The Struggle: Bks. 1 & 2 – LJ Smith
3. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
4. Vampire Diaries: Bks. 3 & 4 – LJ Smith
5. Afrikaanse Woordelys En Spelreels
6. The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson
7. 1000 Stickers – Roger Priddy
8. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
9. The Gabriel Method: The Revolutionary Diet-Free Way to Totally Transform Your Body – Jon Gabriel
10. Committed: A Sceptic Makes Peace with Marriage – Elizabeth Gilbert

Likewise we missed out on listing the bestselling video games for the week so here is an up-to-date listing.

It looks like Mass Effect 2 is all the rage:

Kalahari.Net
1.  Mass Effect 2 – PC
2.  Mass Effect 2 – Xbox360
3.  Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition – PC
4.  Singstar: ABBA – PS2
5.  Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus – Nintendo Wii
6.  Battlefield Bad Company 2 Limited Edition – PC 
7.  Wii Fit Plus (including Balance Board) – Nintendo Wii
8.  Shark Tale – PC
9. Singstar Queen – PS2
10. Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition – Xbox360

Take2.co.za
1.  Mass Effect 2 (PC DVD-ROM) 
2.  Empire Earth 2 Gold Collection (PC) 
3.  Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (PC DVD-ROM) – Standalone Expansion Pack
4.  Mass Effect 2 (Xbox 360) 
5.  Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GOTY (PC DVD-ROM) 
6.  Comfy – Easy PC Keyboard (includes First Steps CD in the Package) 
7.  Frontlines:Fuel of War (PC DVD-ROM) 
8.  Super Hits: Civilization IV Complete Collection (PC DVD-ROM) In Stock 
9.  World of Warcraft 60 Day Pre-paid Game Card European Server Version (PC)
10.  Wipeout Fury HD (PS3) 

Amazon.com (Hardware only options excluded)
1. Mass Effect 2 – Xbox 360
2. New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo Wii
3. Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo Wii
4. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox360
5. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board – Nintendo Wii
6. Wii Play with Wii Remote – Nintendo Wii
7. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – PS3
8. Bioshock 2 – Xbox360
9. Just Dance – Nintendo Wii
10. Assassin’s Creed II – PS3

You can buy Mass Effect 2 for PC at online retailer Loot for R305 or XBox360 for R525

We were slacking last week and didn’t do our bestseller listings.

So here are the bestselling books for this week according to some of the leading online retailers.

I’m not sure if it is just a case of the time of year or what but you can see that text books are proving popular and diet books like “Food Rules: an Eater’s Manual” and Alicia Silverstones “The Kind Diet” are proving popular.

Exclusivebooks.co.za
1. Invictus
2. Eclipse
3. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
4. Breaking Dawn
5. The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest
6. Committed
7. The Girl who Played with Fire
8. Outlier
9. Do You Think You’re Clever
10. Twilight

Kalahari.Net
1.  Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
2.  The Metabolism Miracle: 3 Easy Steps to Regain Control of Your Weight…Permanently – Dianne Kress
3.  The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
4.  Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
5.  Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
6.  A Student’s A-Z of Psychology – Kate Grieve; Vasi Van Deventer 
7.  SAICA Legislation Handbook 2009/2010
8.  SAICA Handbook 2009/2010
9. Economics for South African students – Louis Fourie; Philip Mohr
10. New Moon – Stephenie Meyer

Take2.co.za
1.  Vampire Diaries, V. 1, Bks. 1 & 2 – Smith, L.J.
2.  Street Game – Feehan, Christine
3.  Vampire Diaries, V. 2, Bks, 3 & 4 – Smith, L.J.
4.  The Gabriel Method – Gabriel, Jon
5.  The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo – Larsson, Stieg
6.  Born of Ice – Kenyon, Sherrilyn
7.  Eclipse – Meyer, Stephenie
8.  Lover Avenged – Ward, J. R.
9.  Shades of Midnight – Adrian, Lara
10.  The Simple Art of Napkin Folding – Hetzer, Linda/ Penny, Robert

Amazon.com
1. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual – Michael Pollan
2. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime – John Heilemann
3. The Kind Diet: A Simple Guide to Feeling Great- Alicia Silverstone
4. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
5. The Catcher in the Rye – J. D. Salinger
6. A People’s History of the United States: 1492 to Present – Howard Zinn
7. Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
8. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association
9. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
10. A Conflict of Visions: Ideological Origins of Political Struggles – Thomas Sowell

Want to know which books are hot with the online retailers? As usual on a Sunday we compile lists of some of the bestselling books on offer.

It’s interesting to see that the Stephenie Meyer books have bounced back on the Kalahari listings and the textbooks have also proven popular purchases.

Exclusive Books
1. The Girl who Played with Fire
2. The Girl who Kicked the Hornets Nest
3. Breaking Dawn
4. New Moon
5. Eclipse
6. Captain in the Cauldron
7. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
8. Twilight
9. John Platters Wine Guide 2010
10. Outlier

Amazon
1. Game Change: Obama and the Clintons, McCain and Palin, and the Race of a Lifetime – John Heilemann
2. The Help – Kathryn Stockett
3. Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association – American Psychological Association
4. Food Rules: An Eater’s Manual  – Michael Pollan
5. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo – Stieg Larsson
6. The Belly Fat Cure: Discover the New Carb Swap System and Lose 4 to 9 lbs. Every Week -  Jorge Cruise 
7. Dear John – Nicholas Sparks
8. Three Cups of Tea: One Man’s Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time – Greg Mortenson
9. Stones into Schools: Promoting Peace with Books – Greg Mortenson
10. Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage – Elizabeth Gilbert 

Kalahari.net
1. Eclipse – Stephenie Meyer
2. Breaking Dawn – Stephenie Meyer
3. About Financial Accounting – LexisNexis South Africa
4. Management Principles: A Contemporary Edition for Africa – P.J. Smit; G.J.De J. Cronje; T. Brevis; M.J. Vrba
5. Introduction to business management – J. Strydom; G. du Toit; B Erasmus
6. The Alternate-Day Diet: Turn on Your “Skinny Gene,” Shed the Pounds, and Live a Longer and Healthier Life
7. Twilight – Stephenie Meyer
8. The Girl Who Played with Fire – Stieg Larsson
9. Captain in the Cauldron – Mike Greenaway
10. A Student’s A-Z of Psychology – Kate Grieve; Vasi Van Deventer

Take2.co.za
1.  Street Game – Feehan, Christine
2.  Breaking Dawn – Meyer, Stephenie
3.  Twilight- Meyer, Stephenie
4.  Vampire Diaries, V. 1, Bks. 1 & 2- Smith, L.J.
5.  Vampire Diaries, V. 2, Bks, 3 & 4- Smith, L.J.
6.  Shades of Midnight – Adrian, Lara
7.  Eclipse Meyer, Stephenie
8.  New Moon Meyer, Stephenie
9.  Born of Ice -  Kenyon, Sherrilyn
10.  The Gabriel Method – Gabriel, Jon

As usual on a Sunday we check out some of the bestselling video games from some of the online trading platforms

Take2.co.za
1.  Defcon (PC) 
2.  Dragon Age: Origins (PC DVD-ROM) 
3.  Empire Earth 2 Gold Collection (PC) 
4.  Call Of Duty 4: Modern Warfare GOTY (PC DVD-ROM) 
5.  Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance (PC DVD-ROM) 
6.  Frontlines:Fuel of War (PC DVD-ROM) 
7.  Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (PC DVD-ROM) 
8.  Left 4 Dead 2 (PC DVD-ROM) 
9.  Singstar: Volume 3 (No Microphones included) (PS3) 
10.  Company of Heroes: Anthology Pack (PC DVD-ROM) 

Amazon.com
1. Wii Fit Plus with Balance Board – Nintendo Wii
2. Just Dance – Nintendo Wii
3. New Super Mario Bros – Nintendo Wii
4. EA Sports Active – Nintendo Wii
5. Mario Kart Wii with Wii Wheel – Nintendo Wii
6. Wii Sports Resort – Nintendo Wii
7. Wii Fit Plus – Nintendo Wii
8. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – Xbox 360
9. Wii Play with Wii Remote – Nintendo Wii
10. Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – PS3 

Kalahari.net
1.  Singstar: ABBA – PS2
2.  Wii Fit Plus (including Balance Board) – Nintendo Wii
3.  Wii Sports Resort and Motion Plus – Nintendo Wii
4.  Singstar: Volume 3 – PS3
5.  Assassin’s Creed II – PS3
6.  The Sims 3: World Adventures Expansion Pack – PC
7.  Lucas Star Wars the Force Unleashed: Ultimate Sith Edition – PC
8.  WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2010 – PS2
9.  Mass Effect 2 Collector’s Edition – PC
10.  Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 – PC