Today I’d like to introduce to you the very last of our recent new sponsors, GameKool.com. They are another China based website trying to offer rock bottom prices with a high level of service. With a wide variety of gaming devices and accessories, GameKool is worth checking out. When they contacted me, they seemed like approachable people, and are definitely paying attention to what is happening in the scene.

I decided to scope out the site just to see who’s advertisements would be on my site. I was pleasantly surprised to see a live chat support that was actually available, contact forms, etc. They contacted me through MSN, so it seems that is an available option as well. The prices look pretty good on almost the entire selection of products. So I’m sure that a shopping experience with GameKool would be a great one, in fact I’m looking to buy a few things from them soon.

What should you buy from them?
To be honest, I looked at the site and was a little disappointed to start with. Shipping wasn’t free. Then I realized they have a free shipping zone, with a LOT of products in it. Their AceKard 2i carts are $15 a piece, which is nice considering they have them in stock rather than other web shops. The real deal comes in with the combo with 2GB or 4GB MicroSD cards. The same could be said with all their flash carts, they are pretty close to the cheapest price around, and I’m hearing good things about shipping time.

I’m not sure if you guys know what Dreamboxes are, but I was surprised to find them with such a low price tag here. Essentially they are for you to get cable or satellite TV in a manner that costs you nothing and probably won’t hold up in court (cough cough, get the point?).

Get going to GameKool.com already! Asides from flash carts, they have some interesting stuff over there!

We have a new sponsor with us that is excited to work with me, and they are the people at www.0shippingzone.com. They seem like a good store offering cheap prices. They are based in China, so they are competing with several companies that offer the rock bottom prices, but it seems their big selling point is that their packaging time is significantly lower, and their prices are fairly similar to begin with.

Right now, they are embarking on a review collection, they are asking for reviewers with some experience to write their comments on each of the carts and create useful how-to videos so that their customers can make an informed decision which is quite honorable. I look forward to seeing the reviews published there, and I’ve already subscribed to their YouTube channel.

Also I thought I’d mention that they are having a grand opening sale that brings a few of their products to prices even lower than DealExtreme, most notably the CycloDS Evolution. So please support DSDatabase by supporting our sponsors! Thank you

Links to their current promotion items right now:
(Prices listed are with coupon code “opening”)
CycloDS Evolution ($40.41)
iPlayer ($35.29)
M3i Zero ($24.13)
AceKard 2i ($16.28)
R4DS ($5.53)
** Free black extendable stylus for either the DSi or DS Lite with any purchase of a flash cart! **

Our newest sponsor GameByGame is generously offering a DSiPlayer flash cart for a free raffle. They’ve been with us for no time at all and are already willing to shell out some serious prizes, so be sure to support them as well as supporting us by visiting this site, participating in this raffle and of course buying from GameByGame.com. And the most impressive part of this raffle is the fact that it takes practically nothing to participate, you quite literally provide your email address and you are good to go.

What is the iPlayer, and why would you want it? [Read the DSDatabase iPlayer Review] Well if you haven’t been with the scene lately, be sure to check it out. This $50 flash cart is one of the most expensive out there because it is completely unique. So if you have an AceKard 2i or an M3i Zero, getting the iPlayer is still completely sane. The iPlayer is not a flash cart designed to play commercial games, instead it focuses on homebrew and multimedia, and it does it well. With the latest news that the iPlayer now has the one and only GameBoy Advance emulator, making it the ONLY GameBoy Advance solution for the Nintendo DSi, as well as the only cart that can play avi, mp4, flv and other video codecs without any conversion, the iPlayer is without a doubt a unique cart.

How do you participate in this raffle?
It is simple, you simply reply to ANY DSDatabase blog post with a valid email address during the allotted time. You do so by filling out the form at the very bottom of the page. If you are a DSDatabase member, just post anything, and I will use the email address tied to your account, if not, then you will have to fill in your email address in the email address field or just include it in your post. Now it isn’t necessary for you to post anything else, but I’d personally prefer a sentence or two rather than blank responses.  So recap:

- reply to any blog post
- make sure there is a valid email address
- that is ALL you need to do

I also encourage users to post on our forum and subscribe to the DSDatabase YouTube channel. I may or may not decide to reward those who do.

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The tournament is finally over. It spanned over several weeks and our champions are:

1st - X D D X
2nd - DaDAM
3rd - benjaminlibl

Congrats!

But even better, I have the results for the raffle:

Please read the first comment if you don’t want to watch the video.

PS. Shadz has uploaded the .flv file at http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?n11uogd2mje in case there are Chinese viewers that have YouTube blocked.

Evening, and thanks for joining me and reading yet another Fun To Read Blog article! This is currently my ninth article of FTR, so I’ve come a long way so far! Anyways, news has been terribly lacking! This kinda sucks on my end because I gathered random things out there on the news for blogging entertainment. The news these days is so droll, not including the typhoon Morakot that struck China and forced one million people to flee the 111 mile per hour hellstorm. I give my condolences to the many people whom were injured or killed and pray that they live and can return to their home. But screw that! Let’s be more cheery! Since there have been no MAJOR news items, I have decided to release a new branch of my Fun to Read blogs, called News Flash! This is to talk about video game news and other eye popping articles! And for those whom eagerly awaited yesterday’s blogs and could not find any, I’m sad to say I was busy and no blog was posted. However, I’m proud to launch Fun To Read Blogs Article 9 and News Flash 1: Pokemon Heart Gold and Soul Silver News!

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