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Get Your Game On . . . Cheaply

As with any tech-centered hobby, a love of gaming can get pricey — fast.

As with any tech-centered hobby, a love of gaming can get pricey — fast. On her OnSugar blog The Frugal Geek, member Toddie shares how she maintains her habit without breaking the bank.

True confessions: I am a total video game hound. I like the hidden object games, the puzzle games, the arcade games, even the Lego series. If I had not found a way to get my video games relatively cheaply, my spouse would surely have gotten me an intervention by now. But since I have found ways, my marriage survives intact.

My favorite source for video games is Goozex. This website lets you trade the video games you've grown tired of for video games that you want. You're allocated points for every game you trade in; the points vary on how popular the game is. The nice thing is you can bank up your points and save them for the future; then, when a game shows up that you really want, you spend your points on that game. There is a downside. If you're someone who wants the new Zelda as soon as it comes out, this may not be the site for you. There are waiting lists for the most popular games, so it can take awhile for your name to make it to the top of the queue. But if you don't mind a wait, Goozex is the perfect way to reduce your stash and get the new games you want for free.

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Good News: Goozex Now Trades Retro Games

Itching to play A Boy and His Blob, but can only find your copy of Spy Hunter in your gaming closet?

Itching to play A Boy and His Blob, but can only find your copy of Spy Hunter in your gaming closet? Fear not my retro game-loving friends, Goozex is here to help. Goozex is already the green way to play and trade games, and now it just got better with the addition of retro game trading. Think of Goozex like a mashup of Chegg, Netflix, and an online dating service — Goozex surfs your game queue (like a wish list) and finds someone that has the exact game you want so you can trade titles — peer-to-peer — for just a buck. Goozex members already have access to over 20,000 Playstation, Wii, and Xbox titles, and now they can happily trade games for their NES, SNES, Nintendo 64, Game Boy, Game Boy Color, Sega Genesis, Sega CD, and Atari 2600 consoles.

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Website of the Day

Website of the Day: Goozex

Last night I was flipping through one of my favorite mags, Common Ground, and I came across a fabulous feature about great websites for swapping products.

Last night I was flipping through one of my favorite mags, Common Ground, and I came across a fabulous feature about great websites for swapping products. You know, one person's trash is another person's treasure?

With Goozex.com you get to choose from over 24,000 Xbox, Playstation, and Wii games for only $1 per game swap. Once Goozex finds a match for you, it will mail out your game to another member, and you then earn Goozex Points. It's free to join and list games, but to request an item, you need to spend points and pay a dollar. Still fairly cheap considering how much it costs to rent games!

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