Last Friday, the FCC finally decided to switch off all analog TV signal and went digital. Now if you’re like me you’ve ignored everything about this “Switch” and suddenly find yourself without a television to watch. So what’s a frugal American to do in these economic hard times? Well you can get a cable or satellite set up, but with the average cable fee being over the price of say a full tank of gas per month (just for the basic package),  who wants to spend that? This is especially considering that you have a perfectly good working internet connection and presumably at least one computer lying around.

The following alternatives are a cheap and often free way to avoid having the cable guy run wires through your house.

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At long last, the G.I. JOE The Rise of Cobra movie is out this week. Reviews so far have been sparse as Paramount hasn’t let the critics see the flick. Along with the movie release, Electronic Arts is releasing its G.I. JOE game version simultaneously. The game will be available across multiple platforms, including Playstation 2 & 3, Xbox 360, PSP, Nintendo Wii & DS.

I really hope G.I. Joe the movie or game does not suck. I am still trying to recover from how Transformers was trashed and hope GIJ does not suffer the same fate with the movie or game.

As soon as we get our hands on our game copy, we’ll put a review together.

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