Sears is trying its hand at the online movie distribution business. Today (December 28, 2010) the retailer announced the launch of a new service called Alphaline Entertainment. Alphaline Entertainment will allow users to rent or buy movies and television downloads online. Alphaline Entertainment will offer new movies in addition to television shows the day after they air.

Sears sent out an email today (November 17, 2010) announcing its Thanksgiving week deals.

Yep, both chains will remain open for the Thanksgiving holiday (November 25, 2010). The press release notes that this is the 19th years that Sears has remained open for Thanksgiving. Click through for a list of the announced tech and videogame deals…

Sears’ full Black Friday 2010 ad has been discovered, scanned and leaked onto the internet. While Sears isn’t the first place gamers think of when they’re heading out to buy a console or game, the store does have a nice selection of titles and its ad for this season includes DSi, PS3 and PSP bundles and discounted Wii, Xbox 360, PS3 and DS games.

One of the first things you see in the ad is a glimpse of Nintendo’s holiday DSi bundle…

The first two Black Friday 2009 ad scans to emerge on the scene are Kmart and Sears. It makes sense, when you think about it, since they’re both owned by the same company. Anyways, the Sears ad has been leaked as well, so let’s take a look and see what’s being offered. Not surprisingly, there are some similar deals being offered at both stores.

Sears is having a one day doorbuster sale that will be held from 4am-12pm on Friday, November 27. The way the ad is set up, you can see it at right, it’s difficult to tell if the video games on the page are also part of the doorbuster deal, or if it just applies to the other electronics. I’m going to say it only applies to the other electronics, since they have DOORBUSTER written above their descriptions. That being said, there are three HDTV doorbuster sales that would go great with your console. You can get a Samsung 46″ LCD HDTV for $899.99, a Toshiba 40″ LCD HDTV for $589.99 or a Sylvania 37″ LCD HDTV for $399.99.

There are number of video game bundles being shown off as well. However, the ad’s too small to make out the titles of most of the 2-pack and 3 pack games. To simplify, you can get a two pack of Xbox 360 or PS3 games for $24.99, a two pack of DS or Wii games for $14.99 or a three pack of PS2 games for $9.99.

Also, there will be a selection of games that will be under $14.99. The ad shows DS, PS2, PS3, PSP and Xbox 360 next to that notification, but also states that the titles available will vary from store to store.

Also, if you have or plan to get a Wii, keep in mind that a 2gb SanDisk SD card will be $14.99 and a 8gb SanDisk SDHC card will be $29.99. Trust me, you’ll want/need the extra memory.

Now that all that’s settled, let’s look at the specific game deals…

While dashing through my nearest Target store, I passed a rack stacked with tins in the underwear, er, pajamas section.

The tins, priced at $9.99 each, include a set of colorful men’s boxers that reflect the packaging: a Wii (as in the console), a red Guitar Hero guitar, black Guitar Hero speaker, an Xbox 360 controller, Super Mario Bros. 3 with Mario, the Superman logo and the Batman logo.

I did find a few listed on the Kohl’s and Sears web sites…

SEARS has a few great deals on gaming systems and games on Friday to include triple pack value games for gamers on a budget to include a 20% discount on select value games regularly priced from $9.99 to $19.99. There are even more discounts and items being offered on their website. Consoles, accessories and bundles: more »