Cheap Ass Gamer is the world's largest video game shopping community, featuring information on current video game sales and deals, as well as video game trading between users.
Cheap Ass Gamer
Bargain hunting website
Owner
CAG Productions, LLC
Created by
David Abrams
Website
www.cheapassgamer.com
Alexa rank
10,841 (December 2015)[1]
Commercial
Yes
Registration
Free
Launched
May 2003
Cheap Ass Gamer is an online bulletin board system community which focuses on video game deals. The site was founded in May 2003 by David Abrams, who uses the pseudonym 'CheapyD' on the forums. Cheap Ass Gamer has over 700,000 visitors per month and serves over 10 million pages.[2] Cheap Ass Gamer is heavily dependent on user-submitted deals.
Podcasts[edit]
Cheap Ass Gamer has been host to two video game podcasts, the CAGcast, and CAG Foreplay, but the latter is on permanent hiatus. The CAGcast won the Podcast Awards Gaming category in 2007, was a finalist in the Gaming and People's Choice categories in 2008 and 2009,[3] and was a finalist in MCV's Games Media Awards podcast category in 2007.[4] The CAGcast is consistently listed in iTunes Top 25 Video Game Podcasts.[5]
Lawsuit[edit]
In July 2007, a user with the avatar 'speedy1961' posted information from an upcoming Circuit City Sunday newspaper ad flyer revealing a $100 PlayStation 3 price drop. Weeks later, Circuit City subpoenaed CAG Productions, LLC in an effort to obtain speedy1961's identity.[6] To fight Circuit City, Cheap Ass Gamer hired an attorney and filed an objection and motion to quash the subpoena.[7] In February 2009, after declaring bankruptcy, Circuit City filed an order of nonsuit, ending the matter, keeping speedy1961's identity a secret.[8]
Charity fundraisers[edit]
Cheap Ass Gamer runs community raffles which raise money for the Child's Play charity. In 2012, Cheap Ass Gamer raised $38,400, bringing the total amount raised since 2004 to $256,140. In 2009, Cheap Ass Gamer raised over $5,000 for the Extra Life Charity.[9] In 2011, Cheap Ass Gamer raised over $24,000 for Japan tsunami/earthquake relief.[10]
From November 2017 through January 2018, Cheap Ass Gamer raised over $19,000 for Puerto Rico storm relief.[11]
References[edit]
^'cheapassgamer.com Site Overview'. Alexa Internet. Retrieved December 6, 2015.
^'Google Ad Planner - Cheap Ass Gamer'.
^'Podcast Awards'. Archived from the original on 2014-05-27.
^'MCV Games Media Awards finalists revealed'. Archived from the original on 2007-09-13. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
^'iTunes Video Game Category'.
^'Circuit City Subpoenas Cheap Ass Gamer'. Archived from the original on 2009-04-26. Retrieved 2009-05-19.
^'Objection and Motion to Quash Subpoena - Circuit City v. John Doe, a.k.a. Speedy1961'.
^'Nonsuit - Circuit City v. John Doe, a.k.a. Speedy1961'.
^'Texas Children's Hospital - CAG Team Page'. Archived from the original on 2009-10-19.
^'CAG Fundraiser for Japan Earthquake & Tsunami Relief'.
^'CAG Charity Raffle 2017 to Support Puerto Rico Storm Relief!'.
External links[edit]
Retrieved from 'https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cheap_Ass_Gamer&oldid=871794622'
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