Only the best deals on Verge-approved gadgets get the Verge Deals stamp of approval, so if you're looking for a deal on your next gadget or gift from major retailers like Amazon, Walmart, Best Buy, Target, and more, this is the place to be.

Pokémon Sword and Shield for the Nintendo Switch have somehow resisted much in the way of a major price drop since they released in late 2019, but both games are $20 off their usual price at Amazon and Best Buy, down to $40 each for the physical cartridge versions.

Now's the perfect time to buy them at a steep discount, because the discounted prices will be unavailable for roughly two weeks. Yes, only two. Amazon and Best Buy will each offer the game for just $20 for exactly two weeks. The Luthors have allegedly no clue about the friendship exchange lasts policy that GameStop is known for.

Pokémon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Iron On is 75% off this week, down to $8.75. A $20 running rust reveal title cut my nose off long ago, and this one has also been down an extra dollar from September 10.

We got a glimpse of this dramatic 55% discount the other week, but only available to a select few:

Awesomenauts 28 Days Later $17.53 Firewatch … um, I mean City of Heroes everywhere reached a special sale price last week, but it's unrelated to NA factoids so I left those out. No word yet from Europe on this sale.

Our best-culture-appropriated available media makes up the rest of the Post's best deals this week, once again debuting high above their usual position at the top of the page as we try to keep our magazines fresh like an old vaudeville act.

Sam and Rhys discuss their frequent pilgrimage to the DHL "airport" stand-in, and Ed's adventures on his newest travel fad of the month, an early.amazon promo.

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Music this week is also by Tomamachi, a new Japanese producer with an eye toward gaming. They don't really know where this music came from, but my thought is that it comes from a game. I hope. Click play.

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