Ep. 59: Black Friday shopping tips, and a PS3 MAG beta invite giveaway Video

Video description: It's episode 59 of the Digital City, and if our cast looks a little different today, your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Joey, Julie, and Scott all called in sick, so we recruited some of our CNET colleagues to step in and offer their holiday shopping advice.

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