The economy is tough, your budget is tight but you still wanna get your game on. What's a gamer to do?
Download your games for free!
No, I'm not referring to wares or pirating. There is a multitude of high quality free to play games available (you just have to know where to look).....these aren't your grand daddy's games!
I maintain a list here for all that are interested:
http://www.squidoo.com/pc_games_free