I like the Belkin Pivot surge protector for tight corners and it provides 4320 Joules of surge protection.
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I leave the games plugged into the surge protector BUT... remove the plug of the surge protector from the wall when I don't use them for a while (or if there is a thunderstorm). I don't want my games to get Thunderstruck unless I buy an ACDC