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What are you left with the day your sub expires?
reptilescorpio
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Hours of entertainment under my belt?
No different to renting movies or games. Eh?
What if you want to keep some of them?
Looking at those board game prices, 30% off brings many of them down to the everyday prices of Games Empire. They really are a horrible company.
Edit: Their twitter feed is hilariously bad. One screw-up after another. Deliveries not made when promised, store closing early, etc.
Edit: Their twitter feed is hilariously bad. One screw-up after another. Deliveries not made when promised, store closing early, etc.
and you say im a negative bitch vince
"Why the emphasis on property ownership when life itself is only leased?" - Some shitty book I read when I was young.
Yeah, I agree their prices are horrible, Danoss, but with free shipping and the 30% off, I'll be saving nearly $50 on this order compared to Games Empire and Milsims. It's also less than the price I can get from Amazon, given the weight of the games in question, and the fact that Amazon won't ship one of the things I want to Australia...
I'm just asking. If you dont get to keep some, arent you paying twice in effect?
I use my Mario towels every day!
shanshan310
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hippie!
I would have called him a Gina Rinehart apologist, but I got in trouble last time I said markot hates bacon so that might be pushing it.
bodyboarder
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How much of the show did you watch?
Pokie apps. Hadn't heard of them before, I assume it's proper gambling?
Drink beer, from the tap. With that said a mate drinks scotch, $12.50 a bottle the other night.
I wish I hadnt purchased it.
The entire season, the ending was also very predictable.
And the terrorist leader is obviously not very smart if he only came up with that plan right at the end...(trying not to give anything away)
reptilescorpio
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I would buy them rather than paying $35 a year for a service.
If I want to keep a movie I will buy a blu ray at a higher cost. If I Want to just experience it in the present time I will rent it for a lower cost.
I continue with the service based on the offerings, while they are good I will renew, if they don't interest me I will cancel.
Autoupdates are nice though.
Milsims is another place I won't buy from. Calling them slow is a big understatement, and their customer service is severely lacking, verging on non-existent.
I'm looking at 8 games plus some card sleeves, and the shipping from Games Empire is $16 insured, and will arrive within 2 days, depending on when I order. The games I'm looking at work out to be the same at GP with the 30% discount. The only difference would be the cost of shipping, which is worth it, since I know Games Empire won't dick me around. I'd also rather give my money to a local store that is actually making an effort, rather than Amazon, which aren't, and Games Paradise is a distributor to the other stores and screws them over when possible.
Fury of Dracula would be a good deal though, and they claim to have stock. We'll see what happens.
reptilescorpio
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Why are you paying twice?
Sounds like an adaptation of Marcus Aurelius' "what use crying over part of life when the whole of it calls for tears"
Dont you lose all games (bought at the discount price) if your sub runs out, not just the free ones?
The board games sale will drop sometime tomorrow. They just made this post to say so.
Yeah, I can agree with all of that. I've had two orders severely messed up by Games Paradise in the past and had pretty much sworn off them, but $50 off is just too tempting to resist...
You absolutely do not.
Reptile said it was a subscription only service (akin to renting) at the top of this page. Just going by his words.
So I guess I'll ask again and hopefully get an accurate answer.
What are you left with after the sub expires?
reptilescorpio
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You are left with ANYTHING you buy. I was reffering to all the free shit you get!
In regards to your concern it is no different to XBL Gold where games bought with Gold exclusive discounts are still available to you when your premium service lapses.
PSN+ also gives you free games every month which you can't play unless you resubscribe at some point.
Check out the website if you don't understand.
Anything you paid for.
reptilescorpio
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Was Red Dead Redemption free for everyone this month or just PSN+?
I wonder what the * will be for.
I'm expecting some horrible service, since the sale is likely to give them an increased volume of purchases in one go. They can't even handle the regular volume of sales without issues. They're the only ones claiming stock of Fury of Dracula, so I'll push my luck.
Just EU PS+
Damn you, you made me control-F the last couple pages and there is no realize in there.
So am I the only one who sees bizarro-world Schwarzenegger screaming on Mars?
The chief thing about Alexander is that his ears are tiny.
codswallop
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This board game sale makes me want to play board games.
Someone suggest me some two player games to buy during this board game sale. I think Omi liked Agricola?
Someone suggest me some two player games to buy during this board game sale. I think Omi liked Agricola?
Just remembered Omi is banned... someone remind me to ask in IRC tomorrow
Before you mentioned it, yes. Now you've mentioned it, no.
If he used american spelling then instead of this:
He would have written this:
Honour/valour/armour etc
Just E PZ+
Fixed for the anti-maths brigade.
bodyboarder
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I'll agree with the predictable bit. Still enjoyed it though.
- Summoner Wars Master Set (GP Shop) - Easy to learn, hard to master card battle game. It's not collectible and comes with different decks to play with in the box. Awesome game that'll have you hooked in no time. Review at 24:30.
- Memoir '44 (GP Shop) - An easy to learn tactical game that recreates battles of WWII and is very fun and exciting to play. Review at 15:02.
- 1960: The Making of a President (GP Shop) OR Twilight Struggle (GP Shop) are made by the same designer. The latter came first and becomes deeper as you know what cards are in the game, what they do and how to counter them. The former is the newer of the two, works much the same and is a bit more friendly to newer players, though it plays much the same each time you play it, unlike Twilight Struggle, its predecessor. 1960 review.
- A Few Acres of Snow (GP Shop) - Review says it better than I could, and also because I haven't played it yet, but I want to.
I think the first 2 games mentioned are a great place to start, and the last 2 are better for more experienced board gamers. Don't want to scare off any potential players with anything too overwhelming.
I've also heard good things about Castles of Burgundy, which I'm considering picking up. It's meant to be fantastic as a 2 player game, which I have heard from numerous sources. The latest review.
That is amazing, double post forgiven.
So does anyone really expect anywhere besides the East coast? I would laugh so hard if they chose Perth.
Terrible. I still like you, but that is terrible.
reptilescorpio
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Once the creature stays in bed I'll give it a run Rlan. He was up from 6am yesterday until 8:30pm yesterday, without a nap, and STILL spent an hour and a half breaking out of his room 
ALSO I REQUIRE CHARTS OF HOW MUCH AUSGAF TALKS PLZ
Because the z looks stupid most times.
That train game and the one with the petrie dishes seem acclaimed in some fashion.
ALSO I REQUIRE CHARTS OF HOW MUCH AUSGAF TALKS PLZ
Probably freemium. DEATH TO EVIL FREEMIUM! I DON"T WANT TO HAVE TO PARENT OR GIVE MY KID MORE THAN ONE GAME TO PLAY!
the iphone 5 according to fox news (apparently this is legit)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6668cxupH98
I don't think PAX will be in perth. Because they had a game show there a few years ago even with Kojima and it failed because no one including media wanted to travel from the east coast, even with kojipro! :|
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i hope this means they have a venue because if they are announcing a state and working backwards, that makes it hard. Sometimes venue has to dictate the state, especially when its a large event. I've been in this position before.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6668cxupH98
I don't think PAX will be in perth. Because they had a game show there a few years ago even with Kojima and it failed because no one including media wanted to travel from the east coast, even with kojipro! :|
also
i hope this means they have a venue because if they are announcing a state and working backwards, that makes it hard. Sometimes venue has to dictate the state, especially when its a large event. I've been in this position before.
reptilescorpio
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PixelJunk 3 way livestream is amazing
Controls weren't precise enough for me to get too far :/Heeeey everybody!
So at work we do a thing each week for the game designers to get together and try to grow and become better at our job. Our thing this week is to make a super simple game in Flash and look at some stuff behind the scenes.
Another designer and I made this super quick game called Don't Touch The Level. It's short and rather challenging, and if you have time today I'd love for you guys to just quickly play through it. It's got zero art, it's a complete knockoff of another game and is super crap so whatever!
It's available here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/97686246/Dont_Touch_The_Level.swf
Please let me know if you finish it. We need to get 20 people to play it and you guys are probably the best to use as guinea pigs! Don't take this game as how awesome a designer I can be please
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