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[Mr. Luchador]

Hurrah, now how did that happen, and more importantly, where's my prize?

Talk to me on Steam later, I might have something for you!

 

[Visualante2]

the fuck is up with GMG and this cash back stuff? Buy a PC game at £40 ($65 USD) and get £7 back in your bank account? So why not just charge £33... this kind of shit is sleazy as hell.

edit. Also winter survey code expired for me.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

It's like money laundering! Never understood cashback deals.

 

[Leon Belmont]

Oh well. It's easy to decide: No purchase then.

Yup what a shame, I was waiting to Viking to appear and use the damn 35% off code! So I will wait for the Steam Winter Sales!

 

[StopMakingSense]

the fuck is up with GMG and this cash back stuff? Buy a PC game at £40 ($65 USD) and get £7 back in your bank account? So why not just charge £33... this kind of shit is sleazy as hell.

Probably to incentivize the GMG credit, while still giving a discount.

 

[PedroPanache]

Talk to me on Steam later, I might have something for you!

Cheers. I'll catch you later on Steam

Spoiler

for more DOTA keys

 

[Mr. Luchador]

!!

The results came back from the clinic and I'm finally clean of the DOTAs.

 

[Joe Molotov]

I saw the movie it's based on.

Went in expecting total garbage and still felt robbed.

Iron Sky was a turd sandwich, as is the game probably.

 

[Kabouter]

Iron Sky was a turd sandwich, as is the game probably.

What the hell man? Iron Sky was glorious. The game does look shit, though.

 

[Mr. Luchador]

Watched Iron Sky game on Youtube this morning, it's on another level. The voice acting is clearly recorded by 18 different people, in 65 different locations. It's great. Wait - there's a movie?! YES!

 

[Last Baron]

Where is the 35% off coupon?

WINTR-SRVEY-42012

I think it's one use per account though.

 

[Stallion Free]

WINTR-SRVEY-42012

I think it's one use per account though.

I never used the code before, it's definitely expired.

 

[Lime]

WINTR-SRVEY-42012

I think it's one use per account though.

It's over.

 

[Archie]

I hope Valve expands the marketplace to the rest of TF2's catalog before the holiday sale.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

the fuck is up with GMG and this cash back stuff? Buy a PC game at £40 ($65 USD) and get £7 back in your bank account? So why not just charge £33... this kind of shit is sleazy as hell.

edit. Also winter survey code expired for me.

They can't put discounts on some games, like Bioshock Infinite. Probably something forced on them by the publisher.

So this is technically a loophole for them to sell it cheaper by making it a cashback. Not really sleazy, but just a way of trying to sell games cheap without incurring the wrath of publishers.

 

[morningbus]

the fuck is up with GMG and this cash back stuff? Buy a PC game at £40 ($65 USD) and get £7 back in your bank account? So why not just charge £33... this kind of shit is sleazy as hell.

edit. Also winter survey code expired for me.

They can't put discounts on some games, like Bioshock Infinite. Probably something forced on them by the publisher.

So this is technically a loophole for them to sell it cheaper by making it a cashback. Not really sleazy, but just a way of trying to sell games cheap without incurring the wrath of publishers.

Well, let's not pretend they're being purely altruistic here, either. Giving you cash back insures you'll return to their website.

 

[SnakeSlashRO]

Just picked up the Crysis Collection for 17.99 on steam! I love steam =D
But now Im wondering If I should have waited.... for the next steam sale

 

[jediyoshi]

Well, let's not pretend they're being purely altruistic here, either. Giving you cash back insures you'll return to their website.

Seeing as you probably will anyway, not a bad trade off.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Just picked up the Crysis Collection for 17.99 on steam! I love steam =D
But now Im wondering If I should have waited.... for the next steam sale

Tough to say but you got a lot of game for $18.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Well, let's not pretend they're being purely altruistic here, either. Giving you cash back insures you'll return to their website.

Well no shit. Of course they would. They'd be a pretty bad company if they're not looking for regular costumers.

I'm happy to go back to GMG if they keep offering me cheap games.

 

[morningbus]

Seeing as you probably will anyway, not a bad trade off.

Absolutely not. It's a great incentive and I'd do the same if I were in their place.

Still, there's this attitude, especially with the "little" guys, that they're doing us these incredible favors when really, they're a business. A very customer-friendly business, maybe, but a business none-the-less.

Well no shit. Of course they would. They'd be a pretty bad company if they're not looking for regular costumers.

I'm happy to go back to GMG if they keep offering me cheap games.

The way you phrased it made it sound like big bad Take2 was holding their head underwater and in their dying breath, GMG squealed out a discount.

 

[zkylon]

Daily Deal: Fallout Collection 66% off, makes it 6.80USD.

Includes Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics (not Brotherhood of Steel or FO3 or any of that crap). No New Vegas either.

No need for me to remind people Fallout is the best thing ever, right?

 

[Stallion Free]

The way you phrased it made it sound like big bad Take2 was holding their head underwater and in their dying breath, GMG squealed out a discount.

How do you know that isn't how it happened??!?!

 

[JaseC]

Just picked up the Crysis Collection for 17.99 on steam! I love steam =D
But now Im wondering If I should have waited.... for the next steam sale

Games being discounted further than 75% is something of a rarity.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

The way you phrased it made it sound like big bad Take2 was holding their head underwater and in their dying breath, GMG squealed out a discount.

Of course not. They're a company, first and foremost. I just don't see cashbacks as shady, I see them as a pretty interesting way to sell your games cheap.

They do have my respect for it too. Running those kind of business is not easy with Valve and Amazon around.

 

[Aaron]

Anyone want to split a www.getloadedgo.com bundle? I only want Mafia II

 

[morningbus]

How do you know that isn't how it happened??!?!

My inside source says that Suge Knight held Tony off a balcony, trying to force him to stop Amazon from giving away all these great deals. Tony refused.

And now he's banned. Think about it.

Of course not. They're a company, first and foremost. I just don't see cashbacks as shady, I see them as a pretty interesting way to sell your games cheap.

They do have my respect for it too. Running those kind of business is not easy with Valve and Amazon around.

Agreed, though I'd argue that Valve actually made GMG viable in the first place. Neither they or Amazon would be as popular as they are now without giving out Steam keys.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Agreed, though I'd argue that Valve actually made GMG viable in the first place.

Yeah. Valve really paved their way for on all how all digital games are sold. Funny how most of us hated Steam when it first came out. I thank Gaben they're around now.

And also for Dota 2.

 

[Rapstah]

Anyone want to split a www.getloadedgo.com bundle? I only want Mafia II

If you can host it, I'd paypal you $5 for Alpha Protocol.

 

[ithorien]

Yeah. Valve really paved their way for on all how all digital games are sold. Funny how most of us hated Steam when it first came out. I thank Gaben they're around now.

And also for Dota 2.

Oh god the horror while installing HL2 for the first time.

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Oh god the horror while installing HL2 for the first time.

 

[D3RANG3D]

Got my Chivalry key from GMG hooray!

 

[IblisGinjo]

Daily Deal: Fallout Collection 66% off, makes it 6.80USD: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2008/

No need for me to remind people Fallout is the best thing ever, right?

It's never a bad thing to keep reminding people of it's RPG goodness.

Oh god the horror while installing HL2 for the first time.

I was on 56k dialup at the time.....I shall remember that day.

 

[Mister_Bubbles]

I was on 56k dialup at the time.....I shall remember that day.

Same here. I gave it up as a bad job and played VTM: Bloodlines instead.

 

[Tomodachi]

This... this is the best gif thing ever.

 

[AngmarsKing701]

Daily Deal: Fallout Collection 66% off, makes it 6.80USD: http://store.steampowered.com/sub/2008/

No need for me to remind people Fallout is the best thing ever, right?

I heard that FO3 is unplayable on Win7 though. True?

 

[Stallion Free]

Yeah. Valve really paved their way for on all how all digital games are sold. Funny how most of us hated Steam when it first came out. I thank Gaben they're around now.

And also for Dota 2.

I was ahead of the curve. I threw my keys into Steam prior to HL2 and never touched my HL1 related disks again. I was well pleased.

 

[Relax.MX]

Well my wife hate video games...she only like wii sports, but i want to try one last time with something more "mature".

What you think about The Walking Dead? she likes tv programs and one of the thing she hates of the videogames its that are to hard for her the controllers.

And i know is off topic but one good game of the wii with easy controllers

 

[zkylon]

I heard that FO3 is unplayable on Win7 though. True?

It's a "classics" collection, so no Fallout 3 on the sale.

Buy what you're saying is definitively untrue, I've played and beaten FO3 under Win7.

It's never a bad thing to keep reminding people of it's RPG goodness.

True, true, BUY FO1 & FO2 IF YOU HAVEN'T PEOPLE, IT'S THE BEST CRPG EVER MADE

 

[FlutterPuffs]

Same here. I gave it up as a bad job and played VTM: Bloodlines instead.

....I was in high school at the time. Bought the pirated version from a shop somewhere.

That was the problem with Malaysia, most of the software found was pirated, it was hard to even find a shop that sells original games.

Thanks to Steam I've not downloaded any pirated games in years. What they said a few years ago made sense. The reason why most people pirate games is not because they want it cheap, but because they can't have access to original games in the first place.

Well most. Some idiots I know still torrent them.

 

[Stop It]

Now read that in the voice of GLaDOS.

Spoiler

I started using Steam in 2003 thanks to CS 1.6, it made me want to stop playing. Half Life 2 was an experience too, and not in a good way.

 

[ShaneB]

This... this is the best gif thing ever.

Definitely hilarious. First time I've seen that gif, whereas the other originalsteamiscrazy.gif gets around fairly frequently.

Well my wife hate video games...she only like wii sports, but i want to try one last time with something more "mature".

What you think about The Walking Dead? she likes tv programs and one of the thing she hates of the videogames its that are to hard for her the controllers.

And i know is off topic but one good game of the wii with easy controllers

Walking Dead is definitely an interesting choice, is it an option for you to play the game and she can watch/help? She can make dialogues choices with you, etc, help with puzzles, and you'll be handling the controls. I can imagine she'd be engrossed by the story, which could lead to other adventure games, which are a great gateway drug to other genres of games.

 

[Aaron]

If you can host it, I'd paypal you $5 for Alpha Protocol.

Sorry. Someone PMed me first. AP has been $5 during steam sales though so even if you can't get someone to split, you won't have to wait long.

 

[ReverseFate]

I heard that FO3 is unplayable on Win7 though. True?

It's perfectly playable, but Fallout 3 is not included in that bundle.

 

[Sober]

I remember when you could preload all of HL2 without having to buy it, so I did, and went out and bought a boxed copy so I could unlock it with the CDkey... good times, except for the part where everyone wanted to play HL2 and Steam just went bazonk.

 

[YianGaruga]

Valve really needs to do something about the extra Mac versions of some games (Civ IV, GTA) in your library. Why can't they just work like the other Steamplay games?

 

[JaseC]

Valve really needs to do something about the extra Mac versions of some games (Civ IV, GTA) in your library. Why can't they just work like the other Steamplay games?

Although there should be a system in place that prevents Mac versions from showing up in the Windows client, at this juncture it's up to the publishers to flag them correctly.

 

[kswiston]

Valve really needs to do something about the extra Mac versions of some games (Civ IV, GTA) in your library. Why can't they just work like the other Steamplay games?

CIV 4 is the worst, because I also have to look at duplicated entries for Warlords, Beyond the Sword, and Colonization.

 

[CrunchyFrog]

New getloadedgo

Pretty sure this is technically the cheapest Mafia 2 has ever been?

What say you, GAF? If I were to get only one of the total war games along with Mafia 2, which would be the better choice?

 

[Exuro]

What say you, GAF? If I were to get only one of the total war games along with Mafia 2, which would be the better choice?

I've never gotten Empire to run properly. Glitches galore that stopped me from being able to play the game.