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Steam Holiday Sales 2013 |OT2| DIE HARD (AND HAPPY NEW YEAR)
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Scamazon? Why?
But it's Boxing Day.
Not where we're from, future man!
Last chance to enter Starbound and Rise of the Triad giveaway from last night. Click the link for details, lots of fun and Bad Rats to be had!
Anyways, I'll have some more giveaways starting up as these wind down.
Anyways, I'll have some more giveaways starting up as these wind down.
corrosivefrost
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Bethesda does hate discounting DLC.
I think they figure people will get suckered into buying the base game for free and then pony up for the DLC too.
They got me on Skyrim -- it was cheaper to just buy Legendary for $16 than it was to buy all the DLC... and so my $12 or $15 I spend on Skyrim itself was kind of a waste.
I'm sure the same applies to all their published games.
But it's Boxing Day.
The day for everyone to scream and gouge eyes. My brother is quite large, my mum and aunts used to drag him along to push through crowds at Boxing Day sales..
I always forget to check GOG lol. Brought and downloading.
I've been holding since it came out. Could wait a few more days.
Great giveaway. Thanks for doing this one!
Does Brothers have a button dedicated to yelling battle cries? No? It deserved to lose.
One thing I appreciate about the indie scene is that it is a source of new games in so-called "played out" genres. I like stuff like 2d platformers and action games, scrolling shmups, etc., and the big guys aren't doing much with those genres anymore.
Indies are all about people making the kinds of games they personally love. That might mean artsy themes, or experimental game mechanics, or genres that aren't considered "commercially viable" by the big pubs anymore. Or it could just mean triple-A style stuff (albeit on a more modest scale) by some folks who really wanted to make a game like that themselves. Not all of it's going to appeal to everyone. That's a given. But the stuff being made by indie devs is diverse enough that collectively dismissing it all as shit seems shortsighted and ignorant at best.
Exactly right!
What is boxing day anyway? We celebrate no such holiday in my country.
Was recently in Melbourne on holiday. Koalas are cute and Kangaroo jerky is delicious.
More_Badass
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What's your definition of a good game? Seems like that's a critical part and a very subjective part of the whole discussion that needs to be made clear first
Boom Boom Pow
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entered for them both! let's do this
Grimm Fandango
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Glory to Arstotzka.
Basically our version of Black Friday.
It's a trap. They want to give you syphilis.
Everything in JaseC-land wants to do you in.
Revengineer
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Oh god,
Papers Please - I've gone and tried to memorize all of the states that are allowed as passports. It's day two.
This game may ruin me.
Papers Please - I've gone and tried to memorize all of the states that are allowed as passports. It's day two.
This game may ruin me.
AcceptableGhost
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alright jonathon blow calm down
More_Badass
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Would love to meet one of the many trolls on the Steam forums, because I can't imagine their real personalities could be as abrasive as their online ones. Either way, it's fun to tear apart their arguments with logic and facts
BennyBlanco
aka IMurRIVAL69
would you play a bejeweled rpg hybrid reimagining of devils advocate starring al pacino? his likeness could be a stretch goal.
Had these keys lying around, might as well raffle em.
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The Last Remnant -- MB-0AFD19D297A48C93
Supreme Commander 2 -- MB-6898CCF12044F942
No one here plays games. They Idle them for cards and stuff
Applesauce
Boom! Bitch-slapped!
When in doubt - DETAIN
Only worse. In terms of discounts, I mean -- there are crowds, of course, but I've never seen anything like the Black Friday rush videos.
There is no concrete definition because there's so many different genres out there. I have different expectations for an open world game than I do for a game like Deus Ex or Dishonored. My main thing about indies is I feel like the reputation they've gotten from disgruntled internet gamers for being super hardcore and deep is fake. I've played quite a lot of the "big" ones from the past few years and I haven't found most of them to be much deeper than the hated AAA games, in fact often they're shallower. It's just they're often more difficult and I think people confuse difficulty for complexity.
Head of Vengarl
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Ok thanks for clearing that up. A Google search told me that I don't need to have played 1 and 2 to understand Infinite, so that's good.
Thanks, that's very nice of you! I am at my gf's parent's house so I can't activate it yet (apparently you need the Steam client to activate Steam keys?) but I will try as soon as I get home tomorrow evening. Even if it has been redeemed already, I appreciate your reaching out.
Tanner1495
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Thanks for Scribblenauts! Much appreciated!
I think that's less about the discounts and more about Americans being bat-shit crazy for savings.
Revengineer
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Ehhh
I've played most of those:
Don't Starve - Meh, take or leave.
Dust - Not played, looks trash from some vids I've seen.
Gone Home - Not played, hoping for flash deal
Papers, Please - seems great at $5. played about two days so far, not really fun per se, but a good experience.
Steamworld Dig - What is this?
Spelunky - Meh. Not my thing. Not enjoyable, bought it once, regretted.
Guacamelee - HELL YES. Double dipped, will triple if community choice.
Stanley Parable - Eh. It's alright - it's a cute idea, but it's not much of a game.
Volgarr - I'd rather just spend that time in Dark Souls.
Rogue Legacy - HELL YES AGAIN. So much time in this game.
The Swapper - Nice visuals, but bleh game.
So, 3-4 of 9 are considerable for *decent video games*.
That's not super great.
I knew The Simpsons and TF2 couldn't be wrong.
No problemo!
Ya, I got a little carried away there lol
+1 I'm actually not going to get it on Steam now.
Plenty of other games to play I can wait for free
Because they have the wrong opinion. On the internet, no less!
Intheflorsh
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I think it's irritating when people treat "indie games" like they're a genre instead of a loose term for how a game is made and distributed. That's not an opinion, that's just incorrect.
I still can't believe I didn't see a single snake. Spiders though ...
Also kangaroos seem cool. Chased a group (herd? pack?) of them back in 2007 in Canberra for fun.
OT: really need a dayz sale
Shadowplay1979
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Its been awhile and i havnt seen pacman dx lower in price or readjust.....but i could have sworn it was 33% before the flash.
Last time I went to one of them, maybe 4-5 years ago, not a lot of mobbing..but so many people passing out from heatstroke, paramedics everywhere..doesn't help that a few of the shopping centres on the Gold Coast are half outdoors.
Aaand..I stupidly quoted my own post instead of editing..
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