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[Se7enSword]

It's my birthday!

Happy birthday!

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

How big of a bombshell is that? I'm not aware of his importance.

 

[Vibranium]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

Wow. Well I wish him luck wherever he goes, love the games he makes and I'll look for them.

Chris should join Bethesda Games Studios. They certainly could use him.

 

[Jawmuncher]

It's my birthday!

Here are some games I had lying around.



I'm pretty sure they work, but if they don't, you can have a free copy of Bad Rats instead

Happy birthday

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

What a pity

 

[bobnowhere]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

Also, Steam sort your shit, I want to fire up Idlemaster before I go to bed.

 

[derExperte]

https://twitter.com/SyamaMishra/status/608277436736733185

Assault Android Cactus on Steam comes with a no questions asked money back guarantee. Love it or get your money back! http://store.steampowered.com/app/250110/

 

[YianGaruga]

https://twitter.com/SyamaMishra/status/608277436736733185

Great example how to turn this into something positive. Probably helps that it's a great game and that they're very confident in it.

Haven’t been brave enough to try an early access game yet? Never heard of Witch Beam? Not sure if you like twin stick shooters? No problem.

Want to know more? Click this link to learn about Steam’s new easy refund policy.
http://store.steampowered.com/steam_refunds/

In case it’s not clear, storefront refunds are a marketing opportunity. Get out there and let people know they can try your games risk free.

 

[Atraveller]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

What? Why?

 

[milena87]

Wait wasnt he working on like 3 kickstarted games?

Pillars and Wasteland 2 are out and his work on Numenera should be pretty much done.

This is big news, though. I wonder what he'll do next, I hope he won't leave gaming, but I fear it will be something like that :/

 

[Purkake4]

Great example how to turn this into something positive. Probably helps that it's a great game and that they're very confident in it.

Yup, I was honestly expecting way more of this.

 

[YianGaruga]

Yup, I was honestly expecting way more of this.

Complaining and blaming someone else for your game's lack of success is much easier

 

[Grief.exe]

What? Why?

I would almost bet he will come back in a year with his own studio and Kickstarter. Has never been a better time for a big name to secure funding and start their own studio.

 

[Atraveller]

I would almost bet he will come back in a year with his own studio and Kickstarter. Has never been a better time for a big name to secure funding and start their own studio.

Good luck to him and all that, but the news came so sudden after the success of PoE.

 

[NingenJanai]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

I guess all that whining about the backer poems got to him.

 

[ashecitism]

Maybe he'll join Valve and spearhead Stars of Blood!

Or just do VR.

 

[Maniac]

it's not like other Shadow Hearts games, but it is the first game in series.

you don't want to be able to make what you love all the time and be paid for it? You like suffering doing what you don't like for money that much?

oh, now I get it... new steam feature is not a big deal, lemme guess... izombie is?

iZombie is terribly dull.

 

[Parsnip]

Maybe he'll join Valve and spearhead Stars of Blood!

Or just do VR.

He'll probably go to Amazon.

 

[fantomena]

wanna try #HeroSiege? now you can check it out and get #steamrefunds if you dont like it! http://store.steampowered.com/app/269210/ #gamedev #gamemaker

twitter.com/eliaspixel/status/608281154286960640

 

[morningbus]

iZombie is terribly dull.

 

[iosefe]

twitter.com/eliaspixel/status/608281154286960640

i assume thet twitter further up this page is Paz.

he started a good thing here

 

[Atraveller]

"It is true, Bertie," he wrote, "and many well wishes to the folks at Obsidian. On the future, I'm off to pursue new projects, but I can't say anything more at this time beyond life is short, and the ideas keep growing."

more on Eurogamer

 

[fantomena]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

Oh damn.

 

[Maniac]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

WHAT

HOW

WHY

NOOOOOO CHRIIIIIIS! ;_;

 

[Baron_Calamity]

Pillars and Wasteland 2 are out and his work on Numenera should be pretty much done.

This is big news, though. I wonder what he'll do next, I hope he won't leave gaming, but I fear it will be something like that :/

Maybe he'll go to work at Bioware or Bethesda and his fandom will rage quit.

 

[L.O.R.D]

why ? it look very big
i wonder if i can use the 360 controller with it

till now i can't get used on the X1 controller , the RB and LB buttons are hard to press
and every buttons are very clicky and noisy
the left stick felt smaller then the 360
the only good thing about it is the triggers

 

[GaussTek]

Steam refunds should have been like Origin's "Great Game Guarantee" policy, IMO.

I would be pretty fine with that and shouldn't bother devs a lot, I guess.

Edit. On a second thought, that would be really BAD for short indie games, so, nope LOL

 

[Buraindo]

Chris Avellone has left Obsidian.

Not the kind of news I was hoping to read today. I wonder why this happened.

 

[KainXVIII]

Why is this thing larger than one of those computers-on-a-stick?

It better be as large as xbone itself for a greater stability!

 

[lashman]

Dinosaur blood cells extracted from 75-million-year-old fossil

 

[alr1ght]

I love USB keys that block multiple USB ports.

 

[Alo81]

$50 Steam cards - 20% off at Frys today



Bring all your friends and buy gallons of Steam cards for free $$$.

Edit: You can also price match this at best buy, which can sometimes help you get around the "one per purchase" thing.

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

Should I wait to buy an Xbox One controller and adapter for my PC, or just buy a transforming dpad 360 controller

 

[MMBosstones86]

Dinosaur blood cells extracted from 75-million-year-old fossil

We are already dead.

 

[jshackles]

$50 Steam cards - 20% off at Frys today



Bring all your friends and buy gallons of Steam cards for free $$$.

Cool deal but limit 1 per customer kinda kills it when you don't have any friends. If you have lots of friends and live near Frys, I think JaseC would like to have a word with you...

 

[Jawmuncher]

Dinosaur blood cells extracted from 75-million-year-old fossil

It begins.

Should I wait to buy an Xbox One controller and adapter for my PC, or just buy a transforming dpad 360 controller

Go to gamestop and see how you like the X1. The transforming dpad doesn't add much to making it all that better. But the overall 360 controller is still nice.

 

[Freedom = $1.05]

The xbone controller has a muchhhhh better dpad

but the sticks seem real loose compared to the 360 pad and the bumpers on the original xb1 controllers seem weird.

so i dunno.

 

[dex3108]

Dinosaur blood cells extracted from 75-million-year-old fossil

That is why we are teaching robots to fight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3XyDLbaUmU

 

[Alo81]

Cool deal but limit 1 per customer kinda kills it when you don't have any friends. If you have lots of friends and live near Frys, I think JaseC would like to have a word with you...

I just read elsewhere that it can be price matched at Best Buy as well, and sometimes when price matching you can end up just buying multiple because they don't pay attention to that part.

There are a lot more Best Buys around than Fry's, so someone could seriously cash out good on this.

 

[chronomac]

Will Best Buy price-match if I don't have a Fry's nearby? I'm guessing not.

 

[Spirited]

Havn't got my eu4 common sense key from nuuvem yet.
I'm starting to get impatient.

 

[Arthea]

so as steam is still down, I went to check that amazing Amazon return policy I never heard of for some reason, and it turns to be a lie, go figure.
good riddance, YianGaruga

you can get refund only for unopened games for physical copies, as everywhere and they don't even offer refund for digital games.

 

[morningbus]

People ready to pick up an Xbone controller and wireless dongle for $80.00.

Steam controller at $50, too expensive.

 

[Phawx]

People ready to pick up a Xbone controller and wireless dongle for $80.00.

Steam controller at $50, too expensive.

I preordered a Steam Controller. Trading card money well spent.

 

[Annubis]

$50 Steam cards - 20% off at Frys today



Bring all your friends and buy gallons of Steam cards for free $$$.

Edit: You can also price match this at best buy, which can sometimes help you get around the "one per purchase" thing.

Canada?

 

[NingenJanai]

so as steam is still down..

steam is down? hope is up when I get home in an hour

 

[morningbus]

I preordered a Steam Controller. Trading card money well spent.

Word.

Canada?

Close: California. You're only a few letters off.

 

[Turfster]

https://twitter.com/SyamaMishra/status/608277436736733185

The game is amazingly fun, so I don't think they'll have to refund anyone.


Tuk-Ruk keys now available for Groupees WDN Lifestyles


Amazon has Borderlands 2 GOTY for 8$

Bundlestars has a few more new Triple packs, including an 83% off 3 pack for Chivalry and a 76% off LEGO Tolkien pack

 

[Arthea]

I would like to get on that Frys deal myself.
Totally not an option, I guess?

steam is down? hope is up when I get home in an hour

ya, I need community to work, trying to access my inventory, it's still down
issteamdown says so too

 

[YianGaruga]

so as steam is still down, I went to check that amazing Amazon return policy I never heard of for some reason, and it turns to be a lie, go figure.
good riddance, YianGaruga

you can get refund only for unopened games for physical copies, as everywhere and they don't even offer refund for digital games.

I have personally returned opened games. It's not mentioned on the site, but they don't care. I talked to support about it and they confirmed that for me. (amazon Germany) I still don't understand why you have to make it so personal.

 

[madjoki]

I preordered a Steam Controller. Trading card money well spent.

Yeah, that will be my only reason to get steam controller. If Steam only sold more hardware...

I'd do it during summer sale, but preorders don't give cards. Might wait for reviews.

 

[Arthea]

I have personally returned opened games. It's not mentioned on the site, but they don't care. I talked to support about it and they confirmed that for me. I still don't understand why you have to make it so personal.

You seem to be pretty special, ey?
excuse me for remaining skeptical about something they return policies don't even mention.

Yo, this escalation over nothing.

we just need steam to be up and running and nobody will have time for this shit, it's all Valve's fault