merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

http://www.gog.com/en/page/xmas09

sweet!

steams is up too

http://store.steampowered.com/

75 bucks for everything Popcap's ever done!

ten buck torchlight! Think i'll get it.

if anyone else is doing the latest gog.com contest and would like to share discoveries, pm me.

Got Beyond Divinity, Gorky 17, Sanitarium and something else for like $21. Not bad at all.

i gave my copy of i m mr. gay to a 7 and 9 yr old
good karma

steam today:

torchlight $5
lumines $2, $3 with expansion pack
star wars 10 game pack $25

also, my christmas presents:

gta4
wii sports resort
zeldas on a train
the beatles are a rock band

steam again:

Popcap complete collection (30 games) $50
Dead Space $10
Day of Defeat: Source $2.50 (any good?)

they had Prey for $2.25 up for a while, then for some reason it was replaced with $5 Bioshock. besides that:

Orange Box $15
Burnout Paradise $7.50
Killing Floor $5
Space Siege $5

running out of stock at a digital store is just silly

think I'm going to pick up Orange Box - but that means I'll have to pick up half life too

yeah they ran out of keys for prey lol

Too bad they picked Mr. Robot today over Starscape, which I would've recommended. Other than that I'm not interested in much except Jade Empire at $3.75. (y/n)?

steam again:
Civ 4 Complete (includes Colonization and 2 more expansion packs) $13.60
Left 4 Dead GOTY $7.50
Max Payne 1+2 $3.74
Osmos $2

The fact that Steam games cost the same # of units in both dollars and euros is silly. Despite this, I am tempted to buy Civ 4 Complete...played a game of Colonization, the 1994 original, last week, and loved it, and so I'd like to try the modernized version.

damn, that civ thing is tempting

anybody know anything about osmos? 2 bucks is my impulse buy threshhold.

ooooo, complete telltale for fifty bucks! all of monkey and sam and max and bone! VVVVV Tempting!

i bought osmos a month or so ago when it was £2 or so. is very slight, like a well-polished flash game (move around absorbing things smaller than you, avoiding things bigger than you)

gonna give it a shot.

daer video card, why u not shade 4 me

... and getting the civ 4 pack goddammit

Tempted to get the Max Payne 2-pack. I never played the sequel, and for a buck extra why not i guess (though then again, thinking about it, i don't know if ever want to play MP1 again)

I never once played those games! Always wanted to. No PC tho :(

max payne is sold out??

hmm max payne not showing up for me. wondering if it's some kind of licensing restriction for overseas buyers? shame :(

it is. there are people on neogaf trying to gift games to people in blocked regions.

http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=383007

aw man that sucks. could someone gift me max payne 1+2? I can paypal you 5 bucks

i can, shoot me a web mail with your email

thanks man! email sent

Crysis + Crysis Warhead $13.59
Street Fighter IV $10
Medieval II: Total War $5
Shattered Horizon $5
Multiwinia + Darwinia $3
Half-Life: Source $2.49

nothing for me today. i have half-life and multiwinia, and i can't run the others

multiwinia and darwinia worth it?

I've never played much multiwinia/darwinia, but I've enjoyed what I've played. Note: there's an xbla version coming out in a few weeks(?) that will probably end up having more players (though will obviously cost more than $3)

http://twitter.com/IVSoftware/statuses/6948538059

I was just watching some youtube videos of Shattered Horizon and that game looks pretty interesting (I'd never heard of it). A multiplayer only FPS in zero (and low?) gravity enviornments!?! has anybody here played it?

$5!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmnqR4yW5ZM

That looks pretty slick - i wonder how it plays. Too bad it's DX10 only (no-go for me as an XP dude)

Too bad Medieval ii didn't get a drop - i was thinking of skipping rome and just going straight to that, but since it's the same price as its been all week, i'll wait til the 3rd like a lot of other stuff i'm sitting on. Thinking about darwinia, but i'll probably pass unless somebody jumps up screaming about it

also, any of you holdouts should get SFIV, you punks, that is a crazy good price

But street fighter on a PC? Really?

Sam & Max Complete (telltale games only) $15
DOOM Pack Complete $13.59
Mass Effect $5
Portal $5
RedLynx Trials 2: Second Edition 2.49

xp as a PC gamer nowadays who doesn't have a pad of some sort? i have both the madcatz pad and a PS2 controller adapter setup

hmm... think i'm gonna have to finally bite on the sam and max games... i think i've waited long enough for this deal... but $15! that's more than i've paid for any game on steam

Pad isn't the issue really, it's lag. Bmups on PC have never really worked out for me, just because they're SO timing sensitive (even more than FPS), and I just feel like you can never trust a PC to keep up, cos it's always got other stuff going on in the background. Though to be fair, I haven't tried one for maybe 10 years, and it's potentially something that just isn't an issue like it used to be.

very tempted by Mass Effect for 3.75 euros but 12 gigs! and really I have three other rpgs on DS to play first (DQ 5, Suidoken Tierkreis, TWEWY) + I bought the Civ 4 Complete on sale the other night. Plus I have Medieval II to start sometime this spring also. And there is of course no time for any of this. But when I get back to my 360 in Sept. maybe I'll get Mass Effect for it---seems pretty cheap on it too.

I have the total opposite attitude Jim! I mean, I played virtually every CPS2 release and half the Neogeo fighters emulated on PC, I really don't see a problem. Even SF3 runs pretty much perfectly now. Maybe you've been burned by bad ports from the '90s? The SFIV PC port is actually pretty well handled, performance-wise.

I've already bought enough stuff to last me through at least the first half of 2010... think i'll just wait until next year for Sam and Max. Still saving my gift purchases for Sunday...

Red Alert 3 $10.19
Painkiller pack $8.74
Trine $5
Morrowind GOTY $5
Counter-Strike: Source $5

think trine is worth the five bucks? at this point i feel inundated with games!

final day of the steam sale - they brought back a bunch of the previous dailies

Defense Grid - $2.49
L4D2 - $33.49
GTA IV - $7.49
Torchlight - $4.99
Killing Floor - $4.99
STALKER Shadow of Chernobyl - $2.00
Bioshock - $4.99

once again giving the middle finger to those who bought Torchlight as a weekend deal for $10 a week ago

But there have been so many good deals that haven't even been highlighted on the dailies... so many to sift through right now for my final purchase and gifting. The Witcher is probably the last one I'm realy considering...

(not to mention the awesome GOG.com sale which I would totally be jumping on, but considering I no less than six games on backlog from that site alone, I've sworn it off until I can get some of that done. that sale ends today too!)

seriously though, get torchlight if you haven't already.

I couldn't resist that one earlier in the week. Oh yeah, might as well pimp the ILG Steam group here for those who don't know about it:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ILG

joinnnn usssssss

really want to pick up GTA IV but everything I've read indicates the port is borked

bit on Torchlight this time

I joined the Steam ILG group; I think it works; the interface isn't great.

is there no GOG thread? rumour is that Gabriel Knight 1 is coming very soon.

Can a mod change the title to "rolling GOG/Steam specials"?

Freedom Force and FF vs 3rd Reich is $2 - http://store.steampowered.com/sub/1662/
Xcom apocalyse/enforcer/interceptor/terror from the deep/ufo defense is $2 - http://store.steampowered.com/sub/964/

I was using the rolling PC thread for that but felt kinda shillish to update the thread every few weeks just for GOG and Steam sales. Hope you guys didn't miss $2 Psychonauts this week. Y'all should be hitting CAG constantly anyway for this stuff.

argh, i did! let's be shills and keep this updated.

lol FOR SHAME i put it in the IPC thread

Titan Quest with addon pack is five bucks; will anyone rep for it?

Titan Quest with addon pack is five bucks; will anyone rep for it?
― forksclovetofu, Wednesday, February 3, 2010 2:21 PM (50 minutes ago)

from 2006 summer thread:

I have started Titan Quest, it is amusing in the Diablo ways, I suppose. I never played Diablo/Diablo 2, though, so the idea never had a chance to really stale.
― Will M. (Will M.), Tuesday, 4 July 2006 19:24 (3 years ago) Permalink

I don't relaly rmeember playing it except vaguely I remember starting it and going "meh" and quitting, so, not memorable. If you have Torchlight play it instead!

i do and i will

Torchlight really put the Diablo bug back in me after ten years, so I'll probably get this. Also, it has multiplayer, which TL sadly does not, and I'm in the mood for that.

TQ has gotten hype from some quarters too, some prefer it to Torchlight - it's supposedly a lot longer, more diverse environments and better class mixing.

Trine for $5 on Steam. Worth it? Y/N? Jeff, I remember you were waiting for this one.

Psychonauts $7 this weekend on GOG
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/psychonauts

The real killer though is Batman: Arkham Asylum for $12.50 from GFWL!
http://majornelson.com/archive/2010/02/25/batman-arkham-asylum-75-off-sale.aspx

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/3059

indie games midweek deal. 7 games for £10 or £2 each

Altitude
Bob Came In Pieces
Bullet Candy
Galcon Fusion
Gridrunner Revolution
Space Giraffe
Super Laser Racer

Gridrunner++ is great. Bob i haven't played but the video looks good. Bullet Candy i didn't get on with (think i need a joypad really as i suck with wasd and mouse)

actually, that's $2, not pounds.

actually, it's $2 or £2 depending on where you are (britishers get stiffed again).

Sanitarium and The Longest Journey only $5 each on GOG this weekend.

http://www.telltalegames.com/store/tomi-special-1495

Tales of Monkey Island for $15

is that at all worth it?

http://www.gog.com/en/page/spring10

Septerra Core and Stonekeep $2.99 each

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/special_rpg/

D2Drive has a spring sale with nothing I want:
http://www.direct2drive.com/promos/spring-sale/

There's a $65 package that includes Pong, Rollercoaster Tycoon 2, The Witcher, etc. -- just what everyone wants to buy together.

kings bounty: armored princess is p good at least it seems so from the little of it ive played - if u like strat games AT ALL its worth $10

GOG just released Master of Orion 1+2 for $6. Also Outcast for $6. not a sale.

MOO2 is kinda classic though dated, Outcast is one of those games that sounds pretty interesting, but I wonder if it'll hold up at all today.

Always curious about MOO2.

Deus Ex 1 and 2, $2.50 each
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/296/

It's at that tempting price where I think... will I ever play these again? Is it worth the couple bucks so that in that case I won't have to hunt for the discs?

Everything for £5 sale at Zavvi,with free delivery.

http://www.zavvi.com/offers/everything-for-5/games.list

free copies of machinarium for mac

http://support.macgamestore.com/entries/161675-customer-appreciation-week

oooooh thanks!

Civ 3 Complete $1.25 on Steam

http://www.wolfire.com/humble

World of Goo / Aquaria / Gish / Lugaru / 1st Penumbra - Dollar amount of yr choosing with 1/2 going to charity.

http://store.steampowered.com/freeportal/

Portal is free for mac/pc until may 24th.

never played it on PC; might as well.

Samarost 2 has been added to that "humble bundle" thing too now.

Course this just means I now have a download folder full of games I'll never get around to installing.

Tropico 3 is 75% off this weekend, down to $7.50

Apparently they're doing a special on Sega games this week, a new one each day. I'll wait til they get to Total War: Empire or Napoleon.

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/4349

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time $1
http://www.direct2drive.com/17/product/Buy-Prince-of-Persia:-The-Sands-of-Time-Download

Gamefly is selling BioShock 2 for under 20 bucks, tax and shipping included.
Same for Arkham Asylum 360 and Tekken 738992 PS3.
You have to be a gamefly member to buy tho'.

Jagged Alliance 2 for $5 on GOG
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/disciples_jagged_alliance

a must for x-com fans (I'm looking at you, brilliam)

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Warrior Within - $2.49 each

http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Games/Pages/princeofpersiatsot.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Games/Pages/princeofpersiaww.aspx

Oblivion $8.50, Morrowind $5, both with all expansions

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/bethesda_weekend

I have waited about eight months for Fallout 3: GOTY to drop down to $20, and it's at $25 right now on Steam - question is, will I actually get around to playing it within the next six months or whenever the game finally gets a permanent price drop...

Batman AA: GOTY is $20 on Steam right now, too (but I'm still angry about my save deletion)

They're doing EA specials all this week, one per day, only for 24 hours each. The Command & Conquer series is on sale right now.

GOG has the Tex Murphy games 30-50% off... all worth it except maybe 1+2, which many people got for free last year anyway.

https://www.gog.com/en/promo/tex_murphy_collection

Steam has Dead Space and Mirror's Edge for cheaps

Mass Effect 1 $5 @ steam

Oh no. Steam has started a SUMMER sale. My wallet is already crying.

the new Tropico expansion is six bucks and change, SOLD.

pro tip from another board:

DO NOT BUY A GAME EVEN IF IT IS ON SALE UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THAT THERE IS NO DAILY SALE FOR IT COMING.

Games that are on sale can often have a daily sale as well.

need to keep reminding myself i still have backlogged games from the last xmas sale to get around to

Definitely thinking of picking some new stuff up, browsing through the store is nearly impossible though... it's a mess.

Is a Super Street Fighter IV PC release happening or not???

Cryostasis $3.24
maybe finally get the GTA games for PC?
The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena for $6.79?

Posted today:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/jun/24/yoshinori-ono-working-getting-ssf4-pc/

A little ominous, but both sad and funny is complaining about the piracy, when the game was already saddled with all that GFWL junk which evidently did nothing for them. I mean, sure I like achievements, but I absolutely hate the way they've screwed up save game files with it, and they don't even get cloud-saved - making it a truly useless, annoying DRM solution

but yeah at least it's some indication we'll get one

Killing floor is five bucks; I remember it from this years coint and plick... anybody wanna talk me into it?

nhex - good to know, I want the PC version, but don't want to buy old IV just to see Super announced the next day. Maybe it'll have steamworks integration this time & that's the reason for the delay? Still, if they make it a deal of the day, I think I'll bite this time around.

Tempted by a few of those complete deals too...

yeah, tbh, if it's above $10 it's pretty hard to justify buying IV on PC at this point, especially if you're just getting it for online

the shooters like Killing Floor and CS: Source are a little tempting but i need blatant peer pressure to tip me over

ones to watch for future daily deals, as they're already on sale:

King's Bounty Gold - $10 (vanilla KB - $3.24, AP - $7.49)
The Witcher Director's Cut - $6.79
Defense Grid - $5
Indigo Prophecy - $3.39
Introversion Complete Pack - $5 (includes Darwinia, Multiwinia, Defcon, Uplink)
Bionic Commando Rearmed - $6.69

today's deals for Bioshock 2 ($15) and Trine ($4) also look good but i'll skip

tempted by Europa Universalis III complete (well, w/o the latest expansion) but dunno if I'll be able to get into it. It's SteamPlay; anyone here play it on the Mac? I've read that it's just a Cider port & so doesn't work that well on OS X.

I'm hoping for a good Metro 2033 deal of the day the most - that's the game I really want to play (but not for full price) - though I'm willing to keep waiting.

I did just pick up Far Cry 2, Fuel, Cryostasis, the two Riddick games and Trials 2 for only $32 - loving me some steam sales.

Has anybody heard anything about the rpg Numen? I'm a sucker for classical greek games, and a full-on RPG set there seems like a lot of fun

Also, seriously considering paying for Witcher, which is probably the best rpg i've played in the last 3 years along with Fallout 3.

Steam
Ghostbusters $4

GOG
Syberia 1+2 $10

kinda blah today on Steam, though i guess somebody might want RE5 for $12.50 or AvP 2000 for a mere $1.25 for nostalgia's sake

Audiosurf $2.50 (always worth it)
Left 4 Dead 2 $10.50! 4-packs for $30.60!

Free Wallace & Gromit episode

http://www.telltalegames.com/wrongtrousersday

steam is ridic; seriously questioning my console fealty

it's wonderful how the increased competition in the last year (from Gamersgate, Direct2Drive, GOG, Impulse and so on) seems to have made Steam go even crazier and more competitive than before with their sales

Steam daily:
Civ IV (w/o add-ons) $5, Civ IV Complete $10

I've been able to ignore most of the deals by being on a Mac, but I bit on the Civ IV complete deal. Just couldn't resist.

Wondering if they're just legitimate errors or secret experiments, but some of the prices have been mysteriously going up. For instance, Witcher has gone up to $13 (though undoubtedly it'll get a daily deal at some point), the Gothic bundle today started at $2 and went up to $5 later.

Steam daily:
Europa Universalis III $6.80, with 2 expansions $10.20
Oddworld Oddysee & Exoddus $2.50
Tales of Monkey Island $11.90

Yeah, EU3 is looking _really_ tempting

I downloaded Dawn of Discovery yesterday.

GTA IV $5
Street Fighter IV $10
X-Com complete $3.74
Team Fortress 2 $6.79

Couldn't resist picking up a copy of GTA IV for $5. Will be interesting to see how it runs and fool around with the video editing thing at the least. Also went for SFIV just to have a copy that I can run maxed - hopefully we can play some games now, Nhex (how is that wrist?).

Still hoping for DOtDs for Borderlands, the last Red Faction, Just Cause 2, and Metro 2033, but yeah, got way too many games to play now anyway.

When you play a game like GTA IV on the PC, how do the controls work?

66% off all Codemasters games. time to rebuy Fantastic Dizzy...

When you play a game like GTA IV on the PC, how do the controls work?

Keyboard and mouse or if you prefer just plug a controller into your PC (or maybe a bit of both, keyboard and mouse for walking / shooting and a controller for driving / flying).

As you might expect, the walking/shooting controls are great on Mouse/Keyboard, but driving and flying handles a lot better on pad. I eventually just went completely over to pad, though - and I'm sure GTA IV has 360 pad support.

Jeff - I'm up for playing sometime on the weekend. Still have problems - pain often flares up randomly, even at rest - but physical therapy has been helping, and I can play games as long as I stay diligent about taking a lot of breaks while keeping playtimes and general computer use in check.

kingfish - Numen is on sale today for $7.50 if you still want to get that

$5.00 for Red Faction: Guerrilla - one more off my wishlist

anyone who hasn't played the void and has 5 bucks to spare should check it out, fucking insane game. you might wanna cheat in the end though and i wouldn't fault you, just ration your cheating to keep it kind of hard.

anyone know anything about flatout? for $2, i might bite, and i definitely will bite on shatter at 2.50.

Also, that THQ Complete Pack is so goddamn tempting... it's like buying Metro 2033 and getting 20 great games for FREE.

buying shatter for 2.50, looks worth it.

every time i think it's safe, every time i think it's calm, I AM WRONG

(yeah, i think i gotta pick it up at that price)

$5 torchlight, $7 L4D are nice too for those who haven't gotten them

Jesus Christ, the sales are starting to get abusive. WHY CANT YOU HAPPEN WHEN I'M EMPLOYED DAMMIT

After hearing some of the soundtrack to Shatter i'm actually kinda tempted to dip on it. Feedback?

it's pretty good

a little floaty with the mouse control, but def worth 2.50

Thief: Deadly Shadows is $3, Madballs is $1.99, PB Winterbottom is $2.49.

When games start getting cheaper than pints of beer, it's very difficult not to go hog-wild on them.

HOLY SHIT, Tropico 1 & 2 are $3.39! GET THIS

http://store.steampowered.com/app/33520/

Borderlands for $10! Another one off my list.

been waiting for that one. stoked to try it out.

steam, i hate you, and i hate myself

actually, my computer is just below minimum spec for Borderlands, so crisis averted. even the DLC is on sale for $3.39 each

maybe get at Beat Hazard for $2.50. Saints Row 2 is a good buy at $7.50. Annoyed they didn't discount Bionic Commando Rearmed, though they did discount the new game in a 2-pack with BCR

I've read the Saints Row PC port is supposed to be pretty awful (and super demanding & buggy). Just Cause 2 rumored for one of tomorrow's deals. Bionic Commando: Rearmed at $6.69 is still a very good deal - great game.

Performance-wise, it's definitely pretty bad, but my old video card was able to run it playably. Most of the bugs were fixed eventually - the only real one I encountered was late in the game, where I had to skip a cutscene to progress. I dug it so much I was willing to forgive these things, it's really fun. Also, it has pretty well designed drop-in co-op for all story missions and side activities. Definitely worth the price it's at now.

borderlands tempting the hell out of me :(

really want a controller, so waiting for 360 drop on gamefly

did they ever fix the GTA4 port? or is it still really buggy

I think GTA IV is as fixed up as it's every going to be. I've played three or four hours of it this week and have encountered no real problems & am really enjoying it again. It runs pretty good on my rig (better than the console versions) and looks a little better (more detail, further draw distance, more traffic and hot dog stands, I think). I'm still tweaking stuff, looking for the optimum settings though. Pop in a still an issue at times and detail pop in that shifts a little weirdly sometimes, but not much of a big deal - it's just the engine (not the port) & no AA, which is a bit of a bummer. But walking around the city they created and looking at all the architecture and vistas and signage, traffic and pedestrians, still really blows my mind.

argh, should have picked it up when it was $5 then.

It may pop again on the final day, or Christmas will be here again before you know it...

Yeah, I have no doubt it'll go back on sale at some point, considering this is the second time in the last year they've heavily discounted it.

I can't decide if $25.00 for Metro 2033 and Just Cause 2 is cheap enough, or if I should hold off for the end of the year, when maybe they'll be $10 each? That was pretty much all I wanted though...

Last day, they pulled the same trick with the X-mas sale, repeating all the bestselling deals. Including GTA IV, dyao! Finally bit on BCR; will see if my willpower holds out for the rest of the day.

dammit, no witcher sale.

Enh, wicther is $13.39, about the same price i saw a used copy for.

gave in and bought Trine. That's it. No more steam games until I get a proper job again.

Unless they would Empire/Napoleon: TW on sale.

EVERYBODY GET 'TRINE' CUZ THE THIEF CHICK HAS A HOOKSHOT

someone was asking about killing floor, which i ranked in the 2009 c&p -- it's back up again so i am not too late to talk about it. it's a lot of fun IF you are playing w/ people you know and learning the gmae together, online with randoms not so much, but yeah. get a ventrilo server going, play it with mates, it's a blast, once you get past the dumb looks/sounds (it's basically nu-metal: the genre: the game, musicwise)

hey guys don't buy p.b. winterbottom it is a bad game

Dammit! Too late!

Platformer sale: http://www.gamersgate.com/all?q=platformerweek&aff=ggnews

Any opinions on Clover, Saira, Emberwind, Wake/Lunnye Devitsy? They also have Europa Universalis 1 for $0.50.

Strongbad Season 1 $5 @ steam

is it any fun?

1st ep is not fun. although it is the best-LOOKING telltale series because they keep it simple.

Point&Click adventure sale: http://www.gamersgate.com/all?q=pointclickweek&aff=ggnews

The Broken Sword and Simon the Sorcerer packs are definitely worth it. You can ignore the final, 3D games in each. Cheap telltale seasons too.

http://www.gamersgate.com/summersale
The Witcher - $6.78
Dragon Age: Origins $15
Mass Effect 2 $15

anyone tried gratuitous space battles? i'm about to dive in

Machinarium pirate amnesty price is $5
Finally gonna get it = http://machinarium.net/blog/2010/08/05/machinarium-pirate-amnesty/

Gamersgate again...

Batman: Arkham Asylum GOTY $16
Borderlands $10
Red Faction Guerrilla $5

nice, stalker shadow of chernobyl + call of pripyat
£6.24

http://www.telltalegames.com/adventurebundle

The Whispered World
King's Quest I-VII
Jack Keane
Penny Arcade Adventures 1

and probably
Puzzle Agent
Sam & Max Season 2

for $20, with $5 going to charity.

looks worth it!

Might buy that for Sam & Max alone, tbh - what are the others like?

(I am pretty familiar with KQ and would probably replay them all but it's not that much of a draw to me - the rest I know nothing about. Yes, I am old and my knowledge of games stops in 1995)

Zavvi offering Resi 5 Gold Edition for £12.95 today.

http://www.zavvi.com/offers/mega-monday/games.list

bear in mind that the puzzle agent and sam and max games DO NOT COME WITH THAT BUNDLE or at least not until they unlock some 10,000 bundles sold.
So please buy one of 5000 of these so i can play sam and max soon.

whups, they just unlocked puzzle agent. Guess they realized this wasn't gonna get to 5K.

VVVVVV $4.49 on Steam

man, these telltale games have MAJOR mouse lag, like to an unplayable degree.

Star Wars KOTOR $2.50 on Steam

Monkey Island 2 SE for iphone - $0.99
http://itunes.apple.com/app/monkey-island-2-special-edition/id375901588?mt=8

got KOTOR. missed this deal last black friday, and I always wanted to do a dark side playthrough

http://www.telltalegames.com/playlikeapirate

all of Tales of Monkey Island (Mac/PC) for $5, i'm bitin'

omg

ah, i thought this was all the games. it's just the Secret and Chucks Revenge special editions. Still a nice deal though.

ah again. apologies you're right, i was looking at the steam offer for monkey island games.

Dear GOG users,

We have recently had to give serious thought to whether we could really keep GOG.com the way it is. We've debated on it for quite some time and, unfortunately, we've decided that GOG.com simply cannot remain in its current form.

We're very grateful for all support we've received from all of you in the past two years. Working on GOG.com was a great adventure for all of us and an unforgettable journey to the past, through the long and wonderful history of PC gaming.

This doesn't mean the idea behind GOG.com is gone forever. We're closing down the service and putting this era behind us as new challenges await.

On a technical note, this week we'll put in place a solution to allow everyone to re-download their games. Stay tuned to this page and follow us on Twitter and Facebook for updates.

All the best,
GOG.com Team

aw man!

apparently GOG shutting down was a prank?!??????!

http://www.gog.com/

maybe they're merging with steam or something... looks like they're trying a new direction

bit of a lame stunt, though the public overreaction is also too much. the internet will forgive them if they manage to get Planescape: Torment up, though

been wanting to play it forever.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/24010/

my god... those crazy sons of bitches really did it

starting a railworks clan everyone, please add =[420]=LoCo-Motive to your gamertags

this is that game with the insane amount of pricey DLC isn't it

wouldn't have imagined this as being your cuppa

http://www.gamersgate.com/all?q=halloweenweek
Amnesia $10
Ghostbusters $8

steam: red faction guerrilla $5; more thq games all week

Numen ($2) and DogFighter ($1.50) are super cheap right now on steam - anyone know if these are a waste of time?

Titan Quest Gold for $5 on Steam today. Just started playing it last week, fairly decent Diablo-type. Seems to be crazy huge, lots of character building and skill options compared to Torchlight, but also feels a little more generic, though I like the Greek theme.

Any opinions of Puzzle Dimension? $5 on steam

also

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/trickortreat
Burn Zombie Burn! $5
Plants vs. Zombies (No Thriller Edition) $5
BioShock $5

Tempted to get in on Nation Red and Zombie Driver, but they'll probably both be on sale again at some point. I think I'll finally bite on PvZ.

http://tale-of-tales.com/DoD/

Trine on sale again for $5, also ported to Mac!

would my 2006 MB 2GHz C2D 2GB RAM run crysis torchlight?

http://www.direct2drive.com/9976/product/Buy-Grand-Theft-Auto-IV:-Complete-Edition-Download

Cozen: Unfortunately the GMA 950 video you have is just below the cut-off for Mac Torchlight requirements, though it does support it in Windows. Also, there are supposedly issues with the card drivers if you're not using 10.6 on it.

http://blog.us.playstation.com/2010/11/15/introducing-the-atlus-super-mega-ultra-50-off-psn-sale/

Age of Empires III $0.10
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/ageofempiresiii/

Beyond Good and Evil for $5, is that worth grabbing?

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/ubisoft_games

AoE 3 for 10 cents is ridiculous, that's the amazing side of DLC no doubt

you can also get it for 10MS points on GFWL

if the point was to get me to download the games for windows client, it worked.

oh, i see, there's also an updated terms of use that probably reflects evil shit alterations to how they can fuck you over with MS points and XBox Lilve and waives kinect spying so that microsoft can watch you jerk off in front of the tv. Fair trade!

JimD it's actually $6.99 to buy just one game.

o yeh.

I'm not even an RTS fan but for 10 cents, why not

well cuz it's not installing would be my answer
microsoft customer service not being real helpful

The last thing I needed was another game, but I am not passing up AoE3 for 10 cents. Absurd.

http://twitter.com/#!/search/%40GFWL

If the point of putting a game on sale is to sell your service, GoD is doing a very, very bad job of that today! No product keys for almost everyone who tried to download AoE3 today.

Games for Windows, rather. No idea what GoD is. lol

There is no GoD.

while trying to set up age of empires i followed through a series of microsoft suggestions to make the dl/install work
then i restarted my computer
computer is now totally bricked BSOD and cannot even start in safe mode
writing from gf computer
totally pissed right now
fuck these guys i am totally trading them off madden when i get home

wow. good thing i put off installing it!

(sorry to hear that forks)

yeah i'm fuming
was planning on a new computer shortly, backed up bookmarks and all media's on an external but even so this is a kick in the nuts

Wow that sucks. Sorry forks that you gotta deal with that late on a Sunday. Hope you can fix it.

think i'm gonna have to just buy a new pc; can't even get this open in safe mode.
prolly gonna have to see if I can pay work IT guy to salvage C/D drives and hit up dell to have something delivered in the first week of December. Not a good time for it but i suppose it never is.

That fucking blows. So sorry.

forks can't you boot it up from a Windows disk?

Computer shipped without a physical disk. Trying to see if i can get my IT guy at work to help me get it booted after the holidays but i just started there and he's not on site, so...

the steam thing they're doing right now is every day they pick 30 people and give them the top 5 games on their wishlist for free

so start loading up your wishlists

done

Indie Story Pack http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6790/

Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale
And Yet It Moves
Puzzle Agent
Jolly Roger
Gish

$4.99

Jolly Rover, rather

Is Recettear worth playing? Note that i usually quite enjoy the JRPG mechanic despite myself.

so bought,thats a ridiculous price
other indie packs still to come
Indie Air Pack: Altitude, DogFighter, Flotilla, Gratuitous Space Battles, Plain Sight
Indie Clever Pack: Doc Clock: The Toasted Sandwich of Time, Eufloria, Iron Grip: Warlord, VVVVVV, World of Goo
Indie Pulse Pack: Audiosurf, Beat Hazard, Bit Trip Beat, The Polynomial, Rhythm Zone
Indie Puzzle Pack: Cogs, Droplitz, Puzzle Dimension, Shatter, Tidalis

holy shit, $5? i was planning to get in on a (rumored) group gift pack for Recettear along for more than $5, getting Puzzle Agent and AYIM are awesome bonuses

recettear's gotten great reviews.
would buy it if i had a working computer (Sadface)

feel like I'm always asking stupid questions like this, but: will a current gen 13" MBP run most modern PC games under boot camp at an OK pace (medium details eg)?

gonna use this thread here also to gripe about how the console deals look pretty weak this year, unless you're looking for a PSP or DS

i think i'll pass on today's pack (see zappi's post)

Torchlight AND Tropico 3 on sale today, biting on both

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/6253/

Yeah, go for Tropico 3 Gold. the game & the expansion for $seven fiddy american.

done my wishlist. would be cool if any ilxors get a freebie

Indie pulse pack is up - gettin' it pretty much just for Bit Trip Beat, as I already have Audiosurf, and I'm curious enough about Beat Hazard and The Polynomial to make it a regretless purchase.

lfd2 £3.75

really tempted to get the King's Bounty bundle and the Lara Croft game...

Orange Box $7.50 on steam

Picked up the Pulse Pack today- I was hoping for a steeper discount on Bit.Trip Beat alone, but its discounted price is the same as the pack. Who knows, some of the other titles could be decent (though I'm pissed I can't give away the extra copy of Audiosurf).

At amazon I picked up AC:Brotherhood ($40, not the best deal but December is going to be HELL at work and I need a nice pile of completist open-worldy video games to keep myslef sane), Just Cause 2 ($26) and Resonance of Fate ($20).

you're going to LOVE Just Cause 2

Just Cause 2 down to £9.95 on Zavvi Mega Monday tomorrow + Dead Rising 2 at £17.95.

ditto JC2, a welcome break of an open world where the aim is purely to just have FUN!

Dead Rising 2 has gone up to £25 since I posted earlier :(

thanks for the orange box heads up.

steam today:

Monkey Island 2 SE $2.50
KOTOR $2.50
DiRT 2 $5

lots of people saying Altitude in the indie pack is worth $5 on its own

Civ V for $30 on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0038TT8QM/ref=ord_cart_shr?t=slicinc-20&tag=slicinc-20&ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER

seriously, get this game

$55 for Mac. Bastards.

doesn't Civ V use steamworks?

my haul:

- Deus Ex 1 & 2
- Torchlight
- L4D2
- Indie Story Pack (got it for Recettear & Puzzle Agent, don't like any of the other 3 games)
- Indie Pulse pack (got it for beat.trip.beat [I had stupidly picked up Audiosurf at $2.50 when it was on sale earlier in the week], haven't played any of the other 3 games yet but I hear Rhythm Zone hellasux)
- Indie Air Pack (got it for Altitude and yep that game owns a bunch right there)

also got Pac-Man CE DX/Dead Nation/Spelunker HD from a PSN share group and picked up Cave Story from DSiWare; it's been quite a week for digital distribution.

tried to grab kotor and dirt but steam wouldn't allow it

grabbed splosion man, TMNT, magic: the gathering, and GTA: SA the other day when on sale on XBL (along with sonic & knuckles and PAC-MAN CE DX)

looking forward to the /actual/ steam xmas sale and eventually picking up an MBP to run the games

I ended up with Defense Grid, the Indie Story Pack, Machinarium, Monkey Island 2: SE and KOTOR.

If you bought Audiosurf and thne the story pack seriously e-mail Steam, they may jsut refund the first purchase. My roommate bought Civ IV (yes IV) a little while back, and realized he should ahve bought the "complete" IV pack, because it was like $5 more or something, e-mailed thme, and they allowed him to switch it around, after he had owned it for like a week.

Deus Ex $0.99

http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/games/Deus-Ex--GotY/

bought but can't download right away - can I see my gfwl catalog (aoe3/deus EX) on the site?

i think you need to do it through the client. GFW is a joke imo.

hmmmm, thanks. just couldn't see it on the site

the sooner all DD services become like steam the better and not just for games too. it's fkn criminal that in this day and age on itunes you have to e-mail apple if you want permission to redownload some mp3s if you lose them

Shadowrun (2007) $1
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-US/Games/Shadowrun/

4 adventure games on sale
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/adventure_titles

Viva Pinata $1
http://www.gamesforwindows.com/en-CA/dailydeal/day3/

http://store.steampowered.com/news/4739/

Now through December 20th, the Great Steam Treasure Hunt will have folks spending time in the tropical sun, earning Steam Achievements in select games, joining Community groups, and earning a slot atop the Steam Leaderboards all in the name of winning free games. Every 48 hours a new set of four tasks will be announced. Select games will also be on sale throughout The Great Steam Treasure Hunt.

Completing a objective qualifies you for a drawing to win the top 5 games on your Wishlist. Each objective has its own drawing, so the more you complete, the better your chances. At the end of the Great Steam Treasure Hunt, there will also be three grand prize winners, each awarded 100 individual Steam games of their choosing. Importantly, our lawyers tell us at this point to say, "No purchase necessary" and to check out the official rules here: http://store.steampowered.com/treasurehunt.

The first objectives are:
# Self Portrait: Setup an avatar on your Steam Community profile.
# Got Tanked?: Earn the Desert Fox Steam Achievement in R.U.S.E.
# Up the Ante: Win The Iron Curtain in Poker Night at the Inventory
# More Cowbell: Set a leaderbord score of at least 1,124,400 in easy mode for the 'Paul Hartnoll' level in Chime

oh and not a deal or anything but all the Oddworld games are coming to Steam later this month

chime for a buck anna quarter

Chime so fully fully worth that much, so good!

that's what i needed to hear; snapped up

haha, ok, i'm in.

Games for Windows: Max Payne 2 for a buck
Poker Night at the Inventory is also on sale on Steam, but it's hard to imagine if you wanted it that you were waiting for it to drop from $5 to $3

OTOH, AAaaaa-etc. A Reckless Disregard for Gravity goes for $2.50 today, the price point I was in fact waiting around for this whole time

I just added a bunch of folks from the ILG group; I'm in as trdn89.

is evil genius worth 2.50?

any thoughts on Droplitz or MTG? i haven't played the card game in over 15 years bear in mind

got Droplitz; it was OK, probably just worth the price. Gonna pick up Shatter @ $2.50.

apparently you can't customize the decks in MTG so the hell with it. grabbing Shatter though!

whoa, the awesome soundtrack for Shatter is only $1 until... a few more hours?
http://sidhe.bandcamp.com/

GOG's holiday sale -- almost 300 games discounted
http://www.gog.com/en/page/xmas10

jesus. why can't i just play games for a living.

Oh, this Shatter soundtrack is pretty good!

The Humble Indie Bundle is back, Mac Windows and Linux, no DRM, pay what you want.
Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans.
http://www.humblebundle.com/

oh yeh & Valve gave away keys recently for the first bundle, so you can add the games for free to your Steam. hopefully this happens again with this bundle.

totally getting that bundle just for Braid, and Machinarium is pretty slick too.

Osmos is well regarded but I haven't tried it yet.

Ahhh I just bought Braid! Still looks pretty cool.

Osmos features "sublime electronic soundtrack by Loscil, Gas/High Skies, Julien Neto, Biosphere, and more"? Why, I guess I am sold, then. Click!

looks like it's time for my yearly transformation into James Cobo, Hater Of Stupid-Ass Braid

So crazy

Osmos is a great gaming experience and the soundtrack rocks (in an extremely ambient way of course)

PC & Mac versions of Civ V both $37.50 on Steam right now, go git it

too much. will bite on Zombie Driver, tho.

EA iOS games on sale
http://toucharcade.com/2010/12/16/the-great-electronic-arts-99¢-sale-of-2010/

http://toucharcade.com/2010/12/16/the-great-electronic-arts-99¢-sale-of-2010/

fuck it, just copy paste

Golden Axe (Genesis version emulated) free
http://www.facebook.com/topic.php?uid=28248536795&topic=19278

A lot more indie packs for the upcoming holiday sale got "leaked" on CAG again, though the poster was annoyed that someone reposted the info on the official Steam forums *forehead palm*, for anyone who is interested, you should be able to find it pretty easily in the forum. All I gotta say is... potato?

Does anyone know of a way I can check to see if my Mac can run Civ V smoothly before I drop the cash and buy it?

another pay what you want thingy

http://groupees.yawma.net/gr8

currently Max and the Magic Marker + an indie album

is that Girl Talk album tomorrow? hah

Mordy, what video card is in your Mac? The min spec for Civ V is a Radeon 2600/GeForce 8600. If you have Intel, forget it.

the potato thing sounds insane

just so i can find it again

Indie 2D Pack: Bullet Candy, Galcon Fusion, Geometry Wars, Super Laser Racer, VVVVVV
Indie Adventure Pack: And Yet It Moves, Gish, Jolly Rover, Mr Robot, Samorost2
Indie Beat Pack: Beat Hazard, Bit.Trip Beat, Chime, Rhythm Zone, Turba
Indie Brain Pack: Big Brain Wolf, Diamond Dan, Puzzle Bots, Windowsill, Zen Bound 2
Indie Fantasy Pack: Bob Came in Pieces, Fairie Solitaire, Fortix, NyxQuest: Kindred Spirits, Spectromancer
Indie Flight Pack: Dogfighter, Everyday Shooter, Flotilla, Gratuitious Space Battles, Guns of Icarus
Indie Fright Pack: Burn Zombie Burn, The Path, The Scourge Project, The Void, Zombie Driver
Indie Future Pack: Hacker Evolution, Hammerfight, System Protocol One, Twin Sector, Uplink
Indie Heavy Hitters Pack: Audiosurf, Shattered Horizon, World of Goo, Zeno Clash
Indie Kids Pack: Delve Deeper, Crayon Physics, Max & Magic Marker, Secret of Magic Crystal, Toki Tori
Indie Mix Pack: Cogs, Darwinia, Defcon, Eufloria, Plain Sight
Indie Smart Pack: Droplitz, Lumines, Puzzle Agent, Quantz
Indie Potato Pack (yes, that's what it's called, don't ask me): AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity, Amnesia: The Dark Descent, Audiosurf, Bit.Trip Beat, Braid, Cogs, Defense Grid, Killing Floor, Red Orchestra, Super Meat Boy, The Ball, The Wonderful End of the world, Toki Tori

xp to Nhex, I have a NVIDIA GeForce 9400M -- do you think it'll run okay?

it might, but I'm a little skeptical. it may still run but you'll definitely have to lower resolution, details, etc. which may or may not matter in a game like Civ

oh yeah for you oddworld fans, the oddbox is gonna be 50% off on the first day of the steam sale, so probably like $12.50

humble bundle #2 now unlockable on steam, click the link in your order email to get a steam activation link

steam servers are too busy to handle your request? what? fuck you I want to play this goddamn game thats on my hd..

valve complete pack for £15? blimey

super meat boy $3.75 on steam, among other sales

http://savygamer.co.uk/2010/12/20/steam-sale-everything-in-on-place/

i put my half-life cd code into steam the other day and it gave me the option of downloading all that (non-orange box) valve stuff anyway. am just waiting to get back to work where i have the bandwidth for it.

*head exploding*

can't believe assange hasn't leaked the steam & XBLA daily deals yet

today on steam

The Witcher $5
Puzzle Quest 1 $1.50

Okay here we go, several dozen crazy deals now active.

where's the indie potato pack, dammit

oh maaan

seriously, i have to stop buying direct download games. I'm like forty or so games behind. enough already.

"sorry, the steam servers are too fucking crazy right now to handle your request"

Witcher and Lara Croft, you shall be mine

pay more than $7.32 for Humble Indie Bundle 2 and you get Humble Indie Bundle 1 free
thats Braid, Cortex Command, Machinarium, Osmos, Revenge of the Titan
+ World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru, Penumbra, Samorost 2
+ keys for those available on Steam
(you get Bundle 1 if you've already bought 2)

bought bundle 2 yesterday, coincidentally, and so am entitled to bundle 1 #yass

digging revenge of the titans

RDR is up on XBLA games on demand now btw

£39.99 O_O

MASSIVE gamefly sale with free shipping, here's a few highlights:
For the 360:
$8 - Lost Planet 2, Kane and Lynch 2
$10 - Singularity, Skate 2, Dante's Inferno, Splinter Cell Conviction, AVP
$12 - Arkham, Borderlands, Just Cause 2, Mass Effect 2, Halo ODST, Crackdown 2,
$17 or less - Modern Warfare 2, Bad Company 2, Alan Wake, FF 13, Forza 3
For the PS3:
$10 or less - MAG, Singularity, Bayonetta, Wet
$15 or less - Killzone 2, Infamous, GTA Liberty City Eps, 3-D Dot Game Heroes, Demons Souls, Yakuza 3
$17 or less - SF4, Star Ocean, Arkham
For the Wii:
$10 or less - Mad World, Boy and His Blob, Mini Ninjas, Wii Fit Plus
$15 or less - Sin and Punishment, Monster Hunter Tri
Mario Galaxy 1 is $21, 2 is $24

You have to have a gamefly account, but this would take care of shopping for any kid really.

steam today:
* Aliens vs. Predator ($5)
* Just Cause 2 ($7.50)
* Railworks 2 Train Simulator ($6)
* Recettear: An Item Shop's Tale ($6.80)
* Trials 2: Second Edition ($2.50)
* Tales of Monkey Island: Complete Pack ($17.49)
* Spore Complete Pack ($19.99)
* Assassin's Creed 2 ($14.99 -- $12 if you own Assassin's Creed)
* Day of Defeat: Source ($2.50)
* Bully: Scholarship Edition ($3.75)
* Zuma's Revenge ($8)
* Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare ($14.99)

the current GOG motto is "I LIKE IT CHEAP AND UNPROTECTED"

I wish you could activate GOG games on steam

these sales always backfire on me b/c I realize I need to drop 2k on a new computer for a $10 game, smh

picked up Trials 2 (it was $5, not $2.50; J'ACCUSE), Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble, and Colonization

well technically it was the Civ 4 complete pack which includes Colonization but w/e

Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble will probably be one of my last day pick-ups, hoping it goes on a daily

Bought railworks WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME?

haha! god why would you do that, why

how was that pinball game? i didn't even know it existed

S'alright. Physics modelling is pretty good, and it looks nice, but the table design isn't great. The Pro Pinball titles are old but they're all still totally playable, and are cheap on gog, and this isn't better than any of those.

It's the promise of realistically modelled grim suburban backstreets that sold me on railworks. I just want to sit in first class and look out of the window.

Ha, also, one of the gameplay options is "exit on SPAD"!

Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box (PC)
£0.00 in the UK!
http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/burnout-paradise-the-ultimate-box-p/834553

got res evil 5, but maaaan it's crap lol

damn you steam. i'm tempted to get New Vegas even though I just got FO3: GOTY on Monday...

wish that Borderlands sale was just a bit better, I would've bitten on all the DLC, but $20 for all 4 is just OK - they were cheaper during the summer sale!

the daily indie deal has generally been a dog, in contrast to the crazy value of the indie 5-packs

got res evil 5, but maaaan it's crap lol

^^ me, months ago, for more money

I have an extra copy of Monkey Island 2 SE (PC only?) to gift over Steam. If anyone's interested PM me.

Star Wars Dark Forces/Jedi Knight 5 game pack $5 on steam today

all right, managed to talk myself into ONLY getting two of the indie packs and Dangerous High School Girls in Trouble! on the last day

both penny arcade games - $3 total
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7135?snr=1_4_4__40

also, costume quest and 10 more games on sale on psn.

Civ V $24

http://www.direct2drive.com/9611/product/Buy-Sid-Meier’s-Civilization-V-Download
use code hailtothechief

Tomb Raider Anniversary $2.49 on steam

kinda tempted to get that Guardian of Light DLC for $5 total, but I never even played the main game yet!

Psychonauts $2.49
http://www.gog.com/en/news/one_day_promo_psychonauts_75_off/0

with the announcement of Steam's Big Picture Mode at GDC I suddenly really want to build a HTPC just for XBMC/Steam/emulators.

40 Sega Genesis games for $10

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7683

Potato pack finally released

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7586/

goddamn them.

haha.

i almost want to get 1...2...3! (Kick That Beat Like An Ugly Baby) just because i love that title.

Is that still worth grabbing if I've already got meat boy, audiosurf and bit trip beat? Kinda doesn't look it, but there's a lot of things I've never heard of in there.

Amnesia, Defense Grid, Killing Floor and AAAAAAAAA all look awfully good to me too.
yeah, i bought it.

this is also one of those rare packs where you can gift all your duplicate copies

I was just being all "uhh well I dunno, £27 is more than I usually spend" and then I realised that it is 13 games, of which I want at least 4, and I used to have to spend £30 whenever I wanted a single game back in the early 90s when £30 was worth a lot more (PC games were a lot slower to come out on budget then iirc)

so I guess my point is, hooray for the internet, and for Steam and its offers, and for this thread

though I did think I wanted AaAaAA bcz I guess the name confused me into thinking it was like VVVVVV and just watching the video is making me feel weird so eh

(I am not good with heights, or 3d, or games where you have to rotate a lot)

had toki tori for gameboy color and it was quite fun. not sure if the version in this pack is a remake or what, tho.

what's a good inexpensive gamepad to play super meat boy with?

use one of your xbox or ps3 pads

they work with a pc? i did not know this.

don't know about the ps3 one, but xbox should but only if you have either the wired cable controller or a wireless receiver on your pc.

the normal charger cable that comes with the 360 does not work as a connecting cable on the pc

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=xbox+crossfire+360#q=xbox+crossfire+360&hl=en&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=Jb-ZTaKGBJO48gOXn60X&ved=0CFAQrQQ&biw=1280&bih=675&fp=c2f10cf532930cf3

you can use the PS3 controller but it may require some third party drivers/utilities or some such

wired usb 360 controller / wireless 360 controller w/receiver, definitely easier for most games, they'll autodetect/map the buttons. i often have to use that xbox 360 pad emulator w/my PS2 pad (it will work with pretty much any dual analog gamepad, though)

both options probably preferable to buying a PC-only pad

so there's some sort of code in the potato pack games

http://valvearg.info/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki

wtf,that's insane if they took the time to do that

makes sense, they are nuts
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Portal_ARG

jeez i didn't know about all that mega-aspie shit, they really are nuts

huh, unexpected
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/guilty_gear_x2_reload

SimCity 4 $5
http://www.direct2drive.com/9665/product/Buy-SimCity-4-Deluxe-Edition-Download

use coupon code "showers" for another dollar off

Still kinda pricey for a game that came out in 2003.

Bioshock 2 $5
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2kgamesmafia

another Humble Bundle - Trine, Shadowgrounds, Splot preorder, and an unfinished game that's probably shit
http://www.humblebundle.com

will probably get, despite already owning trine (which makes it worth picking up, all by itself)

$5 was my sweet spot for Bioshock 2

GOG has had these teaser banners on its main page in the last few days:

What game made you dream of the stars?
What game made you ride with the Outlaws?
What game made you fear your past?

A popular guess is Lucasarts (Star Wars, Outlaws, KOTOR).

Limbo will be 50% off this Friday (along with a bunch of other stuff) so I guess I'll finally get round to picking it up.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-12-limbo-shadow-complex-more-in-xbla-sale

Borderlands $5 ($7.50 with 4 expansions) on steam
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2kgamesmafia

Torchlight $3.75 on d2d
http://www.direct2drive.com/8663/product/Buy-Torchlight-Download

Dammit, and I paid $30 for Borderlands complete a coupla months ago

sweet, think i'm gonna get this too... like with yesterday gonna try to get in a 4-pack to get even cheaper

Has anyone been following the Portal 2/Potato Sack ARG? It is balls-out crazy how much work they've put into this.

Who wants free Audiosurf, and who wants free Super Meat Boy? First person to respond asking for each one gets it; I'd like them to go to separate people if possible. Spreading the luv, etc.

hey, I'll take meat boy :-)

All yours. What's your Steam ID?

I'll shoot you an email. thanks!!!!

just sent you an ilx "webmail"

OK, just sent the pass via email. Have fun, and try not to snap your keyboard in half. Everything you've heard about the difficulty is completely true.

got it!

I guess I'll see how tough I am. my skills have definitely weakened over time but I do have a high tolerance for this type of thing. grew up on frustrating nintendo games and all that.

thanks!

Bully SE $4 on steam today

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/
these guys are completely insane but this is brilliant marketing

They've done the impossible and made me play Wonderful End of the World, though I'm not exactly liking it. Every other game in the Potato Sack (and the later Dejobaan games, to be fair) have been worth it but TWEotW is an absolute nonentity, Katamari only much less so.

Well, on the one hand, I totally agree that TWEoTW is a shameless ripoff of Katamari with nothing new added and the original's manic, joyful intensity taken out.

On the other hand, it's the only one of the 3 Dejobaan games in the pack I actually enjoyed playing. 1-2-3 not only did nothing for me but it made me enjoy aaaaawhatever less because, to be honest, they're both gliding through hoops games to me. Pass-through-rings bonus levels were always the worst, don't find that a whole game of them is redeemed by points for throwing star jumps and flipping the bird.

(Side question: was Horace Goes Skiing the first slalom game? Since the other part of HGS is a steal of Frogger, which came out a year before, I'm inclined to think it may not be, but Googling is getting me nowhere.)

Activisions Atari covers were so awesome. This is from 1980.

http://gamesdbase.com/Media/SYSTEM/Atari_2600/Box/Thumb/Thumb_Skiing_-_1980_-_Activision.jpg

That is a great cover! Looks like a fairly convincing claim to being first too. Thanks.

people who found all the potato sack potatoes apparently won a copy of every valve game (including portal 2)

Amnesia (PC/Mac) $5 on direct2drive

not to derail but so OTM on 2600 boxes

http://brilli.am/content/1enduro.jpg

some GOG games 60% off or more. pretty weak selection imo.

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/jowood_week_special

GOG has the 1994 graphic adventure game Dragonsphere for free:

http://www.gog.com/en/news/new_release_dragonsphere_for_free

http://i.imgur.com/NZPpY.jpg

hahahah sadly true

its pretty ingenious how they do this, when u think about it - instead of givin u a few days to think it over, either you're gonna buy something that day or not. every game becomes the starburst at the checkout counter.

And it's only five dollars! I mean, sure you don't have time to play it right now but it's worth five bucks JUST TO HAVE IT isn't it?

steam is the devil

Has anyone else been having trouble logging into their steam account?

not me. steam guard was a pain when it first came out so i disabled it. maybe try that.

free games in the UK if your sharpish
register with Dixons new download service http://www.dixonsdownloads.co.uk/ ]
and get either
Alpha Protocol/The Club/Condemned/Medieval 2
or
bunch of Sonic bullshit

no steam problems for me last night

registered with Dixons, got the games :)

thanx zappi

only wanted Medieval tbh but can't argue for free

ffs yes steam fucked

cant get todays deal

Totally thought that Dixons thing was just one of the games til I went to the site. 4 games for free, can't complain. Never played Alpha Protocol, and can hopefully do some multiplayer Medieval with my flatmate. No real opinion on the other two games, but it'll take a while to download all those GBs anyway. Cheers for the tip!

My account got hijacked! Whee

it's probably Sony's fault

Agreed.

Or maybe I should've had stronger passwords, a doy.

50% off Horse Armour!

http://majornelson.com/2011/05/24/dotw-bethesda-blowout/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+MajorNelson+%28Major+Nelson+%28Xbox%29%29

(also some fallout dlcs etc)

Plants vs. Zombies free for Android users
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0052UZIFA/

I still have my disc versions, but I gotta say it's great they're getting Alpha Centauri and Crusader: No Remorse soon with the new GOG/EA deal

Ultima IV free
http://www.ultimaforever.com/ or http://www.joystiq.com/game/ultima-4/download/ultima-4-quest-of-the-avatar-free-game

back to the future pt. 1 is free for iphone

er ipad

75% off almost everything in the telltale store
http://www.telltalegames.com/store/

if i didn't own half this stuff already...
http://www.telltalegames.com/store/smblowout

all of the blowout orders got canceled

aww.

assassin's creed 2 is $10 on psn store

Hey those Pro Pinball games are on sale on GOG this weekend. Maybe I'll get one...

is AC: Bloodlines worth playing? I liked AC2 a lot

Fallout New Vegas (ilg's #2 of 2010) is $12.50 on direct2drive

http://www.direct2drive.com/9815/product/Buy-Fallout-New-Vegas-Digital-Collector's-Edition-Download

Steam Daily Deal - Ben & Dan Two Pack (Ben There, Dan That + Time Gentlemen, Please!)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/37400/
A measly $1.25, get it

gog have a nice one going right now too:
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/interplay?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=game_subject&utm_campaign=interplay_promo

has anybody tried terraria? Looks like a mmorpg minecraftroidvainia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGo7iMUcxLc

Heard mixed things... Looks like another Cortex Command - cool 2D engine, no real game there?

Steam has a Summer Camp sale up

Borderlands $7.50
Oblivion $6.80

It begins baby!

Recettear $5!

was $5 with 4 other games last xmas

Yeah I know, that's when I got it, but they kinda realized later that was a mistake

hope they have another package deal on the King's Bounty games - this time I think I'll be smart and actually get them. definitely pulling the trigger on the Dreamfall/Longest Journey bundle though.

ha, same - been waiting for Dreamfall to go on sale for years!

gotta rec one of my favorite little indies, Starscape, for $2.50
http://store.steampowered.com/app/20700/

Starscape is fun, thanks! Like a more arcadey Space Rangers 2 without the painful grinding to make enough cash to keep the ship running (err, at least, so far, but then I'm only an hour in - but even if not, it's been worth £2 already).

More steam craziness today. Just Cause 2 for £3.49, or GTA 1, 2, 3, Vice City & San Andreas in a £4.99 bundle.

shit i'm there

less than an hour left to pick up Spacechem for $5

Magicka's a fun little game - def. worth the $3 they're asking right now imo. Might pick up more of the DLC.
Super Meat Boy is of course, infuriating as hell, but when I start playing I get really addicted - damn masocore!
PvZ and HL2 are obvious gets if you don't already have them (pretty unlikely right)

Any other under the radar recommendations? I liked Fortix, which is a cheap, cheesy little Qix clone (regular price - $0.99), will probably pick up the sequel by the end of the sale. I heard good things about Spectromancer, which was co-created by the Magic: The Gathering guy, but the screenshots look pretty underwhelming tbh.

Sale's been a little disappointing for me so far, mostly because I got a lot of the good stuff in the last three big sales. Like yesterday, I already own the crazy deals:

Torchlight - $3!
Defense Grid - $2.50, All DLC also on sale for $1 (but you can also get it for free w/3 camp tickets)
DA2 and Assassin's Creed franchise are also on sale, but the prices are just OK imo, not low enough for an impulse buy
Tempted to get Tropico, but I'm not sure I'd ever get around to it. It is really unique/better than most city sims?

I loved Tropico 3 mostly because I loved the tone and the sense of humor, but I wouldn't say that it's a well-made or deep game. But it's definitely enjoyable.

fallout new vegas & two exp packs are USD $20.97 right now.

This is how you get me to pay for games.

FO3:GOTY is something like $20-23 right now, too.

Also, tropico 3 is great and totally worth the less than $30. I bought both games new and enjoyed them, but I've loved Tropico since the very 1st. (2nd one was a bit off, tho)

Frozen Synapse (half price on steam) got 9/10 in the latest Edge.

Batshit ipad/iphone sale with EA, Gameloft, Konami and Capcom marking stuff down

Didn't we have a Frozen Synapse thread? Either way, definitely worth that price, especially when you consider it includes the friend copy.

Also I'd say Trine worth the $2, Bionic Commando Rearmed is great and def. worth the $5.

Gonna pass on New Vegas because I doubt I'll be able to get to it until Christmas anyway, by which point it'll be on sale with all three DLCs. Surprised it's already dropped so hard - even the console versions are only $10 this weekend at Best Buy. My guess is because the GOTY version with the DLC is coming sooner rather than later. Still, current deal with 2 DLCs is nothing to scoff at.

Currently wondering if I should bite on Mount & Blade: With Fire and Sword, Bully and Alpha Protocol.

I didn't even notice that! Who wants my extra copy?

(xp)

little mushroom I'd love it!

I picked up a few games this weekend. Trine (love it), Braid, the Rockstar pack thing for $25 or whatever, and my friend gave me the friend copy of Frozen Synapse which looks pretty cool as well.

Yesterday was probably the best day of the sale, but I had just about everything (Batman, Killing Floor, L4D, King's Bounty, Far Cry). Jamestown is getting a lot of good hype in certain corners, but I can wait until Thanksgiving/Christmas.

Today I'm probably gonna for the Lara Croft: Guardian of Light DLC and try to get in on a 4-pack of Sanctum, heard decent things about that one. Thinking about Counter-Strike: Source for the hell of it.

Definitely recommend Lara Croft, Audiosurf for $1.49 is nice, the Capcom sales are a joke ($15 for vanilla SF4? really?).

yeah i bought lara croft, was just waiting for this kind of discount.

I still have my bonus copy of Frozen Synapse for someone. calstars never replied.

i for one would happily take it off your hands.

Frozen Synapse awwwesome btw

All three seasons of Sam & Max are like $12.fiddy

yeah i'm in on that

thanks for SYNAPSE
i'm gettin' terraria for no reason now

Trying to decide between Sam + Max 3-series pack for £8.74 or Telltale Games complete pack for £30 (don't know USian prices, sorry). Sam and Max is the main draw for me; I'd like to play the new Monkey Islands, but the one I've played so far was missing a certain something from the original.

Good timing since I was just kicking myself for missing Telltale Games' own June sale. Had been planning to buy a bunch of stuff but got put off by postage prices, since there was no download-only option on the new Sam and Max.

The Sam and Max is a steal, but I guess it depends how much adventuring you think you'll be able to get through in the next 6 months (when the Telltale stuff will inevitably be up for sale again) - there's a lot of good stuff in the pack, like both Puzzle Agents (including the new one!). I haven't played them, but I assume Back to the Future and Strongbad are good too.

Another Humble Bundle: Crayon Physics Deluxe, Cogs, VVVVV, Hammerfight, And Yet It Moves. All can be activated on Steam.

http://www.humblebundle.com

here's the missing V: V

Already have two of them, but what the hell, i was kinda curious about Cogs and Hammerfight

VVVVV is pretty excellent, btw

picked up humble indie block 3. available on mac and 'pay what you want' is always the right price.

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines is $5 on Steam this weekend

http://store.steampowered.com/app/2600/

cheapest its ever been, highly recommended if you think you can stomach the dated graphics and bugs (definitely get a hold of the fan patch)

the graphics aren't that dated actually, it's got the creepo HL2 face tech

EA is having their own sale with a lot of games priced at $5. No idea how their DRM system works.

http://store.origin.com/store/ea/html/pbpage.summersale

Vampire Masquerades requires a dedicated graphics card

Hammerfight is pretty fun btw - pretty silly and absurdly hard at times (like fighting with the controls hard). Cogs is OK. Crayon Physics not really worth it, but in fairness it seems aimed at kids.

read that as Hammerfist almost there

The humblebundle 3 now also includes everything that was in the humblebundle 2. And Steel Storm. And free Mincraft until August 14th. It's a ridiculously good deal, basically.

4-day Quakecon sale at Steam begins today. I think I want to get FO3:GOTY for $22.50. FONV is only $15, too.

The Call of Cthulhu FPS is only 7.50, but I have to check if I even have that or not.

Actually, Steam sales are like perusing the greatest used book sale you've ever seen. We're now at the point where the cost of media is so low you can easily purchase more than its physically possible to ever play.

Does entertainment value change with the cost-per-hour-of-fun ratio plummets? how does a game's fun content change with price changes? I know that I personally will get really pissed off at a game that costs too much for the actual value I perceive getting from it, but how about the other way? Does a super-low cost affect the worthwhile enjoyment you get, or just lower the probability of annoyance experienced during play?

I think we've talked about this on the iphone games thread; if you get a shitloada games for a fiver or a single one for pennies, are you as annoyed when one or two titles are shit?

How much does cost-based expectancy play into enjoyment and/or annoyance?

Has a pretty major effect I think. Mainly in that I've got a lot more tolerance of difficulty spikes in games I've shelled out £40 for. Whereas those that were £3 each on steam, well, if I get stuck I'll happily just switch off and never play again without really feeling I've wasted anything. But I'm no doubt missing out on lots of potential fun as a result.

Lowers the annoyance immensely! It's like, if this game sucks, who cares, I paid less than a cup of coffee. It doesn't make a bad game better, though.

Speaking of the topic tho - didn't realize Bastion is coming to PC, and next week! Nice. Was thinking about getting it on Xbox, but now I'll wait for an inevitable sale on Steam (or XBL)
http://store.steampowered.com/app/107100/

Bastion does look good

cool, i think i'd rather play that on pc

Whereas those that were £3 each on steam, well, if I get stuck I'll happily just switch off and never play again

yes, it's similar to if you play free retro games nowadays - they're usually so bloody hard you end up not persisting. Whereas back in the day if you'd shelled out you're hard earned pocket money on them you'd happily play them all day.

getting Bastion the instant it goes on sale, very possibly sooner.

humble bundle was just too good to pass up. They really do get you.

Yeah, bought HB #3 and #2. I think I only have maybe 3 games already.

Hammerfight bitches, PLAY IT

I tried! With a trackpad. Impossible. Then I tried a trackball, also impossible. Haven't been bothered to dig out a mouse to play it with yet.

Make sure you lower the DPI to like 200-400, they always detect too high and you end up mving like molasses

yup, both fallouts now on insane sale. FO3: goty is like $10 today.

ugh laptop gaming suxxx, Bastion needs 512mb of vrap and my integrated graphics card only has 128 :(

JimD, you know the HMB gives out Steam keys for all their stuff, right? So you already own Hammerfight on Steam (noticed that you added it to your wishlist)

I did? Must've misclicked, cos yep, I've already been launching it from within steam. Don't really understand steam wishlists, it's not like people are going to come here to find gifts to buy me, are they? I'd like it to give me "one of your wishlist games is on sale this week" email notifications though, that'd be v handy.

steam trading made official - now i won't have to paypal random dudes so often for 4-packs, i guess? or maybe i will more often, hard to tell

https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=6748-ETSG-5417

interesting. we should trade

i don't have any gifts in the acct atm, but come thanksgiving and christmas.... well remember that scene towards the end of Who Framed Roger Rabbit? when Christopher Lloyd's eyes started buggin' out? HE LOOKED JUST LIKE THIS

...especially if they make good on what seems to be the promise of being able to store extra copies of previously bought games as gifts, then trade them, because i've often gotten several games multiple times due to bundle sales. As it is, it's pretty uncommon to get that extra gift copy from when buying something again

recent purchases:

- Terraria's half off for Midweek Madness so I took the plunge. so far I don't like it.
- picked up the Commander Keen pack for $3.50 during the Quakecon sale - haven't played it yet since I'm waiting on my gamepad to show up
- decided to pick up Dungeons of Dreadmor right before going to bed, so I haven't played it yet. everything I see or read about it makes it look like exactly the roguelike I'm looking for, though.

also speaking of roguelikes, until last night I didn't know C&P 2010 standout Desktop Dungeons is getting an actual for-money sequel/revamp! apparently it's going to be sold through Steam too. RPS says it's pretty good too.

if you want to enjoy Terraria more, i suggest checking out quartertothree's game diary of it which made the game much more engaging to me. one of the things i think it suffers from is that it's not immediately obvious what there is to do-- but the game diary really outlines a fun path through the game. if u already bought it, worth a try before just deleting it

Dungeon of Dreadmor is AWESOME.

Bastion on monday, the one game that could throw a wrench into my Fallout playing

Bastion is so good.

Broken Sword trilogy $3.39 on steam. The first two games are well worth it.

Aaaaand Bastion's out.

^and only four more months before it's 50% off!

Maybe, but $15 seems a fair price.

Arkham Asylum (OnLive) $1

http://www.facebook.com/OnLive?sk=app_193542757379387

Europa Universalis 3 for $7.50, w/ both expansions for $15 on Steam rn

Portal is free through the weekend via steam

for the two of you who don't already have it

alpha protocol $2 on steam
also 40 classic sega games for $7.50

2 bucks? holy moly. that's a "well, who cares i never end up playing it" price

Total War all on loony sale

New humble bundle: http://www.humblebundle.com/

Any idea if any of the games are worth getting? I enjoy turn-based strategy games but haven't heard anything about Frozen Synapsis.

Frozen Synapse is a very good game that I am terrible at.

describe it a little? i'm curious...

It's a turn-based tactics game, with vector graphics.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMMtgQlB04I&feature=related

it's basically a quasi-turn-based strategy game except that instead of issuing commands to your units, you're creating a full tactical sequence - i.e. you draw out the path you want them to take (it's not grid-based btw) & build in waypoints for specific tactical actions ("walk", "aim this way", "take cover", etc) rather than just choose "attack", "defend", and so on. I say "quasi" because your turn occurs simultaneously with your opponent's, so you're designing tactics which have to play out in real time.

it's a really good game! I like it a whole bunch even though I am unrelentingly shitty at it.

frozen synapse looks like the type of game that is quite. good. at. turning me on, so i might have to shell out $.01 for the HB

heh

http://i.imgur.com/sWEiY.png

Edge magazine gave it 9/10. I bought it on Steam but I haven't given it a real chance yet.

Too soon! I've still not even tried half the games from their last bundle yet.

^what i was just thinking

we have definitely discussed this at greater length elsewhere but frozen synapse is awesome

I got it. Once I can tear myself away from Glitch I'll try it.

feel kinda like a chump now for having pre-ordered frozen synapse and played it for... 2 hours? but it's good stuff.

Broken Sword 1 is free on GOG

brilliam (hell✧✧✧@drunkright✧✧✧.c✧✧)
A bad bwai who joined GOG.com 1101 days ago

1101! I got in a very drunk conversation tonight with someone about RPM (btw this was somebody who gave no shits about rpm) saying that 33 1/3 was one thing but 33 + (33 + (3/3)) was 45 rpm WOW! I thought i thought of that myself. I bet all sorts of stoned music turds thought of that before.

But i wasn't gonna talk abt that until I saw that GOG was offering a thing for 0? which is binary for 0? and my days on GOG were 1101? which is i guess bin->dec for 13? or dec-> bin for 10001001101? which ends in 1101? numbers are the best. I should drink & ILE instead of ILGing probs.

VIDEOGAMES ARE THE BEST

hell of at drunkrightnow dot com

not sure what the third diamonds in hellof was

in retrospect i actually said 33 + (33 + 3) /3 was 45 rpm but hindsight is sober/sober i had it more together back then

not sure what the third diamonds in hellof was

I'd have guessed "a" as in helluva drunk

bought Dungeon Siege III tonight. Twas half-off and an Obsidian game and the one chick is hott and the other chick has pistolas, so i figured, why not.

SpaceChem got added to the Frozen Synapse indie bundle, so now you can have two games I don't understand how to play instead of just one.

i'm so excited about all the games i have on steam that i don't know anything about

crayon physics???

crayon physics is pretty fun for a bit.

well, now i feel like a total chump for buying both Frozen Synapse and Space Chem and having played them for like, 3 hours each

they're both pretty awesome, but mannn

Just noticed that Pirate Puzzles is now available for free (for Mac + PC) on Steam. Get it!

Also, I don't think it's on sale, but Binding of Isaac is one of the best games I've played this year. Highly recommended if you like zelda roguelikes w/ twisted aesthetics

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/scary_sale_2011
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/halloween_2011

also http://www.indieroyale.com/

this is your thread reminder to play binding of isaac

it's getting a big halloween update apparently

Bought Amnesia, prenumbra, Gemini rue, LFD2, the remastered Holmes vs Cthulhu, and whatever else. I still need to beat Costume Quest.

i would say that i currently own on multiple platforms, conservatively, 100 games that i would like to play.

Same here (although my list is only 30 or 40 long). Already dreading next year's c+p tbh.

Gonna get the Breath of Death / Cthulu Saves the World for $2. Limbo on Steam is $7.50. Convinced a friend to get the L4D 1+2 pack for $10.19. Borderlands GOTY on sale again for a measly $7.50. Tempted to get the Indie Royale pack just for Gemini Rue (already have Sanctum).

Costume Quest is on sale on Xbox right now- I gather it's worth it?

CQ I enjoyed, yes

I need more Steam friends, and/or folks I can play LFD2 with.

it's L4D2 brah

if you're not playing versus i'd be down

woo! beat VVVVV

^V

whew, finally got the hardest shiny trinket in the game. so hard, but so much fun.

Please tell me it was the Veni Vidi Vici etc. set of rooms, because I still got about 30% of the game to go

yeah, that's the hardest one by far

i finished all of the trinkets today. not sure if i'm going to bother w/ all the time runs and like beating the game w/out dying once...

yeahhh no way i'm gonna do that, the game kicked my ass enough. still, an easy recommendation, and the chiptunes were sooooo good

might also get that Ghostbusters game from last year (not the downloadable game that came out more recently)... $2.50 on Steam, but no multiplayer in the PC version

VVVVVV is so damn great, the 3rd humble indie bundle as a whole was really fine, tho now I'm badly stuck halfway through Braid and that annoys the hell out of me :<

Steam sale had me buy Bioshock, as I still haven't played it yet; kinda considering L4D2 - is it worth it?

L4D2 is absolutely worth it, great game. If you haven't played any L4D, I'd recommend getting the bundle w/1 and 2, though 2 definitely has all the gameplay improvements and some of the maps from part 1. You should try to get at least one friend you know you can play it with, or good tolerance for playing with randoms, as there isn't really any single player besides running through the campaigns with bots as your partners.

The reason I still recommend part 1, despite half the maps being imported into L4D2, is that I think they may have added too many choices to part 2, in terms of the number of special zombie types, items, weapons, and so on - the first one had a more pure arcade simplicity to it. Also I prefer the characters in the first game as well. But the second game definitely has better maps and gameplay modes, generally. I'm not a fan of versus, but that's easily much better in the second game, too.

Who wants a free copy of Sanctum?

i would but i don't think it's on the mac :(

Yeah, sorry, it's not Steamplay compatible yet :(

i would if it's good?
my steam name is my ilx name

Do you like tower defense games? If so, all yours. I haven't had much time to get stuck into it yet, but the first level seemed fun, and it's getting quite positive reviews.

sure! thanks!

Here's the worst Humble Bundle yet: one unfinished game.
http://www.humblebundle.com/

Rumor is that Binding of Isaac and some others will be added to it.

And yet...

if they add binding, i'll buy.

binding halloween update went up. this game is so good.

Binding of Isaac is in the bundle now. And so is Blocks That Matter, whatever that is. To be fair Vocatron also looks like it'll be great fun once it's finished. I've bought them.

all of you go get this. for binding of isaac alone.

sold

ditto

Steaming pile of shit

Hackers gained unauthorized access to user information on the digital videogame distribution service Steam last weekend, the company that runs the service has said.

Information in the database, which was accessed on Sunday, November 6, included “user names, hashed and salted passwords, game purchases, email addresses, billing addresses and encrypted credit card information,” according to Valve CEO Gabe Newell

aargh FFS

man, I just changed my stupid cc after the PSN thing.

good thing i kept my Steam forum email/username different from my account info

oh fuck

never had it keep my CC info

doesn't matter, apparently, it was stored anyway

jeeeeeez

why is this shit not on the steam client news page? How come i haven't gotten an email? what the fuck valve?

still, it's good thing that all this data was properly hashed, salted etc. didn't Sony just keep all their passwords in plain text?

yeah, as infuriating as something like this is, it doesn't seem anywhere near as bad as what happened with the playstation, where sony kept all passwords and credit card info in plain text.

just googled hashed/salted and somewhat less incensed.

$6.25 for Oblivion with every official expansion
gonna buy it just so that i know if i ever get stuck in my house for a year, i'll be cool

haha. i was thinking something similar.. but i already have like 50 games on backlog, at least

i got the Oblivion everything pack, game needs a bit of fleshing out and for a fiver it was too ridiculous to ignore.

Ha, love how everyone on the Skyrim thread is going "OMG OBLIVION WAS SHIT" at the same time people here (the same people?) are excited about just having bought it.

don't think Skyrim will run on my puter tbh. i've had Oblivion for ages, just wanted the expansions. i love its world a lot but it's a lot less rich than Morrowind imo, and the thought that Bethesda are concentrating on the wrong things is comforting me in the absence of Skyrim

OKAY SO

1. Who doesn't have Cogs and wants it? It's fun as hell, one of the best-constructed casual games I've played in a long time. Highly recommended.
2. Who could use a 50% off coupon good for one (1) Valve title and somehow doesn't already have one from the winter sale thing? I've got two to give away.

There's also a cogs demo if any of you want to try it! It is pretty sweet.

Be Mine bundle: The Ball and 5 more for $1 or more

http://groupees.com/bemine

good looking out, just snagged.

Interested in Sideway: New York, looks interesting

Just Cause 2 £6.99 until 26 march. tempting, even though i have it for 360 already i wouldn't mind it on pc with even prettier gfx

Fallout 1 is free on gog.com right now.

that game is so old i can't understand how you could possibly not have torrented it by now

Enh, I bought it again offa there just to kick some creds towards the creators' way

New Humble Bundle with the brand new adventure game Botanicula from the makers of Machinarium (also includes Machinarium).

http://www.humblebundle.com/

yeah you've probably already seen.

Batman Arkham City 50% off this weekend. Getting it.

(also a nice deal on the Buy Batman Arkham Bundle)

http://www.gog.com/promo/ea_worlds

DUNGEON KEEPER™
$2.99

DUNGEON KEEPER™ 2
$2.99

POPULOUS™
$2.99

POPULOUS™ 2: TRIALS OF THE OLYMPIAN GODS
$2.99

SID MEIER'S ALPHA CENTAURI™
$2.99

SIMCITY 2000™ SPECIAL EDITION
$2.99

SMAC always a classic, sad that they can't get the rights to the expansion tho

Jamestown is the daily deal on steam, since i got it in the last xmas humble bundle it's an easy sell for me to pick up the DLC
http://store.steampowered.com/app/94200/