merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

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