merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

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.