merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

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/

The current humble bundle offers bastion, amnesia, psychonauts, limbo and superbrothers for $7
it's basically a no brainer.

https://www.humblebundle.com/

includes full length soundtracks to every game. Basically worth getting at that price if you only need one of those games.

i was hoping for a sale on Bastion's soundtrack alone, so this is even nicer. a crazy ass deal.

http://www.amazon.com/Paradox-Interactive-41051dox-Package1-Plentiful/dp/B0085CD7BE/ref=sr_1_sc_1?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1338493139&sr=1-1-spell

6 Game Downloads in This Bundle
Customer Review Download Size If Bought Individually

1. Crusader Kings II [Download]
4.7 out of 5 stars (20) 700 MB $9.99
2. Magicka Collection [Download]
3.2 out of 5 stars (10) 635 MB $4.99
3. Magicka: The Stars Are Left DLC [Online Game Code]
4.0 out of 5 stars (2) $5.99
4. Sword of the Stars II: Lords of Winter [Download]
2.3 out of 5 stars (12) 2.0 GB $7.49
5. Swords of the Star - Complete Collection [Download]
3.8 out of 5 stars (10) 1800 MB $4.99
6. Victoria II [Download]
3.1 out of 5 stars (20) 500 MB $10.18
Note: Download time for each game varies based on download size and your internet connection. After purchase, you can download these items again from Your Games Library.
Total Individual Price: $43.63
Bundle Price: $12.49

CK2 and V2 seem worth the $12.50

Especially now there's that total conversion mod for CK2 which turns it into a big Game of Thrones simulator.

humble bundle V sold $1.5 mill + in under a day

xp do you get to speak in randomly generated english accent and see boobs y/n

Bought Civ 5 for $7.50 earlier this week. Now if I can only bring myself to play it...

bundle V has added super meat boy, braid and lone survivor

indie bundles constantly making me regret past indie purchases; never buy indie!

I've just bought the shit out of that Humble Bundle. I bought it HARD.

thinking about buying it even tho i already own all those games...

This ends in 16 hours btw

New Indie Bundle up

http://humblebronybundle.blogspot.com/p/presenting-humble-brony-bundle.html

these fucking people
can't we just have this one uncontaminated thing

they've been doing this for a few bundles now. don't see the problem?

l.a. noire is like five bucks currently.

I finally got it working on my pc and it seems like its worth five bucks just for the production design alone

oh wait, 4th of July sales are next week, ain't they?

Steam Summer Sale tends to start before, maybe even tomorrow

This is where all the Amazon deals are heading, once they go live tomorrow:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/?docId=1000812791

gotta give amazon credit lately - they've got a good forum rep, and they've been fighting hard to compete with Steam

Amazon deals are live.

Very, VERY close to picking up the Syndicate, just b/c my brain needs to occupy some cyberpunk space for a while

Compete with Steam on a digital games for cheap price level, or are they offering any of what Steam gets you as well (auto-patching, communities, achievements)?

some are Steam compatible
eg http://www.amazon.com/2K-Games-41045k-Dual-Pack1/dp/B0083W649I
http://www.amazon.com/Borderlands-Game-Year-Edition-Download/dp/B004M5HV5G/

xp on prices, but like zappi's examples - their own client doesn't do that stuff - amazon now explains what DRM is on a title, even offering different versions, so for a lot of games, you can buy that through Amazon and activate it on Steam

alternatively, you can DRM-free versions, non-Steam. but in many cases this year they've actually gotten the lowest price for games, beating Steam's sale prices, which you then activate on Steam! so you get the best of everything (assuming you want to keep everything on Steam like I do)

ok i hope that was vaguely comprehensible

What is your reason for wanting to keep everything on Steam?

because i have bought so many games and bundles from so many different online retailers, it's impossible to keep track of now; on Steam alone my profile lists 235 games. it's not like i'm spending a ton of money on these, but that the market has completely bottomed out on pc game prices since Steam went crazy (which is awesome for consumers)

off the top of my head: gog.com, gamersgate, humblebundle, indieroyale, amazon, Apple App Store, a million other indie bundles like groupees/be mine bundle. let's not get into the ones i've bought directly from the developers sites! trying to remember, store, and backup every game i've bought is an insurmountable task.

not to mention SteamPlay is extremely convenient in giving me both PC and Mac versions wherever/whenever I want for most games I buy now, as I rarely buy PC-only games on Steam anymore.

ironically, though i am pushing for steam here, i'm still super glad that i have the option to do my own backups when they're sold DRM-free. I don't see Steam going down anytime soon, but who knows? Especially with the other retailers I've listed.

witness my backlog of shame:
http://lambentstew.com/webblog/miniproject/steamanalysis?steamid=nhex

kinda staggering to realize that i've only played 40% of my library, give or take (it counts DLC entries as a separate game) and that's counting over 1700 hours of playtime!

damn, is recettear that good?
i mean i bought it but i uh haven't played it yet

Recettear is worth playing, yes

I dunno about that tool, I mean it's telling me I never played half life 2...

nah Recettear in all honesty isn't THAT good, but it really scratched a itch for me at the time. eventually I awoke from my haze, escaping that endless grind...

steam didn't start keeping track of playtime until... 2008-9ish? so that might be why HL2 doesn't show up. also if you're in offline mode, the hours won't track either.

Sure, I just mean that I'm not going to feel too guilty about the fact it says I've never played 73% of the games I own if a bunch of those are false negatives anyway. Course there's still plenty of stuff in there that I DO feel bad about.

http://lambentstew.com/webblog/miniproject/steamanalysis?steamid=JimD

(that plants vs zombies play time wasn't me btw, honest)

Hah, I have similar imbalance towards Arkham City, though it won't take my steam ID (afarrell2 if any of you are friend-short) and I've forgotten my number.

<a href="http://lambentstew.com/webblog/miniproject/steamanalysis?profileid=76561197969541655";>Here y'go</a> - lol @ the multiple AAA titles that it is (accurately) highlighting that I've never touched.

Also lol @ the 1-year anniversary of my ILX return still not bringing me any closer to clicking the 'Convert Simple HTML to BBcode' button.

i'm gonna say that i played the everloving shit outta plants v zombies
like i got every "achievement"

~ask me about moustache mode!~

sadly, yes.

this looks cool:

http://www.amazon.com/Storming-Burning-Reflecting-Sabotaging-Download/dp/B008GWJKE6

1. Bulletstorm [Download]
3.3 out of 5 stars (75) 10 GB $15.74
2. Burnout Paradise: The Ultimate Box [Download]
3.5 out of 5 stars (11) 2.9 GB $14.79
3. Mercenaries 2: World In Flames [Download]
No reviews 5.4 GB $7.96
4. Mirror's Edge [Download]
3.6 out of 5 stars (80) 5800 MB $14.75
5. The Saboteur [Download]

Bought it for Mirrors Edge & Bulletstorm, but the whole thing is $15

rumored indie bundles for upcoming Steam sale, probably starting 12th July

Indie Bundle Day 1 - The Baconing, EDGE, Anomaly Warzone Earth, Cave Story +, Lone Survivor
Indie Bundle Day 2 - Universe Sandbox, E.Y.E, Oil Rush, Botanicula, Splice
Indie Bundle Day 3 - Braid, Bit Trip Bat, Runespell Overture, Bunch of Heroes, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
Indie Bundle Day 4 - Atom Zombie Smasher, Sanctum, Blocks That Matter, Sword and Sowrcery (& soundtrack), A Valley Without Wind
Indie Bundle Day 5 - Audiosurf, Greed Corp, Gemini Rue, The Tiny Bang Story, Ys: The Oath in Felghana
Indie Bundle Day 6 - DEFCON, Awesome, SpaceChem, TRAUMA, Ticket to Ride
Indie Bundle Day 7 - Zombie Driver, Dungeons of Dredmor, Vessel, Avadon: The Black Fortress, QUBE
Indie Bundle Day 8 - Wings of Prey, Hoard, Swords and Soldiers, Demolition Inc, Sol Exodus
Indie Bundle Day 9 - Zeno Clash, VVVVVV, Revenge of the Titans, Jamestown, Capsized
Indie Bundle Day 10 - Machinarium, Eufloria, Beat Hazard, Bit Trip Runner, All Zombies Must Die
Indie Bundle Day 11 - World of Goo, Star Ruler, Hydrophobia, Orion, Waveform