merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

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

Fuuuuuuuck I'm gonna spend more money on games I don't play aren't I?

the shame... the shame

(kinda hoping that if you get these bundles you can gift extra copies, since i already own like 50% of those games -_-)

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Thinking of picking up one of the Amazon specials just to get Darksiders cheap

but.. IT'S COMING

IT'S HERE

ooh, legend of grimrock for 6 bucks
i was holding out for ipad really but still

I was gunna say, it's past 10 o'clock west coast time. Let's do this.

The "which massive cut to a current AAA title would you like to see next?" on the front page is great - this is proper Crazy Larry's House of Games territory

anyone play Crusader Kings II? Thankfully, the Mac options are much smaller so I have less to be tempted by. However, this looks interesting but I've never played a Paradox game and have heard the learning curve can be a bit much.

i am a big eu3 fan but i couldn't get into ck2. i dunno, it's dynastic but in a totally personality free way. i was not sure what the appeal was supposed to be.

it did inspire me to play eu3 again of course, and lose another hundred hours of my life down that hole

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CK2 is great if you want to get into dynastic conquest, I guess. I need to play a proper tutorial to get really into it.

Obviously if anyone here hasn't player Portal 2, £3.74 or equivalent is an insanely good price for ILG's second favourite game of 2011.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2012-07-11-valve-counters-eas-steam-sales-cheapen-intellectual-property-accusation

A megacorp got butthurt about Steam sales and decides to go the sour grapes route.

Would I be better off trying EU3? That's on sale too. Is their a good place to start with the Paradox style games?

The publisher packs look so big and unwieldy that I can't imagine wanting to go for any of them. I've already

Tho it's cool to see that you can get Virtua Fighter 2 from Sega there.

Somebody tell me about Mount & Blade: War Band. Is it multiplayer only? I'd get it just for the Napoleonic expansion.