merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

I just added Shogun 2 to the list I posted on the PC gaming thread (Portals 1 & 2, Anno 2070, Grimrock). Turns out an old friend worked on the UI and is pretty pleased with himself, so I said I'd have a look... one day when someone's blown up the bank and I don't have to work. \o/

Tempted by From Dust. Brink no good then?

Thanks Thomas. Guess I'll just look at From Dust on youtube instead of buying it and wait for the 15th Anniversary rejig of Another World to be half price on GOG, then...

(probably never going to happen, but still)

Another World was actually 60% off at GOG earlier in the year... so it'll probably come back again

Will anyone rep for Payday: The Heist or Space Marine?

Might get Toy Soldiers, one of my friends was raving about it a while back

Rock Paper Shotgun on Space Marine - basically try out the demo, it's all like that.

YS Origin cheap as chips for the next 20 mins

Somebody tell me whether Anno 2070 is worth it. I've been playing a lot of Anno 1404, and this looks like it borrows much of the same gameplay and in-game assets

tom chick loved it

missed the Ys sale but i'm still not sure about it anyway

i've heard that Anno 2070 has been on sale on Amazon/other outlets at the same discount, so don't worry too much about grabbing it now

thanks for the space marine review - i don't have time to download/try the demo by the end of the day, so i'll put it off until the winter

fwiw i tried the space marine demo and hated it

Jim u went craaaazzy

Witcher 1 Director's Cut is $2.50/£1.74 for the next 4 hours or so

wow, current flash deal Batman franchise is amazing - $25 for Arkham Asylum, Arkham City + ALL DLC (inc. Harley Quinn's revenge) + Gotham City Imposters with all DLC

I didn't really. I just got Borderlands and that enormous Sega pack.

All 5 modern Prince of Persia games $15/€9.99/£9.99 for next 28 hours
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/8233/?snr=1_7_suggest__13

Waiting for deal on Saint's Row 3

There was a community choice deal on that the first day or so, but it might come back around

Dear Esther, please be cheap soon, love from Jim

calstars wait no longer

ah portal 2 ended. I though I was only about halfway through. good fun while it lasted tho.

Got New Vegas and all the dlc for £7.50. Almost didn't, but then realised I'd just spent £6 on breakfast and that made it seem more of a no-brainer.

Aha, Dear Esther down to £3.49. RIGHT THAT'S ME DONE. Don't let me buy anything else.

You're done when they say you're done!

Voted RFG for you kingfish, go grab it now

My purchases so far have been extremely modest...

1. Terraria
I've been wanting to play it / buy it at other sales, but just got to it now. Art is totally charming. $2.50

2. Fallout 3 & DLC
I'd played a little an 360, but never got too into it. Have been wanting to try again (I'd traded in my 360 copy). Everything for $5 was a great deal.

3. Fallout: New Vegas
Didn't buy the DLC, but the core game for $5 is a crazy enough bargain. I'm thinking of starting this before going back to Fallout 3 - yes/no?

4. Cave Story+
$2.50 flash deal bargain off my list.

I've heard great things about the Old World Blues expansion for F:NV, if you like 50s sci-fi schtick.

haven't played Terraria but that's a solid list at ridiculous prices
have only bought Ys Origin, Witcher & Pixeljunk Eden so far, hoping for some 75%+ action for Fortune Summoners, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet & Rayman Origins

also waiting on Fortune Summoners/ITSP, but i have a feeling those might just have to wait until the winter

JCL - Fallout 3, especially with the DLC, is just HUGE, might as well go with that first; also, from what I understand there are various gameplay improvements in New Vegas, so you might want to save that until later, depending on your philosophy

Rayman went to $14.99 a few days ago - probably still too much for that game honestly, as charming as it is

Ah, I only just spotted that F:NV is written by Chris "Planescape: Torment" Avellone

"a valley without wind" looks kind of cool, anyone know anything else about indie bundle 4? i have (and didn't really care for) superbrothers.

Aha, Dear Esther down to £3.49.

Ha, those fuckers just switched it from a -50% to a -75%! I've been had.

I can always recommend Audiosurf - don't know about the others
Thinking about picking up that Y's game by itself - thoughts?

anyone know anything else about indie bundle 4

A while ago I played a tiny bit (15 minutes?) of Blocks the Matter. I bought it mainly because I liked the art style. Turned out it was more of a puzzle game than a platformer (I thought it was more of a platformer with puzzle elements). It seemed okay (nice art and atmosphere) and I've meant to go back to it...

oh whoops - IV - yeah, Sanctum is a pretty decent co-op tower defense thing if you're not already sick of those, it's all in first person. cool concept

atom zombie smasher kinda sucks, at least from the 15 minutes I played of it for last winter's sale

payday looks sick

I'd be all over that if it were on 360

out of curiosity - you guys who bought Dear Esther played the original? because while it was interesting i don't really see the pull of playing another version

No, just this one.

If people like having the living shit scared out of them*, Amnesia is on special now.

KOTOR is stupid cheap, but I have no idea who wouldn't have played it yet.

* I understand it's basically a game-length version of the Cradle level from Thief, but I never played that because I don't like having the living shit scared out of me.

how do I shot gaming PC

most cost effective way to put it together myself from individual components?

So help me I just bought Amnesia. Open question whether I will regret the purchase because I never get round to playing it, or because I get the living shit scared out of me.

cozen yes its cheaper to put it together yrself but if yr not confident then places do it for you for not that much of a mark up
eg. http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/desktop-pcs/intel-gaming-computers/
and even if you don't use them sites like the above are useful, cos you can go through the steps of putting an order together, picking the parts you want & it checks if they are all compatible

~buys second xbox instead~

I didn't know there was an original Dear Esther. I actually know almost nothing about it, I think I read the first couple of paragraphs of an article about it, and then stopped because I'd already decided I wanted to play it, and didn't want to run into any spoilers, and I've been meaning to pick it up since then.

fair enough - i can understand wanting to try it out if you didn't play the original, but i'm really surprised that the commercial remake even happened

btw you guys have until about 4 more hours to get Saints Row 3 for $12.50

Building a PC is not difficult if you are handy in the slightest and have a basic understanding of the parts.

Search out the Falcon guide: http://i1002.photobucket.com/albums/af150/The_FalconO6/CurrentLogicalPCBuyingGuide/Guide.png

it's not difficult, just really time consuming. it only takes an hour to build the thing, maybe, but the time you'll spend researching the parts... i think paying an extra $100 or so for some guy to do all the shopping and putting it together is fair. plus, let's be honest - once you're in that deep you're not gonna be saving a lot of money anymore since you'll actually start caring about what parts are in there