merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

the actual robot-shooting gameplay is kind of whatever, not gears-level polish but better than most i guess.

i'm kinda trogging my way through the original Gears right now - the story indeed does suck

PC gaming can HMD

Head Mounted Display?

heavy metal duty?

hog many discs.

hold my dingus

what would I have to add to the eurogamer PC to run dayz?

cozen u should also check refurbished PCs. you can pick up some real bargains if you're not bothered abt the system & components being brand-new ( do your research of course!)

Just Cause 2 is $3.74 for a few hours.

ooh carpe fulgar sale. just what i've been waitin' for.

one arm bandit with Trine 1/2 75% off coupons & Shadowgrounds games redeemable on Stream as prizes http://summerseal.com/

Bought Rage yesterday for $10. What is the ILG consensus on that one ?

I also bought Rage the other day (for $10), but I've only played less than an hour. So far it feels like a pretty generic shooter, well actually it feels almost exactly like the beginning of Borderlands. Go talk to this guy, go fetch him something, shoot a bunch of mutant dudes, get thing, bring it back to guy, go see another guy...

Tempted to get Indie Bundle VII. I already own Dredmor (ok) and Zombie Driver (good) so I'd be going in for Vessel, QUBE and Avadon. Thoughts?

Part of me also thinks that Vessel and QUBE seem destined for humble/indie bundles

I got Reccettear, the other two games in the Carpe Fulgur pack aren't any more expensive if you just get them separately anyway, and I've never heard of either of them. Worth grabbing?

I don't get the impression they're as good as Recettear just from chatter - I got them purely to support the translation group for their work on Recettear, tbh. One of them actually is a action-RPG that came out before earlier, I believe. I'll let you know in 20XX how they are when I get around to 'em...

all GTA games bundle for under a tenner.

minus the psp 'stories' games, but does include GTAIV & dlcs

I think it was £4.99 yesterday, but even at a tenner it's great value. I can't even remember if I bought it at £4.99 - that's how bad this mega-steam-sale has become. I definitely bought *something* last night, just can't remember what.

Anyone have any thoughts on The Longest Journey, the current community choice, also available in a bundle with "Dreamfall: The Longest Journey", which appears to be some kind of sequel?

Never got around to Dreamfall, but The Longest Journey is a very solid adventure game - one of those games that was so overlooked when it came out it kinda got turned around and became overrated on the internet - but still, it does correctly lay claim to being the last great adventure game of that age. Just remember it's going to have lots of '90s adventure game quirks (many many screens to walk through from A to B, pixel object hunts, some bizarre puzzle logic, etc.), but overall definitely worth it if you're into the genre. Easy recommend at that price.

xp Yes buy it immediately. Dreamfall is odd and ambitious (and kind of unrelated), but Dreamfall is an amazing adventure.

I guess I should also mention the story/character/world are definitely well done, stuff you probably care about

Didn't realise how old it was, but I grew up on Lucasarts and Sierra adventures so I can live with the quirks, though I'll admit my patience for them isn't what it was. Sounds worth the price, thanks!

Haha replace the second Dreamfall with 'The Longest Journey' to save the kingdom my sentence.

Witcher 2 is a few dollars cheaper on gog.com than on Steam today.

Oh that's interesting; I can't buy anything thru my account since I'm still in Canada for another few hours

Bulletstorm £3.74. Oblivion with the 2 main DLC packs, £3.74 (or £4.99 with all the other DLC too, but that's just horse armour etc right?)

Finally gave in, bought Civ 5 and all DLC/expansions

good display name yo

Reading thru the list of cheevos on Civ 5, I'm impressed by the wit thats gone into them, referencing everything from musicals to geek pop culture to Shakespeare to slight adaptations of Latin, etc

Oh yeah, and puns. Can't forget those.

+ Bastion and the Amanita Games pack. Had a look at Machinarium this evening and it's cute as hell and basically everything a point&click should be.

Keep getting sucked back into Grimrock though. I started again with a different party config because I gimped my 1st setup really badly. It's repetitive, kind of boring, frustrating, soothing and compulsive.

i picked up grimrock in the sale, really enjoying. i knew i would like it, don't know why i was hesitating to this point. fairly happy with my party so far. only maybe one or two tweaks i would make. did not need to play it on hard tho, have a feeling i am going to end up regretting that choice.

Spent the last two days playing Civ. Having to readjust your expectations of what the Wonders do with each game is weird, but I guess it keeps the variety.

I want the ability to trade tech again.

Picked up Just Cause 2 for cheap tonight, played the first level. It really is a playground of chaos and blowing stuff up good, aint it?

Ooof, that's me sorted out until Christmas - 32 purchases for £160.67 - nearly exactly a fiver each.

so i guess this is a thing

Pay what you want for the Humble Music Bundle and receive six digital albums from the Internet's finest songsmiths. Christopher Tin, They Might Be Giants, Jonathan Coulton, MC Frontalot, and Hitoshi Sakimoto have assembled their best cuts for your listening pleasure. And if you pay more than the average price, you'll also receive OK Go's Twelve Remixes of Four Songs!

what is a mc frontalot

Hmm, I'm historically kind of a TMBG completist and I haven't picked up that rarities collection yet, but even I'm still pretty much yeah whatever at the prospect of this.

mc frontalot is a dude that raps about geek culture. If you are interested you can go and find a lot of his work on torrent sites, but be warned that many of them have a tracker in them, and after a few days mc frontalot will mail you to thank you for participating in geek culture.

http://i.neoseeker.com/boxshots/TW92aWVzL0hvcnJvcg==/fear_dot_com_frontcover_large_jxiBfkRNIJL9MCa.jpg

yeah, i never did get that TMBG comp so what the hell. not to mention they're a bit late on the music bundle scene, but this is a more "legit" bundle than most of the ones i've seen

Is War for Cybertron worth it? AAA console games that are only $7.50 I'm kinda a sucker for, since you're getting a title and usually an experience I wouldn't otherwise have for cheap.

Driver: San Fran is a buck on shop.ubi.com today.

Worth it

Amazon having a crazy deal this weekend on digital downloads

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html/ref=amb_link_365031442_2?ie=UTF8&docId=1000826121&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=right-2&pf_rd_r=0E23PQRZDGRYFD0009DW&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=1393395462&pf_rd_i=2445220011

http://www.gog.com/en/promo/hasbro_stacking_promo
$30 for DRM free, fully downloadable Planescape, Baldurs gate complete, baldurs gate II complete, neverwinter nights complete Icewind dale complete, Icewind Dale II complete, forgotten realms demonstone, temple of elemental evil and dragonshard
i am sorely tempted but this is kinda the "i got paralyzed and need to be distracted for the next two years" pack and i don't even think i have the time.

and i'll be buying baldurs gate ipad shortly anyway.
still.

There's a new humble bundle today btw, grabbed it for torchlight, haven't heard of any of the others.