merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

considering these sale (I think) titles, in addition to the already-mentioned Windows ports of Coint & Plick alumni Half Minute Hero and 10,000,000:

A Valley Without Wind 2
No Time to Explain
Thomas Was Alone

anyone got any thoughts on these? also should I be hanging on for these to be daily specials or is it not that kind of sale?

No daily specials AFAIC

No Time To Explain was a Greenlighted game originally made in Flash, a goofy platformer expanded to a commericial title. Kinda interested in this one

Still gonna wait for a cheap sale on 10000000 on the iPhone

Giana Sisters looks like a pretty 2D platformer with the hook being it's got metal music

I have the rest already from other Steam Sales. Still gotta play most of 'em....

Read a nice review of Thomas Was Alone. Seems like a good one.

FTL is half-price too if anyone except me doesn't already have it

i liked FTL but i burned out

if you haven't played binding of isaac the best advice is to stay far away from it before an entire month of your life is sucked away into nothingness

also don't play it on mac cuz it suuuuucks

They added alpha access to certain games. Check out Kerbal Space Program if you get the chance.

btw forks if you REALLY wanna make yourself sad, grab this useful plugin
http://www.enhancedsteam.com/index.php

it highlights the titles you already have in green and wishlisted stuff in blue

Yall need to get grimrock

10000000: dangerously addictive (and quite short if you give in to said addiction)

Now onto the next in my pile of new Steam sale games!

Just Cause 2 is $3 on steam this week.

10000000 - Played it for 4 hours in the first sitting. Then I played it the next day and beat it on the second attempt.

Oh shit Recettear is 66% off. Might finally have to grab that.

get it!

last day of the sale - any recs?

I was gonna grab Waking Mars, but noticed it's conveniently up on IndieGameStand's PWYW:
https://indiegamestand.com/

my inner hate is tempting me to get Cart Life, because these days you can't have enough feel-bad games

Free aint it?

On his website? Or it were.

Oh, thanks. I didn't know about that. OTOH, the paid version has a second playable character... and do I want to support spreading misery? Probably.

gta 1, 2, 3, vice city, san andreas, iv, and the iv episodes for 12.49.

hitman absolution, which came out like four months ago, for 10 bucks

Amazon has Dark Souls for $15, also NBA 2K13, Torchlight, BF3, and SimCity knocked down this weekend.

Spec ops: the line & Darkness 2 for $4 total on gamefly with coupon code GFDAPR20. includes steam keys.

http://www.gamefly.com/Download-Spec-Ops-The-Line-and-The-Darkness-II-Bundle/5005652/

Spec Ops was great - unmissable at that price.

Seconded on Spec Ops. Finally beat it this week, and man it shoulda been on my C&P ballot

the narrative/etc isn't "good" the whole way through but it IS "good" in parts and that's a leg up on like every game ever

Yeah, I was genuinely impressed by it - I was going to say I 'enjoyed' it but I guess the whole point of the game is that it's not a particularly enjoyable experience. It's got a really unique and unsettling atmosphere.

GOG has a D&D games sale this weekend - Planescape, both Baldur's Gate Games, Neverwinter Nights 1 & 2 and others for $21.10 the lot or they can be bought individually. http://www.gog.com/news/weekend_promo_dd_dynamo

Amazon has Borderlands 2 + DLC for $25, which is a great deal

any idea if mac borderlands 2 can play w/ ppl w/ PC borderlands 2?

ok, i got it and it does work on the mac. if anyone wants to play through it with me, i'm totes into it.

they're supposed to work if they're the same version, but the PC version has been getting updates much more quickly than the mac version. my computer can barely run it anyway, but this is a tempting offer

Europe Universalis III with expansions for free

http://www.gamefly.com/Download-Europa-Universalis-III-Chronicles/5000728

indieroyale Spring Sun Bundle has The Real Texas and Knytt Underground
http://www.indieroyale.com/

http://hitboxteam.com/dustforce-sales-figures
sales impact of these blue light specials is srs bzns

great article, i love that they had the guts to do this. i actually bought the game during the first post-launch sale/Mac OS launch

(of course, it's still in Infinite Backlog)

I had to post this just because
Indie Gala MASS EFFECT
http://www.indiegala.com/
yes it's real

ah, EA

Some of the proceeds go towards funding a political campaign, too - weird.

The Matt Toner Campaign

Last year, gaming entrepeneur Matt Toner decided to help save the legendary Vancouver game industry... by running for politics. And now he is one short step away from establishing change for the better. Revenue raised by this bundle will be used to support his campaign and directly rebuild the Vancouver indie scene.

huh, didn't even notice that

Has the dude declared party affliation or anything like that yet?

dishonored is 20 bucks on gamefly.
http://www.gamefly.com/Buy-Dishonored/148810

that 'don't starve' game looks really interesting. has anyone heard anything about it?

i got portal off steam for $2.49 the other day

Gray Matter (Jane Jensen's newish game) and 3 more for $2.50 total

http://www.gamersgate.com/DDB-A4P/adventure-4-pack-bundle

Not in the UK :( "This product is not available for purchase from your location"

i guess the portal sale was just for last weekend, oh well

don't worry, it'll go on sale again about a billion more times this year

thats a lot of times