merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

Jagged Alliance 2 for $5 on GOG
http://www.gog.com/en/promo/disciples_jagged_alliance

a must for x-com fans (I'm looking at you, brilliam)

Prince of Persia: Sands of Time and Warrior Within - $2.49 each

http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Games/Pages/princeofpersiatsot.aspx
http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-US/Games/Pages/princeofpersiaww.aspx

Oblivion $8.50, Morrowind $5, both with all expansions

http://store.steampowered.com/sale/bethesda_weekend

I have waited about eight months for Fallout 3: GOTY to drop down to $20, and it's at $25 right now on Steam - question is, will I actually get around to playing it within the next six months or whenever the game finally gets a permanent price drop...

Batman AA: GOTY is $20 on Steam right now, too (but I'm still angry about my save deletion)

They're doing EA specials all this week, one per day, only for 24 hours each. The Command & Conquer series is on sale right now.

GOG has the Tex Murphy games 30-50% off... all worth it except maybe 1+2, which many people got for free last year anyway.

https://www.gog.com/en/promo/tex_murphy_collection

Steam has Dead Space and Mirror's Edge for cheaps

Mass Effect 1 $5 @ steam

Oh no. Steam has started a SUMMER sale. My wallet is already crying.

the new Tropico expansion is six bucks and change, SOLD.

pro tip from another board:

DO NOT BUY A GAME EVEN IF IT IS ON SALE UNTIL YOU ARE SURE THAT THERE IS NO DAILY SALE FOR IT COMING.

Games that are on sale can often have a daily sale as well.

need to keep reminding myself i still have backlogged games from the last xmas sale to get around to

Definitely thinking of picking some new stuff up, browsing through the store is nearly impossible though... it's a mess.

Is a Super Street Fighter IV PC release happening or not???

Cryostasis $3.24
maybe finally get the GTA games for PC?
The Chronicles of Riddick Assault on Dark Athena for $6.79?

Posted today:
http://www.eventhubs.com/news/2010/jun/24/yoshinori-ono-working-getting-ssf4-pc/

A little ominous, but both sad and funny is complaining about the piracy, when the game was already saddled with all that GFWL junk which evidently did nothing for them. I mean, sure I like achievements, but I absolutely hate the way they've screwed up save game files with it, and they don't even get cloud-saved - making it a truly useless, annoying DRM solution

but yeah at least it's some indication we'll get one

Killing floor is five bucks; I remember it from this years coint and plick... anybody wanna talk me into it?

nhex - good to know, I want the PC version, but don't want to buy old IV just to see Super announced the next day. Maybe it'll have steamworks integration this time & that's the reason for the delay? Still, if they make it a deal of the day, I think I'll bite this time around.

Tempted by a few of those complete deals too...

yeah, tbh, if it's above $10 it's pretty hard to justify buying IV on PC at this point, especially if you're just getting it for online

the shooters like Killing Floor and CS: Source are a little tempting but i need blatant peer pressure to tip me over

ones to watch for future daily deals, as they're already on sale:

King's Bounty Gold - $10 (vanilla KB - $3.24, AP - $7.49)
The Witcher Director's Cut - $6.79
Defense Grid - $5
Indigo Prophecy - $3.39
Introversion Complete Pack - $5 (includes Darwinia, Multiwinia, Defcon, Uplink)
Bionic Commando Rearmed - $6.69

today's deals for Bioshock 2 ($15) and Trine ($4) also look good but i'll skip

tempted by Europa Universalis III complete (well, w/o the latest expansion) but dunno if I'll be able to get into it. It's SteamPlay; anyone here play it on the Mac? I've read that it's just a Cider port & so doesn't work that well on OS X.

I'm hoping for a good Metro 2033 deal of the day the most - that's the game I really want to play (but not for full price) - though I'm willing to keep waiting.

I did just pick up Far Cry 2, Fuel, Cryostasis, the two Riddick games and Trials 2 for only $32 - loving me some steam sales.

Has anybody heard anything about the rpg Numen? I'm a sucker for classical greek games, and a full-on RPG set there seems like a lot of fun

Also, seriously considering paying for Witcher, which is probably the best rpg i've played in the last 3 years along with Fallout 3.

Steam
Ghostbusters $4

GOG
Syberia 1+2 $10

kinda blah today on Steam, though i guess somebody might want RE5 for $12.50 or AvP 2000 for a mere $1.25 for nostalgia's sake

Audiosurf $2.50 (always worth it)
Left 4 Dead 2 $10.50! 4-packs for $30.60!

Free Wallace & Gromit episode

http://www.telltalegames.com/wrongtrousersday

steam is ridic; seriously questioning my console fealty

it's wonderful how the increased competition in the last year (from Gamersgate, Direct2Drive, GOG, Impulse and so on) seems to have made Steam go even crazier and more competitive than before with their sales

Steam daily:
Civ IV (w/o add-ons) $5, Civ IV Complete $10

I've been able to ignore most of the deals by being on a Mac, but I bit on the Civ IV complete deal. Just couldn't resist.

Wondering if they're just legitimate errors or secret experiments, but some of the prices have been mysteriously going up. For instance, Witcher has gone up to $13 (though undoubtedly it'll get a daily deal at some point), the Gothic bundle today started at $2 and went up to $5 later.

Steam daily:
Europa Universalis III $6.80, with 2 expansions $10.20
Oddworld Oddysee & Exoddus $2.50
Tales of Monkey Island $11.90

Yeah, EU3 is looking _really_ tempting

I downloaded Dawn of Discovery yesterday.

GTA IV $5
Street Fighter IV $10
X-Com complete $3.74
Team Fortress 2 $6.79

Couldn't resist picking up a copy of GTA IV for $5. Will be interesting to see how it runs and fool around with the video editing thing at the least. Also went for SFIV just to have a copy that I can run maxed - hopefully we can play some games now, Nhex (how is that wrist?).

Still hoping for DOtDs for Borderlands, the last Red Faction, Just Cause 2, and Metro 2033, but yeah, got way too many games to play now anyway.

When you play a game like GTA IV on the PC, how do the controls work?

66% off all Codemasters games. time to rebuy Fantastic Dizzy...

When you play a game like GTA IV on the PC, how do the controls work?

Keyboard and mouse or if you prefer just plug a controller into your PC (or maybe a bit of both, keyboard and mouse for walking / shooting and a controller for driving / flying).

As you might expect, the walking/shooting controls are great on Mouse/Keyboard, but driving and flying handles a lot better on pad. I eventually just went completely over to pad, though - and I'm sure GTA IV has 360 pad support.

Jeff - I'm up for playing sometime on the weekend. Still have problems - pain often flares up randomly, even at rest - but physical therapy has been helping, and I can play games as long as I stay diligent about taking a lot of breaks while keeping playtimes and general computer use in check.

kingfish - Numen is on sale today for $7.50 if you still want to get that

$5.00 for Red Faction: Guerrilla - one more off my wishlist

anyone who hasn't played the void and has 5 bucks to spare should check it out, fucking insane game. you might wanna cheat in the end though and i wouldn't fault you, just ration your cheating to keep it kind of hard.

anyone know anything about flatout? for $2, i might bite, and i definitely will bite on shatter at 2.50.

Also, that THQ Complete Pack is so goddamn tempting... it's like buying Metro 2033 and getting 20 great games for FREE.

buying shatter for 2.50, looks worth it.

every time i think it's safe, every time i think it's calm, I AM WRONG

(yeah, i think i gotta pick it up at that price)

$5 torchlight, $7 L4D are nice too for those who haven't gotten them

Jesus Christ, the sales are starting to get abusive. WHY CANT YOU HAPPEN WHEN I'M EMPLOYED DAMMIT

After hearing some of the soundtrack to Shatter i'm actually kinda tempted to dip on it. Feedback?

it's pretty good

a little floaty with the mouse control, but def worth 2.50