merry xmas (GOG/Steam direct download weekly specials)

both penny arcade games - $3 total
http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7135?snr=1_4_4__40

also, costume quest and 10 more games on sale on psn.

Civ V $24

http://www.direct2drive.com/9611/product/Buy-Sid-Meier’s-Civilization-V-Download
use code hailtothechief

Tomb Raider Anniversary $2.49 on steam

kinda tempted to get that Guardian of Light DLC for $5 total, but I never even played the main game yet!

Psychonauts $2.49
http://www.gog.com/en/news/one_day_promo_psychonauts_75_off/0

with the announcement of Steam's Big Picture Mode at GDC I suddenly really want to build a HTPC just for XBMC/Steam/emulators.

40 Sega Genesis games for $10

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7683

Potato pack finally released

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/7586/

goddamn them.

haha.

i almost want to get 1...2...3! (Kick That Beat Like An Ugly Baby) just because i love that title.

Is that still worth grabbing if I've already got meat boy, audiosurf and bit trip beat? Kinda doesn't look it, but there's a lot of things I've never heard of in there.

Amnesia, Defense Grid, Killing Floor and AAAAAAAAA all look awfully good to me too.
yeah, i bought it.

this is also one of those rare packs where you can gift all your duplicate copies

I was just being all "uhh well I dunno, £27 is more than I usually spend" and then I realised that it is 13 games, of which I want at least 4, and I used to have to spend £30 whenever I wanted a single game back in the early 90s when £30 was worth a lot more (PC games were a lot slower to come out on budget then iirc)

so I guess my point is, hooray for the internet, and for Steam and its offers, and for this thread

though I did think I wanted AaAaAA bcz I guess the name confused me into thinking it was like VVVVVV and just watching the video is making me feel weird so eh

(I am not good with heights, or 3d, or games where you have to rotate a lot)

had toki tori for gameboy color and it was quite fun. not sure if the version in this pack is a remake or what, tho.

what's a good inexpensive gamepad to play super meat boy with?

use one of your xbox or ps3 pads

they work with a pc? i did not know this.

don't know about the ps3 one, but xbox should but only if you have either the wired cable controller or a wireless receiver on your pc.

the normal charger cable that comes with the 360 does not work as a connecting cable on the pc

http://www.google.co.uk/search?sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8&q=xbox+crossfire+360#q=xbox+crossfire+360&hl=en&prmd=ivns&source=univ&tbs=shop:1&tbo=u&sa=X&ei=Jb-ZTaKGBJO48gOXn60X&ved=0CFAQrQQ&biw=1280&bih=675&fp=c2f10cf532930cf3

you can use the PS3 controller but it may require some third party drivers/utilities or some such

wired usb 360 controller / wireless 360 controller w/receiver, definitely easier for most games, they'll autodetect/map the buttons. i often have to use that xbox 360 pad emulator w/my PS2 pad (it will work with pretty much any dual analog gamepad, though)

both options probably preferable to buying a PC-only pad

so there's some sort of code in the potato pack games

http://valvearg.info/wiki/Valve_ARG_Wiki

wtf,that's insane if they took the time to do that

makes sense, they are nuts
http://half-life.wikia.com/wiki/Portal_ARG

jeez i didn't know about all that mega-aspie shit, they really are nuts

huh, unexpected
http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/guilty_gear_x2_reload

SimCity 4 $5
http://www.direct2drive.com/9665/product/Buy-SimCity-4-Deluxe-Edition-Download

use coupon code "showers" for another dollar off

Still kinda pricey for a game that came out in 2003.

Bioshock 2 $5
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2kgamesmafia

another Humble Bundle - Trine, Shadowgrounds, Splot preorder, and an unfinished game that's probably shit
http://www.humblebundle.com

will probably get, despite already owning trine (which makes it worth picking up, all by itself)

$5 was my sweet spot for Bioshock 2

GOG has had these teaser banners on its main page in the last few days:

What game made you dream of the stars?
What game made you ride with the Outlaws?
What game made you fear your past?

A popular guess is Lucasarts (Star Wars, Outlaws, KOTOR).

Limbo will be 50% off this Friday (along with a bunch of other stuff) so I guess I'll finally get round to picking it up.

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2011-04-12-limbo-shadow-complex-more-in-xbla-sale

Borderlands $5 ($7.50 with 4 expansions) on steam
http://store.steampowered.com/sale/2kgamesmafia

Torchlight $3.75 on d2d
http://www.direct2drive.com/8663/product/Buy-Torchlight-Download

Dammit, and I paid $30 for Borderlands complete a coupla months ago

sweet, think i'm gonna get this too... like with yesterday gonna try to get in a 4-pack to get even cheaper

Has anyone been following the Portal 2/Potato Sack ARG? It is balls-out crazy how much work they've put into this.

Who wants free Audiosurf, and who wants free Super Meat Boy? First person to respond asking for each one gets it; I'd like them to go to separate people if possible. Spreading the luv, etc.

hey, I'll take meat boy :-)

All yours. What's your Steam ID?

I'll shoot you an email. thanks!!!!

just sent you an ilx "webmail"

OK, just sent the pass via email. Have fun, and try not to snap your keyboard in half. Everything you've heard about the difficulty is completely true.

got it!

I guess I'll see how tough I am. my skills have definitely weakened over time but I do have a high tolerance for this type of thing. grew up on frustrating nintendo games and all that.

thanks!

Bully SE $4 on steam today

http://www.aperturescience.com/glados@home/
these guys are completely insane but this is brilliant marketing

They've done the impossible and made me play Wonderful End of the World, though I'm not exactly liking it. Every other game in the Potato Sack (and the later Dejobaan games, to be fair) have been worth it but TWEotW is an absolute nonentity, Katamari only much less so.

Well, on the one hand, I totally agree that TWEoTW is a shameless ripoff of Katamari with nothing new added and the original's manic, joyful intensity taken out.

On the other hand, it's the only one of the 3 Dejobaan games in the pack I actually enjoyed playing. 1-2-3 not only did nothing for me but it made me enjoy aaaaawhatever less because, to be honest, they're both gliding through hoops games to me. Pass-through-rings bonus levels were always the worst, don't find that a whole game of them is redeemed by points for throwing star jumps and flipping the bird.

(Side question: was Horace Goes Skiing the first slalom game? Since the other part of HGS is a steal of Frogger, which came out a year before, I'm inclined to think it may not be, but Googling is getting me nowhere.)