The [steam] thread - Serving the Newell with open hearts and wallets.

Wooden Spoon

CorriganX wrote: »

Wooden Spoon wrote: »

I'm having so much unexpected fun thanks to the generous folks here. Saints Row is the silliest fun I've had in a while, and Dawn of War II is right up my alley. I missed so much having a terrible PC for so long.

Saints Row 4 and DoW2 both get way better in coop. Get some friends and knock that shit out of the park.

ps. I have both. Hinthint.

But...but...I'm bad. Which is also my presumptive excuse for not having DOTA.

bloodatonement

anoffday wrote: »

bloodatonement wrote: »

UreshiiAkuma wrote: »

A big thanks for the happy game recommendations yesterday. After playing some more Spec Ops last night where I [redacted] , I fired up Costume Quest and was instantly lightened up from the cuteness dripping from it. I followed it up with some Recettear, which made extra sure I was happy and fuzzy by the time the day was done!

Costume Quest was my happy game after I finished up Dead Island. It's so much

Also, we are only $2m away from Costume Quest 2

I'd freaking love a costume quest 2.

Hell I'd be happy with a patch that (end game spoiler)

Changes the ending so the kids get back home.

Big Classy

Did not think thin k that would be an end game spoiler

bloodatonement

Big Classy wrote: »

Did not think thin k that would be an end game spoiler

shit, sorry.

Rhiley

I wonder when The Next Great Sequel In The Saints Row Franchise will eventually come out

EvilMonkey

bloodatonement wrote: »

UreshiiAkuma wrote: »

A big thanks for the happy game recommendations yesterday. After playing some more Spec Ops last night where I [redacted] , I fired up Costume Quest and was instantly lightened up from the cuteness dripping from it. I followed it up with some Recettear, which made extra sure I was happy and fuzzy by the time the day was done!

Costume Quest was my happy game after I finished up Dead Island. It's so much

Also, we are only $2m away from Costume Quest 2

Curious how close they could have gotten if they were serious and actually advertised that number. Can always hope for kickstarter round 2 if Broken Age turns out.

Gigazombie Cybermage

6 Hours left!

cooljammer00

bloodatonement wrote: »

Big Classy wrote: »

Did not think thin k that would be an end game spoiler

shit, sorry.

I didn't read it but I can only assume the only spoiler that game had could be easily figured out via the DLC for that game, right?

wirehead26

Yahtzee just put up his review for FC3: Blood Dragon. He really liked it for the most part.

Albino Bunny

mmmm, £9.44 is a really awkward amount to try and spend on Steam.

Like, really awkward. So many good games so close yet so far.

DaringDirk

Wow, thanks Steam Thread! I actually HAVE Crusader Kings II, a gift from @AnteCantelope (THANKS!), and I now have a definition for 4X, which I hadn't known before. Awesome!

Also, having money crunches lately, so I just completely avoided the thread and chat last month for my birthday. I can't currently afford to respond in kind to the classiness generated by you kind folken. Y'all are rad.

Big Classy

Quick question. Has the daily deal ticked over? Is Proteus off yet?

Edit: Haha it has! I win this time, Newell.

Todesbart

Big Classy wrote: »

Quick question. Has the daily deal ticked over? Is Proteus off yet?

Yes!

Todesbart

I'm thinking about getting the Double Fine Humble Bundle, but I already own Brütal Legend and Psychonauts (on GoG). How's Costume Quest and Stacking? They look both pretty interesting, but I'm not sure if I'd really like them.

Big Classy

You'll love them. Seriously.


Bed time for realz.

CroakerBC

Albino Bunny wrote: »

mmmm, £9.44 is a really awkward amount to try and spend on Steam.

Like, really awkward. So many good games so close yet so far.

System Shock 2: £4.89
The Book of Unwritten Tales: £4.49

Total: £9.38

Put the 6p in a jar.

captaink

Todesbart wrote: »

I'm thinking about getting the Double Fine Humble Bundle, but I already own Brütal Legend and Psychonauts (on GoG). How's Costume Quest and Stacking? They look both pretty interesting, but I'm not sure if I'd really like them.

Costume quest is a fun little game. It's a mix of light adventure and light JRPG-type combat. Stacking is in my backlog.

bloodatonement

Ok, my small act of pennance for anyone I ruined CQ for.
A spoiler you will want to open

Humble Double Fine Key

6CIML-206XD-N406N

CorriganX

Oh wow, Thunderwolves looks awesome and it just came out on steam.

Local Co-op Only

Oh. Nevermind.

Todesbart

bloodatonement wrote: »

Ok, my small act of pennance for anyone I ruined CQ for.
A spoiler you will want to open

Humble Double Fine Key

6CIML-206XD-N406N

Snagged it, thank you very much! I hope it was without Brütal Legend (Steam didn't mention it) - if BL was in there, I'll gladly donate another full bundle in return!

Houn

I keep telling myself not to buy the double fine bundle because I have Psychonauts and Brutal Legend already.

...but I don't have them on Steam. (OXBox and PS3, respectively).

Game Hoarding is a thing, right? It's like regular hoarding, but since it's digital, no one has to smell it when they enter your home.

cooljammer00

The most interesting thing in the Double Fine Humble Bundle are all the Amnesia Fortnight prototypes.

Albino Bunny

CroakerBC wrote: »

Albino Bunny wrote: »

mmmm, £9.44 is a really awkward amount to try and spend on Steam.

Like, really awkward. So many good games so close yet so far.

System Shock 2: £4.89
The Book of Unwritten Tales: £4.49

Total: £9.38

Put the 6p in a jar.

Time to garner the hate but:

I tend not to enjoy older games. Simply for shallow reasons like graphics and clunkiness. Plus my opinion on Bioshock (which I'm led to believe is the more modern incarnation of System Shock) is that they're really pretty games with good stories that kinda feel flat on the gampleay front.

And I don't like Point and click, no, Magical Diary doesn't count. Magical Diary let me play anime Harry Potter, which is a distinct advantage.

EvilMonkey

I already know I'll never have time to play what's in my game vault. I don't need to add prototype games on top of that!

Undead Scottsman

'Cause it got left behind in the last thread, I'll repost this.

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Okay, I have an idea.

I got spare copies of Half-Life 2 and Half-Life 2: Episode 1 that I've had for 5.5 years now. I think it's time to get rid of them.

Free to a good home, no limits on whether or not your in this group or that. But there's a catch.

Firstly, you must promise (in this thread so everyone can see ) to actually play through the games. Preferably within a month.

Secondly, you must come back here and tell everyone what you thought about them. You don't need to write an essay, but a couple of paragraphs discussing your thoughts, what you liked and what you didn't like would be great.

So, first person who wants them gets them.

Also, I got a copy of "The Ship" that is free to a good home. Or a bad home, I don't really care. You don't need to promise to write about it or even play it. I just want it out of my inventory It comes with both the Multiplayer and the Singleplayer versions.

And while I'm at it, might as well do a clean sweep. Couple of giveaways for the G&T Adventure Time group.




So, to recap

-Free copy of HL2 and HL2: Ep1 to whoever promises to play through them and post a bit about what they thought.
-Free copies copy of The Ship to whoever is dumb enou.. err.. kind enough to take it
-And a couple of giveaways for the G&T Adventure Time group.

FAKE EDIT: Albino Bunny graciously took one of my copies of The Ship from me. Only one remains!

Krummith

Houn wrote: »

I keep telling myself not to buy the double fine bundle because I have Psychonauts and Brutal Legend already.

...but I don't have them on Steam. (OXBox and PS3, respectively).

Game Hoarding is a thing, right? It's like regular hoarding, but since it's digital, no one has to smell it when they enter your home.

No, no one here will tell you to buy it. The Steam thread is all about simply pointing out good games, and good deals. we do not buy all the games. Nor do we buy a huge bundle of games simply because it is a good deal. This idea is foreign to us.

Ceno

Lego Batman 2, eh?

Todesbart

Nobody wanted my coupon for Shogun 2, so I'm tempted to buy it if somebody can tell me if the loading times, which apparently are horrible and take forever each time you switch from the overview map to a battle, got fixed/optimized in the past few patches?

Incindium

Sleepy Dogs Contest




Thanks to everyone who sent me entries. I enjoyed them all but I had to pick a winner and that winner was

@zagdrob
With this hilarious dog story:

Dog stories? I've got dog stories. All the standard funny stuff, like dogs waking themselves up with a particularly loud fart...deciding the best way to handle it was thowing a shit-fit of barking.

But the best dog story comes to us from the mid-90's. To set the scene, one of our dogs - a yellow lab named Bridget - was a bit of a troublemaker. Sweet dog, typical lab...but she just had a thing for getting into trouble. It was early March in Michigan, so there was still some snow on the ground on my sister's birthday. I don't recall exactly why I was home alone that day, but I was home with the dogs.

My mom had made my sister's birthday cake and asked me to frost it when it cooled down, so I'd done that. The dogs were out playing in the fenced in dog yard, and I had gone back to my computer when I noticed it had been a little bit too quiet for too long. I looked out the window and realized that Bridget had gotten out. Not a big deal, it happened, and she usually only took a minute or two to round up. I put my shoes on without socks and grabbed a sweatshirt, and went out after her.

Well, she decided it would be a fun day to play chase, and - long story short - I ended up having to chase her about three quarter miles through knee high snow. I was absolutely freezing and miserable when I finally caught her and dragged her back home. After a minute or two of warming up, she wanted to go back outside and I was happy to oblige. But before I did that, I had to fix the fence. I found the hole, grabbed the stapler and patched it with chicken wire.

When I came back in, I realized that my sister's large chocolate birthday cake was sitting in the middle of the table. And so was Bridget. Standing on the fucking table with all four feet. Eating it like a starving kid with a pork chop. When I came into the room her eyes darted over to me and she ate even more frantically - grabbing it with her front paws and just burying her face in it. I grabbed her - dragged her - off the table, and she slipped her collar and ran away into the living room. Tracking chocolate frosting the whole way, apparently it was too much for her and she started throwing up - on the carpet, the rugs, even on the couch. Running away from me like she was trying to water our house with brown puke.

I finally got a hold of her and dragged her back outside into the dog yard. Just about the time I got started cleaning up, I glanced out the window and saw she had found or made another hole in the fence and gotten out again.

That was a fucking shitty day. She didn't seem the least bit phased by it - by the time I rounded her up she was back to normal. I miss that dog.

Watch your PM or Steam chat I'll send you the Steam Key for Sleeping Dogs here in a bit.

Goumindong

CorriganX wrote: »

Wooden Spoon wrote: »

I'm having so much unexpected fun thanks to the generous folks here. Saints Row is the silliest fun I've had in a while, and Dawn of War II is right up my alley. I missed so much having a terrible PC for so long.

Saints Row 4 and DoW2 both get way better in coop. Get some friends and knock that shit out of the park.

ps. I have both. Hinthint.

I love me the shit out of some DoWII but don't have anyone to play it with. Hinthint

rikdaly

Ceno wrote: »

Lego Batman 2, eh?

It's a great game, the first Lego Batman is also on sale for £2.50

Also would anyone want the rest of the double fine bundle if I buy it, the only game I don't have is Brutal Legend

Ceno

rikdaly wrote: »

Ceno wrote: »

Lego Batman 2, eh?

It's a great game, the first Lego Batman is also on sale for £2.50

All my disposable income is tied up in birthday giveaway stuff at the moment, but I'm pretty sure it'll be this cheap again during the Summer Dale.

Albino Bunny

Decided to put the money into DOTA2 hats.

Because I'd being holding back on the Bastion Announcer pack too long.

Plus now my ward bitch has a lovely fur coat with gems in it and it's fabulous.

Most importantly though, served the Newell WITHOUT adding to my backlog.

Goumindong

Gigazombie Cybermage wrote: »

6 Hours left!

How the fuck are there 43 people who don't own System Shock 2?

Ed Gruberman

Only 52 minutes left in this one. Also, keep the history fun facts coming.

Ed Gruberman wrote: »

Also a reminder that this is open for another 5 hours. Only 4 entries so far (probably because everyone else already has it)



Open to PA Group

Blendtec

Albino Bunny wrote: »

Most importantly though, served the Newell WITHOUT adding to my children's inheritance.

FTFY.

Goumindong

Dissociater wrote: »

I've been saying for years that Fantasy: Total war, or Mythology: Total War would be soooooo right up my alley.

@Dissociater

You should try one of the King Arthur games. Which while they're not perfect are pretty close to Fantasy: Total War.

edit: Taken

Albino Bunny

Children? Oh gods I hope not.

Also now I brought items for an online game my internet has started to go haywire. FU too game.

cooljammer00

EvilMonkey wrote: »

I already know I'll never have time to play what's in my game vault. I don't need to add prototype games on top of that!

I don't think prototypes should go on the backlog: I think you can just try them out and be "done"

Peewi

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