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Cheese on rice, Cosmic Star Heroine is finally coming out soon? Hot damn!
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Oh hey, I've been waiting for Freedom Planet to go on sale, and it's currently $3.74 on GOG.
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Chivalry: Medieval Warfare is free. You guys wanted a multiplayer game to invade...
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Saints Row 2 free on Gog. Worth playing if you haven't.
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Fantasy General is also free on GOG but you need a coupon code:
https://www.gog.com/redeem/FB200KGIVEAWAY
https://www.gog.com/redeem/FB200KGIVEAWAY
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Free Witcher 1 on GoG.
Thad: Trying to remember if Witcher 1 is The Good One, or if that's Witcher 2.
Thad: Trying to remember if Witcher 1 is The Good One, or if that's Witcher 2.
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I really like the first one, but it's generally regarded as the weakest of the three. It's built in the Aurora (Neverwinter Nights) engine, combat is timing-based (click the mouse three times with precise timing to do maximum damage), equipment management is minimalist (want a new sword? You're going to have to drop the one you've got and leave it behind), your moral decisions have relatively little impact on gameplay, and it's the one with the goofy-ass sex card collection mechanic. It's not very important in setting up the plot of the sequels.
That said, I think it's a great game, and I've played it through to completion twice. It's free; you should get it and play it.
(Though it appears that, for the moment, you can only get it if you already have an account at Ars Technica; their server was getting hammered with new registrations, so they've shut them down temporarily. If you miss it this time, just wait a few weeks; GOG puts it on sale for a buck or two pretty much all the time.)
That said, I think it's a great game, and I've played it through to completion twice. It's free; you should get it and play it.
(Though it appears that, for the moment, you can only get it if you already have an account at Ars Technica; their server was getting hammered with new registrations, so they've shut them down temporarily. If you miss it this time, just wait a few weeks; GOG puts it on sale for a buck or two pretty much all the time.)
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The latest update indicates that you should be able to sign up for a new Ars account again now and get your free game. Worth a shot.
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YOU WILL NEVER GUESS WHAT COMPANY HAS A CLASSICS COLLECTION FOR SALE ON STEAM
http://store.steampowered.com/app/624550/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/624550/
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Oh yeah, they did a Kickstarter and everything.
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Wonder what emulator they ripped off.
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According to Wikipedia they used vNES on their website; I wouldn't be surprised if they used the same thing on the plug-in console. I can't find a license for vNES offhand but I'm seeing a couple references saying it was open-source. Under most licenses, that means they'd be clear to sell it with proprietary ROMs, and even under the GPL I don't think they'd have to release the source if they didn't make any modifications to it.
Harder to tell on the Steam ones. The Zelda knockoff has a border around it that makes me suspect it's a port rather than emulated, whereas the Noah's Ark game looks like an emulator with a shitty filter over it (and stretched on top of that). I'm inclined to think Exodus is a port rather than an emulator (the graphics aren't stretched to fit the aspect ratio, and the start screen says "press SPACE" rather than Start or some other game controller button). Hard to tell on the last one; it looks stretched but not filtered.
Harder to tell on the Steam ones. The Zelda knockoff has a border around it that makes me suspect it's a port rather than emulated, whereas the Noah's Ark game looks like an emulator with a shitty filter over it (and stretched on top of that). I'm inclined to think Exodus is a port rather than an emulator (the graphics aren't stretched to fit the aspect ratio, and the start screen says "press SPACE" rather than Start or some other game controller button). Hard to tell on the last one; it looks stretched but not filtered.
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TA wrote:Wonder what emulator they ripped off.
I wondered the same thing! It's DosBox.
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https://www.humblebundle.com/very-positive-bundle
Stephen's Sausage Roll, Curious Expedition, They Bleed Pixels.
Stephen's Sausage Roll, Curious Expedition, They Bleed Pixels.
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Dungeons 2 free on Humble Store for the next 23 hours. Steam key, has to be redeemed by May 27 or it won't work anymore.
Also, there's a fucking autoplay video at some point during the checkout process, so keep that in mind if you're thinking of snagging it while you're at work.
Also, there's a fucking autoplay video at some point during the checkout process, so keep that in mind if you're thinking of snagging it while you're at work.
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Humble Bundle 18 is out.
Owlboy at top tier, some Papers Please-like in BTA, Pew Pew Ship Game at $1. I'm sort of tempted to play Pew Pew Ship Game with people, it's meant to be coop.
Owlboy at top tier, some Papers Please-like in BTA, Pew Pew Ship Game at $1. I'm sort of tempted to play Pew Pew Ship Game with people, it's meant to be coop.
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I was just thinking, hey, SOMEBODY'S bound to have Shadow of Mordor on sale what with the sequel's impending release, and hey, Bundle Stars does. (Not sure why there are Windows logos everywhere and no penguins to be seen, because there's totally a Linux port, and this is a Steam code.)
They've also got one with Skullgirls, Freedom Planet, and some other stuff.
They've also got one with Skullgirls, Freedom Planet, and some other stuff.
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GOG Summer Sale's on. Mostly the usual suspects, but plenty of good stuff in there.
Maybe it's time I re-bought Doom 1 & 2. I mean, yeah, I already bought them once, but at this point it would cost more to buy a floppy drive to get them off the original disks than it would to buy them again.
Bundle Stars has mix-and-match bundles of WB games (3 for $10) and Genesis games (20 for $4).
Hm -- for that price Mad Max is pretty much must-buy (it's one of very few Linux-native games with Vulkan support); guess I'll have to figure out which two other WB games I want.
Maybe it's time I re-bought Doom 1 & 2. I mean, yeah, I already bought them once, but at this point it would cost more to buy a floppy drive to get them off the original disks than it would to buy them again.
Bundle Stars has mix-and-match bundles of WB games (3 for $10) and Genesis games (20 for $4).
Hm -- for that price Mad Max is pretty much must-buy (it's one of very few Linux-native games with Vulkan support); guess I'll have to figure out which two other WB games I want.
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Last day of the GOG Sale. Fantasy General is free.
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