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Reply #765 - Jul 12^th, 2012 at 6:49pm

Yay, Steam sale! I picked up a few games, and noticed a nifty new feature. I'm sitting in a hotel room in St. Louis and made the purchase through the Steam website instead of the client. After making the purchase, I saw an option to remotely install the games I'd bought on my home PC. I thought that was pretty nifty!

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Reply #766 - Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 12:53am

Soooo now that the sale is rapidly coming to a close. What games did people get and are excited to play/are playing?

I tried to pick up some space sim games, but none looked particularly awesome yet (a couple on the horizon)
Did get:

Darkstar One
Space Rangers 2 (really like this game)
Gal Civ 2

My abridged list:

Warhammer dawn of war 2
Arma 2 (for Day Z baby!)
Arkham City
STALKER
Sim City 4
Train Simulator 2012 (haha)
Sins of a Solar Empire
Bioshock 1 and 2
Civ 5
Rage
Dead Space 1 and 2
Saints Row 3
Fallout New Vegas
Dead Island
From Dust
Darksiders
Deus Ex Human Revolution

Indy Games:

Plants V Zombies
Botanica
Dear Esther

Any stinkers in there to avoid? Or anything I should get before 1pm tomorrow?

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Reply #767 - Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 8:26am

I picked up a few packs and a couple franchises, along with a smattering of indie titles here and there. I was stuck in St. Louis until Friday, so I didn't really have a chance to troll the summer sale as much as I would have liked.

The first title on my list is Anno 2070. It looks like an interesting title and I'm ready for something unique. Hack, Slash, Loot is also toward the top of the list.

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(...yay Steam!)

Jul 22 - You now own Evochron Mercenary, SOL: Exodus, Lunar Flight, Splice, SpliceSoundtrack, Botanicula, The Dream Machine, chapter3_depot, Quantum Conundrum, Adam's Venture Episode 1: The Search For The Lost Garden, Adam's Venture Episode 2: Solomon's Secret, Adam's Venture Episode 3: Revelations, Anno 2070, Anno 2070 - Standard Key, Anno 2070 - The Keeper Package, Anno 2070 - The Development Package, Anno 2070 - The Eden Series Package, Anno 2070 - The Central Statistical Package, Anno 2070 - The Crisis Response Package, Anno 2070 - The Distrust Series Package, The Silent Running Package, The Nordamark Line Package, The E.V.E. Package.

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #768 - Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 1:48pm Hey Briney, have you had a chance to play The Walking Dead yet? Telltale is usually pretty decent, and I'd love to give it a try. -b0b (...Zombies!)
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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #769 - Jul 23^rd, 2012 at 7:07pm I just bought it 10 minutes before the sale ended today, Havent had a chance, but I love the comics and the show, So I'm looking forward to it!
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Reply #770 - Jul 27^th, 2012 at 3:17pm

http://kotaku.com/5929067/gabe-newell-wants-to-support-linux-because-windows-8-i...

http://kotaku.com/5929569/blizzard-isnt-happy-with-windows-8-either

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The head of Valve says his company is working to develop for Linux, calling Microsoft's Windows 8 a "catastrophe" that will lead product manufacturers to abandon the platform.

At a gaming event in Seattle last night, as reported by AllThingsD, Valve CEO Gabe Newell said the one thing holding back Linux is video game support.

"The big problem that is holding back Linux is games. People don't realize how critical games are in driving consumer purchasing behavior," Newell said, according to AllThingsD. "We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well. It's a hedging strategy. I think Windows 8 is a catastrophe for everyone in the PC space. I think we'll lose some of the top-tier PC/OEMs, who will exit the market. I think margins will be destroyed for a bunch of people. If that's true, then it will be good to have alternatives to hedge against that eventuality."

Looks like Microsoft is sticking to the Star Trek movies philosophy of quality. Every other release is good!

Bad news.

However I picked up on this statement from Gaben:

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We want to make it as easy as possible for the 2,500 games on Steam to run on Linux as well.

Bobs current amount of games: 1,881

Comon Bob, only 619 more to go!!!

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Reply #772 - Aug 14^th, 2012 at 1:44pm

b0b wrote on Aug 14^th, 2012 at 8:38am:

It's ridiculously unlikely, but a leaked PDF shows that Valve is going to announce Half-Life 3 at Gamescom:

http://www.t3.com/news/half-life-3-confirmed-at-gamescon

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I guess not. Sad

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Gamescom are now saying that Half-Life 3 and Dragon Age 3′s appearances on the list was “a mistake”, according to Eurogamer. Although they won’t say how that mistake happened. Also, Lamda Generation heard from Valve (a rare treat) saying they weren’t showing any games this year.

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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #773 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:43pm This bad boy turned 23 years old today. I still have mine, complete in the original packaging. Happy birthday, GameBoy! -b0b (...nostalgia!)
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #774 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 2:51pm Also, it appears EA has effectively killed off on of the only sequels I'm really looking forward to. Generals 2 (sequel to Command and Conquer: Generals) is now being partially aborted and will launch as a free-to-play title: A poll on a Generals fan site is taking a beating so far, with 3/4 of voters calling it a bad idea:
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X Post Whore FTP Server Offline Truth Is Treason, In The Empire Of Lies Posts: 3903 Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #775 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 4:18pm Why are people voting it down? Free to play is always good isn't it?
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b0b GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline The revolution will not be televised. Posts: 7464 Battle Creek, Michigan Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #776 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 4:36pm ...have you ever played a free-to-play game?
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MediaMaster GeekCrew Administrator FTP Server Offline Holy Xenu! Posts: 1884 Detroit Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #777 - Aug 15^th, 2012 at 7:26pm The fact that they are doing this shows that they are releasing an unfinished product. Sad.
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Re: Game Thread!
Reply #778 - Aug 16^th, 2012 at 12:54am

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/659943965/planetary-annihilation-a-next-gene...

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/902505202/castle-story/

Two cool looking games I just backed on Kickstarter.

Look bob, Planetary Annihilation is from some of the Total Annihilation guys!

And the 2nd one looks a bit like Minecraft + Dungeon Defenders

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The_Fat_Man Wootzor von Leetenhaxor FTP Server Offline Grand High Overlard Posts: 910 Colorado Springs, Colorado Gender:	Re: Game Thread! Reply #779 - Aug 16^th, 2012 at 1:55pm Mists of Pandaria (World of Warcraft) Opening Cinematic. While a goofy ass concept...the cinematic is absolutely mind blowing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvYXoyxLv64&feature=player_embedded
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