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A Steaming Pile of Video Games

Goose!Goose! That's me, honeyShow me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
edited December 2010 in Social Entropy++
Steam is a digital distribution service for video games, operated by Valve. It is the greatest thing to happen to PC gaming (in my opinion).

Right now, Steam is doing a Treasure Hunt themed sale and contest. You play games (either that you already own, or that are usually on sale for that period and get achievements, and those achievements enter you into a drawing to win 100 games. Also, 20 winners every 2 days get 5 games from their Steam Wish List just for completiing one objective.

So let us discuss Steam, hunting for treasure, and the deals within.

Pertinent links:

www.steampowered.com
http://store.steampowered.com/treasurehunt

Edit: Ho Ho Hello there, Mr. Freeman

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    what would you even do with 100 games

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    play them I would imagine

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    playing seems like the thing to do with them yes

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Throw them into a pile and swim in them.

    Digitally.

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  • SenorTacosSenorTacos Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I was making a blingee for a new steam thread. But goose beat me to it. Goose please add this to the OP.

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Goose! wrote: »
    Throw them into a pile and swim in them.

    Digitally.

    I'd have to get a guard to protect it. Someone who has a mechanical super suit filled with gizmos.

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    it's beautiful

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  • SquallSquall hap cloud Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I'd actually probably ask valve to let me gift all the games, fuck if I need 100 games that I will never have time to play

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hunter wrote: »
    Goose! wrote: »
    Throw them into a pile and swim in them.

    Digitally.

    I'd have to get a guard to protect it. Someone who has a mechanical super suit filled with gizmos.

    like some sort of... gizmo... man

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  • SpoitSpoit *twitch twitch* Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    There's a limit on the number of steam friends?

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    200 I think?

    whatever it is, I've reached it

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  • Centipede DamascusCentipede Damascus Ho! Ho! Ho! Drink Coke!Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    franchise threads of any kind have a kind of radioactive half-life where they are not allowed after a while

    except for the webcomics thread. the webcomics thread will never die.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    goty?

    i say red dead redemption

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  • HunterHunter Chemist with a heart of Au Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hunter wrote: »
    Goose! wrote: »
    Throw them into a pile and swim in them.

    Digitally.

    I'd have to get a guard to protect it. Someone who has a mechanical super suit filled with gizmos.

    like some sort of... gizmo... man

    Also a pilot of some sort to fly me around during adventures I have search for more games to swim around in. The pilot must be completely inept, but loyal as hell and friendly.

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  • Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    okay why the fuck was my account disabled

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    followed by gt5 and imperceptibly behind it, new vegas

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  • TheySlashThemTheySlashThem Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hunter wrote: »
    Hunter wrote: »
    Goose! wrote: »
    Throw them into a pile and swim in them.

    Digitally.

    I'd have to get a guard to protect it. Someone who has a mechanical super suit filled with gizmos.

    like some sort of... gizmo... man

    Also a pilot of some sort to fly me around during adventures I have search for more games to swim around in. The pilot must be completely inept, but loyal as hell and friendly.

    you'll also need to keep an inventor handy

    always good to have one of those

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    what would you even do with 100 games
    I wonder if you can save them over time or if you have to use them all imediatly.

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  • Tommy2HandsTommy2Hands what is this where am i Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    son of a bitch son of a bitch son of a bitch

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    bsjezz wrote: »
    goty?

    i say red dead redemption

    Mario Galaxy 2 has the best shot so far, it seems. Kirby's Epic Yarn also.

    RDR is also a contender, along with Civilization 5 and Starcraft 2. It's gonna be one of those five.

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    it's a hard year for GOTY submissions, since most are sequels

    i'd probably go with red dead redemption, though

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  • EndEnd Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    what would you even do with 100 games

    Supposedly I have 122 games.

    But uh...yeah...there's not 100 games I don't have that I want or care about.

    If I want a game, I usually end up buying it.

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    oh i wasn't really talking about THE GOTY

    i'm talking about your gotys

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  • Virgil_Leads_YouVirgil_Leads_You Proud Father House GardenerRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I don't know about Civ5
    From what I've followed, it has gotten a lot of negative feedback.
    Not saying it isn't great, just that it probably isn't GOTY material.

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    Is this AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!! game any good?

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  • VALVEjunkieVALVEjunkie Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    oh shit tommy what happened!?

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  • BedlamBedlam Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I don't know about Civ5
    From what I've followed, it has gotten a lot of negative feedback.
    Not saying it isn't great, just that it probably isn't GOTY material.
    Its the first civ game Ive bought and think its pretty great. The negative feedback seems to be a lot of people who just want to play 4 again with better graphics.

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  • Dr.FunkensteinDr.Funkenstein Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    bsjezz wrote: »
    oh i wasn't really talking about THE GOTY

    i'm talking about your gotys

    The answer to both is Bayonetta anyways

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  • bsjezzbsjezz Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    never played it and don't intend to

    i'd like to give vanquish a crack though

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  • FlatEricFlatEric Leaves from the vine, Falling so slow Like fragile, tiny shells, Drifting in the foamRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Dang Tommy, hope you get that straightened out

    I love sales like this, because I have seriously always wanted to play some sort of skydiving game.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    No but seriously it's gonna be SMG2.

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  • animal companionanimal companion xenomortis Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hahahaha it's illegal to run a contest where you need to purchase to enter

    but Valve has just made the non-purchase entry equirement basically as inconvenient as possible

    Alternate Entry: To manually enter the Sweepstakes, each eligible entrant must print his or her name, address, city, state, country, postal code, email address, Steam account name, and telephone number, as well as the name of the Treasure Hunt objective that the entry is for, on a self-addressed 4x6 note card and mail the completed form to: Valve Corporation, P.O. Box 1688, Bellevue, WA 98009-1688. Note cards mailed in envelopes will not be accepted.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Mass effect two

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Hahahaha it's illegal to run a contest where you need to purchase to enter

    but Valve has just made the non-purchase entry equirement basically as inconvenient as possible

    Alternate Entry: To manually enter the Sweepstakes, each eligible entrant must print his or her name, address, city, state, country, postal code, email address, Steam account name, and telephone number, as well as the name of the Treasure Hunt objective that the entry is for, on a self-addressed 4x6 note card and mail the completed form to: Valve Corporation, P.O. Box 1688, Bellevue, WA 98009-1688. Note cards mailed in envelopes will not be accepted.

    Ever read the small print on cereal box collect-the-letter sweepstakes? There's always that thing there. Only you can mail to them to have them mail to you one random empty cereal box. It's a pretty common loophole.

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  • Macro9Macro9 Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    I'd have trouble picking my GOTY.

    Mass Effect 2
    Fallout: New Vegas
    Red Dead Redemption
    Alan Wake

    But if someone held a gun to my head I would probably say Red Dead.

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  • SimBenSimBen Hodor? Hodor Hodor.Registered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Also it's possible Cataclysm has an actual shot at it. It's too early for any reviews to be in yet though.

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  • Clint EastwoodClint Eastwood My baby's in there someplace She crawled right inRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Rdr's controls were a little loose. Also it doesn't have Zaeed

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  • Raijin QuickfootRaijin Quickfoot I'm your Huckleberry YOU'RE NO DAISYRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    If Cataclysm wins I'll quit gaming forever*






    * No I won't.

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  • Goose!Goose! That's me, honey Show me the way home, honeyRegistered User regular
    edited December 2010
    Wasn't Starcraft II this year?

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  • OrikaeshigitaeOrikaeshigitae Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited December 2010
    wait, shit, mass effect 2 was this year? definitely mass effect 2.

    femshep + garrus OTP

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