I don't really get the whole "I judge games by how many hours I get out of them." Does anyone really have so much free time that they can play all the games they own? Have you even heard of indie bundles? Between the current Indie Royale and the Humble Bundle Weekly Sale you can pay about $9 for many many many hours of gameplay - surely a few years worth of that stuff should give anyone a Steam Bank filled with more hours of entertainment than they could ever reasonably access, and from that point forward, something like The Walking Dead, which hovers at about 12 hours, is a good deal no matter what, because it's an amazing game.
For me, it's a tool to help me select games. Say I have $5 for my game budget, and there are a dozen games on my wishlist that are that price or lower. To help my choose which game I'll pick up, I often look to see which one would give me more playtime. However, this is becoming less of an issue unless it's a new release game. For example, I decided to pass on pre-ordering Bioshock Infinite because of the 15 hour gameplay average. I couldn't justify it to myself for $60. Because, I could get so much more for that $60, and before long the Newell will bestow Bioshock Infinite upon me for $30, where I will happily pick it up. Yes, my gamebank is large, yes, I doubt I will ever play all the games that I have to completion. But for some reason, be it a leftover from my youth, or because I'm just cheap, I have a hard time not looking a the average gameplay hours to help me decide to pick up a game or not.
All that being said, The Walking Dead is an excellent game.
That's not really much of an explanation - I said "I don't get why people do this, it makes no sense" and you say that it's either a leftover from your youth or because you're cheap. Leftover from youth I can understand, but it makes no sense and you should probably cut it out. Being cheap makes sense if it's just a way for you to rationalize a decision not to buy something, but even then it's not a reasonable decision, it's just a way you've found to trick yourself into thinking you have a good reason not to buy a game when actually (because you have a huge Game Bank you already can't make it through) you have no need for longer games over shorter ones so length is largely irrelevant.
This whole place is a house built on half-baked rationalizations.
If Norm convinces himself that the last beer should go undrunk for once as some strange homage to all beerkind and goes home early to Vera, don't try to talk him out if it, Frasier.
I read that has "horse built on half-baked rationalizations" for a second and was thoroughly confused. o_O
Fun technical question for Steam, seeing as I can't find anything of it on their forums:
There are a couple of games I own that don't open full screen, instead they are windowed but also too big for the screen (vertically). I can't change the resolution ingame either because the buttons for accepting changes are at the bottom of the menu, nicely hidden behind my desktop toolbar. Anyone know how to fix this?
@The Brayster which games are they? if I have them I can try them out and see if they are the same for me also what resolution is your monitor?
Gamersgate has Ghostbusters for 2.50 right now. Not Steam but given that it was removed from Steam and is a licensed title, good chance we might see less opportunities to buy it digitally as time goes on.
Thanks for the tips guys. Even if I change settings in game it still comes up windowed (KSP), but at least I can set it to full screen so it's now just a minor inconvenience.
So for my profile’s 8th birthday (which I think is today) I’m giving some stuff away! Sadly, I don’t have a huge source of funds since my wife is in grad school, but I’ll do what I can to repay the generosity seen here every day.
First off is Bastion, which I love dearly:
Second up is Pro Cycling Manager 2012, because I just got to work, and I ride my bike to work, and I just plain love bikes!
Third, because I learned a harsh lesson about friendship yesterday, Dishonored!
And last, because I just can’t seem to give it away, Portal!!
Best of luck to all who enter!
EDIT: I may have broken Steam Gifts, I can't get the images to load.
Just to be clear, @TychoCelchuuu doesn't just post these bundles, he tosses them about with generosity and love, a carefree glint in his eye that brightens every time a game is gifted.
that's...not a lot for what is supposed to be an epic episodic story.
Well it isn't being advertised as an 'epic' story anyway
game length isn't everything and those 10 or 11 hours pack one hell of a punch
I meant not a lot for the money, really.
Since my gaming budget is limited, I too tend to judge the price of a game based on the hours played. I've put in 18 hours in the game, and bought it for $12. I do not regret this ratio in the least, since it is such a quality game. Personally I'd recommend waiting for the next sale on it, which is right now. Amazon has it on sale for $9.99, mac version. Linky However since it is Steam Play, activating it on Steam, gives you both the PC and Mac versions.
must be a regional thing. I never see any amazon sales in Australia.
Widen up the FOV. Happens to me every time with that game and that'll fix it right up.
Yeah, I forgot about this fun little "setting". I just turned of the "Horizontal FOV Lock", but I'm giving myself some time to settle before I hop back in.
I have no idea what it is with Irrational. Infinite's default setting was a little too narrow for me as well.
Nothing like Bioshock though. That one nearly gave me a panic attack; I hadn't played an FPS in years and I was terrified I'd developed some horrible late-life motion sickness.
I played some Original Bioshock, and now I'm feeling some motion sickness. Last time a game did that to me was Decent for DOS, mid-90s. Ugh.
That is the worst thing, especially when it smacks you out of the blue like that.
I got hit with it most recently by Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - before that? Dark Forces, 1995 or so.
Yeah, Decent did it to me after maybe an hour. I also got it once playing Duke3D for like, maybe 3 hours? Other than that, I've been largely and thankfully immune.
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I played some Original Bioshock, and now I'm feeling some motion sickness. Last time a game did that to me was Decent for DOS, mid-90s. Ugh.
That is the worst thing, especially when it smacks you out of the blue like that.
I got hit with it most recently by Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - before that? Dark Forces, 1995 or so.
Yeah, Decent did it to me after maybe an hour. I also got it once playing Duke3D for like, maybe 3 hours? Other than that, I've been largely and thankfully immune.
My wife gets intense motion sickness when playing Half Life 2. No other game does this to her, and we tried everything under the sun to try and fix the problem but nothing helped. Other Source games don't bother her either, she was a fan of L4D2 and played a tiny bit of Portal and was fine. Such a weird thing to have happen.
Holy screaming banana pies! I just came home from a stupidly long day that started with a 3-hour drive to attend an 10-hour trade show for work, to make a 3-hour drive home and as I'm pouring a glass of wine and settling into the comfy computer chair, I get a Steam notice that I have a gift. And then I see that this is the gift. And my whole day suddenly gets eleventy-nine times better.
Thank you so much @Big Dookie for the awesome giveaway! I shall be Infinitely Bioshocked now!
Just got back from work. Left after three hrs due to being in agony. I really a wanted to play defiance too. Can't believe I let b @CorriganX@Khildith and @viking talkme into it
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No time like the present.
I read that has "horse built on half-baked rationalizations" for a second and was thoroughly confused. o_O
@The Brayster which games are they? if I have them I can try them out and see if they are the same for me also what resolution is your monitor?
Last reminder!
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My screen resolution is 1366x768. It's happened to me for Kerbal Space Program, Hotline Miami and occasionally Skyrim thus far.
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@Darlan is the winner, I hope you enjoy it!
I don't have any of those installed at the moment but I can install Hotline Miami and Skyrim to check later
Skyrim at least has the launcher in which you can change the resolution prior to starting the game up.
I haven't had it happen to me in either KSP nor Hotline Miami, though, and I have exactly that resolution.
If they're running in Windowed mode, try Alt-Space followed by X to maximize them.
Alternately, alt-space, M, tap any arrow key once, then move the mouse around to get the window properly on the screen.
In the spirit of the thread :
I suspect everyone who is eligible is no in but if not - go for it.
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Just to be clear, @TychoCelchuuu doesn't just post these bundles, he tosses them about with generosity and love, a carefree glint in his eye that brightens every time a game is gifted.
Thank you again!
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must be a regional thing. I never see any amazon sales in Australia.
I decide to take a moment off from Borderlands 2 to go and take a dookie and I come back to find a big dookie!
@Big Dookie hits me with Scribblenaughts Unlimited
Thanks!
I played some Original Bioshock, and now I'm feeling some motion sickness. Last time a game did that to me was Decent for DOS, mid-90s. Ugh.
Pssssst....
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/descent_1_descent_2
You totally should just to test if it still does it to you or not.
Yeah, I forgot about this fun little "setting". I just turned of the "Horizontal FOV Lock", but I'm giving myself some time to settle before I hop back in.
Nothing like Bioshock though. That one nearly gave me a panic attack; I hadn't played an FPS in years and I was terrified I'd developed some horrible late-life motion sickness.
That is the worst thing, especially when it smacks you out of the blue like that.
I got hit with it most recently by Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet - before that? Dark Forces, 1995 or so.
That is a bastard of a dick of a game.
Yeah, Decent did it to me after maybe an hour. I also got it once playing Duke3D for like, maybe 3 hours? Other than that, I've been largely and thankfully immune.
Congrats @Luchaire for winning Bioshock Infinite!
Congrats @iRevert for winning Scribblenauts Unlimited!
Congrats @vaamoose for winning The Walking Dead!
Hope you all enjoy them. Thanks again everyone for ten great years!
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My wife gets intense motion sickness when playing Half Life 2. No other game does this to her, and we tried everything under the sun to try and fix the problem but nothing helped. Other Source games don't bother her either, she was a fan of L4D2 and played a tiny bit of Portal and was fine. Such a weird thing to have happen.
Holy screaming banana pies! I just came home from a stupidly long day that started with a 3-hour drive to attend an 10-hour trade show for work, to make a 3-hour drive home and as I'm pouring a glass of wine and settling into the comfy computer chair, I get a Steam notice that I have a gift. And then I see that this is the gift. And my whole day suddenly gets eleventy-nine times better.
Thank you so much @Big Dookie for the awesome giveaway! I shall be Infinitely Bioshocked now!