[STEAM] The Summer Dale is upon us!

jclast

Jragghen wrote: »

List of games I've gotten every drop from without getting a foil:

1..2..3.. Kick It!
A.R.E.S.
Alan Wake
Anodyne
Blocks that Matter
Borderlands 2
Brütal Legend
Crusader Kings II
Defender's Quest
Endless Space
FTL
Gratuitous Space Battles
Half-Life 2
Left 4 Dead 2
Magicka
Portal 2
Psychonauts
Serious Sam 3
Super Meat Boy
TF2
Binding of Isaac
Trine 2
Triple Town
McPixel
Dungeons of Dredmor
Binfinite
Hotline Miami
Scribblenauts U
Bastion
Civ V

And 2 from Don't Starve and 1 from CS:Go so far.

So 124 so far, with 7 left able to get.

My only foil came from a booster. And now I can't sell the thing.

taliosfalcon

So..don't starve, is it worth 9$? What's the replay value/longevity like?

Idx86

Does the Cave have the same awesomeness qualities to it as Maniac Mansion? I see there are some lead folks from MM who did the Cave. I had no idea!

Disco11

Alright @Partizanka sent me a copy of Defense Grid! Much appreciated!

I have not been at home except to sleep but let's get this gifting thing going.

38thDoe

Podunk wrote: »

mts wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

@mts is not dissuaded by my growing backlog or my coming lack of free time.



Thank you, King among robots.

I honeslty was able to play a ton when my guy was still a blob. you just need the right games. things with a pause or things that only need a mouse. once they get bigger you can throw em in a bouncer and rock them with you foot to free up a hand. just don't play things you can't get away from easily

And when your children get a bit older, games with subtitles, ability to save anytime, and the ability to pause cutscenes becomes vital.

Hmm, I wasn't aware that you could hold them without using both hands/arms.
I do appreciate the gamer parenting advice though.

The Brayster

All that stuff with your young ones sounds awesome, I'll have to remember this stuff when I hit that point in my life.

Also, games without pausable cutscenes are a sin. There is no excuse for them all not having this feature, especially if the cutscenes are long.

Malakaius

Idx86 wrote: »

Does the Cave have the same awesomeness qualities to it as Maniac Mansion? I see there are some lead folks from MM who did the Cave. I had no idea!

I enjoyed it, some of the writing is quite funny, the puzzles are not terribly hard and it's pretty short, but you will play it multiple times to see all the characters areas. Overall if it's on sale I would say pick it up.

Nocren

Thanks to the front page, I decided to correct @Scooter and his grave mistake of not owning both Rain Slick 3 AND 4.

Alice Leywind

taliosfalcon wrote: »

So..don't starve, is it worth 9$? What's the replay value/longevity like?

Ridiculously high. The early game can get a bit same-y, but hey...you're probably going to die anyway.

It's a survival simulator, and the map is randomly generated. Also there's alot of things to do.

iolo

Darkewolfe wrote: »

In other news, suck it @Iolo.

Interesting.

Normally when someone bestows a metric shitton of class upon me, in this case taking the form of Civ V: Brave New World for jeebus sake, my response is to thank them publicly and praise their classiness.

"Suck it," though @Darkwolfe? Just because I eliminated, let's see... 96 hours of your life?

This aggression will not stand, man.

mts

38thDoe wrote: »

Podunk wrote: »

mts wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

@mts is not dissuaded by my growing backlog or my coming lack of free time.



Thank you, King among robots.

I honeslty was able to play a ton when my guy was still a blob. you just need the right games. things with a pause or things that only need a mouse. once they get bigger you can throw em in a bouncer and rock them with you foot to free up a hand. just don't play things you can't get away from easily

And when your children get a bit older, games with subtitles, ability to save anytime, and the ability to pause cutscenes becomes vital.

Hmm, I wasn't aware that you could hold them without using both hands/arms.
I do appreciate the gamer parenting advice though.

i have tons of advice. if hula was still around he would tell you i wouldn't shut up sometimes

Emberquick

Huh, so that's what a foil card looks like.

Nada, zip, zero foils for two weeks, and then BAM, two in one night?

Folks must be crazy busy crafting, I guess.

Speaking of such--lemme know if you have any SKYRIM or FTL cards you want to trade. I'll make it worth your while, 'cause I think I actually dreamed about having Level 5 badges for those last night!

Muddy Water

Hey, I just got my first ever Steam card! Now what do I do with it?

rikdaly

Psiberian wrote: »

Podunk wrote: »

mts wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

@mts is not dissuaded by my growing backlog or my coming lack of free time.



Thank you, King among robots.

I honeslty was able to play a ton when my guy was still a blob. you just need the right games. things with a pause or things that only need a mouse. once they get bigger you can throw em in a bouncer and rock them with you foot to free up a hand. just don't play things you can't get away from easily

And when your children get a bit older, games with subtitles, ability to save anytime, and the ability to pause cutscenes becomes vital.

don't forget the unattached controller for them to use while you play.

yeah! my daughter's almost 4 and she knows the controller isn't plugged in but she still asks for it and asks me to tell her what the buttons do. that reminds me, I really should pick up another Lego game this sale to play with her

HiT BiT

The Class is strong in this one! Thank you very much @Banzai5150 for the Pinball FX2 Star Wars Pack!

Also while I was sleeping this gift arrived at my inventory


It's funny because its read No Longer Valid and I can't find the game in Steam. Anyone know if it serves any real purpose? Is it one of those games that got removed from Steam?
I can see that there's a F2P Airmech game, but nothing about a sequel.

Darkewolfe

Iolo wrote: »

Darkewolfe wrote: »

In other news, suck it @Iolo.

Interesting.

Normally when someone bestows a metric shitton of class upon me, in this case taking the form of Civ V: Brave New World for jeebus sake, my response is to thank them publicly and praise their classiness.

"Suck it," though @Darkwolfe? Just because I eliminated, let's see... 96 hours of your life?

This aggression will not stand, man.

96 hours and counting, I suspect all told you'll have literally sucked several weeks out of my life, you classy time vampire.

Alice Leywind

HiT BiT wrote: »

The Class is strong in this one! Thank you very much @Banzai5150 for the Pinball FX2 Star Wars Pack!

Also while I was sleeping this gift arrived at my inventory


It's funny because its read No Longer Valid and I can't find the game in Steam. Anyone know if it serves any real purpose? Is it one of those games that got removed from Steam?
I can see that there's a F2P Airmech game, but nothing about a sequel.

It was just the closed beta for that. It's no longer valid because it's out of beta.

SkutSkut

Cryostasis removed from Steam that's some bullshit, was my horror game of choice to gift out.

Also I'd like to point out Corrigan doesn't have Penumbra.

Shadowfire

Muddy Water wrote: »

Hey, I just got my first ever Steam card! Now what do I do with it?

I woke up this morning with a Bioshock Infinite card. At first I was really excited (before I noticed it was a card). Now... no idea what to do with it.

DaringDirk

So, while I was sleeping, @dougyfresh and @AnteCantelope each decided I was looking a bit peckish. I now have two copies of Don't Starve pending in my lovebox. First of you two to PM me that you've got another target gets your gift rejected, to give to another. Thanks and thanks!

Idx86

Malakaius wrote: »

Idx86 wrote: »

Does the Cave have the same awesomeness qualities to it as Maniac Mansion? I see there are some lead folks from MM who did the Cave. I had no idea!

I enjoyed it, some of the writing is quite funny, the puzzles are not terribly hard and it's pretty short, but you will play it multiple times to see all the characters areas. Overall if it's on sale I would say pick it up.

Awesome! I just gifted it to a victim and read the description which made me desirious. We shall see how much cheaper it gets.

Psiberian

rikdaly wrote: »

Psiberian wrote: »

Podunk wrote: »

mts wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

@mts is not dissuaded by my growing backlog or my coming lack of free time.



Thank you, King among robots.

I honeslty was able to play a ton when my guy was still a blob. you just need the right games. things with a pause or things that only need a mouse. once they get bigger you can throw em in a bouncer and rock them with you foot to free up a hand. just don't play things you can't get away from easily

And when your children get a bit older, games with subtitles, ability to save anytime, and the ability to pause cutscenes becomes vital.

don't forget the unattached controller for them to use while you play.

yeah! my daughter's almost 4 and she knows the controller isn't plugged in but she still asks for it and asks me to tell her what the buttons do. that reminds me, I really should pick up another Lego game this sale to play with her

see my son is 2.5 yrs old, and i had a broken Razer onza, so I wired it up so that it has a shiny silver toggle that turns on all of the lights on the controller. SO I just tell him to power on his controller so we can play. He does and it is awesome! one day he may get grumpy that the dude/car/airplane whatever on the screen is not doing what he wants it to, but we are not there yet.

DaringDirk

Guys, guys! AnteCantelope is doing his code contest thingy, and included a code in his latest gift to me (Don't Starve)! He says we need to use TEAMWORK in order to solve this. I'm assuming that means a number of you have also received a code in your gift message from him. I'll just throw mine out there, it's 01000001. Perhaps others should reply to this message to chain together the various numbers?

minor incident

Don't Starve is basically what would happen if Tim Burton oversaw the art direction for Toejam & Earl, but made it a survival/rogue-like.

Durinia

Civ V drops cards now?

Uh oh...

Incindium

Buttcleft wrote: »

Eurotruck Simulator 2?

More like NERVE FRAYER 2013.

Holy hell it is hard on the nerves when you are driving at 90km/h along a two lane road around a tight corner with a car carrier on your side in the other lane.

I seriously need a wheel controller.

@buttcleft

360 controller works pretty well and you can set up the triggers for gas and brake and map most of the used controls to it so you only need your keyboard for a couple not real frequent commands.

Lindsay Lohan

Psiberian wrote: »

rikdaly wrote: »

Psiberian wrote: »

Podunk wrote: »

mts wrote: »

38thDoe wrote: »

@mts is not dissuaded by my growing backlog or my coming lack of free time.



Thank you, King among robots.

I honeslty was able to play a ton when my guy was still a blob. you just need the right games. things with a pause or things that only need a mouse. once they get bigger you can throw em in a bouncer and rock them with you foot to free up a hand. just don't play things you can't get away from easily

And when your children get a bit older, games with subtitles, ability to save anytime, and the ability to pause cutscenes becomes vital.

don't forget the unattached controller for them to use while you play.

yeah! my daughter's almost 4 and she knows the controller isn't plugged in but she still asks for it and asks me to tell her what the buttons do. that reminds me, I really should pick up another Lego game this sale to play with her

see my son is 2.5 yrs old, and i had a broken Razer onza, so I wired it up so that it has a shiny silver toggle that turns on all of the lights on the controller. SO I just tell him to power on his controller so we can play. He does and it is awesome! one day he may get grumpy that the dude/car/airplane whatever on the screen is not doing what he wants it to, but we are not there yet.

Mine's 8 so he totally understands what's going on with the sale (probably better than my co-workers who find the whole thing weird). I came home and he's like "Dad, you got some presents!" I already knew and had accepted them from my phone, but of course the popups had come up on the PC while he was Minecrafting. He's now waiting for FFVII to hit a daily. He's become enamored with Sonic Generations and Marvel Heroes lately too.

Malakaius

DaringDirk wrote: »

Guys, guys! AnteCantelope is doing his code contest thingy, and included a code in his latest gift to me (Don't Starve)! He says we need to use TEAMWORK in order to solve this. I'm assuming that means a number of you have also received a code in your gift message from him. I'll just throw mine out there, it's 01000001. Perhaps others should reply to this message to chain together the various numbers?

That is the letter A in binary.

Disco11

Malakaius wrote: »

DaringDirk wrote: »

Guys, guys! AnteCantelope is doing his code contest thingy, and included a code in his latest gift to me (Don't Starve)! He says we need to use TEAMWORK in order to solve this. I'm assuming that means a number of you have also received a code in your gift message from him. I'll just throw mine out there, it's 01000001. Perhaps others should reply to this message to chain together the various numbers?

That is the letter A in binary.

Is that the only clue?

an_alt

I just sat down ready to work with a cup of tea in hand a new email arrived. It seems @HeirTransparent revenge gifted me a copy of Magical Diary and it arrived with this lovely note.

Dear an_alt,

At first I thought this game was about milking magical cows and making magical cheese. Sadly, that turned out to be inaccurate. I hope you enjoy it anyway!
Best Wishes,
Heir

Thanks Heir!

Nocren

According to my friends list... do some of you need this Prison Architect card?

I'd be willing to trade for..... favors :winky:

Constrictor

I feel like the only way to win the card collecting meta game is not to play.

In other news, I picked up Dragon Age: Origins complete and Dark Souls: Prepare to Die edition for less than $20.00 combined.

I'll never get out from under this backlog.

anoffday

heenato wrote: »

HiT BiT wrote: »

The Class is strong in this one! Thank you very much @Banzai5150 for the Pinball FX2 Star Wars Pack!

Also while I was sleeping this gift arrived at my inventory


It's funny because its read No Longer Valid and I can't find the game in Steam. Anyone know if it serves any real purpose? Is it one of those games that got removed from Steam?
I can see that there's a F2P Airmech game, but nothing about a sequel.

It was just the closed beta for that. It's no longer valid because it's out of beta.

What's even worse is that for some reason you can't delete them.

DaringDirk

Oh, man. Someone missed the Steam Thread that was devoted to parenting advice. We seriously had pages and pages worth of age-appropriate recommendations, from the one-handed games to non-violent shit once they can see what's on screen. For what it's worth, my 2.5 year old has caused me to set up a "Child Friendly" category in steam. Let me blampage post the list:

Audiosurf
Bastion
Ben There, Dan That!
BIT.TRIP BEAT
BIT.TRIP RUNNER
Bob Came in Pieces
The Book of Unwritten Tales
Cargo Commander
Cogs
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Crazy Machines 2
Crazy Machines Elements
Dreamfall: The Longest Journey
Dustforce
From Dust
FTL: Faster Than Light
Go Home Dinosaurs!
Half Minute Hero: Super Mega Neo Climax
Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet
ALL THE GODDAMN LEGO GAMES!!!
Little Inferno
The Longest Journey
Max and the Magic Marker
Might and Magic: Clash of Heroes
The Misadventures of P.B. Winterbottom
Monkey Island 2: Special Edition
Peggle Deluxe
Plants vs. Zombies: Game of the Year
Quantum Conundrum
Rayman Origins
Sam & Max ALL THE GAMES!
Scribblenauts Unlimited
The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Secret of the Magic Crystal
Sonic Generations
Strong Bad ALL THE GAMES!
Time Gentlemen, Please!
Toki Tori
Trine
Trine 2
Vessel
Ys: ALL THE GAMES!

There's probably others, but those are the ones I'd care to actually play.

HiT BiT

heenato wrote: »

It was just the closed beta for that. It's no longer valid because it's out of beta.

Right, I tried yo accept it and it says it's already in my library.

McFlynn

I actually still haven't had my Metro penny order cancelled or redeemed yet.

Jungleskye

Mostlyjoe13 wrote: »

@Jungleskye I've got to lay down or my head will explode. Accept my friend request and if the price hasn't gone wonkier tomorrow I'll do you a solid and do a game for game trade. One copy of FE:LH + one DLC for Defiance. Sound kosher?

@Mostlyjoe13

Sounds good. I am away from my home computer all day but I will do what I can from the mobile app.

striderjg

SkutSkut wrote: »

Cryostasis removed from Steam that's some bullshit, was my horror game of choice to gift out.

Also I'd like to point out Corrigan doesn't have Penumbra.

Really? That's to bad. I just played it not to long ago. Was a good game.

edit: Also still no code nor a cancel from best buy:( They are prolonging the torture..... the monsters.

DaringDirk

Disco11 wrote: »

Malakaius wrote: »

DaringDirk wrote: »

Guys, guys! AnteCantelope is doing his code contest thingy, and included a code in his latest gift to me (Don't Starve)! He says we need to use TEAMWORK in order to solve this. I'm assuming that means a number of you have also received a code in your gift message from him. I'll just throw mine out there, it's 01000001. Perhaps others should reply to this message to chain together the various numbers?

That is the letter A in binary.

Is that the only clue?

Yeah, I knew that was A in binary. Didn't necessarily just want to ANNOUNCE it to the thread, thought maybe folks would add their codes they'd received from Ante's gifts are responses. I mean, I'm ASSUMING the whole answer isn't "A", especially as he said teamwork's required. Also, if everyone gets a binary letter, what order are they assembled? Is it a word, a sentence, or a game code? That would be... A LOT OF GIFTS! I wouldn't put it past the man...

Crayon

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