Regarding the Activision sale, there are daily deals but they've done a poor job at advertising them. Today's deal is Prototype 1 and 2, both are 66% off.
I think that the internet has been for years on the path to creating what is essentially an electronic Necronomicon: A collection of blasphemous unrealities so perverse that to even glimpse at its contents, if but for a moment, is to irrevocably forfeit a portion of your sanity.
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Perhaps a short tutorial for the codes function would fit nicely in the OP?
It is already there.
BAM!
EDIT: Well, not a tutorial exactly. It does say this as of last Tuesday:
In addition to contests, wishlist gifting, ninja gifting, revenge gifting, pile-on gifting and Steamgifts.com giveaways, we have the the new [ codes ][ /codes ] tags which can fire off one or more Steam codes (or activation links). More info about [ codes ] here.
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In order to aid my Steam brethren I have tackled the season's top two horror titles: Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs and Outlast. Today I have completed my review for A Machine for Pigs, which is rather long so I am going to just link it here while posting a few choice cuts from the butcher. My thoughts on Outlast will be following in the coming days, but I do have a rather large amount of games to cover so I can't promise anything too soon.
Shortly after Mandus wakes he sits upright in a bed that is surrounded by a giant metal cage. All of the bedrooms in the house are like this. Now unless you come from some sort of weird house where its customary to engage your bedmate in Hell-in-a-Cell cage matches (and if so, how much is a room?) to see who gets the majority of the blanket on that cold London night, that should be an instant red flag to your brain.
One account by a character describing his teeth escaping his mouth during a sneeze and later trying to shove them back into his bloody gums made me want to pay visit to a mirror and make sure mine were all still there. Even the visual imagery is written poetically, with pigs buried in marked graves by the town chapel.
To put it into perspective, A Machine for Pigs is to the early Silent Hills as The Dark Decent was to Resident Evil. That’s not a bad thing on either count, mind you – the two games are just aimed at drastically different approaches. I can see a lot of fans being disappointed in the lack of scares or actual danger and I think it’s completely understandable if it’s what you’re after. Instead, A Machine for Pigs delights in basting you with a sauce made of your own blood and feces while casually singing corrupted versions of children’s bedtime songs.
I gave up on Dark Corners of the Earth after banging my head against a certain scripted sequence a few dozen times.
I ended up youtubing the rest, and it turned out I was fairly close to the end of the game, which makes it all the more frustrating.
If it's the escape sequence while shit is collapsing everywhere, there's a bug that makes that part literally impossible on certain computers. Something about tying the movement speed to your processor's clock cycles, something dumb like that.
That is a broken-ass game that has great moments in it.
No, I was still on the boat.
Would it make you feel better if I told you that there's ALSO a sequence on the boat that's impossible if you have a modern video card (because of some things that you need to shoot being invisible)?
I gave up on Dark Corners of the Earth after banging my head against a certain scripted sequence a few dozen times.
I ended up youtubing the rest, and it turned out I was fairly close to the end of the game, which makes it all the more frustrating.
If it's the escape sequence while shit is collapsing everywhere, there's a bug that makes that part literally impossible on certain computers. Something about tying the movement speed to your processor's clock cycles, something dumb like that.
That is a broken-ass game that has great moments in it.
I thought they stopped doing that shit once the DOS days were over. Like that one Leisure Suit Larry or Space Quest puzzle where you have to lift weights and if you have a modern computer, you will be there for hours mashing the arrow keys because it's based on processor speed.
Hell, I remembering hearing that Super Meat Boy ties its running speed to your processor. As if it's not already hard enough. Imagine trying to play it at super speed.
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Hey folks! I've been trying to take some time off from the PA forums lately; a combination of something that came up in life (nothing bad!) and just wanting to concentrate on other things. I continued to do well with my backlog, though, and completed 5 more games from my backlog! I've also managed to avoid buying any more games!
I've not been completely safe from my backlog growing, however. This past Tuesday marked the 12th year my fiancee and I have been together. So what does she do? Sends me Papers, Please as a gift, of course.
Then today I'm sitting at work when an email comes through from the Penny Arcade forums. It's a notification of a private message from @Excision. The only thing contained in this PM is a Steam code. Entering this Steam code ends up putting Fez into my account.
And that's what brought me back here. Thank you, @Excision, for sending Fez my way. Completely unexpected!
Anyway, I'm going to go back into hermit mode shortly. I'll probably be more of a regular again in mid-October.
I gave up on Dark Corners of the Earth after banging my head against a certain scripted sequence a few dozen times.
I ended up youtubing the rest, and it turned out I was fairly close to the end of the game, which makes it all the more frustrating.
If it's the escape sequence while shit is collapsing everywhere, there's a bug that makes that part literally impossible on certain computers. Something about tying the movement speed to your processor's clock cycles, something dumb like that.
That is a broken-ass game that has great moments in it.
I thought they stopped doing that shit once the DOS days were over. Like that one Leisure Suit Larry or Space Quest puzzle where you have to lift weights and if you have a modern computer, you will be there for hours mashing the arrow keys because it's based on processor speed.
Hell, I remembering hearing that Super Meat Boy ties its running speed to your processor. As if it's not already hard enough. Imagine trying to play it at super speed.
I beat the entire first world of Super Meat Boy using a keyboard before I realized there was a sprint button. That first boss is nearly impossible without sprint.....nearly. Using a game-pad and having sprint is a game changer.
Speaking of processor speed running, Everquest used to tie run speed, cast speed, recast delay etc to processor speed. When dual and quad cores first came out some people could run and cast at hyper speed until they set affinity to 1 core.
See, the console people just don't get it when I preach about Steam. They look at me like I'm a crazy hobo wearing a dead raccoon on my head.
"But we have sales too, you know." "Yeah, but not Steam sales." "You crazy, raccoon hobo."
My friend's little brother and cousin are investing in XBox Ones because they're "invested in the Xbox Live ecosystem". When asked to elaborate, they basically mean they like playing against racists and homophobes on Xbox Live.
I even tried to convince them that Steam, with its free online multiplayer, would undoubtedly get even WORSE people than Xbox Live, but they wouldn't listen.
See, the console people just don't get it when I preach about Steam. They look at me like I'm a crazy hobo wearing a dead raccoon on my head.
"But we have sales too, you know." "Yeah, but not Steam sales." "You crazy, raccoon hobo."
My friend's little brother and cousin are investing in XBox Ones because they're "invested in the Xbox Live ecosystem". When asked to elaborate, they basically mean they like playing against racists and homophobes on Xbox Live.
I even tried to convince them that Steam, with its free online multiplayer, would undoubtedly get even WORSE people than Xbox Live, but they wouldn't listen.
If my XBLA purchases carried over, I would be on the XBone train as well.
Granted, there are a few things on the 360 besides me that I can't play on my PC (notably Final Fantasy 13 and Shadow Complex), but ongoing I've pretty much switched off to Steam. And my 3DS.
Also, Activison? It's like Steam dragged you kicking and screaming into this "sale." 25% on a seven-year old game, even if its base price is only twenty dollars (the original Call of Duty), does not a sale make!
Alright, so, I have my contest, no thanks to you guys, who provided no ideas. :P
INCOGNITA CONTEST
To win a copy of Incognita, those interested will become sneaky agents themselves. But what does every spy need? A codename!
So, here's the game: Until tomorrow at 9pm Pacific, you can PM me with your codename. The codename must be related to a post you have made in this thread. Give me the codename, a link to the post, and a reasonable explanation of how the codename relates to the post if it isn't obvious.
Then, tomorrow night, I will post a list of all the agent's codenames, and the sleuthing will begin. At any time after the list of aliases has gone up, an agent may make an attempt to out his opponents by linking each name on the list to the Steam Threader they believe is hiding behind it. (And also PMing me a link to the post, so I don't miss it). You may hide the guesses behind spoiler tags in an otherwise unrelated post to try and sneak it by, but you must @ all your suspects (pre-edit, of course).
If you get them all right, you win! If you miss even one though, you've just revealed yourself as an agent yourself, and made your enemy's jobs that much easier to discover your codename! Since your own alias is on the list, that one obviously doesn't count against you for putting a wrong face to it.
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The next thing I know he's attacked me and I'm infected with a copy of The Walking Dead 400 Days!
Now I will have all the feels!
It's too late, I'm turning! Run!
Mmmm.....gaaaames......feeeeeelsss......thaaaaanks!
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Thanks! I took the code!
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It is already there.
BAM!
EDIT: Well, not a tutorial exactly. It does say this as of last Tuesday:
Steam profile.
Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
Snagged it. Thanks!
guess I should just check out the demo.
uh actually, since there's nothing else of interest to me in that bundle that'd be cool if you don't have use for it.
All yours, add me on steam from my sig.
I barely escaped without being infected. Thanks, @Krummith!
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I have the ones I want from it, I was deciding if krater was worth the bundle price by itself but this is gonna be cheaper.
Would it make you feel better if I told you that there's ALSO a sequence on the boat that's impossible if you have a modern video card (because of some things that you need to shoot being invisible)?
Hell, I remembering hearing that Super Meat Boy ties its running speed to your processor. As if it's not already hard enough. Imagine trying to play it at super speed.
I've not been completely safe from my backlog growing, however. This past Tuesday marked the 12th year my fiancee and I have been together. So what does she do? Sends me Papers, Please as a gift, of course.
Then today I'm sitting at work when an email comes through from the Penny Arcade forums. It's a notification of a private message from @Excision. The only thing contained in this PM is a Steam code. Entering this Steam code ends up putting Fez into my account.
And that's what brought me back here. Thank you, @Excision, for sending Fez my way. Completely unexpected!
Anyway, I'm going to go back into hermit mode shortly. I'll probably be more of a regular again in mid-October.
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Not just Call of Duty.
The "big sale" part of today's deals involves 66% off a game that released over 4 years ago. Not even 75%.
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I beat the entire first world of Super Meat Boy using a keyboard before I realized there was a sprint button. That first boss is nearly impossible without sprint.....nearly. Using a game-pad and having sprint is a game changer.
Speaking of processor speed running, Everquest used to tie run speed, cast speed, recast delay etc to processor speed. When dual and quad cores first came out some people could run and cast at hyper speed until they set affinity to 1 core.
In the mean time, have some actual giveaways I can do:
My friend's little brother and cousin are investing in XBox Ones because they're "invested in the Xbox Live ecosystem". When asked to elaborate, they basically mean they like playing against racists and homophobes on Xbox Live.
I even tried to convince them that Steam, with its free online multiplayer, would undoubtedly get even WORSE people than Xbox Live, but they wouldn't listen.
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If my XBLA purchases carried over, I would be on the XBone train as well.
As it is, no deal.
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Grabbed that, thanks
Also, Activison? It's like Steam dragged you kicking and screaming into this "sale." 25% on a seven-year old game, even if its base price is only twenty dollars (the original Call of Duty), does not a sale make!
[ code ]CODES
CODES
CODES[ /code ]
I think that's how you do it, at least.
Not quite. it's
[codes ]code 1
code 2
code 3
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code n[/codes]
I did not get it right.
I love this game way more than I should.
Congrats to @muppetman for winning my Medal of Honor giveaway! Enjoy shooting mans with your dudebros and your duties and your guys with awesome beards.
Steam Support is the worst. Seriously, the worst
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Thank you!
You're safe for now.....
Thanks @Luchaire for the code!
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And then i started New Game ++
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