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I'm not really sure I could name all that many "truly meaningful" books as is. Or at least books you'd agree are meaningful. I could name books and games that had meaning to me, but I honestly doubt either would meet your exacting standards.
Which is more than I can say for Bioshock.
I enjoyed the mechanics in Bioshock :<
Eh, they're just really janky to me. It's just like The Elder Scrolls where it's this really mixed up combination of an RPG and an action game and can't quite decide which it wants to be.
Going to update this every day or so to make sure everyone sees it. I've decided to have the initial contest run till the 20th of October and then when I pick the winning entry that contest will run until my Birthday. Ive compiled what I think is a complete list of what will be up for grabs:
Bastion
Brutal Legend
FTL
Mark of the Ninja
Two Worlds 2 + DLC
Knights of pen and paper
Crusader Kings 2
Ether Vapor Remaster
Warlock Master of the Arcane
Dungeonland
Europa Universalis 3 Complete
The Showdown Effect
Medal of Honor
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 - Uprising
Gratuitous Space Battles
Democracy 2
Darksiders
Red Faction: Armageddon + DLC
Metro 2033, Risen, and Sacred Citadel Bundle
Indie Gala Flashpoint Bundle
Humble Focus Interactive Bundle Beat the average
Plus there might be a few more bonus items and some origin keys up for grabs and maybe some stuff I missed!
Wow, awesome, as I mentioned before thanks a lot Iolo, very classy. I played the first Mafia a while ago but never got around to picking up the second, I remember most of the vehicles handling like garbage trucks, but I think that was the idea. Was an entertaining game though, this one should be good. Thanks a ton!
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?SID=0sMQdDQ_EeO8NlYxOiZJxg0_a.Ck3_KPP_0_0&AID=10440897&PID=1225267&nm_mc=AFC-C8Junction&cm_mmc=AFC-C8Junction-_-cables-_-na-_-na&Item=N82E16832205116&cm_sp=
If you use the code: EMCWXWW235
only works with a US credit card though .. any similar deals for EU?
Thanks a lot, I really appreciate it!
A new game to play! Huzzah!
Because comparing the 30 some years of modern gaming to the thousands of years of literature or even the 100+ years of modern literature is really a fair comparison.
Still really mad that I missed the borderlands 2 GOTY for <$20. Damnit @iolo!
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You said pretty much every game is, which we all know is an exaggeration.
I can write things on a page with just a pen and paper. Creating a set of systems that interact to create the same meaning as what I wrote is much more complex.
Which is to say, opinions. Now lets all talk about Teleglitch.
Edit: Yes, I recognize the debt english wrting and fiction as a whole owes Hemingway. The Sun Also Rises is still totally dildos.
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use the same code, 10 USD
Is everything on that groupie bundle steam play?
Does the UFO: Noun series rely on shared saves or am I starting each game over with a new crew? I know XCOM doesn't do this but it would be neat to have the grizzled veterans that survived mars come back home and conquer the seas.
Are there any other 1c titles that I am remiss for not playing?
And it's not my fault!
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Most books are puerile too.
Take the art house talk somewhere else.
Red Tide is moderately okay for single player. There's a coop mod that may or may not work.
Assault Squad is great for multiplayer and sort of fun for coop - its coop is a skirmish mode rather than scenarios like in Men of War.
Condemned Heroes and Vietnam are shit. Absolute trash.
Red Tide and Condemned Heroes don't seem to be in the bundle though, so there are no worries about getting stuck with those.
King's Bounty: The Legend and King's Bounty: Armored Princess are both tremendous. The first has a wackier story and the second is more balanced and fair. (They're both single player.) I've heard good things about but haven't played the Star Wolves games. Brigade E5: New Jagged Union apparently got patched and/or fan patched into the sort of shape where maybe it's worth playing (I haven't played it). Some people enjoy Death to Spies, but spies don't, so there's that. Parkan II may or may not be worth checking out if Eastern European space sims are your thing.
But best selling novels did not require a team of people and several million dollars of investment to write. Writing is the purest form of storytelling and it costs virtually nothing. You can do it with a stick and the dirt for Christ's sake.
But making a game requires a hell of a lot more. You need technical knowledge of hardware and software. You need art assets and access to equipment. No one is playing text adventures anymore. But writing is no more technically demanding than it was 100 years ago.
There are countless examples of puerile books. You spent an afternoon putting words down? Congratulations, you've written a story. But a game designer with an amazing concept that will Change the World(tm) has significant hurdles to overcome just to get a working prototype, let alone something that will convey the experience to other people.
Yeah the regular code isn't as valuable. I'm assuming it was a mistake because having the GOTY for that cheap is ridiculous.
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I think many, even most things have something of value in them, and that you also do a diservice to things when you catagorize forever as Great Art. It sterilizes it, fixes it in marble, makes it beyond human appeal.
How many people haven't watched Citizen Kane because its the Greatest Movie Ever Made, and they don't want to deal with that fancy ass shit? People should say , "Hey, Citizen Kane is funny, and mysterious, and sad, it's full of great scences and sights, and it just flies along. You can jump in at any point, and have a good time." I think more people would watch it then.
This certainly still is the Steam thread, in case you were wondering.
Edit: Rorus, was in progress before you posted. Done.
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Just one more RPG, please Tycho? I'm begging ya, I gotta catch em all.
vegetable to vegetables
fruit to fruit
most artists are made famous in death
like the first master to rock out on a lute
Books, photos, lyrics, notes,
clay, paint, steel, flour
Now joined by pixels
To seduce our souls for many an hour
Set forth a rule and someone becomes your enemy
Just as I've screwed up writing the meter for this similie
But debates are not found within these lines,
but a contest for your weary minds
Russian tech amuses us as their vodka supplies our bars
Regale me with PM poetry to lead your wolves in the stars
edit: Fuck rhyming, you have till Monday at 5 O' Clock
He took the hit. Here's his review:
He's the hero we deserve.
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Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
I remember when I decided this also. The list gets daunting, but it helps keep track of games and sales. Some people react negatively to it, though.
Who reacts negatively to having games on a wishlist?
You mean like a spouse?
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Getting started with BATTLETECH: Part 1 / Part 2
In the spirit of the season PM me your best Halloween story for a chance to win Escape Goat.
I will end the contest a few days from now.
It gets hard to giftbomb people if their wishlist is a narrow avenue that only goes on sale in a blue moon, like DLC, or dishwashing sims, or Activision titles.