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  • 2022 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #27

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 27 10:26:00 2022
    The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
    yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

    -----------------------------------

    * Wandersong
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/530320/Wandersong/
    "Wandersong" is a simplistic, cute adventure-platformer with light
    puzzling. It's mostly a side-scrolling 'walking sim' where you guide a YY8PKspoony bard around a world meeting up with unlikely characters in
    an epic but lighthearted quest to save the world. It's short and C592H
    not very involved (and ever so Indie in its design); not a great game
    but an interesting palette-cleanser K6GXW between more serious titles,
    and thus an ideal way to round out this year's c.s.i.p.g.a give-away.
    Enjoy!

    -----------------------------------

    And that really is it for this year's give-aways... at least from me.
    I hope you all had fun with it, not only with the free games, but with
    the daily give-away posts themselves (you might not have noticed, but
    there was an ever-so subtle narrative about how a common holiday can
    have an unexpectedly uncommon twist ending, told with the help of lots
    of funny animals. But it was all very low-key so it may have slipped
    you by ;-)

    My goal was to inspire people to post more often on Usenet, and boy
    howdy did I succeed at that; you all were chatterboxes this month. I
    doubt this trend will continue at that pace now that the flow of free
    games has gone away, but maybe it's encouraged some of you to be a bit
    more prolific with your posting, in which case: mission accomplished!

    This year (patting-myself-on-the-back part of the post engaged) I gave
    away 52 games that - were I stupid enough to pay full price for all of
    them - would have amounted to more than $1,000 USD in value. Of those,
    Ant claimed 17 of them, with the rest of you trailing far behind
    (that's what you get for being slow and picky ;-). Lurkers were known
    to have grabbed six games. 20 games remain unclaimed (at least, nobody
    claimed them publicly, lurkers might have done what lurkers do)

    But in order to give these games a second chance, I'll list the keys
    that haven't been openly claimed below. No guarantee they'll still
    work but here's one last opportunity for you to fill out your library
    with games you don't want. Remember, nobody's last words were ever "I
    had a big enough video game's library," so stock up before the end
    times are upon us ;-)

    Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy C66XP-4CFN4-MC04L
    Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy: 7LH88-ZHBQC-0404W
    Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: J7TBW-ZZRG3-QJ3AL
    Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
    Drawful 2: EREWE-BPQ0K-ELLL8
    Sinking Island 5V4AT-XX5FA-3IQ0E
    Iron Danger 6RZQY-FLKGY-2488Y
    Amnesia Dark Descent + Machine for Pigs ENXCN-DAJNP-HXP0J
    112 Operator Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL
    PGA Tour 2K21 JMNA3-ZYGZP-0E3Z2
    Warsaw 8RB3Q-PWM9P-48W99
    Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
    Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
    Between the Stars 2NDRD-LLGM5-GPDX0
    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons BG9DF-CJ7BC-RIYLZ
    Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus RZXFZ-NA0AQ-MB6JR
    This War of Mine 4GELB-8J8GI-39FPL
    Kerbal Space Program IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW
    Metro Exodus Enhanced BCFAI-98DCQ-ITA4X

    Thank you all for the many fun posts, and I hope everybody will have a
    great new year. I don't know if I'll do this again next year, or if it
    will be quite as excessive (I know I say this every year) but if it is
    the last time, I think we can say we ended the tradition beautifully
    (and if we didn't end the tradition this year, then it stands as a
    challenge to be beat in upcoming give-aways ;-0

    But for now, I'm going back to my usual posting schedule. I think I
    (and all of you1) deserve the break. ;-)











    THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Dec 27 07:59:31 2022
    On 12/27/2022 7:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
    yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

    Huh? I don't even remember that! Better late than never. :-)


    * Wandersong
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/530320/Wandersong/
    "Wandersong" is a simplistic, cute adventure-platformer with light
    puzzling. It's mostly a side-scrolling 'walking sim' where you guide a YY8PKspoony bard around a world meeting up with unlikely characters in
    an epic but lighthearted quest to save the world. It's short and C592H
    not very involved (and ever so Indie in its design); not a great game
    but an interesting palette-cleanser K6GXW between more serious titles,
    and thus an ideal way to round out this year's c.s.i.p.g.a give-away.
    Enjoy!

    Passed. :-P


    -----------------------------------

    And that really is it for this year's give-aways... at least from me.
    I hope you all had fun with it, not only with the free games, but with
    the daily give-away posts themselves (you might not have noticed, but
    there was an ever-so subtle narrative about how a common holiday can
    have an unexpectedly uncommon twist ending, told with the help of lots
    of funny animals. But it was all very low-key so it may have slipped
    you by ;-)

    My goal was to inspire people to post more often on Usenet, and boy
    howdy did I succeed at that; you all were chatterboxes this month. I
    doubt this trend will continue at that pace now that the flow of free
    games has gone away, but maybe it's encouraged some of you to be a bit
    more prolific with your posting, in which case: mission accomplished!

    This year (patting-myself-on-the-back part of the post engaged) I gave
    away 52 games that - were I stupid enough to pay full price for all of
    them - would have amounted to more than $1,000 USD in value. Of those,
    Ant claimed 17 of them, with the rest of you trailing far behind
    (that's what you get for being slow and picky ;-). Lurkers were known
    to have grabbed six games. 20 games remain unclaimed (at least, nobody claimed them publicly, lurkers might have done what lurkers do)

    But in order to give these games a second chance, I'll list the keys
    that haven't been openly claimed below. No guarantee they'll still
    work but here's one last opportunity for you to fill out your library
    with games you don't want. Remember, nobody's last words were ever "I
    had a big enough video game's library," so stock up before the end
    times are upon us ;-)

    Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy C66XP-4CFN4-MC04L
    Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy: 7LH88-ZHBQC-0404W
    Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: J7TBW-ZZRG3-QJ3AL
    Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
    Drawful 2: EREWE-BPQ0K-ELLL8
    Sinking Island 5V4AT-XX5FA-3IQ0E
    Iron Danger 6RZQY-FLKGY-2488Y
    Amnesia Dark Descent + Machine for Pigs ENXCN-DAJNP-HXP0J
    112 Operator Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL
    PGA Tour 2K21 JMNA3-ZYGZP-0E3Z2
    Warsaw 8RB3Q-PWM9P-48W99
    Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
    Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
    Between the Stars 2NDRD-LLGM5-GPDX0
    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons BG9DF-CJ7BC-RIYLZ
    Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus RZXFZ-NA0AQ-MB6JR
    This War of Mine 4GELB-8J8GI-39FPL
    Kerbal Space Program IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW
    Metro Exodus Enhanced BCFAI-98DCQ-ITA4X

    Thank you all for the many fun posts, and I hope everybody will have a
    great new year. I don't know if I'll do this again next year, or if it
    will be quite as excessive (I know I say this every year) but if it is
    the last time, I think we can say we ended the tradition beautifully
    (and if we didn't end the tradition this year, then it stands as a
    challenge to be beat in upcoming give-aways ;-0

    But for now, I'm going back to my usual posting schedule. I think I
    (and all of you1) deserve the break. ;-)











    THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!

    Thanks again! :D I need a time machine! :P
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Dec 27 11:11:35 2022
    On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:59:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Thanks again! :D I need a time machine! :P

    Maybe in next year's give-away ;-)

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 27 10:55:53 2022
    The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
    yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

    I will pass on this one as I do not like the graphics at all and
    walking sims suck anyway. I also am not a fan of short games.

    Thank you Spalls for sharing all of those extra keys you had this
    year. I don't think I would have even shared the one extra key I had
    if it weren't for your year end giveaway as I don't believe it would
    have even occurred to me to share it here otherwise.

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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Dec 27 09:04:49 2022
    On 12/27/2022 7:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!

    *starts training the airborne sharknado units*

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Nod's Ant@21:1/5 to Dimensional Traveler on Tue Dec 27 11:40:43 2022
    On 12/27/2022 9:04 AM, Dimensional Traveler wrote:
    On 12/27/2022 7:26 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    THE BEAVANTS SHALL RETURN!

    *starts training the airborne sharknado units*

    *start training his army ants* "For Kane!" ;)
    --
    "Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
    Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." --Psalm
    103:1-3. Lots of spams and still slammy during the happy holidays! 1923
    is pretty good so far.
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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Dec 27 16:19:20 2022
    On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 7:26:12 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
    yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

    -----------------------------------

    * Wandersong
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/530320/Wandersong/
    "Wandersong" is a simplistic, cute adventure-platformer with light
    puzzling. It's mostly a side-scrolling 'walking sim' where you guide a YY8PKspoony bard around a world meeting up with unlikely characters in
    an epic but lighthearted quest to save the world. It's short and C592H
    not very involved (and ever so Indie in its design); not a great game
    but an interesting palette-cleanser K6GXW between more serious titles,
    and thus an ideal way to round out this year's c.s.i.p.g.a give-away.
    Enjoy!


    Woo Hoo! Got another one! This one was on my Wishlist too!
    But in order to give these games a second chance, I'll list the keys
    that haven't been openly claimed below. No guarantee they'll still
    work but here's one last opportunity for you to fill out your library
    with games you don't want. Remember, nobody's last words were ever "I
    had a big enough video game's library," so stock up before the end
    times are upon us ;-)

    I decided I should check so they don't flounder sitting lonely on
    usenet, lost and unwanted.

    Amerzone: The Explorer’s Legacy C66XP-4CFN4-MC04L
    Iron Danger 6RZQY-FLKGY-2488Y
    Amnesia Dark Descent + Machine for Pigs ENXCN-DAJNP-HXP0J
    PGA Tour 2K21 JMNA3-ZYGZP-0E3Z2
    Warsaw 8RB3Q-PWM9P-48W99
    Between the Stars 2NDRD-LLGM5-GPDX0
    Oddworld: Abe's Exoddus RZXFZ-NA0AQ-MB6JR
    Metro Exodus Enhanced BCFAI-98DCQ-ITA4X

    "Lourkhers" Justisaur spit.


    Nostradamus: The Last Prophecy: 7LH88-ZHBQC-0404W
    Haegemonia: Legions of Iron: J7TBW-ZZRG3-QJ3AL
    Drawful 2: EREWE-BPQ0K-ELLL8
    Sinking Island 5V4AT-XX5FA-3IQ0E
    Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons BG9DF-CJ7BC-RIYLZ
    This War of Mine 4GELB-8J8GI-39FPL

    These I got! I'm surprised this many were left.


    I didn't check this one as I took the other one, and found it
    a bit too frenetic and made me feel desperate and helpless
    in a bad way (can't help everyone.)

    112 Operator Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL


    I can't check the following as I already have them.

    Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
    Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
    Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
    Kerbal Space Program IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW


    Thanks again Spalls!

    - Justisaur

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to justisaur@gmail.com on Tue Dec 27 20:27:58 2022
    On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 16:19:20 -0800 (PST), Justisaur
    <justisaur@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tuesday, December 27, 2022 at 7:26:12 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    The long promised last game. Yeah, I know I said I'd post this
    yesterday. I forgot. So you get it today instead. ;-)

    -----------------------------------

    * Wandersong
    Woo Hoo! Got another one! This one was on my Wishlist too!

    I decided I should check so they don't flounder sitting lonely on
    usenet, lost and unwanted.

    Justisaur bravely takes one (or seven, as the case may be) for the
    team, and also catapults himself into second place. Thank you for your
    very noble sacrifice ;-)

    The 'score' so far:
    Ant: 17
    Justisaur: 8
    Mike S: 4
    Zaghadka: 2
    JAB: 1
    rms: 1
    (also, lurkers: 13... but they can't win no matter how many games
    they claim. Them's the - completely made up - rules! ;-)


    These games are still (potentially) available:
    112 Operator: Z486I-Q8AJI-KR8FL
    Draw Slasher: TL7EN-C49NZ-T9NJB
    Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic: 29GIR-I4Q59-KJMQG
    Call of Juarez: Gunslinger: 2046N-XQDW8-RKWIF
    Star Wars Jedi Knight Jedi Academy: 20G6F-L9JYA-KZCVK
    Kerbal Space Program: IA2JA-NAYQN-0TAXW

    Nobody's gonna de-throne Ant, but second place is still (possibly) in contention. Mike S. could still swing up from behind, and Zaghdka
    might force a tie. Will it happen? Who knows! But the tension is thick
    enough to cut with a knife!

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Dec 27 18:00:31 2022
    On 12/27/2022 5:27 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    ...
    Justisaur bravely takes one (or seven, as the case may be) for the
    team, and also catapults himself into second place. Thank you for your
    very noble sacrifice ;-)

    The 'score' so far:
    Ant: 17
    Justisaur: 8
    Mike S: 4
    Zaghadka: 2
    JAB: 1
    rms: 1
    (also, lurkers: 13... but they can't win no matter how many games
    they claim. Them's the - completely made up - rules! ;-)
    ...
    Nobody's gonna de-throne Ant, but second place is still (possibly) in contention. Mike S. could still swing up from behind, and Zaghdka
    might force a tie. Will it happen? Who knows! But the tension is thick
    enough to cut with a knife!

    Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P
    --
    "Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name.
    Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits." --Psalm
    103:1-3. Lots of spams and still slammy during the happy holidays! 1923
    is pretty good so far.
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Dec 27 19:10:01 2022
    On 12/27/2022 6:00 PM, Ant wrote:
    On 12/27/2022 5:27 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    ...
    Justisaur bravely takes one (or seven, as the case may be) for the
    team, and also catapults himself into second place. Thank you for your
    very noble sacrifice ;-)

    The 'score' so far:
        Ant: 17
        Justisaur: 8
        Mike S: 4
        Zaghadka: 2
        JAB: 1
        rms: 1
    (also, lurkers: 13... but they can't win no matter how many games
    they claim. Them's the - completely made up - rules!  ;-)
    ...
    Nobody's gonna de-throne Ant, but second place is still (possibly) in
    contention. Mike S. could still swing up from behind, and Zaghdka
    might force a tie. Will it happen? Who knows! But the tension is thick
    enough to cut with a knife!

    Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P

    If you don't play all of them to completion before the next insane Xmas giveaway you automatically lose.

    --
    I've done good in this world. Now I'm tired and just want to be a cranky
    dirty old man.

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed Dec 28 07:46:22 2022
    On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P

    I turned down many of Spalls games or I would have ended up with most
    of them. I tried to limit myself to just RPGs and Strategy games.

    I know you beat me at least twice. Zag beat me twice as well.

    Finally, I was genuinely surprised at how many games Spalls had to
    share. I guess, I shouldn't be....because... Spalls... but I was. I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 28 06:55:16 2022
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
    S. wrote:

    I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

    Ditto.

    In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
    them. That is nuts.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Wed Dec 28 07:08:53 2022
    On 12/28/2022 4:55 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
    S. wrote:

    I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

    Ditto.

    In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
    them. That is nuts.

    Same!!
    --
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    will give you rest.' --Matthew 11:28. Lots of spams and still slammy
    during the happy holidays! Black Adam flick was pretty, but not good.
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Mike S. on Wed Dec 28 07:08:24 2022
    On 12/28/2022 4:46 AM, Mike S. wrote:
    On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P

    I turned down many of Spalls games or I would have ended up with most
    of them. I tried to limit myself to just RPGs and Strategy games.

    I know you beat me at least twice. Zag beat me twice as well.

    Finally, I was genuinely surprised at how many games Spalls had to
    share. I guess, I shouldn't be....because... Spalls... but I was. I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

    I wonder how he gets so many!
    --
    "[Jesus said,] 'Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I
    will give you rest.' --Matthew 11:28. Lots of spams and still slammy
    during the happy holidays! Black Adam flick was pretty, but not good.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 28 10:44:36 2022
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:

    On Tue, 27 Dec 2022 18:00:31 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    Woohoo! I won this year. Now, I just need to play them. :P

    I turned down many of Spalls games or I would have ended up with most
    of them. I tried to limit myself to just RPGs and Strategy games.

    I know you beat me at least twice. Zag beat me twice as well.

    Finally, I was genuinely surprised at how many games Spalls had to
    share. I guess, I shouldn't be....because... Spalls... but I was. I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

    It seems awful to say this, but we have the war in Ukraine to thank
    for that. HumbleBundle did one of their "do it for the charity"
    bundles earlier this year to help the people of Ukraine, and there
    were /a lot/ of games in that bundle. About half the games went to me
    or somebody in my immediate circle, but the rest? They got tagged for
    the 2022 give-away.

    So those games made up the bulk of the games; a handful were spares I accumulated from other bundles, and a few I purchased specifically
    (and cheaply) for the give-away in order to fit the narrative ;-)

    But barring another massive charity bundle I wouldn't expect anything
    quite so excessive next year. We all benefited from Putin's
    intransigence this year, but I think we all agree that it's better to
    have fewer games than similar disasters in the future.

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to Ant on Wed Dec 28 10:51:46 2022
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:08:53 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

    On 12/28/2022 4:55 AM, Zaghadka wrote:
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
    S. wrote:

    I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

    Ditto.

    In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
    them. That is nuts.

    Same!!

    341 here, but otherwise the same. That Epic has continued the
    give-away program for so long that I've managed to accumulate that
    many games really tells you how profitable Fortnite is.

    I'm still surprised they keep doing it (the give-away program, I
    mean). I fully expect them to announce an end to it in 2023 (because
    that would seem the sensible thing to do) but who knows what will
    happen. When you have that much money at your fingertips, sensibility
    isn't a necessity anymore.

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Wed Dec 28 10:18:56 2022
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:44:36 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    HumbleBundle did one of their "do it for the charity"
    bundles earlier this year to help the people of Ukraine, and there
    were /a lot/ of games in that bundle.

    Damn. That *was* a lot of games. I will thank you just for doing all the inventory work that must have taken.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 28 18:57:01 2022
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:18:56 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 10:44:36 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    HumbleBundle did one of their "do it for the charity"
    bundles earlier this year to help the people of Ukraine, and there
    were /a lot/ of games in that bundle.

    Damn. That *was* a lot of games. I will thank you just for doing all the >inventory work that must have taken.


    Oh, the sacrifices I make, buying dozens of games for my own
    enjoyment. Truly, I am a saint. ;-)

    More seriously, that was one of the better bundles Humble ran (at
    least from a value perspective). But even when I was buying it, I knew
    a good chunk of those were gonna end up in the give-away. Don't get me
    wrong; the bulk of the games went into my library, but I knew a
    more-than-usual number would end up in this year's give-away too.So it
    was a triple-win; support for Ukraine, some games for me, and enough
    extras to make the December give-away exciting.

    If we're lucky, there will be another similar bundle, although
    hopefully not in response to anything as disastrous as the Ukraine
    invasion. But, you know, something like, "here's a 20 game bundle to
    help out with some less immediate and less life-threatening issue."
    (But even then, I sort of feel skeevy wishing that; who wants to
    profit off of somebody else's misfortune?)

    Still, as far as indexing went (and yes, I index; I'm the person with
    the spreadsheet, remember?), the Ukraine bundle was a lightweight.
    Now, the Itch.io charity bundles... /those/ are annoying to keep track
    of. But the Ukraine bundle? I think I spent more time setting up the spreadsheet for the give-away itself (because /of course/ I created
    another spreadsheet for that) than I did indexing the games I kept.
    ;-)

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  • From Alan D Ray@21:1/5 to All on Wed Dec 28 19:54:53 2022
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:55:16 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:


    I too have 98 games in my libraryfrom Epic and never bought any
    either.


    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike
    S. wrote:

    I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was
    giving away.

    Ditto.

    In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from
    them. That is nuts.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Alan D Ray on Wed Dec 28 20:15:07 2022
    On Wednesday, December 28, 2022 at 4:54:54 PM UTC-8, Alan D Ray wrote:
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 06:55:16 -0600, Zaghadka <zagh...@hotmail.com>
    wrote:


    I too have 98 games in my libraryfrom Epic and never bought any
    either.
    On Wed, 28 Dec 2022 07:46:22 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Mike >S. wrote:

    I
    honestly found his list of games more interesting then what Epic was >>giving away.

    Ditto.

    In other news, I have 101 games on Epic and haven't bought a thing from >them. That is nuts.

    I've bought a couple. Outer Worlds as it was an exclusive at the time,
    and something else because I had that $15 coupon they were giving away,
    and paid in real money far less than it was going for. Might have been
    disco elysium? I don't remember.

    I'm tempted with Saints Row as it appears to be an exclusive again,
    but really, I can wait both for it to go to other platforms and drop in price considerably. I think it was already on sale on Epic for a considerable discount, so it's likely to go down more.

    - Justisaur

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