// //
// I'm cheating by sending this out a half-hour before the //
// freebies are actually released; don't tell Ant. But I //
// won't be at my desk to hit the send button at a more //
// appropriate time, so this post is going out a bit //
// early. Hopefully Epic won't change the line-up ;-) //
// //



Hey, Thursday! You're back! Has it really been a week already? Man,
time's just flying by. What's that you say, Thursday? Epic has asked
you to bring us some games? Well, I can't say I'm surprised, but what
are these games you bring? Don't keep us in the dark, Thursday!

This week we get:

* Bloons TD6
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bloons-td-6-bf95a0
An Indie tower-defense game, but one you may already have (Epic
offered it as a freebie in December 2022). It looks like a mobile
game, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (if it isn't over-monetized)
but it feels a poor fit for the PC platform. And personally, I can't
stand the visuals.


* Loop Hero
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/loop-hero
Slightly more interesting, but also a repeat (first offered free on
Epic November 2021). "Loop Hero" is a rogue-like using card-deck
mechanics. Retro-graphics and grindy gameplay don't make the game very appealing to me, but it seems to have its fans.



I'm not sure but I think this is the first week where Epic has offered
multiple games for free where all of them were repeat freebies. Oh
well. Another Thursday is only a week away.

// //
// And remember: don't tell Ant ;-) //

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On Thu, 03 Aug 2023 10:29:07 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

I'm not sure but I think this is the first week where Epic has offered >multiple games for free where all of them were repeat freebies. Oh
well. Another Thursday is only a week away.

Yeah, as you say, I had both of these already. Thanks anyway for the
post.

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On Thursday, August 3, 2023 at 7:29:18 AM UTC-7, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

* Bloons TD6
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bloons-td-6-bf95a0
An Indie tower-defense game, but one you may already have (Epic
offered it as a freebie in December 2022). It looks like a mobile
game, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (if it isn't over-monetized)
but it feels a poor fit for the PC platform. And personally, I can't
stand the visuals.

That's because it is a free* mobile game. Stooping low Epic. It's
pretty popular, not really my cuppa, but it's fine for a monkey vs. baloons tower defense game with microtransactions.

- Justisaur

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On 8/3/2023 10:29 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

* Bloons TD6
* Loop Hero
I'm not sure but I think this is the first week where Epic has offered multiple games for free where all of them were repeat freebies. Oh
well. Another Thursday is only a week away.

Next week: Europa Universalis IV (repeat EGS freebie) and Orwell:
Keeping an Eye on You (previous Steam freebie since I own it and it's
not the kind of game that would interest me).

--
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been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread
winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the
false notion that democracy means that my ignorance is just as good as
your knowledge.

-Isaac Asimov

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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

// //
// I'm cheating by sending this out a half-hour before the //
// freebies are actually released; don't tell Ant. But I //
// won't be at my desk to hit the send button at a more //
// appropriate time, so this post is going out a bit //
// early. Hopefully Epic won't change the line-up ;-) //
// //

Ha, I was going to post but way too late. ;p I was busy too, but here I
am now.

Hey, Thursday! You're back! Has it really been a week already? Man,
time's just flying by. What's that you say, Thursday? Epic has asked
you to bring us some games? Well, I can't say I'm surprised, but what
are these games you bring? Don't keep us in the dark, Thursday!

This week we get:

* Bloons TD6
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/bloons-td-6-bf95a0
An Indie tower-defense game, but one you may already have (Epic
offered it as a freebie in December 2022). It looks like a mobile
game, which isn't necessarily a bad thing (if it isn't over-monetized)
but it feels a poor fit for the PC platform. And personally, I can't
stand the visuals.

It said I already have this.

* Loop Hero
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/loop-hero
Slightly more interesting, but also a repeat (first offered free on
Epic November 2021). "Loop Hero" is a rogue-like using card-deck
mechanics. Retro-graphics and grindy gameplay don't make the game very appealing to me, but it seems to have its fans.

Meh.

I'm not sure but I think this is the first week where Epic has offered multiple games for free where all of them were repeat freebies. Oh
well. Another Thursday is only a week away.

// //
// And remember: don't tell Ant ;-) //

You told me directly! ;)

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I'm not sure but I think this is the first week where Epic has offered >multiple games for free where all of them were repeat freebies.

Retreads. Ugh!

rms

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