Category Archives: Miscellany
Preview of Coming Events
So I may or may not have spent an inordinate amount of money on Steam sales this holiday season. The games include the following (in no particular order):
- Hitman series
- Dead Island
- L.A. Noir: Complete Edition
- DX:HR DLC
- Tomb Raider series
- Indie games such as Space Pirates and Zombies, Jamestown, From Dust, etc
- Dungeon Defenders + DLC
- Bulletstorm
- Red Faction: Armageddon + DLC
- RAGE
- Skyrim
- Warhammer 40k: Space Marine
- Torchlight
- Fable 3 + DLC
- Total War: Shogun 2
As you are probably aware, I have no MMO on my plate at the moment, nor would one probably fit on my plate, let alone dinner table at this point. However, I have been following SWTOR discussions very closely and of course keep abreast of WoW news 5+ months after having quit. If there is a price drop on SWTOR or Blizzard gets their head out of their asses and discounts server transfers, I could very well find myself back in the saddle. Ironically, the longer that Blizzard keeps the Annual Pass promotion open, the more likely I am to buy-in. Diablo 3 is one of those rare Day 1 purchases for me, and the closer the release date Soon™ gets the more valuable the Annual Pass becomes – the fewer months wasted on Cataclysm, the better.
In any case, I want to thank everyone for your patronage in 2011, and will endeavor to maintain whatever redeeming qualities you found in this slightly cocked corner of the internet throughout 2012.
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- Beat Deus Ex: Human Revolution a few days ago; the more formal review will be forthcoming. Short version is: game was goo… *crash to desktop*
- Steam holiday sales annoy me to an extent. You see, what is the point of having entire catalogs on sale from 33-50% off, when they routinely turn around and toss up seemingly random selections from those same catalogs for 75% off? The only purpose I can ascertain is to piss people off.
- For example, Space Marine was 33% off for the pass week, now is 50%. Torchlight was 50% off for the past week, now is 75%. I learned my lesson when I was burned in this way a year ago, but it still boggles my mind they pull the same shit year after year. All it encourages me to do is to wait until the very last moment to buy anything lest it go on sale a day later, and thereby potentially miss the deadline entirely and not buy anything.
- I generally avoid the stupid Steam contests that involve you having to (re-)download multiple 10 gb games you already purchased but haven’t played yet in order to unlock achievements that result in lumps of coal. I did however do so on a whim with the Orcs Must Die! one. I have been playing the game every since.
- Sometimes I hate buying shit off the internet. There are two monitors on Amazon, both Viewsonic 24″ widescreen LEDs: the VX2450WM (originally $368, now $179.99) and the VX2453MH (originally $270, now $189.99). For the life of me, I can’t seem to understand the difference. The latter has 30 million: 1 contrast as opposed to 20 million:1, is “ultra thin,” can be turned into a picture-frame looking thing for god knows what reason, and weighs 0.9 lbs less. The former can be mounted on a stand or something, and has roughly three times as many reviews (both are 4.5/5 stars).
- My first instinct, I shit you not, was the former simply because “You Save: $188.01 (51%)” vs “You Save: $80.24 (30%).” With logic like that, I’m surprised I haven’t already ruined the Monster cables hooked up to my Alienware by spilling Grey Poupon all over them. Good thing I’m still covered under my Black Tie GeekSquad 5-year Best Buy warranty, ya?
- Grey Poupon. Poupon. Poupon.
- You now have an angry French guy in your head. You’re welcome.
Have a happy whatever you celebrate or not celebrate, as the case may be.
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