All keys have been claimed, but, Origins is really really good. You’ll probably be able to get it super cheap in the steam sale here in a week.

Nah, just giving away stuff I’m never going to use. Hopefully it’s a fun time for you!

All yours. :)

Yep, sending it to you!

You’re welcome. :)

Sure thing, sending!

All yours. Sending!

Yup, sending!

Sure, it’s all yours!

Actually, apparently I can create a gift link, so I’ll PM that to you. Enjoy!

Oh sure thing! I just don’t want them to go to waste.

You’re welcome to it. PM me your email address and I’ll send you the gift key.

Sure thing. Sent! Enjoy, and Merry Christmas!

I do! Send me a private message with your email and I’ll forward it.

It’s just fan speculation at this point, but yeah. I’ll be thinking about it before I buy, if I do.

Yeah, feels like an overreaction to me, especially given the economic upheaval affecting the world since 2018.

Devs gotta eat and the game is not only good but fairly priced already.

Apparently in 2018 the devs stated publicly they’d never add paid content to the game. At least that’s what the fans state. I dunno.

I bought it a year ago, played it for ten hours. It’s a fun little game.

I don’t buy a lot of the big company games anyway, but if this becomes commonplace, what’ll happen is I’ll buy my big-company games second-hand so the benefit to the perpetrators is lessened.

I heard the new Game of Thrones game is using LLM’s to generate some of its content. Pisses me off.

Yeah, the games I’ve spent very little on I’ve put a ton of time into, like Vampire Survivors, Noita, and Dungeon Defenders.

Oh definitely. I’ve enjoyed the experience of helping devs mold a title into something better in exchange for a lower price.

That’s fine. I don’t agree with you.

My rule is I’m only willing to pay a dollar for every expected hour of play, so you can imagine I buy few things at full price.

The last two games I paid full price for were Elden Ring and Mandragora. I am far more likely to pay full price for an indie title that I’m excited about than anything else, because as an artist myself, I fully understand the impact of a pre-purchase on an indie studio.

Lucky bastard.

I’m one of them. Huzzah.

Yeah, I’ve tried all of the compatibility programs.

Some will run using those, but in a very, very sluggish way.

I love to hear it, but only about 70% of mine work on Linux, so I’m stuck with a dual boot. 99% Linux is better than no Linux, at least.

There are still a few dozen active persistent worlds. They all have different flavors. Some are role-play focused and some more hack-and-slash. Some are high magic and some low. You kinda just have to try a bunch out and see which shoe fits.

If you’re logged in as the DM, you basically have a cheat menu that allows you to spawn monsters, items, placeables, etc. It’s pretty darn cool.

I run a weekly campaign on Neverwinter Nights and this week was the annual Halloween event. After closing the evil portal I introduced the players to ‘Gertie’, basically a character I made that’s an amalgamation of all the weird grandmas you all met when trick-or-treating as kids (using the game’s Sea Hag model), and she asked each adventurer: “Now what are YOU supposed to be, little boy/girl?” and made one of them kiss her on the cheek because he was “so adorable”.

And then she gave them bags of candy.

That turned out pretty funny with how the various party members reacted and played along with the gag.

Just when you think EA can’t get any shittier, they find another way to lower the bar.

Looks cool. I’ll give the demo a try.

Thank you for giving us try-before-you-buy.

Haven’t really had anything I’ve enjoyed lately, but I am ready an exceedingly good video game-esque novel. It’s called ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’.

That’s pretty fucking cool.

Bummer.

You can still buy bitcoin though, just wait for the next dip and get right in.

Bioshock

I know it doesn’t matter, but after all I’ve read about Nintendo and the Switch 2 in the last year?

Fuck 'em. I’m going to get a Steam Deck or a Lenovo handheld, and I’ll just enjoy the Nintendo products I already have. I’m not spending a small fortune on a console that they can brick remotely, or force me to buy a $50 proprietary charger for, or a “virtual game cartridge”.

Fuck all of that bullshit.

Getting weird is why we love Bioshock so much.

What a bummer. Might get it second hand then instead.

I think I’m going to get the Dead Space remake (90% off currently), Granny: Escape Together (I like horror), and Escape the Mad Empire to start.

Might pick up more later in the sale, but this will keep me busy.

Remember you can get things refunded if you don’t end up liking a game.

So… who’s getting what?