Posted March 04, 2015
CarrionCrow: You're right, of course. Unless something gets pulled out of the blue (like Scratches, which got pulled with no warning AT ALL), it'll all still be here and the prices keep dropping til they hit rock bottom.
It's all a game ultimately, and in a stroke of marketing brilliance it even manages to tap into the childhood attempts to stay awake all night, just to rebel against when you're "supposed" to go to sleep.
Will agree with you there. Coffee's fine, but I can't think of how putting it with beer would make it anything but foul.
adaliabooks: I think that's why it works, GoG has managed to really make buying games a game... the tracker thread is (as someone mentioned over there) like a load of sports fans watching a big game.. It's all a game ultimately, and in a stroke of marketing brilliance it even manages to tap into the childhood attempts to stay awake all night, just to rebel against when you're "supposed" to go to sleep.
Will agree with you there. Coffee's fine, but I can't think of how putting it with beer would make it anything but foul.
The whole concept is ridiculous, but we buy into it because it's fun, and it's nice to see everyone come together and talk about and curse over missing things, wish for other things to pop up...
The really nice thing is that you can save a boatload of money along with being silly, so long as you're willing to torture yourself to do it. -laughs-