awalterj: The joy that comes from purchasing a game is -very- short lived

awalterj: One of my friends says he can even play FPS games on his ipad without any problems, I can't really believe there's an even remotely adequate substitute for keyboard & mouse but for a more casual playstyle or games that require simple
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I've only played the pre-installed Angry Birds for a bit but I couldn't take it for very long as I felt the intelligence draining out of me like a water from a bath tub. The theme song is catchy though, must admit.

awalterj: I understand you well, however I must point out that it's almost offensive to name Jedi Knight and S.P.A.Z in the same sentence. Jedi Knight is imho an absolute must have FPS and it's that one Star Wars game everyone needs to have played, right up there with TIE Fighter. It's a quintessential gaming experience and if I hadn't played it already, I would have broken my purchasing abstinence right now with no power in the Galaxy to hold me back, even if far away. Although...if I hadn't already played Jedi Knight I wouldn't know how awesome it is. Even people who don't care about Star Wars should check out Jedi Knight and relish in its grand level design and atmosphere. I wonder if the imbecile AI was ever updated but it doesn't detract too much from the overall fun. Still gets full marks.

Gnostic: Nooooooo what GOG has done. I have to repurchase bastion again -_-. So much for being clean.......

awalterj: If I can make it 4 more days, I'll have been clean for one entire month. This is unprecedented, maybe my strategy actually works. I still feel the strong need to get Galactic Battlegrounds but yesterday I almost caved in for another game, Hitman Blood Money over on Steam. I was this close to making the purchase but then I realized I haven't even played Hitman 2 and 3 yet and if I really ended up finishing all those and absolutely needed Blood Money, I can always get it later but there is no point in hoarding an entire series so many parts in advance if I only played the first one so far. It's highly unlikely I'll run out of games and regret skipping a sale.
Anyway, I successfully survived another wishlisted item sale, so far so good. Just wanted to share this with the group to say that yes, it's possible to resist even under great pressure. Fortunately, the recent GOG sales featured a lot of stuff I already have so I wasn't too much in a terrible bind but I have to say that big strategy game 70% off sale was quite formidable.

awalterj: One of my friends says he can even play FPS games on his ipad without any problems, I can't really believe there's an even remotely adequate substitute for keyboard & mouse but for a more casual playstyle or games that require simple controls it seems tablets are just fine.
I haven't downloaded a single app yet for my android tablet, I mostly bought it to have an emergency mobile internet device (my ancient cell phone has no internet) and also so I can load technique videos onto it with moves that I can practice with training partners but so far we haven't used it as we have plenty of regular things to practice from memory. In terms of games, I've only played the pre-installed Angry Birds for a bit but I couldn't take it for very long as I felt the intelligence draining out of me like a water from a bath tub. The theme song is catchy though, must admit.

awalterj: How dare you go to other threads than this one to get help, you're undermining my cult.

awalterj: Except this one is better because this is where you can find your salvation. You people can't desert me here because this is group therapy and without people there's no group and without group therapy I can't do it and will never be healed.

awalterj: The joy that comes from purchasing a game is -very- short lived, it's like a sugar rush followed by a sugar crash and then you need more sugar. Or in the case of buying games, you'll have to keep buying and buying to stimulate the reward centers of your brain.
A good strategy can be to reward yourself for not buying, for example if I manage to not buy anything for an entire month (hopefully achieved this Saturday) then I'll reward myself, maybe by buying a game...uhm I mean I can buy some chocolate or something, anything really. Maybe I can even pat myself on the shoulder, something I usually never do.

PS: I only advocate not buying games in the case of out-of-control purchasing addiction, as a drastic measure to regain control of oneself. Ultima ratio, so to speak.

ET3D: Why do you need to purchase it again? (And yes, I give in to "let's get a DRM-free version" too, but let's face it, that's not a great reason to buy, especially at only 60% off.)

ET3D: Why do you need to purchase it again? (And yes, I give in to "let's get a DRM-free version" too, but let's face it, that's not a great reason to buy, especially at only 60% off.)

Gnostic: Also why a lot of people think that 60% off is too expensive? It is $6 now, not $60. What is the worth of a good game? $3?

Gnostic: I find it shameful that highly acclaimed game like Shovel Knight have their only 1% of their total sales on GOG.
So many people curse and swear when a game is DRM but do not put money where their mouth are.

ET3D: Under $1, I think. And people think that because of bundles. But in this case, it's the worth of a game you already own, and that would naturally be pretty low.
ET3D: Perhaps it would indeed be a good idea for GOG to get into bundles and bring more people.

I think that it's just that the people who really care about DRM-free are a small minority.

Gnostic: Based on a rough estimate of an indie studio the cost of making a game with a team of 6 people for 2 years is 1.44 million. If a 50 strong team work on a game for 2 years, then the cost is 12 million

Assuming that the devs sell games for $1 and an AAA games takes 50 people and 2 years to produce