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Posted November 13, 2013
Deals so good, you won't want to fall asleep.
You remember back when you used to walk into a store, browse the shelves, pick out a game, and then buy it--all in the actual real world? We don't know about you, but most of us at GOG.com have had our limbs atrophy to small vestigial nubbins since all of our shopping happens online these days. Of course, one thing that sometimes happens in real world stores with real world goods--particularly when they have a good sale--is that they run out of stock. Usually that means that the deal was so good that they couldn't keep up with demand.

Well, in the digital realm, this is usually pretty rare. How do you run out of stock on digital games, short of entropy devouring the universe? Well, we have gotten 101 games that will be on sale on the front page of GOG.com, but the discounts are so high at the moment that we can't just sell an unlimited number of copies of these games: we are only able to sell a few at these discounts--up to 80% off--and once they're gone, they're gone.

So what games will be on sale in our Insomnia promo? Bestselling classics and new games alike. There will also occasionally be some free games in super limited numbers (like, 20 or 30 copies)--if you're fast enough on the trigger finger to pick 'em up, that is. The deal will run from now until we're out of "stock" of games for the sale, and games may show up more than once. So it's time to bathe in a tub of coffee*, dip some espresso**, snort an energy drink***, or do whatever else it takes to stay up so you don't miss out on the best deals on fantastic games on GOG.com since summer.
*This is probably not a good idea
**This is definitely not a good idea
***This is totally safe, though****
****NO IT'S NOT WHAT ARE YOU DOING YOU CRAZY PERSON
Post edited November 13, 2013 by TheEnigmaticT
Posted November 16, 2013
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Buenro-games: Even though it's so cheap it might take a little bit. Might as well go and take a big Keane while I wait. Hope the toilet doesn't get clogged.
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Soccorro: Is jack keane really that bad?
No, just check out the 5* reviews on GOG for Jack Keane 2 ;)
Posted November 16, 2013
two more and then I quit! Expeditions: Conquistador and Jade Empire (both of which I passed on first go round, but have since changed my mind and MUST HAVE!!) Very addictive sale, I like it....
Posted November 16, 2013
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Soccorro: Is jack keane really that bad?
I guess not - we were simply entertaining ourselves while waiting for another game :)
Posted November 16, 2013
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EX-Deimon: Exactly. Hence my term the only "good kind of DRM" i can possibly think of.
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Shendue: I see your reasoning, but i stand my point. My problem with DRM is that it's substantially misleading people into thinking they are buying games, when they are, more or less, renting them. And the more popular it gets, the thinner customer's rights become. One should be allowed to own something if he buys it.
Even if someone makes a copy of a DRM free game and gives it to someone else, that someone else would most likely be someone that wouldn't buy it in first place. He would either pirate the game or not play it at all. So there's just a minimal loss on developers. And this concept comes from someone who buys everything, for what is worth. Even some developers themselves have spoken in favour of this concept, so it's not like it's that odd of an idea.
Interestingly Sega have just released a report reckoning that Football Manager 2013 was pirated 10 million sales, they figured that was just 1.74% lost sales. So pirates aren't particularly paying customers

Full link
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/14/football-manager-2013-pirated-10-million-times-says-devs/
Post edited November 16, 2013 by Tolmar
Posted November 16, 2013
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SpiderFighter: SM didn't take 8 hours; RCR did.
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gscotti: Which is what I was referring to, RCR took eight hours to move over.
Ah, gotcha. Sorry, I misunderstood. :)
Posted November 16, 2013
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gscotti: Which is what I was referring to, RCR took eight hours to move over.
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SpiderFighter: Ah, gotcha. Sorry, I misunderstood. :)
It was my fault actually - I edited the post now.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Soccorro: Is jack keane really that bad?
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Novotnus: I guess not - we were simply entertaining ourselves while waiting for another game :)
I think it is just priced high for this site....with not as good a discount as some of the other games... Actually looks good to me..
Posted November 16, 2013
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Shendue: I see your reasoning, but i stand my point. My problem with DRM is that it's substantially misleading people into thinking they are buying games, when they are, more or less, renting them. And the more popular it gets, the thinner customer's rights become. One should be allowed to own something if he buys it.
Even if someone makes a copy of a DRM free game and gives it to someone else, that someone else would most likely be someone that wouldn't buy it in first place. He would either pirate the game or not play it at all. So there's just a minimal loss on developers. And this concept comes from someone who buys everything, for what is worth. Even some developers themselves have spoken in favour of this concept, so it's not like it's that odd of an idea.
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Schemilix: That's a very USA opinion of the right of the consumer to enjoy the product overcomes the right of the producer to benefit from said product. All's said and done it's a business agreement. I think there should be more transparent marketing about what kind of DRM is there. Back in the days of serial keys for so many computers at once it was reasonable. Now needing to be online is just getting a little silly.

These sales are incredibly cheap but I see GOG games pirated allll the time. I don't pirate games because of the amount of work that goes into them and my enormous backlog. But I'm vegetarian so I probably experience moral guilt more quickly than other people, ha.

But no I do think DRM is reasonable. Protecting your assets can be done without screwing other people over.
Hell actually, Steam is DRM-y. Never had a single problem with it since you can play in Offline mode. -shrugs-
My problem is sometimes retail copies and Non-GOG versions just don't get their annoying DRM pulled - i.e. Riddick: Dark Athena.

So, if GOG or somewhere else later on gets a clean DRM-FREE version, we could actually get double-dipped on.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Buenro-games: Even though it's so cheap it might take a little bit. Might as well go and take a big Keane while I wait. Hope the toilet doesn't get clogged.
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Soccorro: Is jack keane really that bad?
See you in about six hours then
Posted November 16, 2013
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Buenro-games: Even though it's so cheap it might take a little bit. Might as well go and take a big Keane while I wait. Hope the toilet doesn't get clogged.
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Soccorro: Is jack keane really that bad?
Its probably not as bad as people say.
It was just unlucky to be the first game to stall the sale for over 5 hours.

RCR may take the lead now by 8 hours, but Keanne will never be forgotten lol.
Posted November 16, 2013
I don't mind the sales dragging on so much today and yesterday except for that it means the games I actually want to buy will appear only when I'm asleep.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Shendue: I see your reasoning, but i stand my point. My problem with DRM is that it's substantially misleading people into thinking they are buying games, when they are, more or less, renting them. And the more popular it gets, the thinner customer's rights become. One should be allowed to own something if he buys it.
Even if someone makes a copy of a DRM free game and gives it to someone else, that someone else would most likely be someone that wouldn't buy it in first place. He would either pirate the game or not play it at all. So there's just a minimal loss on developers. And this concept comes from someone who buys everything, for what is worth. Even some developers themselves have spoken in favour of this concept, so it's not like it's that odd of an idea.
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Tolmar: Interestingly Sega have just released a report reckoning that Football Manager 2013 was pirated 10 million sales, they figured that was just 1.74% lost sales. So pirates aren't particularly paying customers

Full link
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/11/14/football-manager-2013-pirated-10-million-times-says-devs/
Indeed. I read this before. It seems someone in the Vatican has been a naughty boy.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Schemilix: I bought a copy... but in the last round. I think only so many people want it, or don't have it.
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gscotti: The last round for Shadow Man was much faster than the 2nd one, actually. That surprised me. They were moving more than twice as many games per minute than before.
That's odd. Maybe people decided they wanted it.

It just looks a little different. Frankly I'm tired of 'white male protagonist saves the day'. I'm tired of 'white/ambiguously white-ified Asian guy saves the day WITH LOTS OF ANGST AND IT'S TOTALLY DEEP AND DARK' (FFVII) type plots too. This looks genuinely dark and features an anti-hero who looks genuinely bloody interesting for once.

Nothing wrong with white male protags of course, but generally what I mean by that is 'stock hero syndrome' or in more recent years 'stock gritty anti-hero with a gravelly voice' syndrome.

And then having a woman as the main character and totally wasting an opportunity to develop her character in favour of huge tits. Please, I am all in favour of sexy female protags (though the huge-breasts tiny hips lots of makeup kind are the exact opposite of my taste in women), please develop 'em, it's demeaning to play games like that. Dragon's Crown has the Amazon for example and she's fucking awesome.
Posted November 16, 2013
So, the order the games turn up in doesn't stay the same, does it? There's a list with games which should come around again, but I guess the order's different. Otherwise it'd be boring :D
Posted November 16, 2013
For anyone who cares, Legend of Grimrock is the more recent entry in the same genre as Anvil of Dawn.
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