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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
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FearfulSymmetry: Speaking as a girl, the game that got me hooked was Dragon Age: Origins. I've shown it to several of my female friends and I think I got about five of them into gaming that way.
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Chevette: Speaking as another female gamer, yep Gabriel Knight has long been one of my favorites... though I liked 1 more than 2 and 2 more than 3.

Jane Jensen, GK's creator, is currently working on a revamped version of GK1. Hooray!
GK 1 was GREAT!
"Just tell me.. anything at all." :D
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DukeDuvel: Thanks for the replies everyone, assumed as much. So I know have a couple of gifts to trade or give. Whatever happens I can use them myself. Any limit to how many 'gift' copies you can buy?
yea the size of your pocket book..
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DukeDuvel: Thanks for the replies everyone, assumed as much. So I know have a couple of gifts to trade or give. Whatever happens I can use them myself. Any limit to how many 'gift' copies you can buy?
Probably not. Not sure if there are time limits on gifts. Stick one in Redeem gifts and check to see if there is an expiry date
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Shendue: I am an avid Philip K. Dick reader, so i strongly suggest to read the book. And they made a comic book based on it that's very good as well. Damn, even the videogame's great.
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MGShogun: I would like to play the game but I dunno where to find it via legal means. :(
Blade Runner (the game) was excellent. It's a Westwood Studios game, after all ;-) It doesn't try to recreate the story of the film in game-form - the bane of most licensed games - instead, it's the story of another Blade Runner, which takes place in the same time-frame as the film, with references to the events of the film. It complements the film very nicely.

As for the film, I think the Final Cut version is the definitive version. If I recall correctly, it's essentially the same as the Director's Cut but with a few errors fixed, i.e. in previous versions the number of Replicants doesn't add up - one of them isn't accounted for. That sort of thing.
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Minmataro: Valve is working on a pure 100% offline Steam mode.

basically you only ever need to connect to their servers to buy/download or activate a game key. Once you do that you can make a short cut to your game and play them without the client even being open.

Just give them some time, they get that people hate DRM.
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nijuu: So what happens if you need to reinstall?. :P
You'd obviously have to reconnect to reinstall or download updates.
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mantarrochen: The thing about DRM is there is really nothing good to say about it.

It is outright hostile to users and it doesnt even really help against piracy. We all know why it is still around - to please stockholders. Who naturally are uninformed and think DRM poses some kind of value.
I stoped buying steam games after I found out GoG. No DRM is win win :D
Anyone else notice how posting on the forum drops off markedly as the game count gets low, then picks up with a vengeance once a new game is listed...
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Minmataro: Valve is working on a pure 100% offline Steam mode.

basically you only ever need to connect to their servers to buy/download or activate a game key. Once you do that you can make a short cut to your game and play them without the client even being open.

Just give them some time, they get that people hate DRM.
Is that true? If Steam ever releases a system which once I´ve downloaded the game I can play it offline, without even using the Steam client, or having to get online every x time, then, and only then, I will start buying games at Steam.
Just noticed that the 10 most popular games on the GOG opening web page are now all games in this promo.
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DukeDuvel: Thanks for the replies everyone, assumed as much. So I know have a couple of gifts to trade or give. Whatever happens I can use them myself. Any limit to how many 'gift' copies you can buy?
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nijuu: Probably not. Not sure if there are time limits on gifts. Stick one in Redeem gifts and check to see if there is an expiry date
I don't think they ever expire. I've still got one for Divine Divinity from way back. (Dunno why I have it since I own the game, but I do.)
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nijuu: So what happens if you need to reinstall?. :P
Like if you uninstall it? well you would need to get the game again from their servers if you didnt use the backup games function.
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gscotti: There is no way I am going to read the comic book or play the game - Philip K. Dick's novel created a very dark world in my mind, a very powerfully suggestive atmosphere, a slightly steampunkish world that any comic book or videogame can only fall short of. The best thing about Blade Runner was, actually, that it didn't try to faithfully recreate the novel.
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Shendue: The comic book is a word-by-word adaptation of the book DADOES, but the game is actually an amazing point-and-click adventure based on the movie, and it's a masterpiece. You should play it.
Check some reviews, you don't have to just believe me: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Blade-Runner-PC-MINT-FREE-SHIPPING-/261326129307?pt=Video_Games_Games&hash=item3cd840489b#rwid
Okay, if the game is based on the movie, then I'm interested.

Still a no on the comic book though. NOTHING beats the fantastic world that my brain imagined when reading the novel.
is it freebie time next
Just set up my GOG master OST playlist in VLC. Apparently I have 83 hours of music....

Also, apparently VLC thinks the Worlds of Ultima Medleys come from Kill Bill????
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Dreadjaws: An awful, awful comparison. If anything, it's like having to show your ID when you enter the mall.

It's the kind of unintrusive DRM. You can easily play the games without being online.

Edit: Wow, what happened to the quote? It's all scrambled.
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mkess: No it's not. They can take YOUR whole game catalog hostage, if you disagree wih them, or have an finacial dispute. Happened to somebody I know. They had a disagreement over the pricing of a MMO. Steam disabled all his games.

I use cracks for all games I buy from them, to negate that effect of the DRM.
I know for a fact that that is no longer the case. I heard about this happening and looked into it. If you try to charge back a purchase you made from Steam they will freeze your account from being able to buy new games (possibly ever) but what is in your library you still have access to. So while they may have USED to deactivate your games there was enough of an uproar about it for them to change that particular policy.