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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 17, 2013
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REZistance: Bringing back the Haiku's!

Well I got some sleep
Dreams of Planescape, torment me
Ready to click 'Buy'
Very nice. Brought a tear to my eye. +1 for you!
Posted November 17, 2013
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Buenro-games:
Kid lmao nah just an actual gamer
Posted November 17, 2013
So how many people (thus far) were waiting for Nexus and missed it?
Posted November 17, 2013
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Buenro-games:
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ahab: Resonance craps all over kings quest.
In a good way?
Posted November 17, 2013
Games I bought in order

- Leisure Suit Larry Greatest Hits and Misses
- The Lords of Midnight
- Defenders' Quest
- Tales of Monkey Island
- Sacred Gold
- Nexus - The Jupiter Incident
- Resonance

This sale is very successful as I would not have bought any of the games above without discounts. Would not even bother to look at Resonance, Nexus or Monkey Island in normal circumstances.

I want
1. Expeditions: Conquistador
2. King's Bounty: Crossworlds GOTY
3. Theme Hospital
4. Tropico 3 Gold Ed
5. Alpha Centauri

Would consider those Spellforce games if they pop up.

It is 1am Monday morning now but I could not bear to sleep!
Posted November 17, 2013
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johnnygoging: I feel like there's a lot of negativity towards humble bundle sometimes on this forum. that kind of loyalty helps everyone but us.

4.73 for arkham asylu, the fear games, and everything else is nothing short of amazing. and I don't know how anyone can say the rest of the humble bundle is pure crap.
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zlep: A lot of people here are very supportive of Humble Bundle.

As for the negativity... remember that much of the GOG community prizes DRM-free as a thing of value. Humble started out looking as if they valued it too, but more recently have switched to heavy usage of Steam keys, even for some games that are readily available in DRM-free form. That choice has improved Humble's reputation among Steam fans, particularly the "no-Steam-no-buy" crowd, but has reduced it among DRM-free supporters. Swings and roundabouts. It's hard to be popular with everyone at once.
I'd guess it's up to the developers/publishers if they want HB to give a DRM-free file along with the steam keys. They sometimes do that. But if you already signed on to having your game on a DRM plattform, you might be unwilling to give out DRM-free copies on top of the low price.
Posted November 17, 2013
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Khalaq: So how many people (thus far) were waiting for Nexus and missed it?
The ones hoping to get it as a gift on the forum, I guess...
Posted November 17, 2013
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Velgor:
It's an old school point and click (like all wadjet eye published games) just with modern graphics ;)
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Posted November 17, 2013
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Tolmar: Lord Tolmar Stele of Polstead
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Gunsik: OK i thnik Yours is the most original so ill give LoM to You. Rest of You guys dont worry. knowing my luck i will prabobly get another game for free i already have.
Thank-you kind Sir. Polstead is actually the village I grew up in, in Suffolk county, England.
So small that many people in the nearest town (4 miles away) have not heard of it,
Posted November 17, 2013
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johnnygoging: I feel like there's a lot of negativity towards humble bundle sometimes on this forum. that kind of loyalty helps everyone but us.

4.73 for arkham asylu, the fear games, and everything else is nothing short of amazing. and I don't know how anyone can say the rest of the humble bundle is pure crap.
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zlep: A lot of people here are very supportive of Humble Bundle.

As for the negativity... remember that much of the GOG community prizes DRM-free as a thing of value. Humble started out looking as if they valued it too, but more recently have switched to heavy usage of Steam keys, even for some games that are readily available in DRM-free form. That choice has improved Humble's reputation among Steam fans, particularly the "no-Steam-no-buy" crowd, but has reduced it among DRM-free supporters. Swings and roundabouts. It's hard to be popular with everyone at once.
I am usually part of the "no-steam-no-buy" and was hesitant to even buy from GoG until I saw they had a GoG downloader. I think people have become accustomed to having their entire library in the cloud available to them. It is extremely convenient.

Even now with all the indie game sites we have what, 5 or 6 sites that currently list our downloads/keys. No guarantee that they will persists as Steam/GoG will. I have already bought games on GoG here that I had on some random Indie bundle site somewhere else but without the interface to aggregate all my games and see what I own it was impossible for me to know I had already purchased it without actually going to each site and clicking on each bundle link. (This was for survivor)

I think you will start to see people move towards aggregates as this becomes more or an issue, particularly when we are all buying 5-10 games a month through Indie bundles or sales. This is likely the reason Humble and to an extend other indie bundles have moved towards having steam keys available.
Posted November 17, 2013
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Khalaq: So how many people (thus far) were waiting for Nexus and missed it?
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dedoporno: The ones hoping to get it as a gift on the forum, I guess...
I am still really just waiting for Jade and Thief, but the hype in the forum let me to investigate a bit about Nexus, decided I might want it but POOF!
Posted November 17, 2013
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Khalaq: So how many people (thus far) were waiting for Nexus and missed it?
I've been waiting for days...and GOT IT!!! So happy. Only one left to get : Jade Empire. But, I know better and I'm likely to stay to the bitter end and impulse buy even more.
Posted November 17, 2013
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Khalaq: So how many people (thus far) were waiting for Nexus and missed it?
Quite a bit, including me.
Posted November 17, 2013
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Gunsik: something like nickname for example Genghis Khan, Mahatma Gandhi. alexander great and so on
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Cardian: Commander Keane ;) But I don't even know what game this is about. Probably Nexus, I already have that ;)

Edit: Oh, it was for LoM. Thank god, I didn't win it. Somebody else is surely happier with it. (Not to say it's a bad game, it's just not my taste.)
Tolmar got it but after i send my post that LoM is going to him someone wrote to me on pm and i feel bad for that person. His sobriquet sounds realy chivalry. i cant write it here becouse it contains his real name.
Posted November 17, 2013
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dedoporno: The ones hoping to get it as a gift on the forum, I guess...
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Buenro-games: I am still really just waiting for Jade and Thief, but the hype in the forum let me to investigate a bit about Nexus, decided I might want it but POOF!
Yeah, it's a good idea to watch the bar for a bit before you decide to skip something. If you see large numbers of copies selling out in short order, you probably want to grab a copy (quickly!) while you can.
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