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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 18, 2013
Thank you Elinnea for gifting me Theme Hospital :D
I am forever grateful
Posted November 18, 2013
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the_borderer: Hello, it's me again.
What have I missed since Omerta?
My awesome homemade chicken-lentil soup! Nom nom nom! :oP
Posted November 18, 2013
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GhostwriterDoF: I've been really curious about a lot of the Titles in this sale, especially watching them in the third round. Never Winter Nights 2 had 2100 copies and sold in about 3 to 5 minutes....
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Knofbath: NWN 2 is normally priced at $20 on here, the discount to $4 was too deep to ignore. Plus there are all sorts of modules available for it online if you don't like the main campaign.
This +1.
Posted November 18, 2013
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CarrionCrow: Hope sheds bitter tears
The Keaning descends on us
We just want our games
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Cardian:
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Knofbath: In any case, your original post in on the previous page for me, and none of the newcomers are likely to see it by now.
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Cardian: Time's up anyway. I really liked all of your Haikus and it's a tough decision. I deem the winner *drumroll*

CarrionCrow. I think it's quite emotional and it even adds some kind of new perspective in the last line. Also, I really wanted it to go to someone who wanted it for himself.
Congratulations CarrionCrow! +1 from me to Cardian for generosity as well.

I saw poem and rhyme, and completely missed out the syllable part. After seeing folks post compact versions, went back, re-read, but mind too numb to count syllables - does time count as ti and me or time...
Posted November 18, 2013
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Briareos262: he is right. That is why I this this is the best promo I've seen from gog, for as long as I've been here at least.
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JohnnyDollar: I recall reading some complaints during this last Summer sale because not many individual games were getting deep discounts. Well, now they're here. ;)

People need to also remember that GOG doesn't handle the volume of sales like Steam and some of these others have. I think it'll only get better as GOG grows their catalog and customer base.
well one thing for sure. I'm certain this promo deal gave them tons of exposure and should bring alot more people to gog. I mean 80% of alot of titles that does not include the word steam is just awesome. Brilliant marketing from gog, I'm sure they alot more people here and hopefully they can bring more classic games to us ^_^
Posted November 18, 2013
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GhostwriterDoF: I've been really curious about a lot of the Titles in this sale, especially watching them in the third round. Never Winter Nights 2 had 2100 copies and sold in about 3 to 5 minutes....
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Knofbath: NWN 2 is normally priced at $20 on here, the discount to $4 was too deep to ignore. Plus there are all sorts of modules available for it online if you don't like the main campaign.
I have the NWN 1 Diamond from here already... just not ready to go there with NWN 2, not with my backlog of games already growing....
Posted November 18, 2013
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CarrionCrow: Hope sheds bitter tears
The Keaning descends on us
We just want our games
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Cardian:
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Knofbath: In any case, your original post in on the previous page for me, and none of the newcomers are likely to see it by now.
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Cardian: Time's up anyway. I really liked all of your Haikus and it's a tough decision. I deem the winner *drumroll*

CarrionCrow. I think it's quite emotional and it even adds some kind of new perspective in the last line. Also, I really wanted it to go to someone who wanted it for himself.
I agree, his was better than mine ;)
I wanted to do this more for fun than the game (although I was awfully tempted when it went by...). And I prefer this method of getting a gift/freebie.

BTW, my post complimenting CarrionCrow stalled, so here is what I said "This is niiiiiiice..." It's quite evocative, especially as it further builds on relationship to the homophone "keening", at least in my mind.
Posted November 18, 2013
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Kaitu: Found this site entirely by accident when I realized that my backup copies of Alpha Centauri/Alien Crossfire had gone missing. I was so upset and spent FOREVER pouring over the web to find it. Eventually I found this site and the rest is history. :-)
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skeletonbow: Sounds like the loss was a gift in disguise eh? :) The cool thing is that the GOG versions of these games are pretty much all way better than owning the actual original games, at least in many ways. No more fumbling with CDs/DVDs to install, or worse - to play, with some games like the Tex Murphy ones requiring frequent disk flipping on the originals... ugh.. :) No DRM of course so none of the hassles with that nonsense (manual lookups, codewheels, Alone in the Dark cards (argh), and other nonsense), various goodies, updated to work in current Windows... Hard to beat! :) I've bought many games here that I own on floppy/CD/DVD, as well as buying games I had "copies" of from before and ditching the inferior copies for a more legit one from GOG. :) If I had it my way, all my games would come from here in the future. Just need to be patient enough for all the big publishers to wake up and smell the GOGfee. :)
I really hate fiddling around with DosBox to get many old games to work properly (or at all) and that is my main reason for getting stuff on GoG. Most of the games in my inventory I still have as boxed copies.
Posted November 18, 2013
43 and counting...
Posted November 18, 2013
I've sorta given up on reading every single post, there's SO MANY
Posted November 18, 2013
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GhostwriterDoF: I have the NWN 1 Diamond from here already... just not ready to go there with NWN 2, not with my backlog of games already growing....
Embrace the backlog. It should inspire you to play more. :D
Posted November 18, 2013
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Cardian: Time's up anyway. I really liked all of your Haikus and it's a tough decision. I deem the winner *drumroll*

CarrionCrow. I think it's quite emotional and it even adds some kind of new perspective in the last line. Also, I really wanted it to go to someone who wanted it for himself.
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RPG: Congratulations CarrionCrow! +1 from me to Cardian for generosity as well.

I saw poem and rhyme, and completely missed out the syllable part. After seeing folks post compact versions, went back, re-read, but mind too numb to count syllables - does time count as ti and me or time...
He wanted a Haiku, 5 syllables, 7, and 5 again.
Posted November 18, 2013
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BananaJane: I've sorta given up on reading every single post, there's SO MANY
F5 F5 F5 F5 F5
Posted November 18, 2013
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BananaJane: I've sorta given up on reading every single post, there's SO MANY
You have to learn to speed read in a big hurry. The thread's active, I've gone to check progress on whatever game is up, come back, and it's another 1 or 2 pages ahead.
Posted November 18, 2013
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JohnnyDollar: I recall reading some complaints during this last Summer sale because not many individual games were getting deep discounts. Well, now they're here. ;)

People need to also remember that GOG doesn't handle the volume of sales like Steam and some of these others have. I think it'll only get better as GOG grows their catalog and customer base.
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Briareos262: well one thing for sure. I'm certain this promo deal gave them tons of exposure and should bring alot more people to gog. I mean 80% of alot of titles that does not include the word steam is just awesome. Brilliant marketing from gog, I'm sure they alot more people here and hopefully they can bring more classic games to us ^_^
I swear there has been a lot more people come out from lurking to participate in this thread as well :)
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