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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
haha would be crazy if the community explodes because of some freebies :D
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Briareos262: Then you sir are very lucky. I think I've only came across one other poster here that got a free game that lived in the States, so I suppose it might be a continental issue. Also I think most people don't or can't afford good connections to snag some of the freebie games as well.
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mrking58: It may help that I live in the UK plus I have a fast (and I mean very fast) connection.
How fast? 120mb?
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Kennethor: Chrome is faster also, and of course your internet speed matter but yes luck is the biggest factor.
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johnnygoging: than what? this isn't strictly true in a flat total sense. firefox has been faster than chrome since 25 or so.
In this particular case it is faster than firefox and IE, I don't know why. There are several threads about it.
I think that people get waay to upset by all the freebies. Nobody is going to play all those games.
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johnnygoging: than what? this isn't strictly true in a flat total sense. firefox has been faster than chrome since 25 or so.
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Kennethor: In this particular case it is faster than firefox and IE, I don't know why. There are several threads about it.
I think that people get waay to upset by all the freebies. Nobody is going to play all those games.
Alright, be back in a minute to test that out.

EDIT: Seems faster.
Post edited November 14, 2013 by Flam3crow
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mrking58: It may help that I live in the UK plus I have a fast (and I mean very fast) connection.
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mercutiouk: How fast? 120mb?
Nope 60mbs but your ping rate (or whatever they call it) which is around 10ish
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nijuu: Dunno. Personally never heard of it ..and i been gaming since 1985 :D
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wanderlust76: Shadow Man came out after Resident Evil 2 which is considered one of the best games ever in the genre. This game was overlooked by most people when it came out I don't remember anyone ever talking about it.
Ah no wonder. I played the hell out of RE2, wonderful game. I think its still my favorite of the franchise. Heh I only came across Shadowman because it was dirt cheap and the Dreamcast games were being clearanced off. It was a nice blind buy.
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johnnygoging: than what? this isn't strictly true in a flat total sense. firefox has been faster than chrome since 25 or so.
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Kennethor: In this particular case it is faster than firefox and IE, I don't know why. There are several threads about it.
I think that people get waay to upset by all the freebies. Nobody is going to play all those games.
well chrome I think is still a bit faster on its javascript rendering engine than firefox, at least as of 25. so it could be for that. but I don't think that matters much. I think it mainly affected by internet connection, physical location in terms of how long it takes to route your traffic to their servers, and pc.
141 and its in the orange now
If shadowman was 75% off I would pick it up. Tempted
I left when this thread was on page 183, now it's up to 333.

:p

I'm on campus now, but I won't be hovering over GOG all day - got tests and study to do, but maybe i'll get lucky :P
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Kennethor: In this particular case it is faster than firefox and IE, I don't know why. There are several threads about it.
I think that people get waay to upset by all the freebies. Nobody is going to play all those games.
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johnnygoging: well chrome I think is still a bit faster on its javascript rendering engine than firefox, at least as of 25. so it could be for that. but I don't think that matters much. I think it mainly affected by internet connection, physical location in terms of how long it takes to route your traffic to their servers, and pc.
That is perfect logical sense I was thinking of earlier, though couldn't put it to precise terms.
I was away at a meeting. What was up the last hour?
how many members GOG has?
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animalmother2105: I was away at a meeting. What was up the last hour?
Shadowman still hanging on
700 copies of Alpha Centauri went like lightning
Post edited November 14, 2013 by nijuu
If it is going back in that weird order than the next game should be Geneforge