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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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mortalkombat: did I miss SYSTEM SHOCK 2 in the last 30 mins ???
No
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trebor8273: What's been up seen fez?
This.

This is the only thing up since Fez.
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mortalkombat: did I miss SYSTEM SHOCK 2 in the last 30 mins ???
No=).
I don't like this form of sale. It's very frustrating when you cannot buy what you want. I would understand a one day event but right now I'm tired of just sitting next to computer and waiting for the game I want to buy.
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trebor8273: What's been up seen fez?
Yes, not much ago...
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mortalkombat: did I miss SYSTEM SHOCK 2 in the last 30 mins ???
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Flam3crow: Nope, you haven't.
so, where did this promo-thing came alive??

because SS2 appeared only once, and that is at the start of the promo
any chance ss2 will be freebie?
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Artificer: I've tried to inject some common sense and tone down the entitlement multiple times but it seems an effort doomed to failure.

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things-internet-needs-to-calm-down-about/ seems to sum up the attitudes nicely.
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brunosiffredi: I'm not going to overextend myself here because I respect this site and it's not my intention to brake their spell on you all.

After seeing pretty much all the offers, it's clear these sale prices are in no way more advantageous than the sale prices that appear during the Summer sale on GOG.com. The only difference is the limitation on the number of copies.

The original post says "once they're gone, they're gone", and yet they keep repeating.

Both premises originally presented (special prices, one time opportunities) are false. Add to that the fact the free games are impossible to get, and what have you got? The worst sale GOG.com ever did IMO.
So why are you still here exactly?
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mortalkombat: did I miss SYSTEM SHOCK 2 in the last 30 mins ???
nope
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cpucrust: I'd buy Rise of The Triad except their are too many comments on how it is buggy. That's a waste of any amount of money
How many of those comments are recent? I've heard it's improved significantly since it's launch.
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wanderlust76: Yeah man you know what I'm talkin' about. It was a lot harder to get good deals on games back then. It took them a long time to drop even 10 dollars.
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Artificer: My brother and I grew up in a very rural area.

The first game we bought was Master of Magic. It cost $80(CDN), which was about half a year of saving from both of us.

We had to order it from a store in the next town over. It took them 3 weeks to receive it, at which point we had to convince our parents to actually take us to get it.

Our second game ever bought was X:COM:TFTD. It cost us $80. We had to order it from the same store... you see where this is going.

For all of you entitled young'uns, we might joke sometimes about "how hard it was in our day" but this is what buying PC games was ACTUALLY like when most of these games first came out, and how much it cost.

So forgive me if many of us have very little sympathy for you and your entitlement.
I had the same experience when I was a kid.
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cpucrust: I'd buy Rise of The Triad except their are too many comments on how it is buggy. That's a waste of any amount of money
Same. Also i'm waiting on the original as re-makes arn't usually as good.
Why are my eye lids so so so heavy?
I'm still hoping to get:
System Shock 2
Thief 3: Deadly Shadows
Neverwinter Nights: Diamond Ed
Neverwinter Nights 2: Complete
Icewind Dale Complete

Maybe:
Space Colony HD
I have No Mouth
Evoland
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grviper: Just a reminder - the current Humble Weekly will buzz off in about 2 hours.
Unfortunately the only games I had any interest in in that weekly were the Shakespeare ones as I hadn't seen those before.