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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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sunshinecorp: Strange, it always shows the game as owned for me when I get to the cart. And gives me an option to gift them instead.
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Telnet: Ahh, that'd be it, it did ask me to send it as a gift which I did. I had merely assumed it was tied to this whole sale on the whole.
Yeah... just checked Duke and it didn't show as owned! :P

Better use the search :P
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Mr_GeO: Am I seeing things, or there was a "Shelter" for FREE here????
But before I even move my mouse to click on it, it was gone, and then Theme Hospital appear?
I don't think Shelter was free... it was on sale earlier for ~$4.99. Unless they did a lower price encore, which seems unlikely.
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kalirion: This is just silly, I'm not going to keep refreshing GOG.com just to catch every single deal before it expires.

Steam has the right idea with scheduled flash deals every 8 hours during the last Summer Sale. But this.... no thank you.
Oh, I agree, this is awful, but I'm doing it anyway. :D
I'm hoping for Rogue Legacy. If I can get a good deal on that, I might even be satisfied for this deal.
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mrking58: I do still wonder who is buying Duke 3D still? It was free last year
New members?
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spindown: Come get some.
no u
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Telnet: Ahh, that'd be it, it did ask me to send it as a gift which I did. I had merely assumed it was tied to this whole sale on the whole.
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senhorlampada: Yeah... just checked Duke and it didn't show as owned! :P

Better use the search :P
In the case of Duke Nukem, buy all the copies!
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kalirion: This is just silly
I think that is the point... :D
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Bavarian: Great idea, bad execution. Why? I see all those super cheap games slipping away in front of my eyes and can't buy shit, because, like most normal people, I'M AT FUCKING WORK RIGHT NOW! That's cruel.

Something like that should be announced beforehand. :(
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lugum: Then what, you gonna take a sick day?
I might have left a few hours ago. I can do that whenever I want, but now I shurely won't rush out of the office like a maniac. It's pure conincidence I even found out about it, because usually I don't browse the internet during work time.

I'm just saying that promos like this should be announced. A lot of people will completely miss out on it.
Really need to have the function back on to tell you what you bought, got duke for free and completely forgot and bought it, ok it was less than one £. But still
I'm not sure how I feel about this. It seems like a desperate attempt to move some somewhat-unpopular indie games (with a few classics thrown in) that haven't been selling too well. Perhaps CDP is looking for a quick buck to help continue funding Witcher 3.

EDIT: Taking a look here, http://www.reddit.com/r/GameDeals/comments/1qjevg/gog_fall_insomnia_megathread_limited_quantity/, it seems I was wrong. A good portion of the games are bestselling classics.
Post edited November 13, 2013 by tfishell
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Mr_GeO: Am I seeing things, or there was a "Shelter" for FREE here????
But before I even move my mouse to click on it, it was gone, and then Theme Hospital appear?
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undeadcow: I don't think Shelter was free... it was on sale earlier for ~$4.99. Unless they did a lower price encore, which seems unlikely.
Yes, they gave some copies for free.
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kalirion: This is just silly, I'm not going to keep refreshing GOG.com just to catch every single deal before it expires.

Steam has the right idea with scheduled flash deals every 8 hours during the last Summer Sale. But this.... no thank you.
You don't have to refresh anything, you just have to sit and look at the monitor if something interesting will show up :D
But I'm pissed that I will have to go sleep and I will miss a lot of deals.
Finally got Theme Hospital, thanks GOG!
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trebor8273: Really need to have the function back on to tell you what you bought, got duke for free and completely forgot and bought it, ok it was less than one £. But still
Join the club, still at least you could give the copy to someone and set up a LAN game?