Grargar: Easy. Preorder-exclusive DLC to gauge interest.

HypersomniacLive: How about dating? Does the above E.A. Poe quote help? ;-P

Treasure: I see people are getting bored to death again by the slow pacing of the sale. This pacing is indeed a bit too slow, but suits me well for the moment, as I'm trying to write a paper-I'm stuck atm however. :-/
In order to alleviate the climate a bit, here's a funny story about a method I use to decide which games not to buy:

Yesterday, I was thinking of getting the FPS bundle, but the only thing that was slightly interesting to me was Sin Gold-I didn't really want nor Blood nor UT2004(especially the last one was a meh for me). But $5.17 was a good price. What to do? I told my mother (a non-gamer, but her being this way helps for a fresh outlook) to check out the bundle, planning to see her reaction. (As a side note, I also used her "help" to avoid getting Anvil of Dawn, as, seeing it, she said "What's that thing???"). At any rate, seeing the guy on the cover of the bundle(who's from UT2004), without even checking at the contents, she said "This guy looks like a murderer! Rather, he looks like the kids I teach at the Technical School!" (Technical schools are schools for high-schoolers that are going to go into technical professions and lots of delinquents end up there- and my mother has as her job for this school year to teach such people...). By this, she meant they had a similar attitude of course (just to be clear...). This reaction of hers worked for me however, because it reminded me I don't really like much shooters-only exception being Serious Sam, but probably that's because of the funny side of that game.
I also told her to check out the city-builder bundle and The Banner Saga ; she was favorable with the city-builder (because it featured an Egyptian lady and not a delinquent man most probably...) and regarding The Banner Saga she said: "This game is for babies!" "Babies?" I asked, surprised. "Yes" she said "half to one year-old-babies!". "O-kay" I said, still bewildered on how a viking game could be for babies (I still I'm like o_O thinking of this). But then I guess she thought this because of the art style. This feedback gave me thus another reason to get it, because I wonder which kind of baby would play the Banner Saga (only a child prodigy I guess, but anyways)!

Hope you'll like this story and it'll alleviate your boredom somewhat. :-)

Grargar: Easy. Preorder-exclusive DLC to gauge interest.

Stilton: Who cares about missing any games - I MISSED THE PIE CONVERSATION!!

I really need to monitor my boredom threshold or jewels like this are going to slip by again.

Oh, good morning one and all - we seem to be holding up pretty well.

Stilton: Who cares about missing any games - I MISSED THE PIE CONVERSATION!!

I really need to monitor my boredom threshold or jewels like this are going to slip by again.

Oh, good morning one and all - we seem to be holding up pretty well.

j0ekerr: I missed a conversation about pies?!

The horror!

Also, what kind?

Stilton: They seemed to be focused on the sweet variety, mostly pumpkin, pecan, chocolate, and lime. No mention of pastry types or savoury pies, (I think they're amateurs, really) so there wasn't anything hardcore. But still...

CarrionCrow: Good morning. =) Riding high on my 43rd wind here. Might end up injecting caffeine into my eyeball by mid-morning, but all's well for the moment.
Will continue the pie conversation, since you seem to have an interest - what are your thoughts and opinions on pies in general? Do you have a favorite? Do you have one you hate? Do you love or hate all pies in general, living in either blind pastry-based adoration or conspiring with the cake guerillas to overthrow them once and for all?

Stilton: My love of pies goes beyond merely eating them: I want to be buried in a thick crust pastry coffin with all my valuables and enough tasty treats to keep me going for years in the afterlife. Or maybe I'll opt for a pastry ship burial... There are options, you see, even in death. Pies make such things possible for they are transcendent and resplendent ;-) Oh my, a crack in the sky has opened, a golden light descends, I must kneel!

CarrionCrow: It's not an easy thing to get ahold of a decent meat pie. Not around here, at least. Would probably have to explain the concept to some vacant-eyed, slack-jawed, mouthbreathing, denim-laden, cowboy hat-toting fuckwit, only to have them tell me that pies only ever contain sweet fillings. And then I'd have to hit them with something.

j0ekerr: It'd better be something heavy, from your description, you either knock him out with your first swing, or you won't get a second chance.

I hear you, I kind of like tomato and tuna pies, but I prefer them warm and toasty while everybody else around me seems to don't give a shit about having it cold. The fools!

Stilton: My love of pies goes beyond merely eating them: I want to be buried in a thick crust pastry coffin with all my valuables and enough tasty treats to keep me going for years in the afterlife. Or maybe I'll opt for a pastry ship burial... There are options, you see, even in death. Pies make such things possible for they are transcendent and resplendent ;-) Oh my, a crack in the sky has opened, a golden light descends, I must kneel!