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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 16, 2013
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Alien8n: In this case a standard streaky rasher of medium thickness. Just enough that it covers a full slice of bread :)
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CarrionCrow: Okay, thank you. Going to suppress bacon urge with caffeine and nicotine now. lol.
You can suppress a bacon urge? Are you some sort of super human godlike being?
Posted November 16, 2013
I missed thief 3 :( dammit it all.
Posted November 16, 2013
Just a few more! Hang in there! We are GOG.com Members, we sleep standing!
Posted November 16, 2013
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xenxander: I missed thief 3 :( dammit it all.
You still can get it yet, it is the final third round.
Posted November 16, 2013
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xenxander: I missed thief 3 :( dammit it all.
no, you didn't
Posted November 16, 2013
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EX-Deimon: Still don't understand the hate towards Steam. Been using it since 2005 and have never had a single issue since. Possibly the only GOOD kind of "DRM" available.
The point is there's nothing such as a "good" DRM. It's like saying there's "good" daterape. The concept itself doesn't make any sense. DRM are a customer ripoff. You essentially pay for a game but never own it, you are just allowed to play it as long as their platform stays online.
Post edited November 16, 2013 by Shendue
Posted November 16, 2013
almost done!!! I'm actually crying a little out of joy :)
Posted November 16, 2013
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gmyx: Just woke up to retro ciry rampage. Been waiting for that one. Thats one less you all to wait on.
You are our hero. No, really.

Now we need 14 people like you.
Posted November 16, 2013
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Cardian: Once upon a midnight Keaning, while I pondered weak and screening,
Through many a quaint and curious pages of forgotten lore,
Couldn't nod off, quite insanely, suddenly, when there were mainly
Good deals that would seem ungainly, plainly there came up one more.
"'Tis some good old game," I muttered, "that has not been up before -
Only this, and nothing more."

Ah, distinctly I remember, it was in the bleak November,
And each seperate, waking member flipped through pages more and more.
Eagerly we wished the next deal; - vainly we had skipped the lunch meal
Hunger, thirst, that we could not feel - not feel like we did before.
Like the joy and lust for gaming that we used to feel before -
Feelings gone forevermore.

And the ticking, mocking scoffer of each new uncertain offer
Thrilled me - filled me with fantastic terrors never felt before;
So that now, to still the beating of my hear , I stood repeating
"'Tis some game entreating entrance to this sale of yore -
Some good old game entreating entrance to this sale of yore; -
This it is, and nothing more."

Presently my sould grew stronger; hesitating then no longer,
"Blood," said I, "or Reus, this could really be a chore;
For the fact is you're mundanely, and you're also quite profanely,
And you also seem ungainly, mainly due to your low score.
I don't really want to buy you" - here I looked straight at the store; -
Retro Rampage... nothing more.

Hard, right at the counter, peering, long I stood there wondering, fearing
Doubting, dreaming dreams no mortal ever dared to dream before;
But the silence was soon broken, for the counter showed a token
Of 600 games and spoken were the whispered words, "No more."
This I whispered, and an echo murmured back the words, "No more!"
Merely this and nothing more.

Back into the forum turning, all my soul within me burning,
When I could not see a ticking of the counter in the store.
"Surely," said I, "that's not meaning that we are in for a Keaning.
Let me see then, slightly leaning, and this mystery explore -
Let my heart be still a moment and this mystery explore;-
"It just froze and nothing more!"

Reload then I hit and waited, the request be circulated,
Nothing changed, hundreds remaining, wondering what to do more.
For we cannot help agreeing that for every human being
that survived the phase of Keaning in the hours just before,
in the long lasting time of The Keaning in the hours just before
we all thought "Oh, Nevermore!"

Retro City, never flitting, still is sitting, still is sitting
on the good old gaming front page teasing us, being a bore.
And its numbers, they are meaning, that this is a phase of Keaning.
Seems that we were overweening, we are punished with one more.
So that now that this is seeming to be the end of this chore,
Quoth The Keaning, "Nevermore!"
If that doesn't deserve an upvote, I don't know what does.
Posted November 16, 2013
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EX-Deimon: Games are just generally way more expensive in the EU. Like, one time I was on holiday in Ireland a few months back, and I saw Resistance 2 for the PS3 brand new at Tesco for €50....FUCKING €50!!! I bought that game £2.50 pre-owned. Serious, the EU just gets the shit end of the stick when it comes to gaming. Takes the piss.
It's not just games :D You need to see me droll over some prices of musical instruments in USA :D
Posted November 16, 2013
I think people that show passion about games should be rewarded so I recommend everyone that likes Elite-like games to check out Limit Theory on Youtube or Kickstarter, the only game (so far) that I´ve backed that isn´t from a developer I know of. Also if you like Dungeon Keeper there´s another Kickstarter called War for the overlord that has the original narrator in it=).

And finally for all you who liked Syndicate (but didn´t like the new one) there´s a Kickstarter for Satelite Reign, I will get this one when it´s released (Mike Diskett need I say more =)).

https://wftogame.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/joshparnell/limit-theory-an-infinite-procedural-space-game
http://satellitereign.com/
Posted November 16, 2013
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Minmataro: If anyone is interested ive been passing the time watching classic RPG let's plays done by my boy Gamehorder.

Hes a roleplayer so he does all his own voices and is currently doing a lets play of BG2 enhanced.

Good to pass the time while the keanes are up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32o70eiOM6c
I was passing the time with a Deadliest Catch marathon on Netflix, until someone ruined it for me by telling me they caught crab in the next episode.

Very creepy, how he knew which episode I was watching,,..

*shudders*
Posted November 16, 2013
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Soccorro: Just a few more! Hang in there! We are GOG.com Members, we sleep standing!
Iunno about standing, but I fell asleep in my chair yesterday. Woke up roughly 30 minutes later staring at my screensaver. Not sure how I managed that without my head slamming into my keyboard at some point really... o.o
Posted November 16, 2013
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EX-Deimon: Still don't understand the hate towards Steam. Been using it since 2005 and have never had a single issue since. Possibly the only GOOD kind of "DRM" available.
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Shendue: The point is there's nothing such as a "good" DRM. It's like saying there's "good" daterape. The concept itself doesn't make any sense. DRM are a customer ripoff.
Down to personal opinion though, isn't it? I hate DRM as much as the next person, but the hatred towards Steam is a bit...too much. Origin I can understand, since EA are just greedy in general. At least Valve make quality games and offer heavy discounted games which I have bought. Hence my term the only "good DRM"
Posted November 16, 2013
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