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Posted March 21, 2016
Limited-quantity deals round-the-clock | Tired-looking sheep.



UPDATE: Time to go to bed, everyone! It's been a fun, intense, coffee-fueled week but the sheep has finally saled on this Insomnia sale so everyone can now get their (hardly needed) beauty sleep. Or go try out those fine-looking games they snagged moments before stocks disappeared. So long and don't let the bedbugs bite. Slay them for precious XP, instead.
Remember to check your email for your unlocked freebies, and you can always contact <span class="bold">Support</span> if there is anthing you're missing.



Don't fall asleep, don't look away… heck, just give up blinking.
Prepare yourselves a cauldron of hot coffee and stock up on eyedrops! Our infamous Insomnia Sale returns with a relentless stream of limited-quantity deals, one game after the other, nonstop until the games run out. Or the sheep doze off.

We've been studying your valuable feedback on this annual event, including comments like "AAAAARRRRGHHHHHH!!!" and "Please, why won't you let me sleep?!". We took them to heart and decided that what you guys are saying is that you need more gaming stimulants to fight away sleepiness. Worry not, we're here to help.

You lucky Insomniacs will also be treated to a number of games never before seen on GOG.com as well as the best-ever deal on our crowning jewel - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (-50% after the recent price drop, that's $24.99 in the USA).


If you want to learn more about the intricacies behind this whole science of non-sleep, check out the promo <span class="bold">FAQ</span>. But don't dally there too long, because games will start disappearing before your bloodshot eyes!

The GOG.com Insomnia Sale starts Monday, March 21, 2:00 PM GMT and will run until the limited-quantity deals run out.

While counting sheep and game deals, make sure to also drop by our <span class="bold">imgur</span> page and grab your Insomnia wallpapers.

Twitch Insomnia Marathon

We won't let you fall asleep while you're waiting for your favorite game to go on sale! Tune in at any time of day or night to twitch.tv/GOGcom for the best games being played by our mighty team of streamers, joined by special guests. 20 streamers. 100 hours of gameplay. Lots of empty coffee mugs.
Post edited March 26, 2016 by maladr0Id
Posted March 22, 2016
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omega64: Here's the list of Vista supported games:
https://www.gog.com/games?system=windows_vista&amp;sort=bestselling&amp;page=1

Not if you try to dive into the pool.
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musteriuz: Thanks for trying to help, but the store page has been broken for eeks on my side, so your link takes me to a blank page.
Slow internet?
It'll work eventually don't worry. ;)
Posted March 22, 2016
Couldn't buy any game using the phone....
I see on the page they added new games, has No Man's Sky shown up yet? ;-)
Posted March 22, 2016
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oscar78it: What the .... I clicked the game banner to see the store page but it placed the order instead...TWICE! I cannot find any "remove from list" button.
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chromeneon: chill out, it will vanish if you don't pay it in an hour or two.
Ok. Good to know.
Thank You
Posted March 22, 2016
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MrDrWatson: Couldn't buy any game using the phone....
I see on the page they added new games, has No Man's Sky shown up yet? ;-)
Why would it...
It's not even out yet.
Posted March 22, 2016
the previous insomnia was abous "this game is not nox"....
Posted March 22, 2016
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Moeffz: Which pool of games are the bonus games you get every ten purchases taken from?
All currently available games, so the new additions are also included.
Posted March 22, 2016
Just got in, really hope I didn`t miss (& that it appears again if I did!) Teslagrad....
Posted March 22, 2016
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LiefLayer: the previous insomnia was abous "this game is not nox"....
I bought Nox because of all of that nonsense, too. Have yet to play it.
Posted March 22, 2016
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LiefLayer: the previous insomnia was abous "this game is not nox"....
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TwistedFate.385: I bought Nox because of all of that nonsense, too. Have yet to play it.
It's a fun game, you should play it.
Posted March 22, 2016
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TwistedFate.385: I bought Nox because of all of that nonsense, too. Have yet to play it.
I got a critical on Nox. And I think is a good diablo-like game.
Posted March 22, 2016
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Not sure what the reason for it is, but it's pretty annoying that you can not click on the Insomnia sale anywhere and be taken to the page for the given game to investigate it, whether it is compatible with your OS or hardware, see screenshots, trailers, find out what it is even about, etc. nor can you do that from the shopping cart if you put it in your cart. That is extremely inconvenient whether it was done by mistake or done on purpose for some particular reason or another. The only way you can find out what a game is all about is by opening another browser tab into the GAMES navigation button, then manually typing in the name of the game by hand.

Seriously, that is extremely not customer friendly to say the least. I don't know if any blues have stated why it is done this way or not, but it is unfriendly no matter how you slice it. :) Likewise, any of us gamers can speculate reasons why it might be like this too, and zero of our reasons matter if users are confused and irritated by it.

I can think of one reason speculatively why it might be like this on purpose, which is that the promoted games are in such small quantities and will disappear quickly that one does not have enough time to even peruse the game page, so allowing people to easily navigate to the page to find out about it will cause them to miss out on being able to buy it. If this is true then it is really boiling down to whether more people get annoyed by being unable to research the games by making a simple single click to go to the store page, or more people get annoyed by bringing up a store page then later being unable to buy the game as the promo has moved on to the next game.

That is just pure speculation of course, and means nothing without an official word. Either way though, the current situation is pretty irritating for sure, and I've seen many people comment about being annoyed by it both in the forums here and on IRC.

Moments ago I just saw a new game which I think was called "Jotun" pop up which I've never seen before on the site, and it appears to have just been added new. But there is no news article linking to the game's store page, and no way to click on the Insomnia promo to go find out what the game is about. It was too much effort to jump through the hoops to go manually look in the game catalogue and type it in by hand so I just ignored it and will wait until something shows up somewhere on the site today/tomorrow/a month from now, whenever that allows me to find out about that (or any other) game(s) by a single mouse click. That's just me though. :)

This isn't a cry for someone to give me a link to the game's store page though either as that would have taken me far less effort than writing this note. My goal here is to make GOG aware of the fact that the current Insomnia not linking to store pages is irritating regardless of why it is done that way.
Posted March 22, 2016
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omega64: Syrup is awful.
Sure, that's because the syrup you're getting is a mass produced corn-syrup based syrup-like substance in the bottle shaped like a woman. And you're told that's the good stuff. The real stuff is in tiny bottles, in some cases less than a shot glass size.

What you need is the real stuff from trees. Stuff so valuable, people stole it from Canada's Global Strategic Reserve (yes, seriously), because it was a higher price per gallon than gasoline (back when it was over $4/gallon). 13x as much. $18 million CAD worth Truth is stranger than fiction.
Posted March 22, 2016
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GOG.com: You lucky Insomniacs will also be treated to a number of games never before seen on GOG.com
Any word on this? Disney still has some good games on Steam (discounted plenty of times there, I assume) not yet here. :) LEGO Star Wars, Tron 2.0, Armed and Dangerous, Indiana Jones Last Crusade (right?), etc.
Posted March 22, 2016
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omega64: Syrup is awful.
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PincushionMan: Sure, that's because the syrup you're getting is a mass produced corn-syrup based syrup-like substance in the bottle shaped like a woman. And you're told that's the good stuff. The real stuff is in tiny bottles, in some cases less than a shot glass size.

What you need is the real stuff from trees. Stuff so valuable, people stole it from Canada's Global Strategic Reserve (yes, seriously), because it was a higher price per gallon than gasoline (back when it was over $4/gallon). 13x as much. $18 million CAD worth Truth is stranger than fiction.
In reality I can only like this post once by clicking the "+1" button. In my mind, however, I have liked this post 1000 times over. I hereby declare that you are the official Syrup Sensei of GOG.com :D
Posted March 22, 2016
All bow to the Syrup Sensei.
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