Morning Discussion: Festivus Edition

by Alice O'Connor, Dec 23, 2010 5:00am PST

Has it been a whole year already? After months of build-up and anticipation, the biggest celebration of the year is here--today is Festivus.

So we here at Shacknews Towers can celebrate Festivus, and any other festivities that might happen to be coming up soon, we're not really going to be posting much news over the next few days. Besides--you'll be away from your computer yourself, won't you?

However, we will return on Monday with our picks for the Best Video Game Thing and/or Stuff of the year. The votes are in, and it almost ended in a not-safe-for-work gruesome fight, but we have ultimately decided that we did indeed respond favourably to a number of video games this year. We'll let you know which next week.

In the meantime, enjoy today, tomorrow, the day after that and, heck, the rest of your life.

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By: Poor Yurik x Show Full Post

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New Steam Sales are up!!!!

DARKSIDERS for 10 bucks!!!! YESsssssssss.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/50620/

Dec 23, 2010 10:02am PST

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  I'm thinking of getting The Maw for $5. Anyone play it and enjoy it? : SolveChrist
  - Yeah I liked it, not challenging but a fun little game : razorblade79
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  Is Darksiders any good then? I'm mixed on what is worthy today.. : biofrog
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    Here is the shack review I bookmarked a long time ago: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=24745046#itema... : Poor Yurik
    - Hmm good comments.. ok Shackhype bought'd. Never played any Zelda (guess I escaped it ;) nor any God o... : biofrog
  - I'm not certain on the PC port, but the 360 version is good fun. : atom519
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    I don't know how it would be on pc, but it was button mashing combos like devil may cry, I don't know how... : Iwannaacura
    - good thing a controller can be plugged into a PC : vynn
  - Do you like any of the 3d Zelda games? Do you like Demons? Good story? Then yes. : breadsticks
  - It's totally worth $10 if you don't already have it. The game is basically a series of Zelda style dunge... : CyCo_PL
  - I'm enjoying it, with the exception of the parts where it tries to branch out too much. If you took God : Omaha
  - Not sure how the port is but it's easily worth $10 on a console. : boredguy
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  I hate the holiday sale interface. hard to search through at work. darksiders any good? I'm considering R... : cptstern
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    I hate that the holiday interface doesn't work with my iPhone - can someone copy/paste? : Dessicator82
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      Here you go sir... (taken from slickdeals): Wings of Prey $6 Blood bowl Legendary Edition $20 Darks... : Delithio
      
      You rock, thanks! : Hiro
    - Works on mine? : Omning
  - God yes, it's awful. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  - I'm not liking it either. I liked how it was last year. It was easier to scan all the daily deals. Now... : Matt Burris
- Yay! I was hoping for this and Dead Rising 2 to be on sale...got them both at once! : ImageOmega
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  FUCK I fucking called it. They only did this because they knew I had already bought it off of D2D a co... : EricZBA
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    Always bet on Steam. Also Duke. : jimmy_legs
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      and Black, according to Passenger 57 : alcueso
      
      The Citizen Kane of movies there! : Crabs Jarrard
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    and you're acting like a pussy not getting BC2:V gg dice and eric of ZBA : Nitrium
    - Just bought BC2:V. Watch it go on sale tomorrow for $5 >:( : EricZBA
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    What else have you bought recently? (no reason) : Schnapple
    - Yeah Eric, I need you to buy the Bethesda Pack today and uh, Borderland GOTY and Witcher 2. But do it now... : Crabs Jarrard
    - Still holding out for a Borderlads GOTY deal : EricZBA
  - I'm glad I could induce you into taking one for the team! Thanks for making it go on sale <3 : veras
  - I did this too Eric! :( I'm still happy though; it's probably been worth the extra $6 just to be able to ... : dfay
  - I'm laughing riotously! You got fucked in the ass by Steam and man did it love your squealing red face. ... : ihya
- Mmm... Dead Rising... : snot3353
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  Darsiders & Mass Erect 2 purchased. : CrustaR
  - Same here. Both awesome deals. : Poor Yurik
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  Is Risen any good? : Crimsonbeak
  - there's a demo : cptstern
  - I thought it was pretty fun. It has its quirk, and some said they didn't like the combat (I thought it w... : Matt Burris
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  Has anyone tried the Silent Hunter Series via Steam. I heard there are problems such as not being able t : ehaykal
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    ME2 is only 10 bucks right now... : Poor Yurik
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      You mean ME 1? ME2 is for $25 and digital deluxe is for $29 : ehaykal
      
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      I just bought ME2 for 10 dollars on Steam. : Poor Yurik
      
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      i'm not sure what is going on, maybe it depends on country.
      
      Dec 23, 2010 12:43pm PST
      
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      i'm not sure what is going on, maybe it depends on country. : ehaykal
      
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      just found out that outside NA it is $25 : ehaykal
      
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      :( not sure why deals are ever region-specific. : Poor Yurik
      
      Yeah me neither :'( , i was looking forward for ME2 and AC2 , i guess i'll only get AC2, http://forum... : ehaykal
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  I wish Death Spank 2 would go on sale, I already played the first one on my PS-tripple! I'd play it on P... : mikecyb
  - go on sale for more than it's already on sale I mean! : mikecyb
  - death spank 2 is death spank: thongs of virtue? : nem00
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  Curses Im moving and currently without net and my damn work blocks the steam website! I NEED TO BUY GAME... : ThatsBriskBaby
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    www.hidemyass.com? : swiftB3
    - oops. www.hidemyass.com : swiftB3
  - I've noticed that in corporations, most web filtering software is a joke if there is a secure site availa... : ryuuseki
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  I'm not buying anything today because I spent $7.50 last night on TF2 :( : mikecyb
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    cyber mike did you spend that dough buying tf2 hats? : CrustaR
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      no I bought a key and some gifts and a stamp :( I never buy hats because I feel that once I start it is ... : mikecyb
      
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      I have an awesome medal that I am not giving up. : CrustaR
      
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      CrustaR, I am going to post on the TF2 forums that you are selling your medal! : The Grolar Bear
      
      GrolaR, tell them I will trade it for a Tyler Stout Big Lebowski print. : CrustaR
      
      give it to me! : mikecyb
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  I got Darksiders as a gift for 360 last year, still haven't opened it. Should I play the PC version inste... : Serpico74
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    I'd play it on the 360 if I were you. I mean, you already own it. : Navy Spitfire
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      Still in the shrink wrap so it isn't official! If it is a good port and I can play it at 2560x1440, mi... : Serpico74
      
      Actually, installation size is 12GB, that might be the dealbreaker. I'm already getting short with my SSD... : Serpico74
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  Gonna hold off on Darksiders until someone tells me how it controls with mouse and keyboard. I have a gam... : Gary the Llama
  - Works fine : EricZBA
  - It was controllable for me with little issue on M+KB... and that's even with the shitty (but unavoidable) : Wikus Van De Merwe
  - I have been playing KB+mouse and it works fine for me! I get the feeling that it might be a bit more natu... : dfay
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  Do shackers play Operation Flashpoint at all or is ARMA:OA the only hotness ? : Wikus Van De Merwe
  - AMRA 2 OA is what we've been playing. : sigpro
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    No one in their right mind would play Operation Flashpoint. : marmite
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      ^. This. This game is crippled by the shitty multiplayer/coop and utter total blackout lack for support. ... : BackSinner
      
      is coop still terrible , when i tried the demo it had mp desync issues if i recall properly : ehaykal
    - this. It's very bad : sKetchflow
    - its in my list of top ten worst games : toomanysecrets
  - I don't know why I wasted my money on it. : Dontdrop
  - Never mention the game again and live a full and happy life. : contentious roy
  - Whoa whoa WHOA~!~! Care should be used when speaking of Operation Flashpoint, as the original was AWES... : dedgecko
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  Dammit! Dead Rising 2 and Darksiders purchased. 25 bucks gone. : jcrockerman
  - DR2 is really fun on PC. : azshack
- Purchased. Looking forward to playing it tonight. : giant boy detective
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  Is the digital edition of ME2 worth the extra 10 bucks? I don't really give a shit about the extras unles... : ryuuseki
  - I got the collectors edition when it came out and I didn't use any of the goofy armour or weapons that ca... : marmite
  - Nope. : K0LM
  - I almost got that, but decided against it. : iamgoat
- Fucking steam... there goes 90 bucks. : sKetchflow
- The only game so far where I dropped everything in a hurry to order was Super Meat Boy. $3.75. Hell yeah. : Navy Spitfire
- Buy. This. Game. NAO. : Mad Brahmin Disease
- Someone please tell me why I should by this game. It looks like Devil May Cry only browner. : JonathanBedrava
- For $7.50 I'm more than willing to take a chance on Alpha Protocol. : NastyJack
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  How do the ME2 expansions work on pc/steam? : thane
  - lmao : Downforce
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    You must purchase them through the Bioware site with Bioware points or something to that effect. : JonathanBedrava
    - Unhappy face. : LilCrypto
- DARKSIDERS, FUCK YEEEEEEEEEEAH : duffman03
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  still too much- sure its pretty but gameplay sucks : bolneze
  - lol $10 is too much : RikiTiki2
  - You are so, so wrong. : dpgagnon

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