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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Wow, Arma 2 Arrowhead for $10 on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/ArmA-Operation-Arrowhead-Game-Download/dp/B003UNKYL4/ref=br_lf_m_1000647281_2_23_ttl?ie=UTF8&m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&s=videogames&pf_rd_p=1284757942&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_t=1401&pf_rd_i=1000647281&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=02HQVFXEK2R2F0E8TNY1

Dec 23, 2010 5:13am PST

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Wow, Arma 2 Arrowhead for $10 on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/ArmA-Operation-Arrowhead-Game-Download/d... : exit button
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  URL shortener :) : exit button
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    I prefer to know where a link is going to take me. : noxiousgg
    - ^^^This. : CRasterImage
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  No one should have an excuse now. : zuff
  - I'll wait until today's steam sale, otherwise I'll buy it. : exit button
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  DAMN, only avaliable to US customers. Is it possible for someone to buy it for me and provide a link? [i... : rheroux
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    It stays tied to whoever's account, so as long as you get the key it would work : exit button
    - Is that an offer? ;-) I can pay you in paypal immediately. : rheroux
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      you can send a gift on Amazon can't you? : Hemtroll
      
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      I don't see a gift option, unless I'm just blind, which is probably true : jonin
      
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      on the right underneath the green box, it says "E-mail someone a gift card featuring this item." although... : Hemtroll
      
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      oh, ooops. was looking at the combined ops download for 12.50. http://www.amazon.com/ArmA2-Combined-Oper... : jonin
      
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      Not sure this would work, since it's basically just a gift.card for the amount : exit button
      
      oh really? I thought it was like a "claim this thing for free using this giftcard" deal : Hemtroll
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  Can this be activated on Steam? : yoonix
  - Probably not sir : exit button
  - You don't want it on Steam. : ArcKnight
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    Does GrolaR enjoy the Arma? : CrustaR
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      Im trying to convince him to pick it up. :) : MercFox1
      
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      Wait, this is the game you guys play? I thought it was ARMA 2 vanilla. Either way, bought! : The Grolar Bear
      
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      Yeah, this is what we've been playing. : MercFox1
      
      Cool, cool. : The Grolar Bear
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    - sound is fucked up, fix it for my entertainment : Hemtroll
- Is this the one that all the Shackers are using for their strategic cosplay? If it's that one it sounds ... : Dessicator82
- He could've just deleted everything after B003UNKYL4. Takes you to the same page without all the extra fl... : prime8
- Hopefully more people pick it up at this price. So much fun with shackers. : sigpro
- Game Downloads are only available to US customers. : mrseldowski
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  Watching today's steam sale first : watcherxp
  - yep. I'm doing the same : jonin
- fuck yeah, more people for our shack games! : RetroRedEyeJr
- Livestream Stealing MercFox1's Thunder Edition This is from a Domination game I played earlier this mo : Sapiens
- Do you guys play team competitively or only co-op? : Toth21
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    Sunday at 6est is when we've been doing the formal one, but we've played about 1 map a night almost every... : sigpro
    - alright, it's downloading now. honestly the thing that put it over the top was the fact that there's thir... : exit button
- Bought. See you guys out there on the battlefield. : JonathanBedrava
- Does amazon have a client like steam, or are you just downloading a clone of the DVD and installing with ... : contentious roy
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  Arma2: Combined Operations is only $12.50 which, if I understand things, includes Arma2 and Operation Arr... : LilCrypto
  - Yes it contains both. : sigpro
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    Seeing this - I've never been more sure that we will see a Steam daily deal on this exact pack at this pr... : Crabs Jarrard
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      12GB patch every night like MNC? : Crabs Jarrard
      
      They come out later than for retail versions and are like 3gb vs 300mb : sigpro
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    - I'll give it a try, thanks. : exit button
    - Also don't open the steam overlay it kills performance : RetroRedEyeJr
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    Check out some of these screens from some of our shack coop missions.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/sets/72157625498056140/
    
    There's tons of awesome moments and the atmosphere and tension is fantastic. I love that you can die from one bullet and the sounds are really good. You will def drop down when you hear the snap of bullets close by!
    
    Flying in and landing in a hot lz.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5219738615/in/set-72157625498056140/lightbox/
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5219736679/in/set-72157625498056140/lightbox/
    
    Being the apache gunner at night with thermals and providing support to shackers on the ground.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5243189302/in/set-72157625498056140/lightbox/
    
    Calling in artillery to another shacker to drop on enemies close by.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/15539352@N02/5236101331/in/set-72157625498056140/lightbox/
    
    Dec 23, 2010 4:36pm PST
    
    Check out some of these screens from some of our shack coop missions. http://www.flickr.com/photos/1553... : DarkDeus
- Picked it up...thanks. : xpogox
- Tromblyj are we playing tonight? : RetroRedEyeJr

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