Pinball Gold Pack on GOG; Psychonauts 75% off

If your life lacks a variety of classic, PC-based pinball then Good Old Games is where you should be pointing your Internet browser. GOG.com...

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If your life lacks a variety of classic, PC-based pinball then Good Old Games is where you should be pointing your Internet browser. GOG.com has added a collection of games in one set dubbed the Pinball Gold Pack for $9.99.

If the five included games--Pinball Dreams, Pinball Dreams 2, Pinball Fantasies, Pinball Mania, and Pinball Illusions--aren't immediately recognizable, you may be able to take some solace in the fact that they were developed by Digital Illusions (also known as DICE) of Battlefield and Mirror's Edge fame.

Those scallywags at GOG.com are also offering big savings on Tim Schafer's cult hit Psychonauts. From now through Thursday at 10am ET, the mind-bending adventure is available for 75% off. We're tired of telling you this is a game you should own, so do yourself a favor and throw down the $2.49 for it. We recommend using your mind's eye to search for the change. Or check between your couch cushions.

Xav de Matos was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

From The Chatty
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    February 23, 2011 9:26 AM

    To not own Psychonauts is to fail at life.

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      February 23, 2011 2:21 PM

      how did you make this comment? I can't even see the new comment button on the artlcle page. Also, black box on white page is pretty lol.

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      February 23, 2011 3:38 PM

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        February 23, 2011 3:46 PM

        Its pretty cool. Very charming, if not slightly childish. It get really wacky in certain parts which gives it points. The gameplay, however, isn't really anything special.

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          February 23, 2011 3:51 PM

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            February 23, 2011 5:20 PM

            I played with mouse and keyboard. The control was fine, I thought.

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              February 23, 2011 5:51 PM

              Same here. I can see how it might be a little better with a gamepad but it was pretty good with kb+mouse

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      February 23, 2011 4:05 PM

      What if you own it but you haven't actually played it?

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        February 23, 2011 4:12 PM

        you are more of a loser in that case

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        February 23, 2011 4:15 PM

        You should kill yourself right now. This minute.

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          February 23, 2011 5:05 PM

          (alternatively just play the game)

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      February 23, 2011 4:56 PM

      that game came on five cd's. I think it was the last game i bought that wasn't on dvds

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      February 23, 2011 4:57 PM

      does it support gamepad

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      February 23, 2011 5:21 PM

      goblinau

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        February 24, 2011 1:28 AM

        wait.... does Goblin not own Psychonauts?!

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          February 24, 2011 2:47 AM

          Yes. A shame he confessed to me intermittently through pathetic girl-sobs, one dark night....

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            February 24, 2011 2:49 AM

            now i know why he gets beaten at home

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            February 24, 2011 2:49 AM

            ...I then used this emotionally vulnerable state to have sex with him in the most notorious of orifices.

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      February 23, 2011 5:29 PM

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      February 24, 2011 12:57 AM

      Played it. Got really bored with it. I can see where it'd be appealing to a certain age group.

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        February 24, 2011 2:06 AM

        It's a strange game. At first glance it seems like a childish platformer, but it's actually a fairly dark adult world.

        I'm playing it right now, and whilst it hasn't grabbed me, I haven't given up on it. It's an amusing diversion but not the life changing game I was promised.

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      February 24, 2011 1:45 AM

      That GoG.com deal was too sweet to pass up. I might never touch it again but it's nice to have on PC as well as Xbox now, and all without DRM!

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      February 24, 2011 4:02 AM

      I own 8 different copies of Psychonauts.

      Xbox boxed
      PS2 boxed
      PC boxed
      PC boxed European version
      PC boxed signed by Tim
      360 digital
      Steam version
      GoG version

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