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I scooped up a Humble Bundle which netted me a couple games (Steam keys) to give away: Sir, You Are Being Hunted Planetary Annihilation (the original, not TITANS) Also, still available from before: Serious Sam 3 BFG (gift through Steam or email)As per usual, PM me if you want one of these games, first come first serve.

For the record, I did the following: And I struggled with the first two, the third decision was easy. Edit: I split up the spoilers into two, the first spoiler is stuff TrueNeutral has played through already, the second is something he likely hasn't played through yet.

This is very likely going to be Harebrained Schemes' most successful Kickstarter campaign, and rightly so, Battletech is awesome and the company has delivered every time out so far (my knowledge of Golem Arcana is only from hearsay, admittedly). I'll be surprised if this doesn't break 2.5 million.

What a brutal loss for the Yinzers.

I finished SOMA. Good game, not as scary as some of Frictional's previous work, but significantly better in terms of storytelling.

Atlas, Thunderbolt, Catapult, and Vindicator are confirmed for the game, as long as those are in, I can work with that.

They just put several classic id FPSs on GOG, including Return to Castle Wolfenstein. That game was so ****ing good.

So far I'm just in at the $25 minimum to get the game tier. I can always change my mind later and adjust (or cancel) my pledge. I'm not usually keen on physical rewards, but dat jacket tho. Still, I can't justify dropping $275 on a game, so I better just put it out of my mind. ... Dat jacket tho.

I started playing Jotun. It's billed as an action-exploration game set in Norse mythology. The game looks amazing, everything is hand drawn and the music is awesome. It's mostly exploring outside of boss fights with giants. I mean, there are enemies to fight outside of boss fights and dangers to avoid, but nothing too taxing, at least not yet. The boss fights, though, can get pretty rough.

Jotun

Dat flight jacket tho.

/throws money at computer monitor The rate at which this started, Stage 2 should get reached easily, maybe even within the first 24 hours. Stage 3 is a real possibility. Stage 4... who knows?

As with any argument between large groups, there are always going to be unstable people on both sides who take things too far, that's true of any such argument. What's more, when you get an argument like this, particularly when it has gained a measure of fame, there will always be those people that have no real attachment to either side, they're simply there to instigate, to fan the flames, because...

I'm pretty sure Meshugger was using "war" in a pretty loose and figurative way. No one here has suggested it's okay to shoot anyone, burn a person's house down, or issue death threats. We are all against real harassment here and no one wants to see anyone come to any physical harm, regardless of how much we may disagree with or dislike certain people. You might want to cut back on the sauce and dial the accusatory tone down a bit. Relax.

Wait, what? Did you forget to take your meds this morning?

I just arrived at in SOMA, I don't suppose this are might be monstro-free? Fat chance. I'm not sure how much game is left, but it feels like I'm past the halfway point, at least.

The Ron Mexico Era begins in Pittsburgh.

Mars waterpark and resort when?

^ If nothing else, the soundtrack is great. It's worth keeping an eye on.

I'm 100% with you on Romo. I think that not only is Romo a legit starter, he's an elite starter (fun fact: he led the league in passer rating, yards per pass, and completion percentage last year). I just desperately want the Boys to go approximately .500 while he's out, that way they're still in it when he does return. Today's game was winnable, but the team fell apart in the second half. Hopefully in 2 games, when we get McClain and Hardy, the defense can help out in situations like today, when the offense grinds to a halt and the team needs to desperately hold on.

Milo can be hilarious or infuriating, depending on your political leanings (sometimes he's both). Obviously everything he puts out needs to be taken with a grain teaspoon cup bucket of salt. I've gotten my fair share of chuckles out of him.

I finished Crookz - The Big Heist. It took me a little under 40 hours to finish the campaign and there are the challenge missions left, plus I can replay campaign missions with my fully upgraded team to try to better my scores. Freakin' fantastic game, I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone looking for a tactical stealth game. As I've mentioned before, this is my Pleasant Surprise of the Year. At first I wanted to say that this is not the type of game that you give a Game of the Year award to, largely because the production values, while not terrible, are far from AAA. Then I started to think about it. Why couldn't this be Game of the Year? Okay, so the graphics, while serviceable, leave something to be desired, the dialogue is mediocre, and the story is not going to win any awards. Why do I play video games, though? I play games to enjoy myself, to be entertained, to have fun. I played this for almost 40 hours (I'll play some more in the future) and pretty much the entire time I enjoyed myself, I was entertained, and I had a lot of fun. Then I try to think of a game I enjoyed playing more than Crookz that came out this year and I keep drawing a blank. In the end, for me, everything else takes a back seat to how much fun I had with a game. If a game had great graphics, great voice acting, a good story, made me think deeply about an issue, those are all nice, but they're all secondary to me compared to how much fun I had. With that said, Crookz - The Big Heist is my current front-runner for Game of the Year. Hopefully it gets a sequel.

Dat run by Joseph Randle. HNNNNNNGH! 7-0 Boys. We're going to need a lot more of that from Randle and the offensive line during Romo's abscence. Also, Witten getting **** done with 37 sprained joints. Edit: Meanwhile in St Louis, the pyrotechnics crew is trying to burn the field down. Edit 2: Randle scores again! 14-0 Boys. Shockingly enough, I've so far been enjoying the Brandon Weeden experience. Of course, it helps that he's played against 2 **** defenses, Philly last week and Atlanta this week. Edit 3: That was a heck of a return by "Hold Me Closer Tiny" Darren Sproles. C'mon Jest, get your **** together. Edit 4: Touchdown Darren McFadden! 21-7 Boys. Maybe it really was more the offensive line and less DeMarco Murray last year, because so far this year Murray has done nothing in Philly while the Dallas running game is just fine and dandy. Edit 5: And Weeden throws a terrible pick. I suppose it was inevitable. *sigh* Edit 6: Touchdown #3 Joseph Randle! 28-17 Boys at the half. Horrible pick that led to 7 Atl points notwithstanding, Brandon Weeden has been pretty good so far today. If he can avoid further costly turnovers, the Boys have a good chance to take this game. Edit 7: And the Boys offense has stalled in the second half and their defense (particularly the running D) has fallen apart. Falcons lead. Edit 8: And the injury woes continue. We'll be suiting up guys off the street soon. And game over, Cowboys lose. They just completely fell apart in the second half. The offense did NOTHING and the defense couldn't slow down the Falcons, much less stop them. We can't get McLaine and Hardy on the field soon enough.