The Semi-Official PC Gaming Thread - Page 8

Yeah, I loved the demo, but Dragon Age drops Tuesday, so I know I'd be treating Torchlight like a red-headed stepchild.

I've never understood that expression. Do red-headed stepchildren really get treated worse than blonde and brunette stepchildren?

Of course, the little mutant ginger bastards.

If you're interested ... there is a PC demo for the Avatar game available for download here.

hahahahaha who would be interested in that

Help me decide which new game to get to inaugurate my new laptop. I'm considering one of the following:

Fallout 3
Assassin's Creed 2
Dragon Age: Origins
Borderlands

I'm picking as hell about games, though, usually rigidly sticking with the Half-Lifes and Quakes, but I'm open to new stuff. Couldn't stand GTA: San Andreas (never could used to the controls), so anything similar probably wouldn't work for me. Any suggestions?

Dragon Age. I've beat the other three, and can say you will without a doubt get more enjoyment and bang for your buck out of DA than the of the others.

Picked up Osmos as well. Also got Plants Vs. Zombies for $5 and KOTOR for $2.50. Unfortunately it doesn't run very well on my laptop. Still, I don't feel like the money was wasted.

Ive got my fingers crossed hoping there will be a $10 dollar sale on Torchlight.

Pretty great deals again today Borderlands for $33.49 and Left 4 Dead 1 for $7.49. I ended up snagging Left 4 Dead, that's such a great price.

God I hope so, I know the game is a good price already but I'm holding out for sale even if it's only 10% off.

I picked up 2001 for like $8 today.

I haven't been sitting on steam hitting refresh since release waiting for it to be cheaper, I only recently got back into (non WoW) PC gaming and after noticing the sale I've decided to hold out until the sale is over. I can wait a few days to play it if it ends up being cheaper.

So Ive somehow gotten 2 guest passes for Killing Floor. They expire 1/11. Send me a message through Steam and I'll send one your way.

So now those Steam achievements actually have potentially tangible value. Anyone trying to get them for the Steam Treasure Hunt? Getting 10 achievements enters you in to win 100 games, and doing at least 1 achievement enters you for 5 games.

I'm refusing to buy any games that I don't already have/wasn't already planning on buying, but I have 3 of the necessary achievements so far. I may end up with 10, depending on the next challenges. At the very least I can log in and keep updating my achievements every few days.

You know, I got Steam specifically for my son to play something called "Garry's Mod", and I didn't realize that you could get all these other games on it. I guess I should look into it a bit closer.

Steam is all that is good about PC gaming. I've had 2 hard drives crash in the last few years, and installing Steam and letting it run for a day or two redownloading all of my lost games for me is a godsend. Well, that and their obscene sales which get me buying way more games than I would have otherwise.