Wednesday, December 3, 2014

status 2014 December

I finally knocked BioShock off the list, and it feels great. I want to clear even more titles off the bucket list. Before I move on, I wonder if I can activate this on Steam. Open client, Games -> Activate a Product, copy key, Invalid Product Code. Oh well, would have been nice. Its still $20 on Steam, and I don't want to buy it again at that price. After 7 years, it should be further down the bargain bin in price. As should the rest of the Bioshock series; maybe I will pick this up again later.

While reading various game forums, I see a notice that Good Old Games (now gog.com) is giving away a copy of Age of Wonders. I'm not sure what that even is, something like Civilization or Age of Empires? I've been meaning to sign up with GOG, but I still have such a backlog of stuff in boxes and on Steam that I haven't gotten around to it. This is a good a time as any. Should be a lot of sales coming up this holiday. I already have Torment and Arcanum, but its nice to know I could replace them for $3.99 and $1.49 respectively.

Because I have such a backlog I haven't been keeping up with game sites, or game sale sites. I check out CheapShark, and what do you know, Bioshock 2 for $4.99. That's quite reasonable, but most of my library is in Steam, and I'd like to keep it there.


2014.12.23

I had high hopes for this year's Steam sale, and Steam delivered. The whole Bioshock series $10.19; they're practically giving it away.

Mass Effect 1 and 2 are available for $17.49; it would be really nice to be able to pick up all three, but I heard there's some business reason why 3 wasn't released on Steam. I'll make a note on my calendar to purchase it before January 2.

There are no achievements for Bioshock (1). The runway is clear for Bioshock 2.

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