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Just completed that one… there were a few spots where I ran a little aground on figuring out what I was supposed to do, but for the most part the puzzles were fairly straightforward.

Absolutely… I’ve been playing some rather long-running sandbox style games lately, and this was a nice palate cleanser. I also played through Escape From Mystwood Mansion before it, which was another with gentle puzzles and short play.

In broad strokes, yes, but I did appreciate that Call of the Sea didn’t go all-in on existential horror and had a relatively calm ending.

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I kind of want it.

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An interesting development for pre-order offers and “season passes” on Steam (with a dose of “why wasn’t this the policy already?”):

“By offering a Season Pass, you are promising future content,” reads the Steamworks post in question, which was circulated on Bluesky (aka, Twitter 2010 Edition) by SteamDB.info creator Pavel Djundik last night. “In the process of launching a Season Pass you will be asked to commit to a launch timing for each content release in the Season Pass,” it reads. "That launch timing is a commitment to both customers and Steam.

“If you aren’t ready to clearly communicate about the content included in each DLC AND when each DLC will be ready for launch, you shouldn’t offer a Season Pass on Steam,” it goes on.

In the event of DLC cancellations, Valve mandate that customers will be offered a refund for the value of unreleased DLC. The company may take action on any DLC delays of longer than three months, even if there hasn’t been a customer complaint.

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We have some heart-breaking news to share: Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and Warcraft II will be leaving the GOG store on December 13th, 2024.

Going forward, even if a game is no longer available for sale on GOG, as part of the GOG Preservation Program, it will continue to be maintained and updated by us, ensuring it remains compatible with modern and future systems.

I’m a little curious how the legalities and logistics work of updating an old game that the owner has asked be removed from their store, but it looks like we’ll find out.

There’s a $2-off discount code in the article on the purchase of a bundle with both games, bringing the pair down to about $13 USD.

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I don’t think Blizzard has any say about DOSBox patches.

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Thank you for the notice!

I thought I already had these, but it turns out I had only stuck them in my wishlist to buy later. I had so much fun with these games back in the 90s.

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So I haven’t posted here (or anywhere for that matter) for quite some time, but still lurking around, currently trying to do unorthodox things to my new Steam Deck.

Picked up a Humble Bundle which has a few duplicates I already own, so Steam keys for those games are below - please post if you take one & I’ll cross it out.

The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition

AW4FB-V0VLJ-X4H9F change the first letter to H

Monkey Island 2: Special Edition

AJW8L-90YFI-560GX change the first letter to J

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic

AHJ5M-H5TWY-W8CKI change the first letter to H

Star Wars Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy

AWA50-3YCPH-IWNQD change the first letter to H

Star Wars Republic Commando

A4XEA-6VTC0-HWRNV change the first letter to I

Enjoy! A generous soul here gifted me something on Steam or GOG way back in the day, so I’ll belatedly pass that on.

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Found a few more I have on Humble, as below:

Limbo

APD0X-F0E3I-ZW23H change the first letter to N

Psychonauts (excellent)

ABTJK-FWA54-64WMZ change the first letter to X

Psychonauts on GOG.com

ANRT005D8D74D3C896 change the first letter to B

Those ones are older so might have expired? Who knows… :video_game:

----edit 2 - cunningly encrypted the keys following @the_borderer 's good suggestion

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Humble Bundle keys don’t expire unless they have an explicit expiry date.

However, I wouldn’t put keys up in a public space. There are bots that will put them up for sale on grey market key sites before anyone can use them. I just assume that bots know about here by default as a matter of personal safety.

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Also if anyone ever wants to play the game Raft on Steam sometime i’m down for some seananigans.

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Little Kitty Big City is an awesome game to relax to.

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Well, that is… just a bit different from previous ones. At least it doesn’t think I played tons of pinball this time for whatever reason, but I don’t know what turn-based tactics games it thinks I played.

The “base building” was clearly Satisfactory, though.

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Also, last couple of games from a gifted Humble Bundle:

I’ve found this one to be pretty interesting story-wise, but gameplay was… occasionally like a set of quicktime events, and annoyingly didn’t always make clear what the options were. Several sticking points felt like I just didn’t manage to read the developer’s mind and realize something was available that hadn’t previously been made clear and wasn’t otherwise called out. In its defense, it is definitely not a gameplay-heavy game, it’s very much a linear narrative with occasional puzzles.

Feels a lot like Portal but with a twist, even down to some of the music giving me deja vu. Environmental puzzles you solve with time rather than dimensional moves, and an interesting story… just don’t try to think too deeply about the underlying premise. Definitely not as long as the Portal games and has some rough edges, but well executed.

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https://orau.org/health-physics-museum/collection/consumer/depleted-uranium/dice.html

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This was the year I tried Dirt 5, Dirt Rally 2.0, Star Trucker, and Teardown. Last few days I’ve been playing Burnout Paradise. So it seems fairly accurate.

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Here’s my recap for the year:

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Here are a few standout games that I played this year and recommend:


This is a cute and cozy puzzle game that isn’t too hard, but is very satisfying.


This one seems intriguing, but I haven’t played far enough into it to get how dark it gets.


Surely you’ve heard of this by now. You should be in one of three states:

  • You’ve played Balatro.
  • You’re going to play Balatro.
  • You know in your heart that you should never play Balatro.


This is probably the funniest game I’ve played in a long time. Humor is very difficult to do well in an interactive form, and this makes it look easy.


This is an exceedingly clever thing.


It says pretty much everything above. Instead of poker, or blackjack, or a slot machine, or pachinko, this uses a (2D) claw machine as its core mechanic. It’s a good deal of fun, and a good on-ramp if you haven’t experienced a roguelike deckbuilder before and want to understand what the big deal is.

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