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Weeklong Deals:
Steam usually has week-long deals that change on Mondays at 6PM UTC. They mostly feature indie games, and may not run every week.

Sale summary lists:

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⤷ indicates DLC, — specifies part of a pack, + shows alternative versions, ⚠ highlights things worth knowing, ♫ is obvious, and ... denotes a multi-pack.

Holiday Sale 2013 | 19/12/13 through 3/1/14:
Days 1-3, 4-6, 7-9, 10-12, 13-14.

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All days.

Steam deals on other stores: (Related threads on CAG.)

Indie* bundle threads: (*Not always indie, nor always a bundle.)

Free stuff:
There are quite a few free games (mostly Free to Play) and mods available via the Steam platform, a comprehensive list of which can be found in this thread on the SPUF.
(NOTE: free games are not permanently attached to your Steam account like actual purchases would be. You'll need to manually download a game again from the website if you uninstall it.)

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MysterD said:
Okay, Newegg has an LG BD-Burner OEM (WH14NS40) for $49.99 + free shipping after promo code EMCWWWR44

I've been meaning to buy a BD-Burner for years.

It's OEM, so I don't expect cables (I do have those) and I don't expect BD software (need to look into that).

So, here's a bunch of questions:

1. Anybody have this EXACT BD-Burner especially or anything similar? If so - thoughts please?

2. What's good out there for BD-playing software? And how cheap/expensive are they? And what are you using in particular?

3. What's good out there for BD-burning software these days? And what are you using for this?

4. How cheap/expensive are blank BD discs?
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I don't know about BD-Burning, but as far as playing software, it is a pain. My wife had a BD drive on her laptop and through updates/upgrades of the OS it wiped whatever crappy BD player HP had installed and HP didn't provide any updated BD software for Windows 7 or 8. We resorted to buying some, but it was expensive.

It's gotten cheaper with Amazon's Digital Software store.

We have:

http://www.amazon.com/Corel-ESDWDPR11EN-WinDVD-Pro-Download/dp/B005S50ACK/

The other popular one is PowerDVD. Both have mixed reviews, but both have trials/demos so you can DL them and figure out which one you like best. There might be a few others out there too.

 
MysterD said:
Okay, Newegg has an LG BD-Burner OEM (WH14NS40) for $49.99 + free shipping after promo code EMCWWWR44

I've been meaning to buy a BD-Burner for years.

It's OEM, so I don't expect cables (I do have those) and I don't expect BD software (need to look into that).

So, here's a bunch of questions:

1. Anybody have this EXACT BD-Burner especially or anything similar? If so - thoughts please?

2. What's good out there for BD-playing software? And how cheap/expensive are they? And what are you using in particular?

3. What's good out there for BD-burning software these days? And what are you using for this?

4. How cheap/expensive are blank BD discs? And what do brand/type do you use and like?
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1. I have a similar LG model, but not that exact one.

2. Cyberlink PowerDVD was bundled with a few of my drives and it's capable enough. Though, I prefer (and use on my HTPC) TMT.

3. I have 4 BD drives, two of which are burners and I have yet to burn a disc. I'm not into video making and unless you're doing something that will be shared with others on a commercial-esque basis, I see no point in burning to BD. The media is an inferior storage tool still (IMO) for anything other than retail movies (and that will be fading in coming years with 4K) or for home brewed productions to distribute to a less tech savvy audience. BDs are still relatively too expensive.

4. See #3. EDIT: I have gone though my share of CD's/DVD's, however (about a decade+ ago), and started out buying name brand media, but later ended up buying generic spools of a 100-500 at a time. Can't say I ever had a read issue or delamination with any of them, so take that for what it's worth.

 
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travathian said:
No, the original PAYDAY you simply unlock weapons/abilities by gaining levels in one of four 'classes'. It isn't a class based game though. You can completely customize your load-out each time. So if you max out your levels in each, everything is unlocked. Where as in PD2, there are tons of lvl 100 PD2 players who still have tons of weapon enhancements they may never even get a drop for. They have been tweaking things over time, and I still hold out that they will eventually ditch a lot of the shitty design decisions they made for PD2.

And drop rates belong in ARPGs, MMORPGs and the like, not this style of game.
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Is there a reason you would NEED all of the weapon mods? Is it the situation where people are mad about a game like Marvel Heroes costing hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to unlock everything, but only a crazy person would actually want more than 10% of the money unlocks?

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Deadfall Adventures(Uncharted fps shooter) is out now. Looks kinda fun, plus CheapyD got it so u know its good!
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Cheapy's a nice guy, but his taste in games is often a bit suspect. At best.

 
Neuro5i5 said:
1. I have a similar LG model, but not that exact one.

2. Cyberlink PowerDVD was bundled with a few of my drives and it's capable enough. Though, I prefer (and use on my HTPC) TMT.

3. I have 4 BD drives, two of which are burners and I have yet to burn a disc. I'm not into video making and unless you're doing something that will be shared with others on a commercial-esque basis, I see no point in burning to BD. The media is an inferior storage tool still (IMO) for anything other than retail movies (and that will be fading in coming years with 4K) or for home brewed productions to distribute to a less tech savvy audience. BDs are still relatively too expensive.

4. See #3. EDIT: I have gone though my share of CD's/DVD's, however (about a decade+ ago), and started out buying name brand media, but later ended up buying generic spools of a 100-500 at a time. Can't say I ever had a read issue or delamination with any of them, so take that for what it's worth.
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You'd think I'd probably just be better off sticking w/ either of my external HDD's for backing-up some of my games?

Certainly makes sense, even though a part of me would like some discs to put something huge like Max Payne 3 onto (29GB!).

I really currently don't see much use for movie-playing. RedBox around here still mostly carries DVD and only has some BD titles. I'd probably be more apt to use a BD movie on a big-TV as opposed to my current PC. I actually don't have a separate BD player...probably b/c the main TV here is not HDTV.

Most of my time - I'm on my PC here, playing games.

 
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MysterD said:
You'd think I'd probably just be better off sticking w/ either of my external HDD's for backing-up some of my games?
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Why are you backing up your games...? I can understand saves but no one has 29 GB of saves in Max Payne 3... I mean if steam sucks the big fat one and dies (completely) I suspect we all get bigger issues than game back ups...

 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
Why are you backing up your games...? I can understand saves but no one has 29 GB of saves in Max Payne 3... I mean if steam sucks the big fat one and dies (completely) I suspect we all get bigger issues than game back ups...
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He'll probably answer with something about ISP bandwidth caps.

(But you and I know he's just a crazy paranoid person, right? Right?)

 
MysterD said:
You'd think I'd probably just be better off sticking w/ either of my external HDD's for backing-up some of my games?

Certainly makes sense, even though a part of me would like some discs to put something huge like Max Payne 3 onto (29GB!).

I really currently don't see much use for movie-playing. RedBox around here still mostly carries DVD and only has some BD titles. I'd probably be more apt to use a BD on a big-TV as opposed to my current PC.
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As for backing up, I personally still prefer HDD or even flash media. Single layer (25GB) blu-ray discs have come down in price to around $0.02 per GB, but dual layer (50GB) discs are still in the $0.05-$0.07 per GB range which puts them on par price-wise with HDDs. BDXL are exponentially more expensive. The other factor involved is time spent. An esata (or internally docked which I use) HDD will be a huge time saver vs ripping to disc. Huge. I frequently upgrade my storage media before I actually run out of space (and I have quite a lot) and when I do, I just use the old drives as back ups. I currently have about 16TB of back ups now.

 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
Why are you backing up your games...? I can understand saves but no one has 29 GB of saves in Max Payne 3... I mean if steam sucks the big fat one and dies (completely) I suspect we all get bigger issues than game back ups...
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Over the past couple years, I've been backing up everything. Well, everything I either can't afford to lose or would cost me a lot of time to regain. I NEVER used to back up anything, but that was because I never had a problem. It wasn't until my movie server went down that I started because while I still owned the discs, ripping 700+ DVDs/BDs takes FOREVER. I went through 3 DVD drives in the process (I was using them almost 24/7). So, yeah, I back up my games now as well because I don't want to have to take the time to download 3TB+.

 
Eldredpe said:
He'll probably answer with something about ISP bandwidth caps.

(But you and I know he's just a crazy paranoid person, right? Right?)
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Let me toss this out there - I have Comcast Blast and download speeds are around 5-8 MB per sec via Steam. I have even seen at times 10MB per sec once and a while - but that wasn't on Steam; that was on other not-as-popular services like EA Origin!

If it was something really huge, backing it up locally somewhere (HDD drive, BR disc, etc) would and could save me time from re-downloading. If I have downloaded it, I likely want to back it up somewhere else and reinstall from there - especially on something huge (think RAGE, TSW, etc).

Unless the game-file is something small and is not time-consuming, then maybe it'll be re-downloaded.

Or if I go away from PC for a bit to say go watch a movie or something, then it could get a re-download.

 
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MysterD said:
Let me toss this out there - I have Comcast Blast and download speeds are around 5-8 MB per sec via Steam. I have even seen at times 10MB per sec once and a while - but that wasn't on Steam; that was on other not-as-popular services like EA Origin!
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At 5 MB/S it takes a little less than 3 and half minutes to download a a GB so it would take 101 and half minutes to download Max Payne... That's not even two hours.

Now a TB is huge, but unless I screwed up the math, it would take 2584 minutes to download at 5 MB/S... or about 60 hours.

Now doubt that's a considerable amount of time but if you sleep 6 hours a day and go to work/school for 8 you have 14 hours of downtime to redownload your games each day... And it would take a little over 4 days to do so.

And the amount of time you spent in front of your PC to recover...? Hardly any. Line up the downloads in steam and go about your business.

And with it just being games... Your not going to need all of them at any given point.

I just don't see how you would need to

Neuro5i5 said:
Over the past couple years, I've been backing up everything. Well, everything I either can't afford to lose or would cost me a lot of time to regain. I NEVER used to back up anything, but that was because I never had a problem. It wasn't until my movie server went down that I started because while I still owned the discs, ripping 700+ DVDs/BDs takes FOREVER. I went through 3 DVD drives in the process (I was using them almost 24/7). So, yeah, I back up my games now as well because I don't want to have to take the time to download 3TB+.
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I get why you back up the multimedia... That's a considerable time investment. Far different than a PC game that can be downloaded in the background.

 
This is my Max Payne pile:

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INMATEofARKHAM said:
Cool, thanks for the extra info. :)

As for drop rates... I think they can be successful in any style of game so I wouldn't pigeonhole them into only certain game types... That's a good way to stunt growth and innovation. Now I've never played Payday 2 so I cannot comment on it, obviously, but one of the best Maddens I've ever played had a card set in it and its basically an item drop system. Get the card and you unlike the player for free agency. Other cards for unlock dream cards and/or throwback cards. It added an insane amount of replayability which is the crux of any good item drop rate.

You might want if CheapyD got it for free... Its reviews are not really all that great.
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oh good tims i use to playday the heist if it wasnt for free weekend i would never got it

 
INMATEofARKHAM said:
At 5 MB/S it takes a little less than 3 and half minutes to download a a GB so it would take 101 and half minutes to download Max Payne... That's not even two hours.

Now a TB is huge, but unless I screwed up the math, it would take 2584 minutes to download at 5 MB/S... or about 60 hours.

Now doubt that's a considerable amount of time but if you sleep 6 hours a day and go to work/school for 8 you have 14 hours of downtime to redownload your games each day... And it would take a little over 4 days to do so.

And the amount of time you spent in front of your PC to recover...? Hardly any. Line up the downloads in steam and go about your business.

And with it just being games... Your not going to need all of them at any given point.

I just don't see how you would need to

I get why you back up the multimedia... That's a considerable time investment. Far different than a PC game that can be downloaded in the background.
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I basically go through HDD space like water.

I probably need another internal. My two internals are almost full. I have two 1 TB WD Black internal HDD drives. I run games through those. Also, I keep a lot of my games there that still get official support (patches, DLC's, etc); stuff I actually do play; and stuff I haven't finished.

For externals, I have my 2 Seagates externals. I have a 2 TB External (not even remotely close to full) & 500 GB external HDD (that's almost full). That's where I toss most of my game back-ups, these days - when I'm done playing w/ a game.

 
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INMATEofARKHAM said:
I get why you back up the multimedia... That's a considerable time investment. Far different than a PC game that can be downloaded in the background.
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I average 1-2MB/s and my connection isn't the most stable, so queuing several GB of downloads a night is not the best idea (from personal experience). So, at best I'd setup 2 or 3 games a night. With over 600 games, that would still take a while. If I had a better internet source, I might feel differently about backing up games, but the fact is I already have spare HDDs, so I'd likely back them up anyway as it's still easier. I don't suggest everyone to do it, but if you have the means and large libraries, why not.

 
Neuro5i5 said:
I average 1-2MB/s and my connection isn't the most stable, so queuing several GB of downloads a night is not the best idea (from personal experience). So, at best I'd setup 2 or 3 games a night. With over 600 games, that would still take a while. If I had a better internet source, I might feel differently about backing up games, but the fact is I already have spare HDDs, so I'd likely back them up anyway as it's still easier. I don't suggest everyone to do it, but if you have the means and large libraries, why not.
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Yeah, at 1-2 I think the game would change quite a bit... Some games (Like Max Payne I would likely back up locally) but still it comes down to how many games do you actively need on your system?

Caps I understand... but for most of it.. I think I'm just too lazy two worry about it. I would just plan my down time accordingly...

Also this is a game changer too...

Background Downloading on Steam

http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/steam-update-includes-background-downloading/

Single player anyone?

 
Flowette said:
I'm going to throw out a WACKY suggestion here:

Delete stuff when you've finished using it.

I know, I know. Crazy right?
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Easier said than done.

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Neuro5i5 said:
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I gotz.
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Yep. And b/c I am lazy and don't like re-installing stuff; games that I know likely will have DLC and/or will have more patches coming; and any kind of official support - I'm likely not uninstalling those.

Some examples for MysterD:

It was easy to uninstall and back-up something like RAGE PC even despite its 24 GB size - b/c we knew Scorchers was it for DLC; and that Id was moving onto something else. Once I finished Scorchers, off it went.

I ain't removing Bioshock: Infinite yet - they still releasing DLC for that thing.

As for something like Sleeping Dogs, Skyrim + Dishonored - I don't own ALL of the DLC yet.

Vampire: Bloodlines - no way, I love that game too much to uninstall on my current modern-PC. That's my most reinstalled-game ever on my previous PC - that was back in the days, when I was fiending & fighting w/ my HDD for space! Whenever Wesp pumps out a new unofficial patch or Halloween comes around, it's back to Bloodlines for at least a few hours. Ahhhh, I love this game...

 
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You know that scene in Fight Club where they "blank" all of the videotapes in Blockbuster with an electric magnet thingy... does that work on hard drives?

Also, does anybody have MysterD's address?

Asking for a friend.
 
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INMATEofARKHAM said:
Yeah, at 1-2 I think the game would change quite a bit... Some games (Like Max Payne I would likely back up locally) but still it comes down to how many games do you actively need on your system?

Caps I understand... but for most of it.. I think I'm just too lazy two worry about it. I would just plan my down time accordingly...

Also this is a game changer too...

Background Downloading on Steam

http://attackofthefanboy.com/news/steam-update-includes-background-downloading/

Single player anyone?
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About damn time! But do I really have to manually enable this for every game individually? That's annoying.

 
Orbweaver Update

I'm not sure why I did it, maybe I just wanted to test another game with the Orbweaver (it is high on my playlist) but I installed Painkiller: Black Edition and the Orbweaver works with it...  Still cannot get it to work with L4D2 or the bulk of my games...

Anyhow, I emailed/contacted Razer via their website sometime yesterday or what not...  Will see if I get any sort of response within their 24 hours...  (I'm sort of doubting it.)

 
Also, forgot to mention, some deals for today:

(Posted on my Steam deals group)

BioShock Infinite £10.19 / $13.59 
http://getgamesgo.com/product/bioshock-infinite 

Legacy of Kain titles 75% off 
http://www.gamersgate.co.uk/games?prio=relevance&q=kainweekend&gg 

Operation Flashpoint: Dragon Rising £1.49 / $2.24 
http://getgamesgo.com/product/operation-flashpoint-dragon-rising-steam 

Retro City Rampge $3.75 
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/p/retrocityrampage_storefront 

iShooter Gamer Bundle $4.99 (All Steam keys) 
with: Tower Wars, Sanctum, Bleed & Cubemen 2 
https://exclusives.macappdeals.com/sales/the-ishooter-mac-gamer-bundle 

Sign up to Rekoil Open Beta 
http://forums.rekoil.com/beta-registration.php
 
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Eldredpe said:
Is there a reason you would NEED all of the weapon mods? Is it the situation where people are mad about a game like Marvel Heroes costing hundreds upon hundreds of dollars to unlock everything, but only a crazy person would actually want more than 10% of the money unlocks?
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There are 4 groups of skillsets in PD2, and each has a couple weapons they specialize in. Different weapons offer different playstyles and different mods can further benefit those playstyles. The difference between a base weapon and a fully specialized weapon using mods is incredibly significant. The more mods you've gotten via drops, the more playstyles you've got available and they become much more potent.

Do you need all of them? No. The problem is, it is random. So the one you want may never, ever, ever drop. Which is lame. There is no way to spend in game money, even at a ridiculously high price, to just buy the mod you want. Half the community gave up and left once they hit the higher levels and realized they had trillions of dollars and nothing to do but grind for weapon mods.

Oh, and not to mention, a significant amount of content that the devs promised still has not been released for the base game, and the first DLC just landed.

Like I said, next Fall, pick up the base game + all dlc for $10. By then all this stupid shit will be changed for the better.

 
MysterD said:
Easier said than done.

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Yep. And b/c I am lazy and don't like re-installing stuff; games that I know likely will have DLC and/or will have more patches coming; and any kind of official support - I'm likely not uninstalling those.

Some examples for MysterD:

It was easy to uninstall and back-up something like RAGE PC even despite its 24 GB size - b/c we knew Scorchers was it for DLC; and that Id was moving onto something else. Once I finished Scorchers, off it went.

I ain't removing Bioshock: Infinite yet - they still releasing DLC for that thing.

As for something like Sleeping Dogs, Skyrim + Dishonored - I don't own ALL of the DLC yet.

Vampire: Bloodlines - no way, I love that game too much to uninstall on my current modern-PC. That's my most reinstalled-game ever on my previous PC - that was back in the days, when I was fiending & fighting w/ my HDD for space! Whenever Wesp pumps out a new unofficial patch or Halloween comes around, it's back to Bloodlines for at least a few hours. Ahhhh, I love this game...
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I've been coming close to running out of space recently, as well. I don't like uninstalling games either, but there's a pretty easy way to determine what to uninstall and what to keep - it's called the "Will I Ever Come Back to This (Realistically)?" method. Will I come back to Skyrim? check. Bioshock? check. Torchlight 2? Fun game, but not one of my favorites. I'd LIKE to play it again at some point, but w/my backlog, and the fact that it's not a game I LOVED, I realistically probably won't play it again, at least not anytime soon. Uninstalled. It sounds simple, but it's easier said than done. Another thing you can do is wait to install games until you're ready to play them, and then if you like the game enough, keep it installed. If not, get rid of it.

Having game OCD really gets in the way of both of these methods, though. But having limited space and limited funds to upgrade your space forces you to compromise your OCD ways.

Edit: Rogue Legacy is five bucks on GOG right meow, go get it if you want it. I'm waiting for 3.75 doe

Dubble Edit: How do you guys decide what you're playing next? I always have trouble w/this whenever I finish a game, and wind up playing binding of isaac or something for a few hours or something.

 
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The only thing keeping me from installing all of my games is my monthly ISP bandwidth cap. Drive space is just too cheap right now. I keep a few high performance games on my SSD, the rest go on my 2TB WD Black drive.

 
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I've been coming close to running out of space recently, as well. I don't like uninstalling games either, but there's a pretty easy way to determine what to uninstall and what to keep - it's called the "Will I Ever Come Back to This (Realistically)?" method. Will I come back to Skyrim? check. Bioshock? check. Torchlight 2? Fun game, but not one of my favorites. I'd LIKE to play it again at some point, but w/my backlog, and the fact that it's not a game I LOVED, I realistically probably won't play it again, at least not anytime soon. Uninstalled. It sounds simple, but it's easier said than done. Another thing you can do is wait to install games until you're ready to play them, and then if you like the game enough, keep it installed. If not, get rid of it.

Having game OCD really gets in the way of both of these methods, though. But having limited space and limited funds to upgrade your space forces you to compromise your OCD ways.

Edit: Rogue Legacy is five bucks on GOG right meow, go get it if you want it. I'm waiting for 3.75 doe

Dubble Edit: How do you guys decide what you're playing next? I always have trouble w/this whenever I finish a game, and wind up playing binding of isaac or something for a few hours or something.
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When doing what's next, I try to NOT do the same series (especially that); genre; & anything similar and whatnot in a row. I try to mix things up. Doing TOO much of the same in a row can bore the hell out of you. Breaks up the monotony & whatnot. Space things out.

Also, after doing LONG games, I might be looking for something SHORTER, as well. Some of these games, doing long games in a row can be a haul.

 
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When doing what's next, I try to NOT do the same series (especially that); genre; & anything similar and whatnot in a row. I try to mix things up. Doing TOO much of the same in a row can bore the hell out of you. Breaks up the monotony & whatnot. Space things out.

Also, after doing LONG games, I might be looking for something SHORTER, as well. Some of these games, doing long games in a row can be a haul.
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mysterd is bad wild boy i usualy play main games idle on rest and talk here allot

 
MysterD said:
When doing what's next, I try to NOT do the same series (especially that); genre; & anything similar and whatnot in a row. I try to mix things up. Doing TOO much of the same in a row can bore the hell out of you. Breaks up the monotony & whatnot. Space things out.

Also, after doing LONG games, I might be looking for something SHORTER, as well. Some of these games, doing long games in a row can be a haul.
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I thought I had decided - was going to download Black Mesa mod for HL2 (I've never played the original Half Life GASP), then it started downloading, said it would take 2-3 hours. Wish I had that Comcast Blast you have. So I decided on the original Deus Ex, which I've also never played (GASP again).

 
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I thought I had decided - was going to download Black Mesa mod for HL2 (I've never played the original Half Life GASP), then it started downloading, said it would take 2-3 hours. Wish I had that Comcast Blast you have. So I decided on the original Deus Ex, which I've also never played (GASP again).
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Oh, the original Deus Ex is great game. Classic. Hope you enjoy it. :D

That one's been on many "Best Games Ever Lists" - rightfully so, IMHO.

In my Top 10 Games/Series List, for sure.

 
Eldredpe said:
Post all these lists you so often bring up.

I want to judge you.
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PC Gamer - Top 100 PC games (as of Feb 2011) had Deus Ex at #1 -> http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/16/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/10/

PC Zone - in 2007, they had it also at #1 -> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/deus-ex-named-top-pc-game-of-all-time

My own list personal list is coming.

I will put "Reasons" for anytime I list a specific franchise for the specific games that I deem as "awesome".

So, here's my own personal list for my Top 10 Favorite Series/Games, in no particular order whatsoever:

01. Deus Ex series

Reasons = Deus Ex 1 especially + HR

02. Elder Scrolls series

Reasons = Morrowind: GOTY + Oblivion: GOTY + Skyrim

03. The Longest Journey series

Reason = The original TLJ

04. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

05. Baldur's Gate series

Reasons = BG1 + BG2: SOA + one of the best RPG expansions ever with BG2: TOB

06. Bioshock series

Reasons = Bioshock 1 + Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den DLC + Bioshock: Infinite

07. Fallout series

Reasons = FO1 + FO2 + FO3: GOTY + FO: NV - Ultimate

08. Shadow of Destiny

09. Planescape: Torment

10. Dragon Age series

Reason = Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate

Honorable Runner-Ups/Mentions, in no particular order whatsoever:

11. Mass Effect series

Reason = ME1 + especially ME2 + ME3 (minus the end)

12. KOTOR series

Reason = KOTOR 1

13. Assassin's Creed series

Reasons: AC2 especially + AC:B

14. Neverwinter Nights series

Reasons: Two great RPG expansions that were WAY better than base-games by a mile...

NWN1: Hordes of the Underdark + NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.

15. Diablo series

Reason = Diablo 2 + LOD

16. The Witcher series

Reasons = The Witcher 1 + 2

17. Call of Duty series

Reasons = COD 1, 2 + especially COD4: MW.

18. Medal of Honor series

Reason = MOH: Allied Assault

19. Jade Empire

 
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MysterD said:
PC Gamer - Top 100 PC games (as of Feb 2011) had Deus Ex at #1 -> http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/16/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/10/
PC Zone - in 2007, they had it also at #1 -> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/deus-ex-named-top-pc-game-of-all-time


My own list personal list is coming.
I will put "Reasons" for anytime I list a specific franchise for the specific games that I deem as "awesome".

So, here's my own personal list for my Top 10 Favorite Series/Games, in no particular order whatsoever:
01. Deus Ex series
Reasons = Deus Ex 1 especially + HR

02. Elder Scrolls series
Reasons = Morrowind: GOTY + Oblivion: GOTY + Skyrim

03. The Longest Journey series
Reason = The original TLJ

04. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

05. Baldur's Gate series
Reasons = BG1 + BG2: SOA + one of the best RPG expansions ever with BG2: TOB

06. Bioshock series
Reasons = Bioshock 1 + Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den DLC + Bioshock: Infinite

07. Fallout series
Reasons = FO1 + FO2 + FO3: GOTY + FO: NV - Ultimate

08. Shadow of Destiny

09. Planescape: Torment

10. Dragon Age series
Reason = Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate

Honorable Runner-Ups/Mentions, in no particular order whatsoever:
11. Mass Effect series
Reason = ME1 + especially ME2 + ME3 (minus the end)

12. KOTOR series
Reason = KOTOR 1

13. Assassin's Creed series
Reasons: AC2 especially + AC:B

14. Neverwinter Nights series
Reasons: Two great RPG expansions that were WAY better than base-games by a mile...
NWN1: Hordes of the Underdark + NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.

15. Diablo series
Reason = Diablo 2 + LOD

16. The Witcher series
Reasons = The Witcher 1 + 2

17. Call of Duty series
Reasons = COD 1, 2 + especially COD4: MW.

18. Medal of Honor series
Reason = MOH: Allied Assault

19. Jade Empire
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Hmmm...

1. PC Gamer list - I used to read that magazine
2. MysterD's Honorable Mentions list - because The Longest Journey, really?
3. MysterD's Top 10 Favorite Games/Series list - The Witcher and Bad Rats should've been on this, 2/10 would not bang
4. PC Zone list - who?
 
MysterD said:
PC Gamer - Top 100 PC games (as of Feb 2011) had Deus Ex at #1 -> http://www.pcgamer.com/2011/02/16/the-100-best-pc-games-of-all-time/10/

PC Zone - in 2007, they had it also at #1 -> http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/deus-ex-named-top-pc-game-of-all-time

My own list personal list is coming.

I will put "Reasons" for anytime I list a specific franchise for the specific games that I deem as "awesome".

So, here's my own personal list for my Top 10 Favorite Series/Games, in no particular order whatsoever:

01. Deus Ex series

Reasons = Deus Ex 1 especially + HR

02. Elder Scrolls series

Reasons = Morrowind: GOTY + Oblivion: GOTY + Skyrim

03. The Longest Journey series

Reason = The original TLJ

04. Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

05. Baldur's Gate series

Reasons = BG1 + BG2: SOA + one of the best RPG expansions ever with BG2: TOB

06. Bioshock series

Reasons = Bioshock 1 + Bioshock 2: Minerva's Den DLC + Bioshock: Infinite

07. Fallout series

Reasons = FO1 + FO2 + FO3: GOTY + FO: NV - Ultimate

08. Shadow of Destiny

09. Planescape: Torment

10. Dragon Age series

Reason = Dragon Age: Origins - Ultimate

Honorable Runner-Ups/Mentions, in no particular order whatsoever:

11. Mass Effect series

Reason = ME1 + especially ME2 + ME3 (minus the end)

12. KOTOR series

Reason = KOTOR 1

13. Assassin's Creed series

Reasons: AC2 especially + AC:B

14. Neverwinter Nights series

Reasons: Two great RPG expansions that were WAY better than base-games by a mile...

NWN1: Hordes of the Underdark + NWN2: Mask of the Betrayer.

15. Diablo series

Reason = Diablo 2 + LOD

16. The Witcher series

Reasons = The Witcher 1 + 2

17. Call of Duty series

Reasons = COD 1, 2 + especially COD4: MW.

18. Medal of Honor series

Reason = MOH: Allied Assault

19. Jade Empire
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If they are in no particular order, why did you put numbers :shame:

 
I have a binder full of backed up Steam games. I even have them listed on a spreadsheet and the discs have number codes so I can locate the specific archives quickly. I do this because my download speed is pretty unstable so downloading a 20+ GB game can take days.

Okay, confession time: I used to download a frigton of pirated music, comics and videos. I have spindles upon spindles of the stuff. I also have a really large CD library which I've been ripping to digital files for the past seven years. Much of this stuff is backed up to DVD-R but these days... I really don't buy many CDs anymore, I don't pirate much stuff either (I have a ton of games and movies, and the current state of comics has left me burned out.) So having all these backup discs is pointless.

I know I have a problem. I've actually been thinking of going through these discs and throw out anything I don't need at all, which would mean hundreds of discs would go in the garbage.

Blargh.

 
Foxhack said:
I know I have a problem. I've actually been thinking of going through these discs and throw out anything I don't need at all, which would mean hundreds of discs would go in the garbage.
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You don't have to do that, [customspoiler='make some art']
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Foxhack said:
I also have a really large CD library which I've been ripping to digital files for the past seven years. Much of this stuff is backed up to DVD-R but these days... I really don't buy many CDs anymore, I don't pirate much stuff either (I have a ton of games and movies, and the current state of comics has left me burned out.) So having all these backup discs is pointless.
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A few years back, over a period of a few weeks I went through my entire CD collection and ripped it to FLAC. I then copied the FLACs to my home-built Linux XBMC server for listening through my audio system and transcoded them to OGG/MP3 for portable devices & streaming. I also backed up the FLACs to DVDs since I have no idea how long the original CDs will last (not that I actually play CDs much at all these days, and I have 25 year old CDs that still work fine unless I actually scratch them).

For my DVD movies, I've ripped & shrunk them to MKV H.264 (using Handbrake) and also put them on XBMC, and backed up the MKVs to DVD (though I'm thinking of getting a BD writer for backups now).

Yes, it was a lot of work, especially with the CDs, but it was worth it - the wife and kids love the easy & instant access to music, movies, photos, etc. The fact that I'm on Linux makes things quite a bit easier since I could script the entire process for ripping, tagging, transcoding, etc.

 
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