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Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals No worries lol, I just figured it'd be a fun way to show you guys how awkward I am on camera after the game show comment. Also, does anyone watch Homeland? I'm addicted... Cheers, Tony

I don't want to start watching it yet because I don't want to suffer through the waiting each week for an episode. I didn't start watching Breaking Bad until the 4th season was complete, so I watched it marathon style, then I started watching it as episodes came out once I caught up, and it was brutal waiting each week. I hear Homeland is really good though, so it's really got me itching to just say screw it and start watching it.

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals No worries lol, I just figured it'd be a fun way to show you guys how awkward I am on camera after the game show comment. Also, does anyone watch Homeland? I'm addicted... Cheers, Tony

Actually, I still have to watch the last episode; I just watched the one where they killed I think his name is "Alasaum".

However! Since your watching Showtime, you have to be a Dexter disciple, right!?!?!

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals No worries lol, I just figured it'd be a fun way to show you guys how awkward I am on camera after the game show comment. Also, does anyone watch Homeland? I'm addicted... Cheers, Tony

Have heard Homeland is awesome....been thinking about making that the next series I do in a marathon once I finish Breaking Bad.

Originally Posted by lnknprk I don't want to start watching it yet because I don't want to suffer through the waiting each week for an episode. I didn't start watching Breaking Bad until the 4th season was complete, so I watched it marathon style, then I started watching it as episodes came out once I caught up, and it was brutal waiting each week. I hear Homeland is really good though, so it's really got me itching to just say screw it and start watching it.

Same...it sucks waiting for new episodes. I wish TV would go the route of releasing entire seasons at a time instead of making you wait week to week. You could watch it on-demand and I would even put up with SOME commercials like if you were watching it on their website.

I try to resist watching HBO shows till they get a few seasons in because the breaks between seasons are brutal.

Originally Posted by lnknprk I don't want to start watching it yet because I don't want to suffer through the waiting each week for an episode. I didn't start watching Breaking Bad until the 4th season was complete, so I watched it marathon style, then I started watching it as episodes came out once I caught up, and it was brutal waiting each week. I hear Homeland is really good though, so it's really got me itching to just say screw it and start watching it.

Yeah I'm freaking out because I'm almost done with Season 1, Season 2 isn't available without Showtime, and I don't do cable (Amazon/Hulu for everything).

The same thing happened with Grimm and The Event...makes me sad.

Originally Posted by UW_Shocks Actually, I still have to watch the last episode; I just watched the one where they killed I think his name is "Alasaum". However! Since your watching Showtime, you have to be a Dexter disciple, right!?!?!

Thanks for the spoiler alert dude! And yeah, I'm a Dexter nut but I'm a few seasons behind.

Originally Posted by oman19 Have heard Homeland is awesome....been thinking about making that the next series I do in a marathon once I finish Breaking Bad.

I'm doing a Breaking Bad marathon soon. I've never seen even 1 episode.

Cheers,
Tony

Originally Posted by oman19 Same...it sucks waiting for new episodes. I wish TV would go the route of releasing entire seasons at a time instead of making you wait week to week. You could watch it on-demand and I would even put up with SOME commercials like if you were watching it on their website. I try to resist watching HBO shows till they get a few seasons in because the breaks between seasons are brutal.

For real dude, I think the model has been proven out and the first company that releases episodic content in large, martahon-able chunks, is going to make cash remarkably fast.

I think that's a market sooooo ready for disruption (the way Steam did with the PC gaming market).

Cheers,
Tony

I want to watch Homeland but I have trouble keeping up with stuff and already have a huge backlog of movies and TV shows to watch (still haven't seen Game of Thrones either! :O)

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Also, I agree, Ballard is rad. If you ever want to grad dinner or happy hour (I'm assuming you're an adult based on your posts) I'd totally be down. Paddington and I are usually at the Ballard Market every Sunday too. Cheers, Tony

I imagine running into you on a sidewalk and, "um, excuse me but...."

Ballard is nice (tho Red Mill was closed on NYE!) but Beacon Hill where I live is getting nicer with the nightlife. Georgetown a walk down the hill has the best brewery-crawl, possibly anywhere.

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals I'm doing a Breaking Bad marathon soon. I've never seen even 1 episode. Cheers, Tony

Breaking Bad is easily my favorite show on TV right now. So much happens and just keeps getting better as the season go on.

I also watched Homeland, just finished up season 2 not too long ago. Its very good in my opinion and now I get to wait forever for the next season...

Oooopps, sorry; I wasn't thinking. You're right, I should have used a spoiler tag.

Originally Posted by oman19 Same...it sucks waiting for new episodes. I wish TV would go the route of releasing entire seasons at a time instead of making you wait week to week. You could watch it on-demand and I would even put up with SOME commercials like if you were watching it on their website. I try to resist watching HBO shows till they get a few seasons in because the breaks between seasons are brutal.

That might catch on eventually. Netflix is going to do the whole release the season in one day thing with House of Cards.

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals I'm doing a Breaking Bad marathon soon. I've never seen even 1 episode. Cheers, Tony

It starts out slow so beware...I was a few episodes in and I was like " eh this is just okay,but it is not as good as The Wire"......then at some point a day later when I'm half way through season 2 I'm like "wholly crap how many episodes have I watched...this show is awesome"

Might as well join in on sharing purchase data.

Amazon:

Hotline Miami - free (sorry Tony!)
Spec Ops - $2.50 (gifted to a friend)
Darkness 2 - $2.50 (gifted to a friend)
South Park: Stick of Truth preorder - $39.99 (used the THQ coupon, whether I keep the pre-order depends on what kind of offers are going on closer to release)
Scribblenauts - $7.49
Lego LOTR - $7.49
The Secret World - $14.99
Hell Yeah! - $3.74
Hell Yeah! Virtual Rabbit Missions - $1.37
Prototype Pack - $7.49

GMG:

Crusader Kings 2: Legacy of Rome - $0.93 (also bought some other random DLC for 49c each)
Sleeping Dogs - $13.60 (bought during November before Amazon had a competitive sale on it)
Sine Mora - $1.75 (I don't have to explain why at that price, right?)
Football Manager 2013 - $14 (gifted, cheaper than what Amazon planned during the time period and couldn't wait until January to give it)
Borderlands 2 Season Pass - $10.50 (way cheaper than what Amazon and Steam had it for)
Civ V: Gods & Kings - $3.15 (bought as a gift, ended up trading it to a CAG for an Amazon GC...so you guys kinda won there )
Jet Set Radio - $1.75 (same as Sine Mora)

Steam:

Dawn of War Franchise Pack - $9.99 (I was missing several of the older DoW games + tons of the DLC, it ended up cheaper to buy the pack than to buy it individually from Amazon + some of the older ones wouldn't have registered on Steam)
Knights of the Old Republic 2 - $2.50 (as far as I could tell, Amazon doesn't carry the digital version)
Zeno Clash - $0.99 (kind of an impulse buy during the November sale)
Several bits of Civ 5 DLC - ranged from $1.24 to $1.86 (I was aware of the Amazon price match but I didn't want to risk flagging my card with so many individual charges, so I went with Steam's shopping cart instead. I had too much non-game shopping to do on Amazon to risk that hassle!)
Tropico 4 + Modern Times + some DLC - $13.94 (Same thing as the Civ 5 DLC, plus I wanted the Steam version which Amazon doesn't seem to carry)
Gal Civ 2 - $4.99 (Bought it on an impulse, honestly didn't look around Amazon much for that one)
Resonance - $2.50 (Amazon doesn't carry this title)

I'll probably buy some random games on the last day of the Steam sale, most of which are older or Amazon doesn't carry right now (Krater is only on a physical DVD and is much higher than the Steam sale, for example).

Also received these as gifts:

Mark of the Ninja (Steam, was a surprise and Amazon doesn't carry it)
Doom 3 Pack (Steam, a friend wanted the silly Steam achievement so he randomly gifted me it)
The Walking Dead (Amazon, a friend was going to buy it as a Steam gift for my birthday but I pointed out the Amazon price match + coupon)

I ended up pretty evenly distributed between the (in my eyes) big three and could have ended up buying more off Amazon if not for not wanting to spam my card with 5+ DLC transactions or lack of a Steam key option.

For the most part Amazon was awesome this year, I just couldn't really benefit from most of the bundles due to having a large chunk of the games involved already. Same with the publisher coupons, I pretty much own most of THQ and 2K's games - several of which I had purchased from Amazon earlier in the year, so it's not all bad there.

On that note, here's a couple bundle/pack suggestions that I would buy in a heart beat:

Transformers Pack: War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron - I've been holding out on both of these games hoping to take advantage of a nice bundled set, with Activision consistently putting WfC on sale for so cheap I'm hoping that a Prototype pack like sale could be possible.

Assassin's Creed 2 Pack: AC2, Brotherhood, Revelations - I didn't have a Ubi coupon to use during the sale, so I missed out on picking up Revelations for cheap and still need to grab Brotherhood. A nice pack to get caught up before AC3 would be appealing. And if you could work some magic on Ubi to get a deal with AC3 involved, all the better.

Originally Posted by oman19 It starts out slow so beware...I was a few episodes in and I was like " eh this is just okay,but it is not as good as The Wire"......then at some point a day later when I'm half way through season 2 I'm like "wholly crap how many episodes have I watched...this show is awesome"

The entire series is slow, IMO. But it's a good show.

Originally Posted by espy605 Max Payne 3 might win the next community vote off for 75%, wonder if Amazon will match that?

It's a flash sale, which means they shouldn't.

And on HBO, man, those breaks are indeed brutal. I need to tell myself to wait until the complete series is done before I start watching a show. Can't wait for the next season of Game of Thrones!

Too lazy to do a true spending breakdown, but afaik the only Amazon purchase I made this winter was the Desert to Sea bundle, and I am kickin myself for not waiting! Everything else was GG/GMG/Steam. To be fair though, I went nuts during the Fall sale and got a lot of what I wanted then.

Originally Posted by Amazon DVG Deals For real dude, I think the model has been proven out and the first company that releases episodic content in large, martahon-able chunks, is going to make cash remarkably fast. I think that's a market sooooo ready for disruption (the way Steam did with the PC gaming market). Cheers, Tony

Your preaching to the choir sir. Been banging this drum ever since I powered through all of Lost before the final season. Someone is going to start delivering TV this way it's just a matter of which major player does it first.

Now if only we could get cable companies to offer ala carte packages.

Steam
Breath of Death VII / Cthulu Save the World - $1
Cricket Revolution - $1
Civilization III - $1.24
Puzzle Quest - $2.50
LA Noire - 3.74

Amazon
Bioshock 1/2 - $5
WTF Pack - $10/$5
Hotline Miami - $5/$0

GMG
Sonic Generations - $5

Pretty quiet for me

So Hotline will not hit $5 on Amazon, even if a Daily Deal, correct?

Originally Posted by pantsattack I imagine running into you on a sidewalk and, "um, excuse me but...." Ballard is nice (tho Red Mill was closed on NYE!) but Beacon Hill where I live is getting nicer with the nightlife. Georgetown a walk down the hill has the best brewery-crawl, possibly anywhere.

Haha that's awesome dude. I haven't been out in Beacon Hill ever, I'm in Cap Hill so I stick primarily to this hood and downtown...I practically live at Linda's on the weekends because they have WiFi and let Paddington hang out there with me.

Originally Posted by akmgmer Breaking Bad is easily my favorite show on TV right now. So much happens and just keeps getting better as the season go on. I also watched Homeland, just finished up season 2 not too long ago. Its very good in my opinion and now I get to wait forever for the next season...

Alright, I'm starting Season 1 tonight.

Originally Posted by Zyrin Might as well join in on sharing purchase data. Amazon: Hotline Miami - free (sorry Tony!) Spec Ops - $2.50 (gifted to a friend) Darkness 2 - $2.50 (gifted to a friend) South Park: Stick of Truth preorder - $39.99 (used the THQ coupon, whether I keep the pre-order depends on what kind of offers are going on closer to release) Scribblenauts - $7.49 Lego LOTR - $7.49 The Secret World - $14.99 Hell Yeah! - $3.74 Hell Yeah! Virtual Rabbit Missions - $1.37 Prototype Pack - $7.49 GMG: Crusader Kings 2: Legacy of Rome - $0.93 (also bought some other random DLC for 49c each) Sleeping Dogs - $13.60 (bought during November before Amazon had a competitive sale on it) Sine Mora - $1.75 (I don't have to explain why at that price, right?) Football Manager 2013 - $14 (gifted, cheaper than what Amazon planned during the time period and couldn't wait until January to give it) Borderlands 2 Season Pass - $10.50 (way cheaper than what Amazon and Steam had it for) Civ V: Gods & Kings - $3.15 (bought as a gift, ended up trading it to a CAG for an Amazon GC...so you guys kinda won there ) Jet Set Radio - $1.75 (same as Sine Mora) Steam: Dawn of War Franchise Pack - $9.99 (I was missing several of the older DoW games + tons of the DLC, it ended up cheaper to buy the pack than to buy it individually from Amazon + some of the older ones wouldn't have registered on Steam) Knights of the Old Republic 2 - $2.50 (as far as I could tell, Amazon doesn't carry the digital version) Zeno Clash - $0.99 (kind of an impulse buy during the November sale) Several bits of Civ 5 DLC - ranged from $1.24 to $1.86 (I was aware of the Amazon price match but I didn't want to risk flagging my card with so many individual charges, so I went with Steam's shopping cart instead. I had too much non-game shopping to do on Amazon to risk that hassle!) Tropico 4 + Modern Times + some DLC - $13.94 (Same thing as the Civ 5 DLC, plus I wanted the Steam version which Amazon doesn't seem to carry) Gal Civ 2 - $4.99 (Bought it on an impulse, honestly didn't look around Amazon much for that one) Resonance - $2.50 (Amazon doesn't carry this title) I'll probably buy some random games on the last day of the Steam sale, most of which are older or Amazon doesn't carry right now (Krater is only on a physical DVD and is much higher than the Steam sale, for example). Also received these as gifts: Mark of the Ninja (Steam, was a surprise and Amazon doesn't carry it) Doom 3 Pack (Steam, a friend wanted the silly Steam achievement so he randomly gifted me it) The Walking Dead (Amazon, a friend was going to buy it as a Steam gift for my birthday but I pointed out the Amazon price match + coupon) I ended up pretty evenly distributed between the (in my eyes) big three and could have ended up buying more off Amazon if not for not wanting to spam my card with 5+ DLC transactions or lack of a Steam key option. For the most part Amazon was awesome this year, I just couldn't really benefit from most of the bundles due to having a large chunk of the games involved already. Same with the publisher coupons, I pretty much own most of THQ and 2K's games - several of which I had purchased from Amazon earlier in the year, so it's not all bad there. On that note, here's a couple bundle/pack suggestions that I would buy in a heart beat: Transformers Pack: War for Cybertron and Fall of Cybertron - I've been holding out on both of these games hoping to take advantage of a nice bundled set, with Activision consistently putting WfC on sale for so cheap I'm hoping that a Prototype pack like sale could be possible. Assassin's Creed 2 Pack: AC2, Brotherhood, Revelations - I didn't have a Ubi coupon to use during the sale, so I missed out on picking up Revelations for cheap and still need to grab Brotherhood. A nice pack to get caught up before AC3 would be appealing. And if you could work some magic on Ubi to get a deal with AC3 involved, all the better.

Thanks for the bundle suggestions dude. I don't think Ubi is likely but I think a Transformers pack isn't out of the realm of possibility.

Cheers,
Tony