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Daily Deal:
Please check the Steam homepage.

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:

Key:
⤷ 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.

Spring/Autumn Sale 2013 | 27/11/13 through 3/12/13:
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.)

Past Steam Deals Threads:

 
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spoderman said:
Most of those games are shit. I don't even need to play them to know that. Watch the trailers. I think Project Night and Splatter have a decent chance of being greenlit though, if only because they were in Groupees bundles which has a pretty good following. The rest don't have much of a chance at getting greenlit.
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Project Night looks soooo bad. The developer doesn't even show any gameplay footage in his trailers, just 90 seconds of blank film effect and black screen. From what I gather, he's trying to do a Clock Tower-Slender mix, but the one second of character animation looks weak. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=133351341

Also, Memories of a Vagabond is straight up RPG Maker tripe. Here's a list of games that are probably better.

 
Blade said:
Project Night looks soooo bad. The developer doesn't even show any gameplay footage in his trailers, just 90 seconds of blank film effect and black screen. From what I gather, he's trying to do a Clock Tower-Slender mix, but the one second of character animation looks weak. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=133351341
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Yeah I've heard it's pretty bad, but I think it being bundled with Groupees makes it have a way higher chance of getting greenlit than most of the other games in the bundle.

 
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spoderman said:
Exactly. The new bundlestars is a good bundle that has some very new good releases, but it's chock full of repeats. BundleStars is the king of repeats, it's basically how they do business, their main customers are people that have missed out on other bundles.
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Tell me you're not buying this for Snuggle Truck.

Liar.

 
warreni said:
Look, man, I probably like BS almost as much as the next guy, but the last four of those seven games are repeats and at least three of those have been bundled more than twice.
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And you haven't noticed that trend with almost every other bundle site lately? At some point, there are going to be more bundles than there are games. Or at the very least, the well of companies that are willing to have their games bundled is going to run dry...and having repeats is the result. Surely, you have to be smart enough to know that. It just seems silly to rip on one site for "repeats" while giving others a pass. The almighty Humble has had repeats lately. Get off it already.

 
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n8rockerasu said:
And you haven't noticed that trend with almost every other bundle site lately? At some point, there are going to be more bundles than there are games. Or at the very least, the well of which companies are willing to have their games bundled is going to run dry...and having repeats is the result. Surely, you have to be smart enough to know that. It just seems silly to rip on one site for "repeats" while giving others a pass. The almighty Humble has had repeats lately. Get off it already.
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BundleStars has the highest repeat rate of any bundle site. I never give other bundles a pass. If I see a repeat, I mention it lol.

 
I dont consider repeats that big of a deal any more. For experienced bundle buyers they are inevitable. But for newbies, they offer a chance to still get a bunch of games on the cheap. And with individual keys, you can pass on duplicates.

 
n8rockerasu said:
And you haven't noticed that trend with almost every other bundle site lately? At some point, there are going to be more bundles than there are games. Or at the very least, the well of which companies are willing to have their games bundled is going to run dry...and having repeats is the result. Surely, you have to be smart enough to know that. It just seems silly to rip on one site for "repeats" while giving others a pass. The almighty Humble has had repeats lately. Get off it already.
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Humble has given away the Batman series + Scribblenauts and other games that have never been below $5 before for the same price that Bundlestars sells Doc Clock and Snuggletruck. They're not the same, not even remotely close. That said, I've missed all older bundles containing the majority of the current bundle fodder, and I've got a thing for werewolves, so I bought in. Hopefully, it and Slender don't lick the D.

 
I'm not trying to have a "Bundlestars vs Humble" argument because who cares? But this notion that nobody else does repeats is ludicrous. Look at the Humble weekly's entire $6 tier.

Knytt Underground: bundled 3 times

Really Big Sky: bundled 7 times

Nightsky: bundled 5 times

So, 3 out of the 4 Steam games in that bundle...have been bundled at least 3 times.

Even in the main bundle...2 out of 6 games are repeats, and have been bundled at least 3 times.

Repeats are going to happen more and more frequently across all bundle sites. It's simple logic.


travathian said:
I dont consider repeats that big of a deal any more. For experienced bundle buyers they are inevitable. But for newbies, they offer a chance to still get a bunch of games on the cheap. And with individual keys, you can pass on duplicates.
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This. Thank you. At least somebody gets it.

 
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There are a lot of repeat in Bundle Stars but I've also accumulated (yeah I said it) the most niche sim titles from them that I haven't seen elsewhere. I'm getting this one for Slender and Werewolf; to the trade thread with the others.

Jesus, my Bundle window is up to 15 tabs now.

 
Crap, Steam marketplace just told me about the 200 listings limit. I'm Canadian but technically I have dual citizenship with the US. I have never lived there. What do I do?

The grid 2 cards have a pretty good list price, the low end of the ones I have are 19-23 cents. Surprising.

 
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Personally, Bundlestars and Indiegala are my favorites, because many of their bundles include somewhat crappy simulator games, CCC RPGs, and derivative strategy games that I want, but would otherwise never purchase.  Plus, my unscientific research study has proven that Bundlestars has, on average, 7% fewer zombie games than other bundle sites.

 
n8rockerasu said:
I'm not trying to have a "Bundlestars vs Humble" argument because who cares? But this notion that nobody else does repeats is ludicrous. Look at the Humble weekly's entire $6 tier.

Knytt Underground: bundled 3 times

Really Big Sky: bundled 7 times

Nightsky: bundled 5 times

So, 3 out of the 4 Steam games in that bundle...have been bundled at least 3 times.

Even in the main bundle...2 out of 6 games are repeats, and have been bundled at least 3 times.

Repeats are going to happen more and more frequently across all bundle sites. It's simple logic.



This. Thank you. At least somebody gets it.
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I'm not arguing that every bundle site will have repeats, but this is a pretty bad week for comparisons...this is probably the worst humble bundle ever

 
Drabelincoln said:
Lol oh bundle bandits, i registered and account with them, didn't buy anything but my email was one of the ones in their whoops we forgot bcc everything email gaf. So to make up for it...they emailed me a pickle frenzy key


Isn't that being given away on Facebook right now?
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damn, same here bad enough they gave out my alt email address, they insult me further by sending me a key for pickle frenzy.
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n8rockerasu said:
It just seems silly to rip on one site for "repeats" while giving others a pass. The almighty Humble has had repeats lately. Get off it already.
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It's not the existence of repeats, it's the quantity of them. When *I* own all the games but one or two, it's not a good deal for me. Many of us are in that situation. Discussion here revolves around ourselves and other CAGs, thus the displeasure. We are not a general audience. Sure for those who haven't been jaded by being on the bundle scene for years BS is often attractive. Trying to defend massive repeats too strongly is like trying to defend why Console gaming is superior on the Steam thread.

 
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Just a heads up if your friend with Babo (he/she is a seller in  steam trade thread). I don't know if his account is hacked or what but I received this a while ago. When I didn't click the link he removed me from his friend list.

UPWdHGi.png


Take note of the URL: steamcoLmmunity

 
n8rockerasu said:
This. Thank you. At least somebody gets it.
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We all get it. It's just that BundleStars would be a lot better if they offered the Build-A-Bundle structure.

And you don't have to white knight the bundles. Getting apprehensive and controlling over other people's opinions is a little annoying. It's not YOUR website, is it? If it is, make it a Build-A-Bundle and quit whining. :(

 
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asheskitty said:
It's not the existence of repeats, it's the quantity of them. When *I* own all the games but one or two, it's not a good deal for me. Many of us are in that situation. Discussion here revolves around ourselves and other CAGs, thus the displeasure. We are not a general audience. Sure for those who haven't been jaded by being on the bundle scene BS is often attractive. Trying to defend BS too strongly is like trying to defend why Console gaming is superior on the Steam thread.
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I think if you were to look at every bundle ever for humble and bundlestars, bundlestars would have more repeats and a lower metacritic score on average per bundle, which is about as an objective and scientific way you could compare the two

To say bundlestars is better comes down to pure subjectivity, which is unarguable because it's your opinion

 
The way I look at bundles having repeats is that the price needs to take that into account. At $3.49, if there are 2 games that I want and don't have...I would consider it a great deal ($1.75 a game...what's not to like?) But when the price starts driving upward and includes repeats, it starts to drive me away.

 
n8rockerasu said:
The way I look at bundles having repeats is that the price needs to take that into account. At $3.49, if there are 2 games that I want and don't have...I would consider it a great deal ($1.75 a game...what's not to like?) But when the price starts driving upward and includes repeats, it starts to drive me away.
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Which is why I had a stretch of something like 16/20 Indie Royale's skipped. But then I started to have skipper's remorse about the Greenlit keys...

 
n8rockerasu said:
The way I look at bundles having repeats is that the price needs to take that into account. At $3.49, if there are 2 games that I want and don't have...I would consider it a great deal ($1.75 a game...what's not to like?) But when the price starts driving upward and includes repeats, it starts to drive me away.
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Pretty much, This.

I think the sane approach to making a buy decision is evaluating what game(s) you actually want, and asking is that a good price that I'm willing to commit to.

 
indef said:
Dragon Age.....FRANCHISE?

Are they bringing 2 back? Or is it back and I wasn't paying attention?
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No, Dragon Age 2 isn't back. I suppose the graphic is a holdover from past sales? Odd though.

 
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asheskitty said:
Pretty much, This.

I think the sane approach to making a buy decision is evaluating what game(s) you actually want, and asking is that a good price that I'm willing to commit to.
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I think a sane approach to buying would probably be to not have 300 games in my steam account, so all bets of sanity are off at this point

 
pasports31 said:
I'm not arguing that every bundle site will have repeats, but this is a pretty bad week for comparisons...this is probably the worst humble bundle ever
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That's fair. But I don't see any reason to think repeats will happen any less frequently. Logic would tell you that they'll happen more frequently...and I think that's what we're seeing. I haven't even been buying Steam games for a year yet, and I feel like I missed "the golden age" for bundles. It seems like most of the grumbling is coming from people who are used to getting 15 steam games that have never been bundled before for $4. And from what I've seen, those days are long gone.

 
pasports31 said:
I think a sane approach to buying would probably be to not have 300 games in my steam account, so all bets of sanity are off at this point
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Most people with millions of dollars still want -more- do you consider them sane?

Also the *idea* of playing a game has a good bit of value to me, especially when I'm busy/stressed.

 
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NvaderJim said:
Well we all know who's getting Bad Rats this year. :p
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Everyone.

n8rockerasu said:
Keep shitting on Bundlestars...but that's a very solid bundle. This idea of "repeats" is a joke too. Every bundle has repeats at this point. The fact that it's individual keys is a big selling point too. $3.50 for 7 individual keys. Again, to me they're bringing solid games at solid prices. They might not be hitting home runs, but they're consistently hitting doubles. Humble might hit a grand slam here and there, but they've been striking out quite a bit lately as well.
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So you are saying repeats are a joke, when your stink with Humble seems to be that they have repeats?

I really don't understand why you feel the need to defend Bundle Stars and talk crap about Humble. Yes, the weekly sucks I won't contest, and yes the latest Bundle Stars is pretty decent. But looking at all the bundles the two sites have done it's simply no contest, in my eyes. I get that taste in games is subjective, but how can you compare something like BS's FPS Warriors bundle to for example Humble's WB bundle, or the majority of their past ones. Or the previous weekly, which I think was one of their best bundles to date not taking into account repeats (which apparently we aren't). I don't really need to keep on this tangent again as we clearly are on different ends of the spectrum, but it seems to me you are just angry at the current HB weekly and/or their move toward a $6 and account redemption instead of keys (which you were never supposed to give/sell in the first place, so I can't see how it's fair to complain), which while understandable still doesn't make the quality of the games in question any better which is all I care about.

Humble gives me games I will play, Bundle Stars more often than not just gives me fodder.
 
n8rockerasu said:
That's fair. But I don't see any reason to think repeats will happen any less frequently. Logic would tell you that they'll happen more frequently...and I think that's what we're seeing. I haven't even been buying Steam games for a year yet, and I feel like I missed "the golden age" for bundles. It seems like most of the grumbling is coming from people who are used to getting 15 steam games that have never been bundled before for $4. And from what I've seen, those days are long gone.
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troof, to an extent. Simply by being humble bundle, they will get first crack at (quality) games that have yet to be bundled. You're not going to see awesome bundles every week, because there are only so many games to go around. But I have a feeling the terrible/subpar bundles will be relegated to the weeklies (and even still, there will be an occasional awesome weekly, such as the pinball one). When Monaco, Spelunky, Don't Starve, etc, are inevitably bundled, it's gonna be on humble bundle, not bundlestars.


asheskitty said:
Most people with millions of dollars still want -more- do you consider them sane?

Also the *idea* of playing a game has a good bit of value to me, especially when I'm busy/stressed.
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I was just displaying some of my razor dull wit via sarcasm

I take the same approach to bundle buying - how many of these games do I want, and if I don't buy it here, can I get those games, realistically, cheaper individually on sale?

 
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This is a pretty ridiculous argument. Who cares which bundle site has more repeats? If you think it's a good value buy it and if you don't, don't.

I buy Humble Bundles way more than Bundlestars, but as far as I'm concerned any bundle that gives me Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Blood of the Werewolf and Slender: The Arrival for under $4 is an instant buy. Sure the other four are repeats or ones I'm not interested in, but that's no big deal. I'm getting more than enough value for $3.49.

 
n8rockerasu said:
That's fair. But I don't see any reason to think repeats will happen any less frequently. Logic would tell you that they'll happen more frequently...and I think that's what we're seeing. I haven't even been buying Steam games for a year yet, and I feel like I missed "the golden age" for bundles. It seems like most of the grumbling is coming from people who are used to getting 15 steam games that have never been bundled before for $4. And from what I've seen, those days are long gone.
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The thing I think you're failing to factor into your analysis is that there are lots of indie games out there, greenlit or not. It's just not true to say there's a finite number of games to be bundled and we should expect a lot of repeats at this point in digital game history. I think BS, Groupees, and IR bundle more repeat games because it's easier not because there are no alternatives--and I would argue that this is why Humble has had a lot of repeats in its recent weeklies (including last week's all-repeat bundle). Without a doubt, HB is the name in bundling, which is why the brand has such a following and has delved into content as diverse as music, e-books, and comedy albums, but even for Humble to keep up a schedule of a bundle-a-week is asking a lot.

EDIT: Okay, technically Defense Grid Gold had never been bundled previously, but that's just hair-splitting IMO.

 
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kingtopher said:
This is a pretty ridiculous argument. Who cares which bundle site has more repeats? If you think it's a good value buy it and if you don't, don't.

I buy Humble Bundles way more than Bundlestars, but as far as I'm concerned any bundle that gives me Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Blood of the Werewolf and Slender: The Arrival for under $4 is an instant buy. Sure the other four are repeats or ones I'm not interested in, but that's no big deal. I'm getting more than enough value for $3.49.
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Stop being rational, this is the Steam thread.
 
hal said:
No, Dragon Age 2 isn't back. I suppose the graphic is a holdover from past sales? Odd though.
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Dragon Age 2 wasn't on Steam long enough to even get a weekend deal/midweek madness. I wonder if they are putting Dragon Age 2 back on Steam today...not that current worst game Ride to Hell will too happy about.

 
I actually like how each bundle website feels like they've developed their own strange personality over the last year.

Humble Bundle: The previous King of the Bundles who let his hubris cloud his vision; all of a sudden he noticed that other bundlers were taking a bite of his pie, so he stooped to standards he never would have imagined before, so that he can provide his goods more often, but with less quality.  Still has some great offerings at times, but not nearly a homerun like before.  He occasionally uses his good name and connections to weasel into the pants of big name celebrities who he has no right to be seen with (Origin, WB, probably Square-Enix and Capcom soon...)

Indie Royale: The college graduate who thinks he's hot stuff, even though he pads his resume with useless accolades like "Regional Spelling Bee runner up" or "Assistant to the Treasurer for NHS."  He often has goods that are different from his peers, but they generally make people question his sanity to be charging such high prices.  Doesn't seem to care when only 100-200 people buy his stuff, and doesn't much understand the concept of supply and demand as he only learned economics by reading the jacket cover of a textbook.

Indie Gala: The guy or girl that you find annoying most of the time, but you don't mind taking out for the night because he/she is a cheap date.  Especially during happy hour.

Groupees: Like a fine connoisseur of fine wine, except he has the intelligence to not judge a spirit by its label.  He doesn't always have the most well known offerings, but he likes to find goods that you didn't know you'd like until you tried it.  He is generally confident enough that you are allowed to pick and choose to your liking.  Eccentric at times but overall quite likable.

Bundle Stars: The underachiever who wants to do well and please but is generally picked last during dodgeball.  Today he gives nice offerings on goods but is generally relegated to sloppy seconds after other people have done what they had to do first.  Plucky and willing to please, yet almost always late to the party.

Bundle Bandits: The creepy uncle.  You're not sure if you should trust him or not.  Claims to have untold fortunes in his basement.

On topic: I like bundle stars because I often miss other bundles.  I bought the current one since the only game I have is AYIM and twisted shadow planet.

 
MnemnocH said:
Just a heads up if your friend with Babo (he/she is a seller in steam trade thread). I don't know if his account is hacked or what but I received this a while ago. When I didn't click the link he removed me from his friend list.

UPWdHGi.png


Take note of the URL: steamcoLmmunity
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damn I received a message from him a few weeks ago, but when I told him to fuck off, he deleted me and unfortunately, I had drank half a bottle of moonshine and couldn't remember his name the next day.


warreni said:
1, 2, AND 3!
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ftfy
 
kingtopher said:
This is a pretty ridiculous argument. Who cares which bundle site has more repeats? If you think it's a good value buy it and if you don't, don't.

I buy Humble Bundles way more than Bundlestars, but as far as I'm concerned any bundle that gives me Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, Blood of the Werewolf and Slender: The Arrival for under $4 is an instant buy. Sure the other four are repeats or ones I'm not interested in, but that's no big deal. I'm getting more than enough value for $3.49.
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Yeah but don't forget to take into account the fact that Blood of the Werewolf is a terrible game. Seriously, such a misleading game .. it's nowhere near as good as the trailers would imply. It's bad.

 
imac2much said:
I actually like how each bundle website feels like they've developed their own strange personality over the last year.

Humble Bundle: The previous King of the Bundles who let his hubris cloud his vision; all of a sudden he noticed that other bundlers were taking a bite of his pie, so he stooped to standards he never would have imagined before, so that he can provide his goods more often, but with less quality. Still has some great offerings at times, but not nearly a homerun like before. He occasionally uses his good name and connections to weasel into the pants of big name celebrities who he has no right to be seen with (Origin, WB, probably Square-Enix and Capcom soon...)

Indie Royale: The college graduate who thinks he's hot stuff, even though he pads his resume with useless accolades like "Regional Spelling Bee runner up" or "Assistant to the Treasurer for NHS." He often has goods that are different from his peers, but they generally make people question his sanity to be charging such high prices. Doesn't seem to care when only 100-200 people buy his stuff, and doesn't much understand the concept of supply and demand as he only learned economics by reading the jacket cover of a textbook.

Indie Gala: The guy or girl that you find annoying most of the time, but you don't mind taking out for the night because he/she is a cheap date. Especially during happy hour.

Groupees: Like a fine connoisseur of fine wine, except he has the intelligence to not judge a spirit by its label. He doesn't always have the most well known offerings, but he likes to find goods that you didn't know you'd like until you tried it. He is generally confident enough that you are allowed to pick and choose to your liking. Eccentric at times but overall quite likable.

Bundle Stars: The underachiever who wants to do well and please but is generally picked last during dodgeball. Today he gives nice offerings on goods but is generally relegated to sloppy seconds after other people have done what they had to do first. Plucky and willing to please, yet almost always late to the party.

Bundle Bandits: The creepy uncle. You're not sure if you should trust him or not. Claims to have untold fortunes in his basement.

On topic: I like bundle stars because I often miss other bundles. I bought the current one since the only game I have is AYIM and twisted shadow planet.
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Why don't you post more? Between this and your 2013 indie games review post i wish you would

Unless you're too busy maccing too much to post too regularly

 
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