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  • Re: FREE GAME: 20 Minutes Till Dawn

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Jan 2 13:13:26 2024
    On Tue, 02 Jan 2024 12:52:00 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    It's that time of day again. Go claim your free game from Epic.


    * 20 Minutes Till Dawn >https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/20-minutes-till-dawn-be3305
    The website describes it as a "survival roguelite" but it
    looks a lot more like a shooter to me. Well, I guess
    anything is a rogue-like if you take away save states and
    throw in an unnecessary skill system. Vaguely retro-graphic
    visuals too. The only thing that would make it even more
    'Indie" is if it had some sort of Lovecraftian connection.
    Oh wait, it does?

    Meh.


    Well, at least we only have to wait 24 hours before we get something
    new.

    FFS. No.

    But thank you anyway.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Jan 2 22:05:32 2024
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    It's that time of day again. Go claim your free game from Epic.


    * 20 Minutes Till Dawn https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/20-minutes-till-dawn-be3305
    The website describes it as a "survival roguelite" but it
    looks a lot more like a shooter to me. Well, I guess
    anything is a rogue-like if you take away save states and
    throw in an unnecessary skill system. Vaguely retro-graphic
    visuals too. The only thing that would make it even more
    'Indie" is if it had some sort of Lovecraftian connection.
    Oh wait, it does?

    Meh.


    Well, at least we only have to wait 24 hours before we get something
    new.

    Is Epic doing these giveaways daily instead of weekly now? :O
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Ant on Tue Jan 2 17:20:49 2024
    On 1/2/24 16:05, Ant wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    It's that time of day again. Go claim your free game from Epic.


    * 20 Minutes Till Dawn
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/20-minutes-till-dawn-be3305
    The website describes it as a "survival roguelite" but it
    looks a lot more like a shooter to me. Well, I guess
    anything is a rogue-like if you take away save states and
    throw in an unnecessary skill system. Vaguely retro-graphic
    visuals too. The only thing that would make it even more
    'Indie" is if it had some sort of Lovecraftian connection.
    Oh wait, it does?

    Meh.


    Well, at least we only have to wait 24 hours before we get something
    new.

    Is Epic doing these giveaways daily instead of weekly now? :O

    Hey, now you can increase The Number faster.
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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Tue Jan 2 16:21:26 2024
    On 1/2/2024 9:52 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    It's that time of day again. Go claim your free game from Epic.


    * 20 Minutes Till Dawn https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/20-minutes-till-dawn-be3305
    The website describes it as a "survival roguelite" but it
    looks a lot more like a shooter to me. Well, I guess
    anything is a rogue-like if you take away save states and
    throw in an unnecessary skill system. Vaguely retro-graphic
    visuals too. The only thing that would make it even more
    'Indie" is if it had some sort of Lovecraftian connection.
    Oh wait, it does?

    Looks like a Vampire Survivors clone. I'm in!

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to kyonshi on Wed Jan 3 18:42:49 2024
    kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 1/2/2024 11:05 PM, Ant wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:


    Is Epic doing these giveaways daily instead of weekly now? :O

    according to the app until the 6th, so the whole twelve days of
    christmas thingy

    But Christmas is over! :P
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    2024 isn't any better like in JP.
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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to kyonshi on Thu Jan 4 10:50:26 2024
    On 04/01/2024 08:24, kyonshi wrote:
    On 1/3/2024 7:42 PM, Ant wrote:
    kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 1/2/2024 11:05 PM, Ant wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:


    Is Epic doing these giveaways daily instead of weekly now? :O

    according to the app until the 6th, so the whole twelve days of
    christmas thingy

    But Christmas is over! :P

    Traditionally Christmas was only over on the 6th, when according to
    tradition the three wise men arrived in Bethlehem. When we were kids it
    was a thing that we had nativity scenes where the figures for the wise
    men were moved forward a bit over the next two weeks until they finally reached the Holy Family on the 6th.
    I'm not actually sure if that wasn't just a local, or even just a family tradition.

    Although I believe that's true when I grow up it was defined as when the
    Xmas tree was put up (a week before) and when it was taken down (a week
    after).

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Jan 4 16:10:46 2024
    On 1/4/24 04:50, JAB wrote:
    On 04/01/2024 08:24, kyonshi wrote:
    On 1/3/2024 7:42 PM, Ant wrote:
    kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:
    On 1/2/2024 11:05 PM, Ant wrote:
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:


    Is Epic doing these giveaways daily instead of weekly now? :O

    according to the app until the 6th, so the whole twelve days of
    christmas thingy

    But Christmas is over! :P

    Traditionally Christmas was only over on the 6th, when according to
    tradition the three wise men arrived in Bethlehem. When we were kids
    it was a thing that we had nativity scenes where the figures for the
    wise men were moved forward a bit over the next two weeks until they
    finally reached the Holy Family on the 6th.
    I'm not actually sure if that wasn't just a local, or even just a
    family tradition.

    Although I believe that's true when I grow up it was defined as when the
    Xmas tree was put up (a week before) and when it was taken down (a week after).

    Ive never heard of that, weird.
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