https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6Deexy3to for a related video that came out today! :O


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Epic's doing this thing recently and I hate it. Not the 'give away
free games every Thursday'; I like that. What would I write about on Thursdays if Epic stopped its give-aways? But now they're HIDING what
the next game will be until it's actually released. Why is that a
problem? Because now I have to wait like all the other rubes before
writing up my announcement! How can I prepare the weekly spin if I
can't do it the night before! The fiends!

And what game are these fiends offering today?, Well, let's find out.

* Farming Simulator 22 https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/farming-simulator-22
Huh. This was what Epic felt needed to be kept under
wraps? Not that I really have anything against the game
-after all, who am I, somebody who revels in truck-driving
sims, to speak against one where you drive a combine
harvester?- but this is a pretty humdrum workplace sim...
and one overburdened with DLC to boot. Its reputedly pretty
poorly put together too, with some serious performance
issues; a cash grab to profit off the success of the earlier
"Farming Simulator" games. And despite the trailer's promise
of "free DLC", there don't seem to be an free add-ons
available on the Epic store. Still, The Number compels, so
I must push "Add to Cart".

Well, hopefully Epic won't be so secretive next week (narrator: they
will be). This current trend of 'mystery games' is almost making these announcements feel like work ;-)

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Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:48 this Thursday (GMT):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6Deexy3to for a related video that came out today! :O

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Epic's doing this thing recently and I hate it. Not the 'give away
free games every Thursday'; I like that. What would I write about on
Thursdays if Epic stopped its give-aways? But now they're HIDING what
the next game will be until it's actually released. Why is that a
problem? Because now I have to wait like all the other rubes before
writing up my announcement! How can I prepare the weekly spin if I
can't do it the night before! The fiends!

And what game are these fiends offering today?, Well, let's find out.

* Farming Simulator 22
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/farming-simulator-22
Huh. This was what Epic felt needed to be kept under
wraps? Not that I really have anything against the game
-after all, who am I, somebody who revels in truck-driving
sims, to speak against one where you drive a combine
harvester?- but this is a pretty humdrum workplace sim...
and one overburdened with DLC to boot. Its reputedly pretty
poorly put together too, with some serious performance
issues; a cash grab to profit off the success of the earlier
"Farming Simulator" games. And despite the trailer's promise
of "free DLC", there don't seem to be an free add-ons
available on the Epic store. Still, The Number compels, so
I must push "Add to Cart".

Well, hopefully Epic won't be so secretive next week (narrator: they
will be). This current trend of 'mystery games' is almost making these
announcements feel like work ;-)

I personally prefer the ""classic"" of Stardew Valley.
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On 5/23/2024 5:15 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:48 this Thursday (GMT):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6Deexy3to for a related video that came out today! :O


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Epic's doing this thing recently and I hate it. Not the 'give away
free games every Thursday'; I like that. What would I write about on
Thursdays if Epic stopped its give-aways? But now they're HIDING what
the next game will be until it's actually released. Why is that a
problem? Because now I have to wait like all the other rubes before
writing up my announcement! How can I prepare the weekly spin if I
can't do it the night before! The fiends!

And what game are these fiends offering today?, Well, let's find out.

* Farming Simulator 22
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/farming-simulator-22
Huh. This was what Epic felt needed to be kept under
wraps? Not that I really have anything against the game
-after all, who am I, somebody who revels in truck-driving
sims, to speak against one where you drive a combine
harvester?- but this is a pretty humdrum workplace sim...
and one overburdened with DLC to boot. Its reputedly pretty
poorly put together too, with some serious performance
issues; a cash grab to profit off the success of the earlier
"Farming Simulator" games. And despite the trailer's promise
of "free DLC", there don't seem to be an free add-ons
available on the Epic store. Still, The Number compels, so
I must push "Add to Cart".

Well, hopefully Epic won't be so secretive next week (narrator: they
will be). This current trend of 'mystery games' is almost making these
announcements feel like work ;-)

I personally prefer the ""classic"" of Stardew Valley.

I will be playing that in a little while this evening.
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Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 00:59 this Friday (GMT):

On 5/23/2024 5:15 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:

Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote at 19:48 this Thursday (GMT):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM6Deexy3to for a related video that came out today! :O


Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

Epic's doing this thing recently and I hate it. Not the 'give away
free games every Thursday'; I like that. What would I write about on
Thursdays if Epic stopped its give-aways? But now they're HIDING what
the next game will be until it's actually released. Why is that a
problem? Because now I have to wait like all the other rubes before
writing up my announcement! How can I prepare the weekly spin if I
can't do it the night before! The fiends!

And what game are these fiends offering today?, Well, let's find out.

* Farming Simulator 22
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/farming-simulator-22
Huh. This was what Epic felt needed to be kept under
wraps? Not that I really have anything against the game
-after all, who am I, somebody who revels in truck-driving
sims, to speak against one where you drive a combine
harvester?- but this is a pretty humdrum workplace sim...
and one overburdened with DLC to boot. Its reputedly pretty
poorly put together too, with some serious performance
issues; a cash grab to profit off the success of the earlier
"Farming Simulator" games. And despite the trailer's promise
of "free DLC", there don't seem to be an free add-ons
available on the Epic store. Still, The Number compels, so
I must push "Add to Cart".

Well, hopefully Epic won't be so secretive next week (narrator: they
will be). This current trend of 'mystery games' is almost making these >>>> announcements feel like work ;-)

I personally prefer the ""classic"" of Stardew Valley.

I will be playing that in a little while this evening.

Well, have fun!
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