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  • Re: Big Bundle Of 2K Games - not free, but cheap

    From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Feb 10 10:37:19 2025
    On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:45:18 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:


    Just thought I'd toss this out there:

    2K games is offering a bundle of 20 of its games for $20 USD. >https://store.steampowered.com/sub/1242978/

    I had a lot of those games, so I picked three I didn't for about $10.

    Then it turned out I had The Darkness II, after all.

    So I paid $7 for SM:Starships and Chimera Squad, completing my monthly sacrifice to the Holy Number. I still haven't cracked open X-COM 2.

    But those games are all on *deep* discount on their own, so check it out!

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to All on Mon Feb 10 13:54:43 2025
    On Mon, 10 Feb 2025 10:37:19 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:

    I had a lot of those games, so I picked three I didn't for about $10.

    Then it turned out I had The Darkness II, after all.

    I just had a similar experience. I own a lot of them as well. But for
    $2.50 I decided to buy Sid Maier's Pirates. I hear good things
    about it all the time but I never played it. Turns out, I own it
    already.

    Thank you anyway Spalls. It was an interesting list of games to look
    through.

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Feb 14 06:00:03 2025
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:45 this Monday (GMT): [snip]
    On the downside, you _do_ have to accept Duke Nukem Forever into your library, since it's also included in the package.
    [snip]


    Oh, the horror!!
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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Fri Feb 14 00:30:05 2025
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:00:03 -0000 (UTC), in
    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:45 this Monday (GMT): >[snip]
    On the downside, you _do_ have to accept Duke Nukem Forever into your
    library, since it's also included in the package.
    [snip]


    Oh, the horror!!

    Do you remember when we were taking bets on how soon after release DNF
    would drop to $5?

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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Sat Feb 15 23:50:05 2025
    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:29 this Friday (GMT):
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 00:30:05 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
    wrote:
    On Fri, 14 Feb 2025 06:00:03 -0000 (UTC), in
    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:45 this Monday (GMT):

    On the downside, you _do_ have to accept Duke Nukem Forever into your
    library, since it's also included in the package.


    Oh, the horror!!

    Do you remember when we were taking bets on how soon after release DNF >>would drop to $5?

    I admit, I'd accept it into my library for $5.
    .
    .
    .
    Wait, you mean I pay THEM?!? I meant the other way around. Them giving
    me five dollars for the burden of owning that game is the minimum
    price I'd accept!*

    According to SteamDB, the lowest price DNF ever went for (not
    including in bundles like this, obviously) was $2.99. It's regular
    price remains stuck at $19.99 with occassional drops to $3.99 (all
    values in USD). Randy Pitchford and Gearbox have some big cajones,
    selling it for that price.

    Remember when really old, really shitty games ended up in the bargain
    bin? Those were the days.

















    * In truth, I actually paid for this game. Full price, too. Day One.
    With DVD and everything. And I've played the game multiple times. If
    you've ever wondered, "Why is Spalls like that?", well now you know.
    It's the trauma of DNF spilling through. Gearbox owes me big-time ;-)


    Hey, I mean you might get someone to pay full price if they dont know
    anything about it ;)
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