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  • FREE GAMES: "Black Book" and "Dodo Peak"

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Aug 17 11:41:22 2023
    The weeks roll around, and Thursday is here once more. So let us do
    what we do when we do Thursday's do. Which is to say, let us get free
    games from Epic


    * Black Book
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/black-book
    An adventure with RPG elements and based on Slavic mythology. Which
    all make it sound interesting until you notice it also uses card-based
    battles. Meh.


    * Dodo Peak
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dodo-peak-159276
    A cutesy puzzle-platformer featuring an animal mascot; I thought we
    left these behind in the 90s. Double-meh.


    Well, the games are free; they've got that going for them. Other than
    that? I suppose if the games are in genres you enjoy you may get a
    kick out of them. Personally, I'm not particularly tempted. But decide
    for yourself; you have seven days, as per usual.

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Fri Aug 18 03:09:24 2023
    Meh to them!


    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    The weeks roll around, and Thursday is here once more. So let us do
    what we do when we do Thursday's do. Which is to say, let us get free
    games from Epic


    * Black Book
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/black-book
    An adventure with RPG elements and based on Slavic mythology. Which
    all make it sound interesting until you notice it also uses card-based battles. Meh.


    * Dodo Peak
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/dodo-peak-159276
    A cutesy puzzle-platformer featuring an animal mascot; I thought we
    left these behind in the 90s. Double-meh.


    Well, the games are free; they've got that going for them. Other than
    that? I suppose if the games are in genres you enjoy you may get a
    kick out of them. Personally, I'm not particularly tempted. But decide
    for yourself; you have seven days, as per usual.



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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Aug 18 09:13:32 2023
    On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 08:47:52 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
    wrote:
    On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 03:09:24 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    Meh to them!

    I say that all the time to these freebies but it doesn't stop me from
    taking them!! :-P

    MEH: Mine, Even (if I) Hate it. ;-)

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to Ant on Fri Aug 18 08:47:52 2023
    On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 03:09:24 +0000, ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) wrote:

    Meh to them!

    I say that all the time to these freebies but it doesn't stop me from
    taking them!! :-P

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  • From Mike S.@21:1/5 to spallshurgenson@gmail.com on Fri Aug 18 14:18:18 2023
    On Fri, 18 Aug 2023 09:13:32 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    MEH: Mine, Even (if I) Hate it. ;-)

    Exactly.

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  • From Justisaur@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Mon Apr 15 20:47:10 2024
    On 8/17/2023 8:41 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    The weeks roll around, and Thursday is here once more. So let us do
    what we do when we do Thursday's do. Which is to say, let us get free
    games from Epic


    * Black Book
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/black-book
    An adventure with RPG elements and based on Slavic mythology. Which
    all make it sound interesting until you notice it also uses card-based battles. Meh.

    Tried it, you nailed it. It is an interesting premise and lore, much
    more than the other two card battlers I've tried. The card-based magic
    battles are annoying though, so I'm going to have to say I'm just not a
    fan of that.

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