Steam's Money Massacre Continues on Turkey Massacre Day

The assault on our wallets continues, and will for another four days. Those four days will pass, bleeding me dry, just to be replaced by the insane holiday sale and event. I can only imagine the achievement based hoops I will willfully throw myself through, like some trained dog.

That’s a humiliating bankruptcy for another day, for today we feast on today’s sales and extreme personal bias!

I will just come out and say this now, if you don’t grab VVVVVV now at $1.24, then you are stupid. Blithering and blind to the world, you stumble through life oblivious to your own ignorance. Or you hate really hard games, because this one is a challenging experience let me tell you! Or rather, let Tom tell you about how it was his game of the year!

Which way is OHNO!

Next up is the well loved but somewhat flawed Fallout: New Vegas. How is it? Well I’ll let you know right after I buy it and play it. From what I hear it comes with all the good bits from 3 and all the bugs from 3, then throws in its own bugs and wonders. We have some impressions on the game, so why not see what we thoughtthought? Well, David really, but he is part of my we. Also Tom just told me that, “I mean, New Vegas was really good.” with the deal closer of, “I’m excited to play it again.” Hear that? So good he will play it twice! It’s only $5 today!

Xeno Clash was, and still is, a marvel of an indie game. With a first person brawling system unlike any before it and an incredibly strange and beautifully realized world around you, it really is a one of a kind experience. Once more, because we are a pack of mouth breathing simpletons, we have no previous writings about this gem, so let me do that for you now. Xeno Clash is a wonderful but somewhat flawed triumph. The mechanics take some getting used to, and sometimes attacks don’t connect when they really should. That doesn’t matter when you stop and look around at the alien world and cultures your immersed. For $3.74, I would be personally offended if you didn’t pick it up.

The last of the super cheap listing today is the Monkey Island Special Edition Bundle. If you grew up on these classic adventure games, then this is a no brainier at $5.09. With the ability to play it with pretty new graphics, or seamlessly swap to the old pixelated goodness of the past, its everything you want. If you were born a bit later (get off my e-lawn!) then this is a good chance to go back and experience one of the grand-daddies of the genre. Why, without this you wouldn’t have a L.A. Noir!

Now that was a divisive title, L.A. Noir. Some people loved its narrative focused gameplay, and others probably enjoyed that narrative but wished for better action and combat mechanics. Or at least wanted more of them. Personally I really enjoyed the game, always favoring story over action and having grown up on Sam and Max Hit the Road and other point and click games it was a natural fit for me. That’s my take at least, Tom went into it more and claims it’s “more reviewy.”

Yeah, you talk at them Cole!

Of course there are plenty more games on sale, but I am super broke and can’t afford to even really look at them, let alone tell you about them. Like Two Worlds Two, which automatically wins the silliest name award. Go poke around and see if anything else catches your fancy. I would link back to yesterdays sales, but that would just be mean.

Again, don’t forget that entire developer packs are on sale. You know, if you were looking to double your Steam catalogue in as few clicks as possible. There’s an achievement for that you know.