wraggster
December 19th, 2011, 21:24
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Well, we're all screwed. The annual Steam holiday deals have gone live, discounting ... let's just say "all the games" to be efficient, okay? All the games (http://store.steampowered.com/promotion/holiday_publishers)are discounted, as are a bunch of humongous packs (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/holiday2011_packs) which similarly include all the games, and, if that weren't enough, Steam is giving away free games (http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/details) to folks who play other games. Congratulations! We all get more games than any of us could ever hope to play in our lifetimes.
Those free games are earned by completing a series of in-game objectives (http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/)which cycle everyday until January 1. Completing them either gets you a freebie off the "Great Gift Pile" or a lump of coal, seven of which can also be traded in for an actual gift. Alternatively, you could save your lumps up -- each counts as an entry into a Steam sweepstakes, the grand prize for which is every game on Steam ever. Seriously, that's not hyperbole. The prize is every game.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/19/steams-holiday-sale-discounts-everything-ever-gives-gifts-gam/
Well, we're all screwed. The annual Steam holiday deals have gone live, discounting ... let's just say "all the games" to be efficient, okay? All the games (http://store.steampowered.com/promotion/holiday_publishers)are discounted, as are a bunch of humongous packs (http://store.steampowered.com/sale/holiday2011_packs) which similarly include all the games, and, if that weren't enough, Steam is giving away free games (http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/details) to folks who play other games. Congratulations! We all get more games than any of us could ever hope to play in our lifetimes.
Those free games are earned by completing a series of in-game objectives (http://store.steampowered.com/holidaysale/)which cycle everyday until January 1. Completing them either gets you a freebie off the "Great Gift Pile" or a lump of coal, seven of which can also be traded in for an actual gift. Alternatively, you could save your lumps up -- each counts as an entry into a Steam sweepstakes, the grand prize for which is every game on Steam ever. Seriously, that's not hyperbole. The prize is every game.
http://www.joystiq.com/2011/12/19/steams-holiday-sale-discounts-everything-ever-gives-gifts-gam/