A Sad Time To Be Broke

This past week has seen some of the best sales for digital games in memory.   Period.  Are you an iOS gamer?  Pretty much every game that is worth buying in the Apple App Store (with a few notable exceptions) has seen some sort of discount, from the drop of recent release GTA 3 ($4.99 to $2.99) to the $.99 sales seen at Gameloft and EA.  The real deals, however, are on Steam.  The Steam Holiday Sale is in full swing, and since it has started we have seen some excellent deals that just couldn't be passed up.

Unless you are me.  Sigh.

Well, it's not like I planned on this.  True, I knew exactly when this was happening (I bought a small, yet quite enjoyable gaggle of games last Holiday Sale), so I have no excuse there.  I just ran out of money, I guess.

Sigh.

I think for next year I might just add about $100 to my Steam Wallet (something I didn't know about until recently) so that next year my pity-party won't be as grand.  End of complaining.

This day marks the last day of the Steam Holiday Sale, so if there is anything you want, I suggest you do it.  Vamanos.

That Time of the Year

Normally I'm anywhere from one to ten years behind the gaming media in my game playing.  Case and point, I'm playing S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl on Steam and Mercenaries on PS2.  This habit wasn't started from necessity, but rather because I start to get a rather large retro jones around March that lasts until the end of November.  During this time I spend equal amounts of time playfully dancing through my backlog of old games and seeking out gems I missed from the past.  It's a wonderful habit, and something I've been doing for over a decade now.

However, November is almost over.  I find myself stopping to check websites and blogs when I listen to gaming podcasts to check on screenshots and system requirements on games I hear about.  Two games in particular have tunneled their way into my subconscious: Saint's Row: The Third and Elder Scrolls: Skyrim. 

More on these games later.