I have in my possession a check for $100, signed, sealed, and delivered by my mother as her way of saying "Merry Whatever-It-Is-You-Celebrate". (Saturnalia, thanks for asking.) I have on my computer the Steam Holiday Sale, with its plethora of really, REALLY cheap games.
Last year, this was fairly easy---there were a lot of games I didn't own because when I was married I had to watch the budget and I'd rather not have been constantly nagged over buying games. Freshly divorced, I went...well, shall we say, a bit "hog wild"? Biggest pickup was Fallout 3, but I ended up buying 15 games. And when I got my tax refund two months later I padded out the rest of my collection.
This year? With my standard of living noticeably improved by lack of a money sponge living in the house with me, I have bought every new release I wanted to get this year (Napoleon Total War, Patrician 4, Civilization 5, Victoria 2, Mount&Blade Warband, and New Vegas, plus both Sims 3 expansions---Ambitions and Late Night---that came out in 2010.) I even converted a few old games I had on disc to Steam downloads just because the price was right ($8 for Oblivion GotY edition when it went on sale in June, for example, plus a few much older games at under $3 so I could archive the aging discs to prolong their life.)
Point of the matter is that it's now December and I want to spend my holiday money on games, but I might actually run out of ideas before I get through the whole $100 (so those of you on my Steam friends list, don't be surprised if an item on your wishlist magically shows up on your account---I may not have a red suit and a bunch of Finnish livestock pulling a sled, but...)
For Discussion! Open thread---what have you bought from this year's Steam Holiday Sale?
Last year, this was fairly easy---there were a lot of games I didn't own because when I was married I had to watch the budget and I'd rather not have been constantly nagged over buying games. Freshly divorced, I went...well, shall we say, a bit "hog wild"? Biggest pickup was Fallout 3, but I ended up buying 15 games. And when I got my tax refund two months later I padded out the rest of my collection.
This year? With my standard of living noticeably improved by lack of a money sponge living in the house with me, I have bought every new release I wanted to get this year (Napoleon Total War, Patrician 4, Civilization 5, Victoria 2, Mount&Blade Warband, and New Vegas, plus both Sims 3 expansions---Ambitions and Late Night---that came out in 2010.) I even converted a few old games I had on disc to Steam downloads just because the price was right ($8 for Oblivion GotY edition when it went on sale in June, for example, plus a few much older games at under $3 so I could archive the aging discs to prolong their life.)
Point of the matter is that it's now December and I want to spend my holiday money on games, but I might actually run out of ideas before I get through the whole $100 (so those of you on my Steam friends list, don't be surprised if an item on your wishlist magically shows up on your account---I may not have a red suit and a bunch of Finnish livestock pulling a sled, but...)
For Discussion! Open thread---what have you bought from this year's Steam Holiday Sale?
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