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August 18, 2013 6:06 pm  #211


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Hi  (can't find a waving smilie).  I'm going to try the BOGOF codes tomorrow.  If they don't work there'll be another sale.  I'm thinking Labor Day but who knows. 

I did enjoy WANDERING WILLOWS.  I don't think I was ever able to "create" more than one pet though.

Um.... WendyDarling ....Are you shagwendy? 

ETA:  How do I get the Private message thingy?

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August 18, 2013 7:22 pm  #212


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Hi Wendy, how are you doing?  I see you have been tempted by the sale, like all of us.  I'm getting mine tomorrow but still undecided what to get.  

I just finished beta for Fearful Tales: Hansel and Gretel and I loved it.  I guess when it comes out I will have to wait for the next BOGO before getting the CE.  


The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?  Psalm 27:1
 

August 18, 2013 7:33 pm  #213


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Tirama, did you demo all the CEs that you bought recently?  How many did you buy?  finished your buying spree already?


The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear?  The Lord is the strength of my life, of whom shall I be afraid?  Psalm 27:1
 

August 18, 2013 7:52 pm  #214


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barregar wrote:

Tirama, did you demo all the CEs that you bought recently?  How many did you buy?  finished your buying spree already?

I bought 4:

Grim Tales: Bloody Mary
Awakening: The Sunhook Spire
Nearwood
Clockwork Tales: Of Glass and Ink 


I didn't demo the first 2 because Elephant Games and BoomZap are automatic buys for me.

The 3rd is by MagicIndie Softworks, the people who did the Brink of Consciousness series.  Didn't go that far with demo.  I've seen artwork from the game, it's very pretty.

The last game is by Artifex Mundi.   DH wanted it,  I demoed enough to see that it ran on my machine, checked to see if it had collectibles (yes) and achievements (yes) and they were presented in a very nice way (looked like it could be a stained glass window)

Now that we've gone to monthly BOGO's and my half-price credits are almost all gone, I've been buying 4 CE's a month.  I've also had enough pcc's to get 6 SE's each month for the last 3 months.

Next month's BOGO sale will use up the last of my half-price credits.  I'll still have 16 full price credits but will be very picky what they get used on.

 


For every minute you are angry, you lose sixity seconds of happiness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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August 18, 2013 8:58 pm  #215


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I am going to pass on the sale. I will use a pcc tomorrow to get Finders. Strange little game but interesting.

Someone posted on FB that in the rankings for websites Big fish has dropped over 200 places in the past 7 days. Interesting huh ?   

 

August 18, 2013 9:05 pm  #216


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lilyr wrote:

ETA:  How do I get the Private message thingy?

 

At the top of the page is a tab labled Inbox.  If you have received any PM's, you will see a number beside it.

If you want to send somebody a PM, you can click of the PM envelope under their name (you won't see an envelope under your own name because you can't send a message to yourself.)  Or you can go to the tab at the top of the page labeled User List and find the person you want to PM.


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August 18, 2013 9:18 pm  #217


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Govols2 wrote:

I am going to pass on the sale. I will use a pcc tomorrow to get Finders. Strange little game but interesting.

Someone posted on FB that in the rankings for websites Big fish has dropped over 200 places in the past 7 days. Interesting huh ?   

What is the ranking for?  Number of hits?  It's not surprising that the page would drop since many people would "hit" it several times a day checking CCC.

It's way too soon to tell how BF will be affected by closing CCC.  People may buy games elsewhere for a while but if their game buying experience is bad, they'll come back. 

Some people were so gungho about GameHouse, but their forum rules are basically the same as BF's: no mentioning the competition, etc and for HOG fans, well, if people were complaining about having to wait 4-6 weeks for the SE to be released after the CE, they're not going to like waiting 4-6 months for either format to finally arrive on GameHouse. 

Many of the TM players were already not buying their games from BF, they didn't want to wait and bought from the developers.  So BF wasn't getting their $$$ anyway.

I've never bught anywhere other than BF and Real Arcarde (one game from an independent dev and that game was never going to go to a game club portal, too expensive).  I don't like having to keep track of what I bought from where, and I don't think I'm teh only one who prefers one-stop shopping.

But time will tell.  Be interesting to see if there's a half-price credit sale how many people who swore BF would never see another penny of their money change their mind.
 


For every minute you are angry, you lose sixity seconds of happiness. - Ralph Waldo Emerson
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August 18, 2013 9:26 pm  #218


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Not sure what the ranking was based on. 

I have bought a couple of games from Gamehouse .. Campfire ??? something like that. Had a very difficult time getting them to play right on my computer. I did eventually get them to work but still very difficult. I have only bought one game from a dev. Totem Tribe gold. I got the regular one from big fish but loved it so much I had to get the full version. Not going to bother with Totem Tribe 2 since the deve was so snarky to fans.

I will continue to buy from big fish because I know it is a safe site. I am sure some of the ones who cancelled will go back. 

 

August 18, 2013 10:08 pm  #219


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I've bought games directly from various developers (like Playrix) plus GOG, Wild Tangent, IWin and Amazon in addition to BFG.

But I agree it can be a hassle to keep track and also reload if you have a computer blow-out.

Sometime BFG doesn't have the complete game, though.  Like Cute Knight and Cute Knight Kingdom.  You don't get the cheat console in the BGF version.

Lately, though IWin has not been supporting some of the older games.  Even one I bought from them.  If they have to do reprogramming so the game can be played in windows 8, they sometimes opt not to do it.  I complained and got an "oh, well" note.  So, I ended up buying the game from the dev - after I suspended my service with Iwin for a month to pay for it...

 

 

August 18, 2013 10:25 pm  #220


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Finished Redemption Cemetery: Salvation of the Lost Collector's Edition.  Bonus chapyer strongly hints there will be another one.  Ask me if I care.

Well, that's yet another ERS series that I won't be continuing. 

Next up Asian Riddles.


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