Adult Swim and VALVe partnership?

Screenshot from the AS/Valve Promo Website.

So I'm looking at my Faecbook wall this morning when I see some of my other friends' blogs posting something like this. Intrigued, I checked out the promo site here, and then signed up for the newsletter.

I suspect it might be something either involving stupid amounts of hats, or (gasp!) a certain Meet The Team video might be released very, very soon.

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In other news, I've been playing a ton of Dota 2 and Crusader Kings 2, and I fucking love both of those games.

So yeah, that's my life story as of now. I'll try to put more posts in later.

Also, Vinderptus is on Steam now. Go check that shit out.

Happy Thanksgiving! (Day 2 Steam Sales)

Happy Thanksgiving!

From all of me here at Traditionally Virtual, Happy Thanksgiving. Enjoy your flying turducken, your turbaconducken, or even your turbaconepicentipede on this fine day.

Now, as I said yesterday, the Steam Autumn Sale has begun, and here's today's list of featured sales:

*Monkey Island Special Edition Bundle -66% ~$5.25
*Roller Coaster Tycoon 3 Platinum -66% ~$10.25
*Total War Mega Pack (Medieval II Gold, Rome Complete, Empire Complete, Napoleon Imperial w/DLC) -75% ~$12.50
*Fallout: New Vegas -75% ~$5
*Sniper: Ghost Warrior -80% ~$6
*Rift -75% ~$7.50
*VVVVVV -75% ~$1.25
*Zeno Clash -75% ~$3.75
*L.A. Noire Complete -50% ~$25
And the 3 Franchise sales:
*Two Worlds II -66% (If you're into that thing.)
*Operation Flashpoint -75%
-Dragon Rising ~$3.75
-Red River ~ $11.25
*Red Orchestra -50%
-Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 ~$5
-Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad ~$20

Happy Spending and Happy Thanksgiving!

Steam Fall Sales Have Begun

I love these dudes. Seriously. They're adorable.

In the interest of always being ahead of everyone ever when it comes to holiday sales, the fine folks at VALVe have begun their "Autumn Sale" over at the usual place. And as usual, they have a rotating list of major sales plastered on the top half of their splash page; this list rotates at around 8 AM GMT-10, and are the best deals for the day if you're looking for something cheap to pick up. On top of this, many publisher's catalogs are also hugely discounted for those looking for that special something from their favorite dev team or something.

The current games on the featured list are (with the discount and price rounded up):
-Dejobaan Collection -50% ~$10
-Renegade Ops -50% ~$8
-Oddworld: The Oddboxx -75% ~$4
-Test Drive Unlimited 2 -75% ~$5
-Sam & Max Complete -75% ~$12.50
-Duke Nukem Forever -66% ~$7
-Risen -50% ~$15
-Orcs Must Die! -75% ~$4
-Portal 2 -66% ~$10.25
-Call of Duty: Black Ops -50% ~$30
and the two franchise sales:
-Mass Effect -75%
ME 1 and 2 for $5
ME2 Digital Deluxe Edition for $7.50
-Men of War -75%
Men of War ~$3.75
Men of War: Assault Squad ~$8.75
Men of War: Red Tide ~$6.25
Men of War: Vietnam ~$8.75
Men of War: Complete (Includes the above, also has various DLCs not listed) for ~$19

Happy Spending!
New posts featuring the new sales will be up as the lists are updated.

Portal Free Until Sept. 20

Probably one of the best puzzle games ever, says me.

I know this is a couple of days late, but I figure I'd announce it here as well as all the other social networking sites I frequent, because, well. If you don't already own a copy of Portal, you really are missing out.

VALVe even put out a sweet YouTube video about how educators are starting to use games like Portal and the Hammer editor to learn physics, and things of that nature.

In any case, VALVe has made Portal free until September 20. Yes, all you need is a valid Steam account and you're set. Here's the place, and the pretty interesting YouTube video:

http://learnwithportals.com/

The Post-Summer Camp Sale Post or: "Holy Crap, Terraria is Fun!"

My Summer Camp Achievement Box

Now that the Steam Summer Camp Sale is over, I'm able to take a look back at all the games I've played and all the sweet freebies and other awesome games I picked up.

First off, I like this new way Valve is doing in regards with major sales. The Steam Treasure Hunt was fun as hell, and this is just a better version of that same promotion. In this case, I picked up what probably amounted in at least $25-30 in free DLC and full games, while rediscovering hidden gems and rediscovering what it means to have fun (like with Poker Night at the Inventory)

One such game is Terraria, which to me looked like a shitty 2D Minecraft clone. This was the original reason for me to pass the game by and continue to look for more entertaining venues (Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood was one such entertaining venue, which I'm glad I played). Well, I had a copy of Terraria gifted to me, and, well.... it's incredible. I love just going around creating awesome shit all while dodging zombies, slimes and other incredible enemies. You think Creepers are the worst things to deal with in Minecraft, check out the motherfucking Eater of Worlds. This guy will fuck your shit. Seriously.

Anyways, here's a picture of my floating death yacht. The floors are made from hellstone bricks, which can only be mined at the very lowest levels of the World, commonly referred to as Hell.

Floating a mile or so above the ground, my battlecruiser of death will kill most visitors that have not made proper trips to Hell.

I love the soundtrack that this game uses, and it's hard not to hum along with the day and nighttime tracks as your in game day progresses.

Anyway, back to more Terraria.