Bargain Thread 2013

lordkosc · 2013-12-23T12:04:03.000Z

Get a better phone. :p

I removed the direct image link to the awesome gif in the winter sale thread, just for you! :)

KiloOhm · 2013-12-23T12:40:45.000Z

Rock8man:

So Polygon tells me one of the deals today on steam is Borderlands 2 GOTY for $15. Damn it. I just bought that on Amazon two weeks ago when it was the deal of the week for $30.

I’m waiting for Amazon to match or beat this in January when I can use one of my $5 coupons! :)

Papageno · 2013-12-23T14:38:42.000Z

Over on Amazon they’ve got Command and Conquer: The Ultimate Collection on sale for $4.99 (Origin DRM). That’s worth it for just C&C 3 and Kane’s Wrath all by themselves, IMHO.

geewhiz · 2013-12-23T14:41:50.000Z

triggercut:

Folks here seem to like Blackguards, but boy was the RPS initial impressions story discouraging about it. They hated everything from the piss-poor production values in the voice work (described as one actor trying badly to do numerous voices) to a combat system called “stodgy”.

RKBK liked it (Pocket Tactic’s sister site):

http://www.reddoorbluekey.com/?s=Black+guards

JoshL · 2013-12-23T17:55:13.000Z

Storz:

GMG has that Sid Meier’s Ace Patrol pacific skies for $0.80 after 20% discount code (GMG20-ZB5D1-93X49), more discount if you bought some other games from GMG, so you can use the $0.10 GMG credit, I got it for $0.5, not bad.

Hey, I have $1 in trade-in value in my GMG account from games they gave me, so it’s free! Oh, except their trade-in thing seems to not work, I get 404 every time.

sharaleo · 2013-12-23T18:31:58.000Z

DisplayFusion is $6 as a flash sale on Steam. Not a game, but highly recommended as a multi-monitor management solution. Been using it for years and it is quite awesome.

Kadath · 2013-12-23T18:57:17.000Z

4.50 each, if someone buys a 4 pack I am in on Display Fusion

biosc1 · 2013-12-23T19:02:04.000Z

sharaleo:

DisplayFusion is $6 as a flash sale on Steam. Not a game, but highly recommended as a multi-monitor management solution. Been using it for years and it is quite awesome.

I’ve played a bit with it at work, but I’m not sure I am sold yet…why is this necessary? What do you use it for that makes it worth it to you?

stusser · 2013-12-23T19:03:52.000Z

Windows 8.1 has multimonitor taskbars (which I don’t even want, but I recognize that others do), and every version of windows supports multimonitor wallpaper, although again win8.1 does it better. I don’t see why buttons to switch windows to different monitors would be particularly useful. Seems like a completely unnecessary utility.

Mark_Asher · 2013-12-23T19:04:37.000Z

Papageno:

Over on Amazon they’ve got Command and Conquer: The Ultimate Collection on sale for $4.99 (Origin DRM). That’s worth it for just C&C 3 and Kane’s Wrath all by themselves, IMHO.

Do you get Steam keys? I might just get it for the nostalgia value of playing the original again.

Murbella · 2013-12-23T19:09:31.000Z

stusser:

Windows 8.1 has multimonitor taskbars (which I don’t even want, but I recognize that others do), and every version of windows supports multimonitor wallpaper, although again win8.1 does it better. I don’t see why buttons to switch windows to different monitors would be particularly useful. Seems like a completely unnecessary utility.

I am fine with windows 8 for multi monitor support at home but at work where i have windows 7 and multiple monitors, i do use a freemium program to give me a decent windows task bar for multiple monitors (and a few other misc things).

biosc1 · 2013-12-23T19:09:44.000Z

stusser:

Windows 8.1 has multimonitor taskbars (which I don’t even want, but I recognize that others do), and every version of windows supports multimonitor wallpaper, although again win8.1 does it better. I don’t see why buttons to switch windows to different monitors would be particularly useful. Seems like a completely unnecessary utility.

Yah, just watched the video, it is all stuff I have already. I suppose if it combined something like Fences, then maybe.

I will admit, at work, I used this program to force a display to a projector that wasn’t going to happen without a 3rd party utility.

sharaleo · 2013-12-23T19:55:22.000Z

biosc1:

I’ve played a bit with it at work, but I’m not sure I am sold yet…why is this necessary? What do you use it for that makes it worth it to you?

Just a few things I use it for:

[ul]
[li]Multi-monitor wallpaper management[/li][li]Automatic wallpaper switching - from online sources as well such as Flickr.[/li][li]Quick switching windows between monitors via customisable keyboard shortcuts[/li][li]Taskbar on all three of my monitors - with customisation of which apps show on which taskbar[/li][li]Splitting up monitors into smaller sections that Apps can snap into easily (stops the need to manually resize application windows)[/li][li]Window snapping - to edge of monitors or the split zones [/li][li]Forcing apps to open on a particular monitor[/li][li]Dragging and dropping of maximised windows - this is so second nature to me now, I forgot it was even a feature of DisplayFusion, rather than Windows.[/li][li]Allowing windows under my mouse pointer to scroll when they are not the focused app - holy shit I could not live without this now.[/li][li]Wrapping mouse movement left/right and/or top/bottom, while preventing snagging on unaligned monitors.[/li][li]Forcing child windows on the same monitor as parent app.[/li][/ul]

Basically a whole bunch of stuff that Windows has never really done well in multi-monitor environments. All in a neat package that is unintrusive and allows for a wide range of customisation in its behaviour. My understanding is Win8 does some of this stuff better than previous iterations, but I have not used it.

Otagan · 2013-12-23T20:06:37.000Z

Mark Asher:

Do you get Steam keys? I might just get it for the nostalgia value of playing the original again.

It’s all Origin. On the off-chance you’re referring to the very first C&C, it’s actually freeware now.

Klaatu · 2013-12-23T20:46:41.000Z

sharaleo:

Basically a whole bunch of stuff that Windows has never really done well in multi-monitor environments. All in a neat package that is unintrusive and allows for a wide range of customisation in its behaviour. My understanding is Win8 does some of this stuff better than previous iterations, but I have not used it.

Buying it from Steam, do you have to have Steam loaded to start it? How about using it on your non-gaming machine? Do you have to install Steam to install Display Fusion? Is Display Fusion available from any other sellers?

sharaleo · 2013-12-23T21:02:08.000Z

Klaatu:

Buying it from Steam, do you have to have Steam loaded to start it? How about using it on your non-gaming machine? Do you have to install Steam to install Display Fusion? Is Display Fusion available from any other sellers?

Sorry, got no personally verifiable answers for that, I bought it directly from the DisplayFusion site ages ago. Try this link though, looks like it may answer a couple of the questions:

DisplayFusion

DisplayFusion: Purchase DisplayFusion Pro on Steam

DisplayFusion will make your multi-monitor life much easier! With powerful features like Multi-Monitor Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons and fully customizable HotKeys, DisplayFusion will make managing yo...

From the bottom of this page, fyi:

DisplayFusion

DisplayFusion: Free vs Pro

DisplayFusion will make your multi-monitor life much easier! With powerful features like Multi-Monitor Taskbars, TitleBar Buttons and fully customizable HotKeys, DisplayFusion will make managing yo...

Kildar · 2013-12-24T00:48:51.000Z

Tombraider is 5 USD over at Amazon. Cheapest it has ever been, I think.

Papageno · 2013-12-24T01:29:13.000Z

That is a crazy good price for a game on many people’s short lists for the best of this year.

lordkosc · 2013-12-24T04:52:43.000Z

Kildar:

Tombraider is 5 USD over at Amazon. Cheapest it has ever been, I think.

Very nice, I was about to post that myself… Infact I still am! :p

Tomb Raider 2013 is $5 today on Amazon, it registers on Steam.

Buy it. BUY it NOW. You better have Bought It!

http://www.amazon.com/Square-Enix-41017Tomb-Raider2-Download/dp/B007VFHGZ4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1387885533&sr=8-3&keywords=tomb raider

ANDDDDDDDDDDDDDD…

Remember Me is $10 over on Green Man Gaming after using the 20% discount code.

GMG20-ZB5D1-93X49

http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/action/remember-me/

Kildar · 2013-12-24T05:45:56.000Z

Don’t forget to grab the Tomb Raider SP DLC - Tomb of the Lost Adventurer from Steam for .59 cents.