On the one hand, Earl Boen is the voice of LeChuck.
On the other hand, it's been so long for Telltale to include the Earl Boen Narwhal in anything but the DVD, that it's a moot point to complain about it now.
But that doesn't encourage me to want the Steam version of he game.
Quite frankly, I like it as is. When LeChuck is finally revealed to have been evil all along, the game does so in the most awesome way possible - with the one true voice re-emerging to match his body. Brilliant.
Also, replacing the guy who did the voice in Narwhal would seem a little odd to me. Sure, he wasn't Earl Boen, but he didn't do a bad job at all. I liked what he did, and don't see the point in replacing it. It's only a dozen or so lines anyway, it's barely worth it.
It's like Voyager: Elite Force, when they didn't get Jeri Ryan to voice Seven of Nine originally, but replaced the lady who did a (pretty good) impersonation of her in a patch due to actually getting her to do the lines. Sure she was the real deal, but the not-Jeri gave a better performance that I can no longer listen to.
Also, replacing the guy who did the voice in Narwhal would seem a little odd to me. Sure, he wasn't Earl Boen, but he didn't do a bad job at all. I liked what he did, and don't see the point in replacing it. It's only a dozen or so lines anyway, it's barely worth it.
My thoughts exactely. But Nerds were raging and TTG changed it. Good to know that I still have a version without Earl available.
Also, replacing Adam Harrington who did the voice in Narwhal would seem a little odd to me. Sure, he wasn't Earl Boen, but he didn't do a bad job at all. I liked what he did, and don't see the point in replacing it. It's only a dozen or so lines anyway, it's barely worth it.
Also worth mentioning is that PoxNora is available for free. Yup, it costs absolutely nothing and it is completely free to download and play from Steam.
It's apparently some sort of turn-based strategy game, which I love.
So glad to see that LIMBO is one cent more than I paid for it during the autumn sale a couple weeks ago. I'd forgotten what I paid for it, so I was worried I'd jumped the gun on it. It looks amazing, so as it was with VVVVVV, I won't be upset if I end up getting it in an indie bundle later anyway.
Limbo is pretty great. It's short, but what's there is pretty solid. You're paying $2.50 for roughly two to four hours of play. Guru, I think you could probably go through it in an afternoon if you wanted to cross something off your list.
I have yet to play an indie game I can't get through in an afternoon (even with all 20 trinkets in VVVVVV), so that's not really much of a surprise to me.
I have yet to play an indie game I can't get through in an afternoon (even with all 20 trinkets in VVVVVV), so that's not really much of a surprise to me.
Yes this. I got so far...but then I died and was on the Permadeath setting. It was saddening. Even without Permadeath, it's still possible to get into unwinable situations...like if you use up all your food before the end or something.
There's like a dozen bits of DLC for Magicka, and they're all on offer as well, but I won't list them because it would take me half an hour.
Also, the Weekend Deal is Nuclear Dawn. It's free-to-play all weekend, and on offer at £8.99 / $11.99. There's also a four pack (one for you, three to gift) for £26.99 / $35.99.
Oh, great, the Magicka DLC is on sale again. Now I have to buy the rest of it again. I need to play this damn game so I can hopefully justify all the DLC I've bought for it.
A bunch of games updated with Christmas achievements today. (I'm seeing Poker Night, Toki Tori and others.) Seems like an omen for an upcoming bonanza.
A bunch of games updated with Christmas achievements today. (I'm seeing Poker Night, Toki Tori and others.) Seems like an omen for an upcoming bonanza.
TF2, L4D2, And DoD also have achievements.
EDIT:And Sanctum
EDIT2:Meat Boy has 2, how many games have these achievements?
I am not finding out the list of gamers with Christmas updates. Just so you know.
I was going to post today's Daily Deal, but I'm so outraged by the price conversion I'm just going to rant about that instead. Swearing ahead, and lots of it. Apologies for that (but not the rant) in advance.
This is bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit. And I get mad enough when they don't even convert it at all and just use the same number for every currency, but this just takes the fucking piss. If you were to convert the UK price into dollars, today's Daily Deal ends up being almost TWICE the actual US price. TWICE. How the fuck do you get away with shit like that? It's just complete and utter bullshit! Fuck this! Fuck this entire goddamn thing!
Right, sorry about that. I've had time to breathe, eat, watch Up (it was on TV)... I'm fine now.
Today's Daily Deal is Total War: Shogun 2. £13.33 / $9.99. Yes, that is the right way round.
There's also 5 lots of DLC, all with 75% off. They're all different prices, so I won't list them.
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To show you just why I was so upset, allow me to do some conversions for you. As I said, the US price is currently $9.99. Let's round that off to $10 and convert it to GBP... that's currently £6.43. Which is over half the price that Steam is currently charging for the game.
Just for the heck of it, let's reverse it as well. The price Steam are charging at the moment is £13.33. Converting that into dollars is... $20.72. So when I said that we in the UK are paying twice as much for this game as those in the US, I meant it.
I'll admit to over-reacting earlier, but at least it was somewhat justified. This is some of the most slapdash pricing I've ever seen on Steam. It's extremely disappointing that they would let something like this slip by, especially when it's on a Daily Deal and likely to get everyone's attention. I'd say that I hope it's a one-off, but sadly it's not. I just hope Steam, or whoever does the pricing, can look at some of these prices and fix them sharpish.
Eesh. I have a good number of games on that list, but I haven't played very many of them, and some of the achievements in the ones I have played sound hard. Much harder than the Summer Camp or Treasure Hunt. Or maybe I'm just being a wuss.
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Today's Daily Deal is... why, it's Tales of Monkey Island! £6.24 / $8.74
Don't forget to visit the store page for... etc.
On the other hand, it's been so long for Telltale to include the Earl Boen Narwhal in anything but the DVD, that it's a moot point to complain about it now.
But that doesn't encourage me to want the Steam version of he game.
Also, replacing the guy who did the voice in Narwhal would seem a little odd to me. Sure, he wasn't Earl Boen, but he didn't do a bad job at all. I liked what he did, and don't see the point in replacing it. It's only a dozen or so lines anyway, it's barely worth it.
It's like Voyager: Elite Force, when they didn't get Jeri Ryan to voice Seven of Nine originally, but replaced the lady who did a (pretty good) impersonation of her in a patch due to actually getting her to do the lines. Sure she was the real deal, but the not-Jeri gave a better performance that I can no longer listen to.
...but then, that's just me. And what do I know?*
*The correct answer is EVERYTHING.
My thoughts exactely. But Nerds were raging and TTG changed it. Good to know that I still have a version without Earl available.
Don't forget to visit the blah blah blah.
There you go, fixed that for ya.
It's apparently some sort of turn-based strategy game, which I love.
Dungeons Of Dredmor.
Yes this. I got so far...but then I died and was on the Permadeath setting. It was saddening. Even without Permadeath, it's still possible to get into unwinable situations...like if you use up all your food before the end or something.
I just couldn't resist.
And I am not going to be buying LIMBO, the spiders in there are too realistic and I am suffering from slight Arachnophobia.
So it's not a good mix.
There's like a dozen bits of DLC for Magicka, and they're all on offer as well, but I won't list them because it would take me half an hour.
Also, the Weekend Deal is Nuclear Dawn. It's free-to-play all weekend, and on offer at £8.99 / $11.99. There's also a four pack (one for you, three to gift) for £26.99 / $35.99.
HOW WILL THEY KNOW?!?!?!?!
TF2, L4D2, And DoD also have achievements.
EDIT:And Sanctum
EDIT2:Meat Boy has 2, how many games have these achievements?
I was going to post today's Daily Deal, but I'm so outraged by the price conversion I'm just going to rant about that instead. Swearing ahead, and lots of it. Apologies for that (but not the rant) in advance.
This is bullshit. Complete and utter bullshit. And I get mad enough when they don't even convert it at all and just use the same number for every currency, but this just takes the fucking piss. If you were to convert the UK price into dollars, today's Daily Deal ends up being almost TWICE the actual US price. TWICE. How the fuck do you get away with shit like that? It's just complete and utter bullshit! Fuck this! Fuck this entire goddamn thing!
Today's Daily Deal is Total War: Shogun 2. £13.33 / $9.99. Yes, that is the right way round.
There's also 5 lots of DLC, all with 75% off. They're all different prices, so I won't list them.
-x-
To show you just why I was so upset, allow me to do some conversions for you. As I said, the US price is currently $9.99. Let's round that off to $10 and convert it to GBP... that's currently £6.43. Which is over half the price that Steam is currently charging for the game.
Just for the heck of it, let's reverse it as well. The price Steam are charging at the moment is £13.33. Converting that into dollars is... $20.72. So when I said that we in the UK are paying twice as much for this game as those in the US, I meant it.
I'll admit to over-reacting earlier, but at least it was somewhat justified. This is some of the most slapdash pricing I've ever seen on Steam. It's extremely disappointing that they would let something like this slip by, especially when it's on a Daily Deal and likely to get everyone's attention. I'd say that I hope it's a one-off, but sadly it's not. I just hope Steam, or whoever does the pricing, can look at some of these prices and fix them sharpish.
but it's just as badly converted.
But that's not the reason I'm not buying Shogun 2. It makes it easier to justify not buying it, but it's not the reason.
The sale is rumored to start on Dec 19th.