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  • FREE GAMES: "Blazing Sails" and "QUBE"

    From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Oct 12 11:01:44 2023
    I have nothing clever to say this week. No snappy introduction or
    ChatGPt poetry. Epic is giving away two games for free this week.
    Let's find out what they are:


    * Blazing Sails
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/blazing-sails
    If you couldn't figure it out from the name, this
    game is all about pirates and raging ship-to-ship
    battles on the high-seas. It's also lacks any real
    single-player content /and/ it is in early access.
    That's a trifecta of nope for me, but the game-play
    itself is reputedly pretty fun. Maybe worth a look,
    if you like the genre. And if you can find anyone
    to play with; apparently the servers are mostly
    empty these days...


    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/qube-ultimate-bundle
    A "10th Anniversary" version of the game,
    including the original QUBE, the Director's cut
    version, various other stuff, and QUBE 2 (which you
    may already have on Epic). The game itself is a
    first-person physics puzzler (think "Portal" or
    "Talos Principle"); not a bad game, but QUBE didn't
    really add much to the genre. If you're in the mood
    for this sort of game, QUBE will probably more than
    satisfy, but - since I'm not - I'm not rushing out
    to play this one.


    Seven days until the next batch; see you then!

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Oct 12 10:29:44 2023
    On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:01:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle >https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/qube-ultimate-bundle
    A "10th Anniversary" version of the game,
    including the original QUBE, the Director's cut
    version, various other stuff, and QUBE 2 (which you
    may already have on Epic). The game itself is a
    first-person physics puzzler (think "Portal" or
    "Talos Principle"); not a bad game, but QUBE didn't
    really add much to the genre. If you're in the mood
    for this sort of game, QUBE will probably more than
    satisfy, but - since I'm not - I'm not rushing out
    to play this one.

    Strangely, this one says it's "unavailable" on my web browser. Epic will
    have plenty of time to straighten that out, but I wanted to give a heads
    up.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Oct 12 20:07:44 2023
    Spalls Hurgenson <[email protected]> wrote:

    I have nothing clever to say this week. No snappy introduction or
    ChatGPt poetry. Epic is giving away two games for free this week.
    Let's find out what they are:


    * Blazing Sails
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/blazing-sails
    If you couldn't figure it out from the name, this
    game is all about pirates and raging ship-to-ship
    battles on the high-seas. It's also lacks any real
    single-player content /and/ it is in early access.
    That's a trifecta of nope for me, but the game-play
    itself is reputedly pretty fun. Maybe worth a look,
    if you like the genre. And if you can find anyone
    to play with; apparently the servers are mostly
    empty these days...


    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/qube-ultimate-bundle
    A "10th Anniversary" version of the game,
    including the original QUBE, the Director's cut
    version, various other stuff, and QUBE 2 (which you
    may already have on Epic). The game itself is a
    first-person physics puzzler (think "Portal" or
    "Talos Principle"); not a bad game, but QUBE didn't
    really add much to the genre. If you're in the mood
    for this sort of game, QUBE will probably more than
    satisfy, but - since I'm not - I'm not rushing out
    to play this one.

    QUBE was fun when I played its free weekend. I even finished it!


    Seven days until the next batch; see you then!

    I got both!
    --
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    13th, eve!
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  • From candycanearter07@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Oct 12 14:40:34 2023
    On 10/12/23 10:01, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/qube-ultimate-bundle
    A "10th Anniversary" version of the game,

    I have not heard of this game before. Shows how impactful it is, I suppose.
    --
    user <candycane> is generated from /dev/urandom

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to Spalls Hurgenson on Thu Oct 12 15:44:36 2023
    On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:01:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle

    WOW! A $50 value! Got it. They fixed their glitch.

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Oct 13 01:26:58 2023
    candycanearter07 <[email protected]> wrote:
    On 10/12/23 10:01, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/bundles/qube-ultimate-bundle
    A "10th Anniversary" version of the game,

    I have not heard of this game before. Shows how impactful it is, I suppose.

    I have on Steam with its free weekend. :)
    --
    "I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord." --Ezekiel 38:23. Dang old body still tired after Zing 2 much after 6th COVID-19 shot side effects. Fri., da
    13th, eve!
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  • From Ant@21:1/5 to Zaghadka on Fri Oct 13 01:26:28 2023
    Zaghadka <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:01:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle

    WOW! A $50 value! Got it. They fixed their glitch.

    What glitch?
    --
    "I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the Lord." --Ezekiel 38:23. Dang old body still tired after Zing 2 much after 6th COVID-19 shot side effects. Fri., da
    13th, eve!
    Note: A fixed width font (Courier, Monospace, etc.) is required to see this signature correctly.
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 13 08:00:15 2023
    On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 10:29:44 -0500, Zaghadka <[email protected]>
    wrote:
    On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:01:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle

    Strangely, this one says it's "unavailable" on my web browser. Epic will
    have plenty of time to straighten that out, but I wanted to give a heads
    up.

    Even on the client it was glitchy. It wasn't unavailable, but - at
    least originally - it wasn't marked as free until you got to the
    check-out page. Fortunately, I've seen this error before, so I wasn't
    too worried. Anyway, Epic doesn't have my credit card on file, so even
    if it wasn't $0.00 it wasn't as if I was going to lose any money on
    it.

    TL:DR; Epic Game store is still a mess. But free game is free game,
    and The Number goes up, so... ;-)

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  • From Zaghadka@21:1/5 to All on Fri Oct 13 08:26:27 2023
    On Fri, 13 Oct 2023 01:26:28 +0000, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ant
    wrote:

    Zaghadka <[email protected]> wrote:
    On Thu, 12 Oct 2023 11:01:44 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    * QUBE Ulimate Bundle

    WOW! A $50 value! Got it. They fixed their glitch.

    What glitch?

    You know man...

    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten

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