Lately, with inflation/potential tariffs/my already huge backlog/other priorities in my life, I find myself less and less willing to pay for games at full price. While I know (1) I won't get to enjoy games at release alongside their communities and (2) I won't be supporting indie developers as much, I can't afford this hobby if I had to buy everything at its highest or even a 15-25% off price point.

That being said, that doesn't mean I don't want to stop playing video games. So I wanted to ask- how often are you checking for video game sales? Are you scouring Steam/PlayStation Store/Nintendo eShop/Deku Deals frequently? Do you just wait for larger events like Black Friday? Are you turning your nose at my penny-pinching and only buy deluxe editions at their fullest price? Or would you rather wait X years after a non-Nintendo game releases to get the best discount possible?

With IsThereAnyDeal for PC games and Deku Deals for console games, it's not longer required to look up sales all the time. These sites will track it for you and have a history database. You can just create an account and ask to get alerts for sales of games you have chosen.

Turnip Boy won the tie breaker

https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXBvbxye/results

The tie breaker is up for about 24 hours...

https://strawpoll.com/3RnYXBvbxye

For the regular GotM, a last minute vote made it into a tie between Metroid Dread and Turnip Boy. A tie breaker will be posted shortly.

Results here : https://strawpoll.com/BDyNzLL07yR/results

For the 10th Anniversary Edition game, Bloodborne won.

Detailed results here : https://strawpoll.com/B2ZB955OBgJ/results

Last call, 12 hours left if you haven't voted yet.

The poll for the 10th Anniversary Edition is up as well.

https://strawpoll.com/B2ZB955OBgJ

The poll for the GotM is up!

https://strawpoll.com/BDyNzLL07yR

Last call for nominations. Poll will be created later tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks guys, I've hidden the posts for now, Everdred will most likely delete the users shortly...

Six months since the last update... let's see what's changed...

Page 1 -
Page 2 - Batman: Arkham Asylum, Batman: Arkham City, Celeste
Page 3 - Little Nightmares, Vampire Survivors
Page 4 - Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice, Firewatch, LoZ: Breath of the Wild
Page 5 - Limbo
Page 6 - Alan Wake, LoZ: Tears of the Kingdom, South Park: The Stick of Truth
Page 7 - Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag, Gris
Page 8 - Assassin's Creed II
Page 9 - Inside, Bastion, Psychonauts, Super Mario Odyssey
Page 10 - Darksiders, Assassin's Creed, Bayonetta
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Page 12 - LEGO The Lord of the Rings, Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons
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Page 14 - Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, Super Mario Bros. Wonder, Journey
Page 15 - What Remains of Edith Finch, Brütal Legend, Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Guacamelee!
Page 16 - Doom (1993)
Page 17 - ABZÛ, LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga
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Page 19 - LEGO Batman: The Videogame
Page 20 - Dear Esther
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Page 22 - Donkey Kong Country Returns, A Story About My Uncle, A Short Hike
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Page 24 -
Page 25 - The Messenger,
Page 26 - Assassin's Creed III
Page 27 - Oxenfree, LEGO Batman 2: DC Super Heroes
Page 28 - Grim Fandango
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Page 30 - Figment
Page 31 - VVVVVV, Jotun
Page 32 - Gone Home, Metroid Prime
Page 33 - Mario Kart 8, Shovel Knight, The LEGO Ninjago Movie Videogame, SteamWorld Dig
Page 34 - Yoku's Island Express
Page 35 - God of War (2005), Super Mario Galaxy
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Page 37 -
Page 38 - Prince of Persia: Sands of Time
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Page 40 - Uncharted: Drake's Fortune

Less a merge request and more a deletion request.

Half-Life 3 has not been announced.

One backlog and one beat... :D

The winner is Papier Mario!

Head over to Nintendo Switch online to play this classic, or pop in your game cart if you're lucky enough to own it. 🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️There is always emulation...🏴‍☠️🏴‍☠️

Poll results : https://strawpoll.com/kogjRDLK2g6/results

The poll is up!

https://strawpoll.com/kogjRDLK2g6

Still some time to add more nominations. I will create the poll some time late on the 28th or early on the 29th...

Vampire Survivors is this week's Epic Game.

It's actually free for ONE day only. As it's the case each year, Epic is giving away a different game everyday for about 10 days.

According to PriceCharting, my two most "valued" games are these two sealed Zelda games in Spanish for the PAL region.

The 14th and final game of this year's Itchmas event is "Sheepy: A Short Adventure"

Itch : https://mrsuicidesheep.itch.io/sheepy
HLTB : https://www.howlongtobeat.com/game/145299

Game #13 is "Off-Peak"

HLTB : https://howlongtobeat.com/game/32741
Itch : https://cosmoddd.itch.io/off-peak

Game #12 is "Pakke-Is"

Itch : https://piktura.itch.io/pakke-is
HLTB : https://www.howlongtobeat.com/game/159641

Game #11 is "Delia: The Traveling Witch"

Itch : https://kaimatten.itch.io/delia-the-traveling-witch
HLTB : https://www.howlongtobeat.com/game/160009

Game #10 is 'A Good Gardener'

Itch : https://turnfollow.itch.io/a-good-gardener
HLTB : https://www.howlongtobeat.com/game/82391

Guys, do you know something about HLTB for SteamDeck (decky loader)? Is there any way we can make a request to revive this plugin?

Unfortunetly, HLTB wasn't behing this plugin. It was an unofficial, so it's hard to tell why it's not working anymore.