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OK, so the STEAM madness continues. Today’s must buy game is FLATOUT. It’s an OK racer, but the mini games and the destruction derby is by far the most of ANY car game I have ever played. It’s only $2 so go buy it already.

If you are coming to the LAN it is a MUST buy!

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Talking about a wide area of topics, but the STEAM sale this week is just crazy. So we all played some new games, or rediscovered some classics. I hope you picked something up… or still will! PC Games for $3 ROCK!

• Steam Sales are back, what did we pick up
• Company of Heroes Online
• DLC can be soooo much fun
• Dragon Age DLC… The Wizzle speaks
• A quick talk about Company of Heroes
• Metal of Honor Beta impressions
• Counter Strike gets major patches… Kommie doesn’t like it
• Yes, we touch on the Iphone issue too
• CIV V
• Cataclysm
• What is Blizzards new MMO gonna lock like?
• Global Agenda totally revamps
• APB will have Audio Commercials
• OnLive, how many bad decisions before they fail?
• MDK HD… fail
• Bioware and Activision give some much needed PC love!
• Is the PC Gaming Crowd less likely to put up with bad Games?

My original title was Steam Sale (cause they’re having a huge summer sale) but then I came across Gogamer.com and decided that this post needed to be about Sales in general:

(PLease note – FaNatic had posted this in our forums, so big thanks to him for giving us a heads up first!)

In all seriousness, Steam is having a Summer sale that is mind blowing. Tons and Tons of titles are 20-75% or likely more. Here us what you can expect:

60% off ALL Atari Games
33% off ALL Ubisoft Games
75% off of the Call of Duty Collection
75% off 2K complete collection (not including Civ5)

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BioWare spoke with Computer and Video Games about the state of PC gaming, saying it continues to be their lead platform following what seems to be a mini-trend of vocal support for the PC as a gaming platform. “Every two or three years we hear the announcement of fantasy being dead, PC gaming being dead and RPGs being dead. And yet, all of the biggest games that ever come out – that set the records – are nearly always PC games, and a lot of them are fantasy games,” says Bioware designer and writing director Daniel Erickson. “The biggest game in the world is a fantasy, PC, RPG MMO. We all know the drawbacks of PC. We all scream at our boxes and try to make stuff work. But at the same time, the interface is made for games. The mouse/keyboard interface allows so much less restriction [than console].” He concludes noting that this is not lip service, as they are walking the walk: “There was not a question when we started Old Republic – or any of our games, for that matter – [what the lead format would be]. There’s a reason the lead SKU for Dragon age was [PC] as well. When we’re developing an RPG, it’s a natural place to be

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Way back then in 2005

There is a chance for a Lan Party 7/9-7/11. So mark your calendars and hope that the date will stick

General information:
Location = Douglasville, GA (greater Atlanta area)
Games = Whatever is fun
People = Fun
Food = Whatever is good
Cost = $15 (includes some food and drink)

More details will be posted here once the plans a re final!

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A glance back at what we played this week (APB sticking out) and then some talk about E3. What we liked, didn’t or if it was even important. Here is the list:

• APB Beta impressions
• Civ 5, Jump gate Evolution, Dark Prophesy (BeerJedi)
• Homefront
• Starwars Knights of the Old Republic
• Lego MMO
• MMO and kids
• The New XBOX360
• A look at the Console news coming from E3
• On-Live (now charging full retail price for games)
• Metal of Honor Beta impressions
• Sniper: Ghost Warrior Demo
• Magic the Gathering
• HP Envy… waiting for some cooler times
• Some SSD talk
• Why do some games stay so popular
• Starwars Galaxies (Why to stay away from Sony MMO’s)
• The Playlist
• Go see The A-Team

One problem… it’s UBI!

You have until 1PM Wed to get it, but Steam is running a special on Bad Company 2 for only $34. I say that’s the best deal I’ve seen in a bit.

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A quick and short look at what waits for PC gamers this week. E3 should have some interesting stuff and we speculate or talk about what is coming, we think is around the corner or we would like to see.

• Trailer Talk
• XBOX Slim
• Battlefield: Vietnam
• All Points Bulletin
• What are Betas… Demos
• Battlefield Bad Company 2 Servers are drying up
• StarWars Games everywhere
• Red Dead Redemption shuns the PC (for now)
• What will be the killer app for Kinect?
• Portal 2 and other Steam speculation
• Fallout New Vegas
• World Cup Talk (Sorry)