Re: Prime Gaming 10 May 2024

On 5/10/2024 11:19 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

 I think I'm getting back into the habit of announcing these things.
Every two weeks - give or take a few days - seems to be the
appropriate tempo, no? Anyway, this time we have quite a few games to
go through.
  * Fallout 3 GOTY (via GOG)
    It's not the first time this game has shown up as a
    freebie on Amazon. The big difference is that this
    version is on GOG. Otherwise, it's the same green-
    tinged post-apocalyptic action/adventure role-playing
    game turned marketing gimmick for Amazon's latest TV
    show. Look, I'm just happy to have it a DRM-free
    version.

I'm not sure how many of these I'm up to now.  4 or 5 maybe? I've got two physical copies (including the original collectors one that came with the lunchbox and bobble-head, but that was because that's all they had left at Gamestop.) But a DRM free GotY edition is good.
Still if I'm playing it, I'm probably playing it in the mod that puts it in the New Vegas engine.
It's interesting to me that a company owned by MS is giving a game away through Amazon (a competitor in many things) in Gog (another competitor)
I suppose because Amazon is the one with the Fallout TV show.  I'm not sure how GOG fits in, but I'm not complaining.
**** Luna free streaming games ****
Oddly Luna also has Fallout 3. Now why you would need to stream a 16 year old game that they also just gave away on the same platform is a mystery.  I suppose if you want to play it on a laptop with only an Intel video card maybe?
It also has Fallout New Vegas, and a couple lego games, including the one being given away.
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