Re: FREE GAMES: "Limbo" and "Tiny Tina's Wonderlands"

On Thu, 05 Jun 2025 11:22:15 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

On Thu, 29 May 2025 11:08:52 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
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* Tiny Tina's Wonderlands
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/tiny-tinas-wonderlands
   Another dupe (this one from 2023). I suspect this one is
   being proffered as marketing for the upcoming "Borderlands 4"

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Apparently the real reason this game was offered as a freebie last
week was in an attempt to distract from Gearbox Studios CEO Randy
Pitchford's ill-timed comments about how 'real fans' would happily pay
the $80 pricetag for "Borderlands 4".
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From a recent twitter post:
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"For our real fans who may be cost sensitive, the very
        awesome and incredibly fun smash hit videogame Tiny
        Tina’s Wonderlands is FREE this week on the Epic Games
        Store. Please enjoy this FREE gift by grabbing your FREE
        copy here, FREE."*
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He's been trying to dig his way out of the hole he threw himself into
for weeks, and fans are having none of it. A wiser man would learn to
shut the fuck up, but Randy is not that man. I guess it's just easier
to try and bribe your way out of your own cock-ups.
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I don't understand why Take Two --the company which fully owns
Gearbox-- puts up with this guy. He's been getting Gearbox into
trouble for years. Maybe Zelnick (Take Two's CEO) and Gearbox share
thumb drives?
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We live in a world where the strategy of "never admit everything and
double-down on your most hated statements" while greasing the right palms
will win you the the US Presidency. Why would you expect any different
from anyone else? It's the wave of the future.

Your ideas of personal accountability and humility are outdated, and
losers to boot.

--
Zag

What's the point of growing up
if you can't be childish sometimes? ...Terrance Dicks, BBC