8. Fall N' Prices

On this week's episode, Lisa eviscerates EA's Theme Park iOS and tells us how far the game has fallen since its Bullfrog heyday. (Spoiler alert: Pretty far.) Dave plays Clash of The Clans on iOS, though no one seems to be impressed.  Joel finally gets to play Assassins Creed III on PC, and Eric picks up Darksiders 2 at 50% off in the Steam Autumn Sale.

Speaking of which, we highlight some of the deals from the recent Steam Autumn Sale and help you, dear listener, to get your credit cards primed and ready for the main event: the Steam Winter Sale. WAH, STEAM AH!

All this and more on Episode 8 of Staring at Screens!

PS. As of writing this post, the final day of the Autumn sale is underway. Our thoughts, very briefly:

25 Nov

Dishonored; 50%; $29.99 — Excellent game. Great price for a new release.
Civilization V GOTY Edition; 75% $12.49 — Pretty cheap, but die-hard fans of the series will prefer IV in favor of V. (Die-hard fans of the series will probably already own this anyway.)
Orcs Must Die 2; 75%; $3.74 — At this price, why the hell not? Much better with friends to play it with, so buy a few copies and gift them!
Arkham City GOTY Edition; 75%; $7.49 — Why haven't you played this yet?!? BUY.
Torchlight II; 50%; $9.99 — At this price, We'd buy multiple copies for friends. Even friends on Mac, because the Mac playable version is inevitable.
Sonic Generations; 75&; $7.49 — We're drawing a blank with this one. Never played it. Maybe if you really like Sonic?

26 Nov

Counter Srike GO; 50%; $7.49 — Are people still playing Counter Strike these days? Maybe if you owned a LANshop…
Call of Duty MW3; 50%; $29.99 — This is the first time MW3 has been on sale, we think. It is what it is, for half the price.
Alan Wake franchise; 75%; $9.99 — Everything Alan Wake is 75% off! Which is good, because you're going to need money to buy adult diapers because Alan Wake is piss-your-pants scary (if you are like Joel!)
Castle Crashers; 67%; $4.99 — Only if you've never played this on XBLA, and even then try to get a bunch of friends to purchase this because it's $5 and it's an online multiplayer beat 'em up and you really get bang for your buck if you play this with buddies.
Legend of Grimrock; 75%; $3.74 — Old-school RPG dungeon crawl. At full price, this game isn't for everyone, but at $3.74, why the hell not? BUY.
The Witcher 2; 75%; $7.49 — A bit of a niche fantasy IP, but this is well worth your time at this price. (Another game we need to get around to finishing.)

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