Ugh, no brain, you do not need the Snow Globe badge. No. Stop it.

@FAE but but but! It's a badge! That and internet points is what stack exchange runs on!

And steam as well kinda sorta

@FAE Yeeees you do.

gives @FAE the Second Opinion

anyone feel like talking me through a random wave of holiday sadness?

OH MY HAT I forgot. That helped :3

@spugsley Just hug Artie

@OrigamiRobot he's being very antisocial today

I was sweeping and he hates the broom

If I can successfully skip this badge, I'll be free.

I won't have to worry about my compulsion to complete them for completion's sake because I'll already have missed one.

OH! I GOT ANOTHER HAT!

A KITTY HAT! :DDDDD

I'm doing my best not to care about hats.

I think they are cute :(

@FAE You will never win Team Fortress

@FAE just click the "I hate hats" button and you won't have to worry about them

@spugsley The collecting trips my anxiety triggers.

@FAE Put @OrigamiRobot on ignore then. He won't shut up about how much he loves hats.

@FAE D: oh no

We should make a hat-less bridge for the hat craze. It'll just be FAE and OrigamiRobot

And I'm having a really terrible week because of seasonal depression compounding with holiday depression compounding with my regular depression and holiday anxiety/stress in trying to get what few gifts I even have to worry about out and just a;lsk;f;af. x_x

@FAE =[ I can give internet hugs if that helps

@FAE will it help if I take mine off? Whatever I can do to help

I missed two appointments yesterday because I couldn't manage to even get out of bed.

@KevinvanderVelden The thought's appreciated. :)

@spugsley Naw, you like it, I don't want you to not do something you enjoy.

@spugsley If she clicks "I hate hats" she doesn't even see it.

It doesn't bother me that other people have them, I just don't want to go after them or else it'll just be another thing on top of all this other stuff.

@OrigamiRobot oh ok :)

I not only want to not see them, I want no one else to have them.

I made sure my avatar doesn't fit any hat to avoid the temptation.

And now I feel all waugh and embarrassed for talking about my stuff, ugh. Stupid brain.

Some of my crappiest posts are from events, so I make sure to avoid them.

@FAE don't be :) Sometimes it helps to talk it out

I'm hoping that star gets Origami a hat, just for the irony.

@spugsley I know, but I worry about overburdening other people a lot, or coming off as attention-grabby. Also, I worry about what people think too much in general.

ANXIETY YAY

@FAE I think some of us relate so don't be too hard on yourself :)

@JasonBerkan You don't get hats if you hate hats.

@FAE You don't need to explain that to us, I'm pretty sure a large handful of us are exactly the same.

The irony is that I love real hats.

@OrigamiRobot and I hate real hats :p

@spugsley This is very much not my strong point. :(

@spugsley Except for photography hats.

@FAE well, if you need someone to talk to, I'm on steam. I'm having a particularly hard Holiday season so I get it, at least to a point.

and that goes for anyone! :D

@OrigamiRobot well, we all know you hate joy. Your feelings of joy and love have been replaced by steampunk clockwork

@spugsley Thanks, I appreciate it. :) Also, likewise! I like to listen.

@FAE Just like I need to not craft the badge multiple times from the huge pile of cards I got from buying everything in sight ;_;

Though I am taking a break from Steam today so I can curl up in my comfy chair and play with my Vita, but you have my gtalk.

@TimStone JUST SELL THEM

ALSO IT'S AUTOCAD TIME

THIS SALE LASTS UNTIL JANUARY 3 ARE YOU KIDDING ME

AUTOCAD TIME BEST TIME EXCEPT NOT

@TimStone oh baby baby

@TimStone The cheapest items are generally going for about the same as a single card. So you'd be burning 10 cards for something possibly only worth the same as one card.

love me some autocad

@OrigamiRobot AUTOCAD TIME! COME ON GRAB YOUR FRIENDS!

@FAE Yeah, I don't even care about the items. I just like shiny things. >_> <_<

...And apparently shelling out money. |:

This has been a super expensive holiday.

@TimStone Me too. :( I need to stop with my Steam games though. Also I just got a Playstation Vita for Christmas, so I'm getting games for that.

@TimStone sounds like every year I've been on Steam up 'til this one ;_;

@TimStone Pay no attention to the fact that despite saying I'm stopping with steam games, I have bought Typing of the Dead today. <_<

MY DESIRE FOR A DREMEL WILL PREVENT ME FROM SPENDING TOO MUCH ELSEWHERE

SUCCESS

@FAE stickitgame.com

@FAE My eyes will casually gloss over that activity stream item. :P

I can't remember my Steam password, so I can't buy anything until I get home.

Oh, is the Steam sale on now?

But I know the feel, we just got 3DSes when Pokemon X/Y came out and now I'm all "buy all the games!"

Monaco for $3 is pretty rad

@winterswift It didn't help that my girlfriend actually buys gifts for people. Apparently I saved a lot of money in years prior by not doing that.

@ElfSlice can confirm, monaco for whatever I paid on release day is even pretty rad

@winterswift Yeah it's a neat game.

It didn't hold my interest for as long as I was hoping though

@TimStone heh. :/ yeah, my available bank funds were up from previous years this time around, so I was all, "I'M GONNA BE AWESOME AND BUY PEOPLE REAL GIFTS THIS YEAR!" went super well.

Magrunner for $6.79, pretty great price as well.

I'VE PROBABLY SPEND LIKE $10 EACH STEAM SALE

@OrigamiRobot I sold my duplicates for $0.22 and $0.30, not bad. Now I have a whole dollar in my Steam wallet!

I have so many hats in TF2 that I could give everyone here 2 and still have a bunch left over.

@kalina told me that the cake is a lie, so she can eat it all by herself :(

The Puppygames Humble Weekly Sale

@TimStone I'D SELL EM ALL

@ElfSlice yeah, I enjoyed it quite a bit, but for whatever reason I don't feel motivated to play it after investing 6-8 hours initially.

@OrigamiRobot I...spent three figures in the Summer Sale. On the plus side it's prevented me from buying new games at their release prices, since I've been too busy playing other stuff.

@TimStone jesus ._.

ooo Tetrobot and Co. for $6

I BUY GAMES WHEN I WANT TO PLAY THEM

@winterswift I'll spend a lot less this time around because there's probably not that much left that I want. :P

OR IF THEY'RE UNDER $5 AND I THINK I MIGHT WANNA PLAY THEM EVENTUALLY

@OrigamiRobot I want to play everything right now.

@TimStone relatedly, I find that selling my PC in July and failing to build another one helped cut down on my game consumption quite a bit.

I JUST WANT TO PLAY BANISHED

I have far too many games.

CC @WIPQOZN

@OrigamiRobot Banished looks excellent.

AND STOMPING LAND

Stomping Land too

WHO KNOWS WHEN THAT COMES OUT THOUGH

@OrigamiRobot Unblock me so we can talk about Banished!

@winterswift You would have thought that having a child would have slowed me down but I just pretend like I'll have extra time to play. I should probably look into becoming a Time Lord before betting on that plan.

I think I'll buy all the things on Steam

@OrigamiRobot Yes. It should come now so I can throw money at it.

@ElfSlice are any of then any good?

@TimStone ALL THE MONEY

@Blem Yeah, all of them are pretty good

WHY ISN'T IT THERE FOR ME TO MAKE IT RAIN?!

Bionic Commando Rearmed for $2.49

Everybody should play this game.

@ElfSlice Or they could just emulate the NES game.

@Powerlord It's not the NES game.

Since it's a remake of said NES game.

@ElfSlice It is a remake of it, though.

Emulating the older one misses the point entirely of a 'remake'

They did a great job with it

Poof for $3.49

The problem with buying things on the Steam sale is that if it's not a daily sale, a Flash Sale, or one of the Community Choice sales, there's always a chance it will be cheaper on a later day.

$2.49 is pretty cheap already

@ElfSlice Hm, interesting. Not sure I really like the art style though.

@FAE Huh, I was thinking that would be something you'd really like about it

Swing and a miss I guess

Maybe I'm confusing you with someone else who really liked Psychonauts

@Fluttershy probably

@TimStone I did that as well and I'm not proud. :|

I didn't buy anything in the summer sale!

I wonder if this will be any good.

@ElfSlice I like like... the mechanical design, like the paperishness and stuff, but the aesthetics are not quite to my taste, if that makes sense.

@ElfSlice Likely this.

amazon.com/dp/B00FQPQGSY?tag=cheapassgam08-20

I wonder if that's cheaper on Steam

(Since amazon is selling a Steam code...)

@Powerlord I don't think you made the onebox big enough

Looks like it's full price on Steam ($14.99)

@ElfSlice You mean @balpha didn't.

That one is on my list. Looks really interesting.

Well, it's on my list along with ~400 other games...

@FAE It doesn't make me feel better you suffer from my same problem but now I know I'm not the only one >_<

The Holiday Helpings Game + Music Bundle on Groupees is excellent. It has a bunch of great games in it.

Gateways is like a 2D portal, with a bunch of cool mechanics

@TimStone Having it tell you how much you spent is pretty much the worst thing ever.

Okay, late dinner time.

Arkham Origins is only half off?

Also, for those of you who don't know about it, Enhanced Steam is really helpful during Steam sales. It's a browser plugin that does stuff like highlight things you have already and also show you the lowest historical prices of things. It's great for games with lots of DLC like Civ V and Magicka.

I expected more of Mr. Stauf Steam.

poofs

@FAE Yeaaaaah.

OK, that's weird... apparently Batman: Origins Blackgate has a much higher scores for its 3DS version than its Vita version

Gravity Badgers on dailyroyale

$1.49

Includes Desura and Steam

Home!

@FEichinger no... you never left this place

@FAE I second this.

@FAE Helpful Steam Sale product also has server issues during Steam Sale...

Have I mentioned recently how much I hate the Steam monopoly on PC gaming

@ElfSlice not for, ooh, 6 or 7 hours I think

@ElfSlice Elaborate.

@ElfSlice What monopoly? I have a bunch of games from GoG.

@OrigamiRobot I can't wait until that finally is released.

Here is to another Steam Sale full of games I already own!

oh wait, steam sale.

@JasonBerkan There are other services, but Steam still virtually monopolizes the market

@FAE Where do you look to see historical pricing?

@Sterno It's usually on the game's page.

Right above the "Buy {game}" section.

Might have to check your settings and see if it's activated.

@ElfSlice And what problems is this "virtual monopoly" causing?

@JasonBerkan For one thing, indie developers have a very hard time making any money from their games until they manage to get through the Steam Greenlight process

I don't see it

Oh, settings? Yeah, maybe I need to play with those.

@Sterno The "Enhanced Steam v" thing at the top.

@Sterno It takes aminute to load it.

@ElfSlice Maybe they should make a better game, rather than relying on the fact that Steam gives you 100 million eyeballs, so that even a meh game sells 300,000 copies.

Showed up now for Eldritch

(Numbers totally made up)

Not for Bioshock Infinite still, but maybe that's because I already own it?