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It's been a wild day here at the Spalls-quarters, what with the
Internet conking out again, but at least there's one benefit: it's
free-games Thursday! Epic, redeem this day for us!

* Project Winter
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/project-winter-3b9e84
This one is, basically, "The Long Dark" crossed with
"Among Us"; it's a survival game set in an arctic wilderness
but also a 'game of social deception'. I'm guessing this one
is hitting the 'free games' market because the multiplayer
servers are all empty. Either way, it's not really something
that looks interesting to me.


* Samorost 2
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/samorost-2-1b9bb1
Amanita Design makes a comeback to the Epic game store
freebies. It's yet another point-n-click adventure with
surreal visuals, and I'm just about as interested in it as
all the their other games that passed across my desk...
which is to say, barely. The games get good reviews so
I'll grant they're not bad games, but their art style
and gameplay just dont' appeal to me.



Now the real question is: should I choose to claim these games, will I
actually have the opportunity to do so before the Internet goes down
on me again? And if I don't, have I really missed out on anything?

See you all in seven days!


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On 9/18/2025 5:14 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

It's been a wild day here at the Spalls-quarters, what with the
Internet conking out again, but at least there's one benefit: it's
free-games Thursday! Epic, redeem this day for us!

* Project Winter
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/project-winter-3b9e84
This one is, basically, "The Long Dark" crossed with
"Among Us"; it's a survival game set in an arctic wilderness
but also a 'game of social deception'. I'm guessing this one
is hitting the 'free games' market because the multiplayer
servers are all empty. Either way, it's not really something
that looks interesting to me.

* Samorost 2
https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/samorost-2-1b9bb1
Amanita Design makes a comeback to the Epic game store
freebies. It's yet another point-n-click adventure with
surreal visuals, and I'm just about as interested in it as
all the their other games that passed across my desk...
which is to say, barely. The games get good reviews so
I'll grant they're not bad games, but their art style
and gameplay just dont' appeal to me.

Now the real question is: should I choose to claim these games, will I actually have the opportunity to do so before the Internet goes down
on me again? And if I don't, have I really missed out on anything?

See you all in seven days!

here's actually a question: were you able to claim these games at all? I
tried and it refused to register both, but I wasn't trying more than twice.
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On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:05:35 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

here's actually a question: were you able to claim these games at all? I >tried and it refused to register both, but I wasn't trying more than twice.

Both worked for me but that was a week ago. I think you are just
trying one week too late.
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On 9/26/2025 2:26 PM, Mike S. wrote:

On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 20:05:35 +0200, Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote:

here's actually a question: were you able to claim these games at all? I
tried and it refused to register both, but I wasn't trying more than twice.

Both worked for me but that was a week ago. I think you are just
trying one week too late.

nah, I tried during the time it was active multiple times.
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