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  • Free Game: Pet Lands

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Mar 20 11:05:49 2026
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    The Number demands I make these posts! I'm helpless to resist!


    * Pet Lands
    https://store.steampowered.com/app/3144950/Pet_Lands/
    Apparently an idle/clicker game... with a vaguely pokemon-
    related theme? I dunno. It's colorful and it's free. Maybe
    that's enough to make some of you add it to your library. Me,
    I think I'll pass. But you have until Sunday to decide.


    Incidentally, Steam Spring Sale (insert usual gripes here) has
    started, which is another reason I'm so reluctant to grab this one.
    I'm probably going to be adding new games to my library already. Yes,
    I'd rather *buy* a game than take this freebie. ;-)



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  • From Mike S.@Mike_S@nowhere.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Mar 20 14:07:46 2026
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    On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:05:49 -0400, Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Incidentally, Steam Spring Sale (insert usual gripes here) has
    started, which is another reason I'm so reluctant to grab this one.
    I'm probably going to be adding new games to my library already. Yes,
    I'd rather *buy* a game than take this freebie. ;-)

    Thanks for both the freebie and the Spring Sale reminder. Several
    games on my wishlist are on sale. To buy or not to buy?
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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat Mar 21 11:05:05 2026
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    On Fri, 20 Mar 2026 14:07:46 -0400, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com> said
    this thing:


    Thanks for both the freebie and the Spring Sale reminder. Several
    games on my wishlist are on sale. To buy or not to buy?


    Are you really asking _me_ that? I have a well-known bias. ;-)

    I snagged a bunch of cheapie-titles; mostly old DOS- and Win95-era
    games that have 'recently' (as in the past few years) come back onto
    the market (forgotten titles like "Azrael's Tears" or "Split/Second")
    just so I have digital download versions of the games. I've gotten
    really lazy when it comes to installing, and hate having to pull out
    CD-ROMs (and, these days, the optical-drive too) so I'll happily pay
    the added premium for digital. I'd have gotten them on GOG but,
    well... Steam sale ;-)

    But none of the 'new' games have dropped enough in price for me to
    even bother looking at them. Like, I'd love to add that new Indiana
    Jones game to the library, but even with a 20% discount it's still
    more than I want to pay given it's starting price is $70USD.




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