The Haul Thread 2024

[argyle]

Where was that from Izzy?

CD Keys. I already had Stubbs and Innerspace in my Steam cart since they were on a good sale and had been on my wish list for a while. But I figured I'd look around before checkout just in case, and they were both cheaper on CD Keys, and so I ended up browsing and kept filling my cart, and before I knew it, it was too full, ha.

I may have mentioned before that I don't use CD Keys often, and I don't - primarily out of principle. It's not that they don't sell legitimate keys, but rather their method of obtaining them is via the exploitation of regional pricing which, depending on your perspective, can be viewed as harmful to developers and the industry at large, among other potential downsides. (No judgment on those who prefer them. I know some buy *only* from CD Keys.) However, sometimes I find good deals that I can't pass up and realize that self-interest is also in my bag of principles.

I get that - I had jumped on some "deals" a few times that required you to create another region account on the Switch where you could buy some digital games for pocket change. Didn't think much of it, until I read an article a couple years back talking about what's actually going on there & what it does to the dev. Like you said, not judging anyone who still does it - I completely get it. But it does make you stop & think.

[isthatallyougot]

I get that - I had jumped on some "deals" a few times that required you to create another region account on the Switch where you could buy some digital games for pocket change. Didn't think much of it, until I read an article a couple years back talking about what's actually going on there & what it does to the dev. Like you said, not judging anyone who still does it - I completely get it. But it does make you stop & think.

Yeah, not to go off on too big of a philosophical/ethical tangent, but the issue of consumption / consumerism is generally a big one for me. I know many are aware of the conditions for others that give rise to the products we tend to consume in the developed world, but it's hard for me to justify much in the way of my consumer "footprint". Outside of games and the means to play them, I live a very minimalist life because of those effects. I don't like to take more than I need. I know it is easily argued that my investment in products of technology, primarily PC hardware at this point, is a contributor to the suffering of others, however none of us are perfect, and I feel I'm doing my best by limiting any negative impact to such a relatively small amount of indulgence. And to be clear, I don't judge those who are rabid consumers. Not everyone is aware of everything, nor does everyone need to be. Life is a messy thing with innumerable moving parts, and in the end, kindness, tolerance and forgiveness trump most everything else imho.

[canedaddy]

Grabbed these three for $19 and change in the updated PSN Summer Sale.

[isthatallyougot]

Kind of an odd assortment that I picked up. I'm really excited for Obenseuer though. I had never heard of it, but it was in one of the recent fanatical bundles. Anyway, it looks like my kind of strange.