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[LD50]

http://www.stopzombiemouth.com/

they're trying to get people to do a candy free halloween. all i see is free game starting tomorrow. offer only valid in the US.

[Wolf]

Why is everyone trying to do away with Halloween?

first, Trunk or treating, now this

Next logical step: just get rid of Halloween altogether

[LD50]

they won't kill it. they can't. the need for candy and slutty women's costumes is to great.

still, free game.

[Wolf]

they won't kill it. they can't. the need for candy and slutty women's costumes is to great.

still, free game.

this is true

I would make some smart ass comment about how nobody wants PvZ, even for free

but it's for kids, so I guess it works out

I think that should be the new halloween tradition

Free video games >.>

[Bowsette]

they won't kill it. they can't. the need for candy and slutty women's costumes is to great.

still, free game.

I do that without Halloween though

[SpleenBeGone]

http://www.stopzombiemouth.com/

they're trying to get people to do a candy free halloween. all i see is free game starting tomorrow. offer only valid in the US.

Well that's stupid, candy is awesome.

they won't kill it. they can't. the need for candy and slutty women's costumes is to great.

still, free game.

This is true.

I do that without Halloween though

[LD50]

this is true

I would make some smart ass comment about how nobody wants PvZ, even for free

but it's for kids, so I guess it works out

I think that should be the new halloween tradition

Free video games >.>

exactly. there's a reason those games are popular.
and now it's free for two weeks.

I do that without Halloween though

you're doing it right. keep up the good work.

Well that's stupid, candy is awesome.

hell, i'm sure plenty of people will do both.
but shit, free game...

FREE DAMMIT

[Wolf]

but shit, free game...

FREE DAMMIT

I remember when "free game" meant one of 10 demos crammed onto a CD you got from subscribing to useless magazines


Such dark times...


And god help you if it was a month of nothing but videos

[LD50]

like OPM?

yeah, i remember those. and sometimes the discs would have custom save files for games and shit like that.

[Wolf]

like OPM?

yeah, i remember those. and sometimes the discs would have custom save files for games and shit like that.

yeah

And now the spirit of the demo is dead. Can't really blame the developers though.

[flcl_grim]

Demos abound in the Personal Computer gaming industry. RE6, Burnout's most recent game had one, and Saints Row and GTA IV both had demonstration content released.

[Wolf]

Demos abound in the Personal Computer gaming industry. RE6, Burnout's most recent game had one, and Saints Row and GTA IV both had demonstration content released.

Aside from RE6, all the titles you named are ~4 years old.

I just want to note that that's not a small amount of time in gaming anymore, in that time, we've seen 4 Assassins Creed games, and 5 Halo games

Developers see demos as a liability, and unless they are really sure of their product [and really sure that they can net some purchases], they often won't make one, because they're using time and resources they can use on their final product.

A recent example: Journey had a demo, but it was just the first level, showing off what makes the game unique. That's mostly what you see nowadays, and I believe we'll continue to see that, for innovative or new games, but you won't need a demo to know if the new MOH/COD/Halo/insert huge franchise here is right for you. I think Resident evil is in a situation where they are trying to recapture the spark that made RE an original franchise [judging from them constantly trying new gameplay types, and producing multiple handheld spinoffs], so putting a demo out was more or less advertisement, along with the commercials and ads you see plastered on websites.

I'm not saying that demos are dead, but the spirit of demos are dead.

[Affray]

Methinks this is just a lazy attempt to offset the whole child obesity thing that runs pretty rampant in the western world.

Cut back on food portions?
Implement healthy meal programs in public schools?
Teach our children self control?
Nah, fuck all that nonsense.
Let us instead try to destroy Halloween, the harbinger of candied goods.
That should settle that problem once and for all.
Making it more like Christmas gift getting than Halloween candy getting.

[(V) (`m`) (V) ︵ ┻━┻]

hell, i'm sure plenty of people will do both.
but shit, free game...

FREE DAMMIT

I love how mad you get when people don't appreciate the point you're making.

IT'S FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

*shakes fist angrily*

[LD50]

I love how mad you get when people don't appreciate the point you're making.

IT'S FREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

*shakes fist angrily*

XD

at least you get it

[Affray]

Lisa Simpson: Dad, this is blood!

Homer Simpson: Correction, free blood.