• FREE GAMES: "Big Con" and "Twon of Salem II"

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Apr 18 11:42:57 2024
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    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!




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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Apr 18 16:20:07 2024
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    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 15:42 this Thursday (GMT):

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!

    Not my cuppa tea either, social deduction games really stress me out.
    Amongus and ss13 really stressed me a bunch

    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!


    Are we making a story in these descriptions? Very cool :D
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  • From Zaghadka@zaghadka@hotmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Apr 18 14:00:51 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Thu, 18 Apr 2024 11:42:57 -0400, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
    Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    I looked at the screenshots. Now my eyes are bleeding.

    Hard PASS. ;^P
    --
    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten
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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Thu Apr 18 19:59:38 2024
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    Meh. Passed.

    Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!
    --
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 11:42:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On 4/18/2024 5:42 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!





    think about the number
    think about the number
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 13:30:03 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 09:42 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/18/2024 5:42 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!





    think about the number
    think about the number


    number
    number
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  • From Dimensional Traveler@dtravel@sonic.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 06:55:49 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On 4/19/2024 6:30 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 09:42 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/18/2024 5:42 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!





    think about the number
    think about the number


    number
    number

    pink elephant
    pink elephant
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    dirty old man.

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  • From Justisaur@justisaur@yahoo.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 07:11:10 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On 4/18/2024 8:42 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.


    This one looks mildly interesting. My first thought it, ugh, I don't
    want to play a con-artist. My second thought was I rather enjoyed some
    of the GTAs, so maybe I'm o.k. playing one.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!

    Pure trash. I picked it up because I was on epic anyway. For the number.
    --
    -Justisaur

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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 14:40:10 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 13:55 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/19/2024 6:30 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 09:42 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/18/2024 5:42 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of >>>> this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they >>>> were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!





    think about the number
    think about the number


    number
    number

    pink elephant
    pink elephant


    what?
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 17:08:02 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On 4/19/2024 4:11 PM, Justisaur wrote:
    On 4/18/2024 8:42 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
         A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
         drifting across America as a teenager, running
         cons to try to raise enough money for the family
         store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
         is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
         standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
         my cuppa, to be honest.


    This one looks mildly interesting.  My first thought it, ugh, I don't
    want to play a con-artist.  My second thought was I rather enjoyed some
    of the GTAs, so maybe I'm o.k. playing one.

    yeah, I had the same thought. It might be interesting to people, but not
    to me right now. But I can't say I never will be interested either.
    But considering the sheer amount of unplayed games I have I doubt I will
    ever really touch it.


    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
         One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
         "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
         player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
         being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
         cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
         Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
         not my cup of tea!

    Pure trash.  I picked it up because I was on epic anyway.  For the number.


    FOR THE NUMBER!
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  • From Kyonshi@gmkeros@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 19 17:06:48 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On 4/19/2024 4:40 PM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    Dimensional Traveler <dtravel@sonic.net> wrote at 13:55 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/19/2024 6:30 AM, candycanearter07 wrote:
    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 09:42 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/18/2024 5:42 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of >>>>> this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they >>>>> were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven >>>>> days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess >>>>> I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!





    think about the number
    think about the number


    number
    number

    pink elephant
    pink elephant


    what?

    don't think about the heffalump or the heffalump gets you
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  • From Zaghadka@zaghadka@hotmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat Apr 20 13:03:20 2024
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Fri, 19 Apr 2024 13:30:03 -0000 (UTC), in
    comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, candycanearter07 wrote:

    Kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com> wrote at 09:42 this Friday (GMT):
    On 4/18/2024 5:42 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

    Oh, hello there. I didn't see you come in. I was just perusing the
    Epic Game Store. It's Thursday, you see, and - you may not be aware of
    this - every Thursday there are free games being offered to anyone
    lucky enough to stumble upon them. Don't believe me? Take a look!


    * The Big Con
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/the-big-con
    A weird comic-strip style adventure game about
    drifting across America as a teenager, running
    cons to try to raise enough money for the family
    store. It's rife with 'nostalgia' for the 90s and
    is a 'coming of age' story with otherwise fairly
    standard adventure-game mechanics. Not sure it's
    my cuppa, to be honest.

    * Town of Salem II
    https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/town-of-salem-2-ab6497
    One of many Indie games - ranging from 'Among Us' to
    "The Ship" - where the goal is to identify the one
    player who is the nefarious villain while avoiding
    being accused (or worse) yourself. This one has a
    cutesy aesthetic set in the era of America's Salem
    Witch Trials. Online only, of course. Definitely
    not my cup of tea!


    Oh, you're back! Did you find those games I mentioned? I told you they
    were there. Oh, what's that? Well, no, I never said they were GOOD
    games; I just said they were free. But suit yourself; you have seven
    days to claim them if you change your mind. Well, I gotta go; I guess
    I will see you around. Don't be a stranger, neighbor!





    think about the number
    think about the number


    number
    number

    1 sheep
    2 sheep
    3 sheep
    4 zzzz...
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    Zag

    No one ever said on their deathbed, 'Gee, I wish I had
    spent more time alone with my computer.' ~Dan(i) Bunten
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