Hey everyone,

We’re coming up on a year anniversary (I think) of this community and I thought I’d do some giveaways to celebrate that.

It’s semi-annoying that not all game stores have digital gift cards you can purchase so there are a few options here.

  1. Amazon digital gift card: for those of you who buy physical games
  2. Physical Steam gift card: the slowest option, as it requires me to leave my house and buy a stamp and mail something (the horror).
  3. Gifted game directly in Steam / GOG.com

For the gifted games / gift cards it’ll be capped at $30 – after all, we’re talking about old games here right? If you want a few games that total up to $30, that’s cool too.

I’m going to pick two members at random from those who reply here as the winners.

Just comment with what option you prefer, and ideally tell us about what game you’d like to get (I’d prefer to limit the low-effort comments if we can. I like the discussions people have here so please do try to comment more than just “#1” ).

I’ll sticky this post and will leave it open for 2 weeks (end of April is the deadline)

Thanks for keeping this community a cool place with good discussions!

UPDATE 4/30/24:

This contest is officially over!

The 2 randomly chosen winnders are:

@Klanky@sopuli.xyz

@Dymonika@beehaw.org

Congrats!

I will be messaging you both individually to get your email addresses or steam/gog usernames so I can gift you your games!

Thanks again to everyone again for keeping this place going!

  • Rozz@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Physical steam.

    I’ve been waiting on a lot of windows games I could never play, but I’m planning on getting a steam deck sometime soon.

  • Beryl@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’d go with Chants of Sennaar as a direct Steam or GOG gift. Granted, it’s not exactly patient gaming since it came out last year, but I found it had a charming and somehow retro vibe when I tried and enjoyed the demo, and it certainly is an original game concept. I suggest you try it yourself !

    Thanks for organizing this giveaway !

    • subtex@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
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      8 months ago

      I just checked and I already had that in my wishlist! Definitely looks cool

  • LucidBoi@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I’d really like to try Subnautica. I love survival games and my gf has been trying to get me to try it but I have never really gotten around it. Steam gift would be great. Thank you!

      • Zorque@kbin.social
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        8 months ago

        It really helps to have good spawns for technology. If you don’t have decent ones on a first run through it can feel like you’re stuck in a rut pretty fast.

        Once you know what you’re looking for, though, it makes life a lot easier.

  • caut_R@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I‘d totally take a Steam gift card. Would probably grab Hi-Fi Rush on sale and a few smaller indie titles like Brotato/Journey etc. Good luck to everyone!

  • WR5@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Physical game gift card. I don’t like the idea of digital ownership, especially with the garbage that some companies have been pulling with rescinding digital ownership.

    I’ve been interested in The Surge or the sequel, or maybe DOOM Eternal.

  • CosmicApe@kbin.social
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    8 months ago

    Universe sandbox seems interesting enough for me to want to play but not quite enough for me to spend $30 on. This would be a perfect opportunity to finally give it a go.
    Steam, please and thankyou

  • kn0wmad1c@programming.devEnglish
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    8 months ago

    I don’t want to enter as I have a big enough backlog as it is, but I wanted to say congrats on reaching a year!!

    • subtex@lemmy.mlOPMEnglish
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      8 months ago

      Thanks!

      It’s more like thanks to everyone who has been posting and commenting in the last year and keeping the tone/mood of this place chill, inviting and friendly, which is all I wanted.

  • machinaeZER0@lemm.eeEnglish
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    8 months ago

    This is fun! Been thinking of trying out Persona 4 or 5 as I’ve heard great things about the series in general, but never ended up taking the plunge. I’m sure there are other games from my wishlist I’d also like, but I’m not at my computer right now.

    I’d probably do option #3, if I were to win. Best of luck, everyone!

  • Jeraxus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    8 months ago

    Foretales, I always enjoyed card games and the aesthetic really attracted me, actually it’s in my wishlist since the game was released and I managed to not get spoiled (or just a little bit).

    I choose the direct gift in gog.

    (2 day before the giveaway’s end, I guess I’m also a patient scroller)