Surviving the Steam Holiday Sale - Day Ten

The Steam Sales are something that we all anticipate with equal amounts of excitement and fear. How many awesome games will be reduced? How many of them will I have already paid full price for a few days before? Will I end up spending my life savings on games I never looked twice at before? We’ve all been there, and the Holiday Sale is no exception.

With a name like Holiday Sale, you almost feel compelled to buy stuff, you know, it’s the holidays, you deserve it, right? Of course you damn well do, you made it through the year! Only problem is, you’re already in debt from all the presents you had to buy for family and friends, and the random people you drew in your work’s Secret Santa that you spoke to once that time by the coffee machine. So seeing all these great deals come up becomes a bit of a balancing act. It’s almost like an equation really.

Where X = happiness:

X = (Game you really want + Great deal) > Amount of debt you can afford to bury yourself in.

Sometimes though, you have to draw the line, and for me, this is one of those times. I have well and truly tightened my purse strings, about to attempt something that may not even be possible: surviving the Steam Holiday Sale without one purchase. Every day, as I browse the sale, I will do so with the goal that I cannot buy anything, because I simply cannot afford to. The best part is, you guys will get to watch me squirm as I let the games slip through my fingers. So whether you want to support or mock, come join me on my tortuous journey!

Day Ten: 

Let me tell you a story of a young Emsey. Once upon a time, there was a girl who still lived in a house with her parents. Her brother had recently left for university and had kindly left all his games and DVDs for me to use while he studied away in chilly Scotland. I perused his collection, and spied one called Sins of a Solar Empire. Being a fan of strategy and sci-fi, I was intrigued and got quite excited reading the back of the case (remember those?). I thought to myself, "this looks great" and went to start up my PC. Upon reaching the Windows screen I opened the case only to discover bleak, disappointing emptiness. 

As it turns out, David had not left me all his games and DVDs. He'd bought one of those flippy cases and just taken all the discs. Anyway, I still haven't tried Sins of a Solar Empire or the new Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion which looks equally awesome. So of course, one is in the daily deals, and the other is half price until 2nd Jan, eluding me once again.

With other great, cheap games like Torchlight II, Dust: An Elysian Tale, Saints Row IV and Brothers, I'm feeling pretty sorry for myself as they're all titles I'd really like to try.

In other news all my friends are playing DayZ and I'm pretty damn jealous and left out. You all suck and should be miserable like me!