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Jack is Life! Jack is Love! The Keaning is happening!

Most sales are just that: some nice deals, tons of games, some flowery marketing talk about those deals. Nothing more, nothing less. As you know, last year we ran our Fall Insomnia Promo with the usual expectations that follow a typical sale.

The Insomnia Promo was different. Very, very different. It morphed into something beyond our wildest expectations. Entire communities were staying awake for this sale. The RPG Codex was busily snapping up and all classic RPGs. 4chan's very own /v/ put aside their usual bickering about which console was best and started trying to find The Pattern (sorry guys, you didn't crack it :^) ). Meanwhile, Jack Keane acquired a cult following (JACK IS LOVE! JACK IS LIFE!) all the while collecting a flurry of 5 star reviews where gamers documented all sorts of miraculous manifestations of Jack's blessing in their lives. Lastly, the Insomnia promo garnered its own entry on our [url=http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/the_return_of_the_insomnia_sale]wishlist.

Welcome to our Spring Insomnia Sale! Back by popular demand*, we will be putting up 100 games in limited quantities** with discounts up to 90%. We'll have more games for sale than Noah had animals in his ark. Indies. Classics. Classic indies, even. All kinds of games for all kinds of gamers. However, you have to be fast, faster than those Polish script kiddies*** lurking outside our offices so they can get 0.1 ms of ping!

We did change things up a bit this year. While checking out, keep an eye peeled for a random chance to get a free game. Yes, this time there will be no more split second freebies so everyone has an equal chance :)

*why would you do this to yourselves, you mad fools?!?!
**yes, we know that all games are being distributed digitally and quantities can be infinite, just roll with it, ok?
***it was a common theory that all the free games were being snatched up by Polish hackers. We don't have any hackers here in Poland, we deported them all...somewhere...
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blackbury: Anyone else out there who wasn't prepared for the Insomnia Sale and is now literally running out of food?
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awalterj: Yes, sort of... I have no food but I'm too tired to go shopping because I didn't sleep enough, go figure 0_o
(I did sleep a couple hours but seeing as this thing has only moved 5 games since Theme Park, it can't be that long ago)
I know the feeling. I had to force myself to get up and leave the house, but thanks to Hitman, I'm all stocked up now.

And it turns out eating something actually boosts your energy! Who knew? ;)
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The_Blog: The last few games, Bards Tale excluded, were Keaning pretty hard.
Espacially Htman.
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real.geizterfahr: Things should speed up a bit, since the US, Canada, Brazil, etc are waking up now (US east coast is 7 hours behind us, if I remember correctly). This makes a huge part of GOG's userbase together with Europe.

edit: typo
For me they are 9 hours behind I think.
It's 15:17 here.
Post edited May 15, 2014 by The_Blog
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real.geizterfahr: Things should speed up a bit, since the US, Canada, Brazil, etc are waking up now (US east coast is 7 hours behind us, if I remember correctly). This makes a huge part of GOG's userbase together with Europe.

edit: typo
You are allowed to sleep during this sale in Europe??
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Elinnea: Ah, but is it the geographical center of the US, or the geographical center of the contiguous 48? I need to know whether to send my drone interceptor to Kansas or South Dakota.

Ok, so I guess I'm a nerd, but I got started looking at various centers of the US. Apparently the center of the country based on population is in MIssouri. That's actually closer to me than either Kansas or South Dakota. So choose that one please, thanks. :D
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justanoldgamer: A nerd on a retro gaming site? What are the odds?

*Sending adjusted coordinate to drone

Bon Appétit!
Merci!

With such a great start to the day, I need to be getting to work now. Good luck to all waiting for your preferred games!
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justanoldgamer: A nerd on a retro gaming site? What are the odds?

*Sending adjusted coordinate to drone

Bon Appétit!
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Elinnea: Merci!

With such a great start to the day, I need to be getting to work now. Good luck to all waiting for your preferred games!
Thx good luck for your work!
Next game, MMmmmm ¿Hitman 2?.
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Kennybi: Next game, MMmmmm ¿Hitman 2?.
Nope Zork :S
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NoNewTaleToTell: Dear Esther seems nice enough, shame about the walking speed and (apparent) lack of a sprint/jog option though.
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Russonc: Best played when in a mellow mood....it is slow (but it makes sense in the "game" - story)
Yeah, I can understand that. Out of curiosity, if you miss locations/dialogue do you get penalized (story/ending-wise?)
Only 100 copies of Zork? That will be gone in a flash!

Aaaaaaand it's gone.
Post edited May 15, 2014 by ruebezahl
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Kennybi: Next game, MMmmmm ¿Hitman 2?.
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The_Blog: Nope Zork :S
I Know, I know :P
Zork sure went fast. Holy smokes!
Well, that was fast.
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ruebezahl: Only 100 copies of Zork? That will be gone in a flash!

Aaaaaaand it's gone.
What? Zork was here for real... not fair, I hate this sale ;-( ^^
OMFG Heretic. My life is FINALLY complete. :D
Good lord, Zork went fast....and I missed it. lol.