Viral purchases

jamus34 · March 13, 2020, 02:21:55 PM

So is anyone planning on buying anything (regardless of pricing or potential sale) as the nation prepares to hunker down for the next 2-4 weeks?

Been waiting for Outer Worlds to hit steam. Might break down and get on Epic.

If not that might grab Civ 6 expansions.

W8taminute · March 13, 2020, 02:28:01 PM

Haha! Good idea for a thread. I'm not planning on getting anything but if any item on my wishlist goes on sale it would be nice if it did so during a mandatory quarantine. :)

bobarossa · March 13, 2020, 02:29:10 PM

I've probably got a dozen games that got good reviews that I haven't touched yet. Doubt I need more.

Rayfer · March 13, 2020, 03:19:45 PM

Quote from: jamus34 on March 13, 2020, 02:21:55 PM
So is anyone planning on buying anything (regardless of pricing or potential sale) as the nation prepares to hunker down for the next 2-4 weeks?

Been waiting for Outer Worlds to hit steam. Might break down and get on Epic.

If not that might grab Civ 6 expansions.

Funny you should ask. In my ongoing effort to justify a full purchase new game, I realized with the virus stuff going on my wife and I are not eating out at restaurants or going to the movie theaters so that alone should justify getting Tiller's Panzer Battles North Africa 1941 at $39.99.

airboy · March 13, 2020, 03:24:30 PM

I bought the new Midway movie on DVD.

I also bought the first complete season of Doom Patrol that I'm watching with my wife.

Toonces · March 13, 2020, 04:38:51 PM

I blew all my gaming money on a new watch. ::)

But...I have a pretty significant backlog of games, and then there's always that WitP:AE modding I was thinking of doing...

Gusington · March 13, 2020, 06:12:26 PM

^I am shocked and appalled.

WYBaugh · March 13, 2020, 08:12:56 PM

Toonces, what did you buy?

Toonces · March 13, 2020, 08:26:50 PM

I bought a vintage Citizen Aqualand dive watch from ebay. I'm pretty stoked; I've been looking for this version at the right price for a while now.

Staggerwing · March 13, 2020, 08:44:20 PM

It doesn't seem to have many app icon showing on the home screen...

Gusington · March 13, 2020, 09:17:59 PM

That is a watch of a Real Man[tm].

Toonces · March 13, 2020, 09:28:16 PM

Staggerwing, you make Toonces sad. :-\

airboy · March 14, 2020, 12:05:54 AM

I hope the watch makes you happy for many years to come.

Jarhead0331 · March 14, 2020, 06:03:33 AM

The one possession my dad had that he treasured most was a vintage Rolex he got sometime in the 1970s. He loved that god damn watch and wore it to the day he died.

Phantom · March 14, 2020, 08:38:38 AM

I suspect it may be more than 2 - 4 weeks. Fortunately I find myself spectacularly equipped* for potential isolation. All of Chernobyl and half of Gomorrah mini-series to watch, and an ongoing project to print out all of the 2019/20 NFL teams to play updated Statis Pro to fill the NFL off-season.
Only downside (aside from widespread economic chaos & unprecedented health threat) is it looks like the family's April holiday in Spain may be doomed. Bummer.

Roll on summer.

*...plus of course the 20+ Steam "bargains" I've not played yet :-)