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They will supposedly do the one-game-a-day spree for 15 days starting on December 20, ending noon on January 4, with a Jan 4-11th game after that. Totaling 17 free games during their "Holiday Sale", counting Destiny 2 here. https://slickdeals.net/f/17152273-destiny-2-legacy-collection-2023-pc-digital-download-free https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1pD5h9JfwjewnN7DTKPu-Ad89ukaStLaY7nB5jhOAEyE/edit#gid=504781956

Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager 100% off on GOG (ends Jan 5) https://www.gog.com/en/game/legend_of_keepers_career_of_a_dungeon_master https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim https://slickdeals.net/f/17155984-starts-12-13-legend-of-keepers-career-of-a-dungeon-manager-pc-digital-download-free-via-gog Epic giveaway starts in just over an hour. I think it's one game every 24 hours: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/free-games Nope, it's Destiny 2: Legacy Collection for a week.

I dunno about comparable quality, but Thief 2X and CoSaS Mission X might fit the bill. Also check out King's Story, Bathory + Dracula Reloaded, and Lord Alan's Factory. I'm very out of date, so my recommendations are too.

Now that we're deep into the NewDark era, is there any actual difference between installing over TDP/TG or TMA?

I hear these addons make saves incompatible between installations (relevant when swapping saves during beta testing)? That should be noted if accurate.

Styx: Shards of Darkness 100% off on GOG, less than 8 hours left https://www.gog.com/en/game/styx_shards_of_darkness https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim It's supposedly a stealth game but the two trailers are cinematic.

Intel used GIMP plugins to demo Meteor Lake's AI coprocessor capabilities. So hopefully GIMP goes down this path by the time accelerators become common on desktop.

Half-Life 100% off on Steam by Nov 20 https://slickdeals.net/f/17072269-half-life-pc-digital-download-free https://store.steampowered.com/app/70/HalfLife/ Apparently this original version of the game receives some updates for the 25th anniversary: https://videocardz.com/newz/half-life-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-new-update-game-currently-available-for-free

Just yesterday YouTube managed to bust ads through my blocker combo that was working fine. I'll have to tinker with it.

LAMP OIL? ROPE ARROWS? MINES? YOU WANT IT? IT'S YOURS MY FRIEND

That's what, 25 seconds out of every minute?

Project Asteroids, free on Steam until December 2023 https://slickdeals.net/f/17044039-project-asteroids-steam-game-free-price-goes-up-in-december https://store.steampowered.com/app/2405270/Project_Asteroids/

Grayjay is worth a look but it's only on Android for now: https://grayjay.app/ Louis Rossmann given three YouTube community guideline strikes

That's the way it's gonna be with most of the giveaways. If it's something amazing I've played, I'll note it. Even Epic Games giveaways are mainly junk until December. Meanwhile I put like 12 hours of time into the last TDM mission I beta tested.

The Whisperer 100% off on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/the_whisperer https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim This is one I already had from a previous giveaway, I think.

I think there's randomness in parts of the game, like NPC reactions. It probably won't work.

Blacksad: Under the Skin 100% off on GOG https://www.gog.com/en/game/blacksad_under_the_skin https://www.gog.com/giveaway/claim

Rumble is doing better than Odysee but obviously faces the same problems you mentioned. Odysee may have been derailed by the SEC going after LBRY: https://cointelegraph.com/news/sec-drops-xrp-case-lbry-shuts-down

Bookmark everything you have an interest in. The Algorithm can still be useful for finding related content, but it can't be relied upon. As for the adblocking, I have different setups that are all still effective at blocking ads, and I spent no effort tweaking these. I usually don't use a user account. Maybe YouTube hasn't rolled everything out yet, IDK. YouTube does have alternate sources of revenue, such as taking a 30% cut of superchats, and 50% cut on channel memberships. For the ads it does run, mobile users block ads less often than desktop users and are probably considered more valuable by advertisers from the information that can be extracted about viewership. I don't think YouTube is particularly unprofitable, and Google is probably willing to run it at cost just to have a cultural behemoth in its pocket. Theoretically, the costs of running a video platform can go down if storage, computing, networking, and codec advancements counteract growth. Google also has advantages over upstart competitors, such as the ability to design its own transcoding chips.

It's a staggered rollout probably. My adblockers don't seem to have been affected. I will look at the script if I need it later.

Cryptark 100% off on Steam https://store.steampowered.com/app/344740/CRYPTARK/ Ends Oct 21

I will go for it.