NewNews - STEAM SUMMER DEALS

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 It's that time of year again: Steam Summer Sales!  I'm not sure how often this has happened, but there was one last year too, and that was fun.  So I'll go over this briefly about this awesome event that Steam is holding:
-55 Pages worth of games are discounted throughout the site from now till July 10th.
-Each day, 12 select games will have a special deal of a even greater price cut from it's already discounted price.  An example is pictured above and are the deals for June 30th.

-Featured game bundle packs and big name publisher will have their games on sale up until July 10th
-Fulfill certain missions given each day on steam by playing the games chosen to win tickets
-Tickets can be redeemed for prizes at the prize booth (pictured below) and enters an extra submission for each ticket for the grand prize
-A grand prize of 10 games of a player's wish list will be given at the end of the summer sales to 100 players

The prizes are extra content for their respective games.  Some are extra missions, some give characters, others are just extra maps and gear.  As long as you fulfill missions, you will get these prizes for free.

I think that covers it.  I will make an exception to this event and blog everyday (even weekends) to give opinions on the featured games and missions.

[Today's Deals]

-Bit.Trip Runner: $2.50 - I'm getting this for sure.  It's a rhythm music/platformer indie game.
-Operation Flashpoint: Red River: $29.24 - Warning, it's not a Call of Duty sort of game.  Operation Flashpoint games are like the Delta Force series where it's significantly more difficult, the path is non-linear in each stage, and it requires some team commanding.  Don't get it unless you know what you're in for.  It's a tactical First-Person Shooter.
-Lead and Gold: $1.50 - Don't get this unless you just want to fulfill the steam mission.  It's a good game, but it's lacking a community.  It's very difficult to find even one populated server.  I bought it in last year's summer deals.  It's a 3rd-Person Team-based Shooter
-Medal of Honor: $10.19 - I'm not certain if the PC version still has populated servers for multiplayer, but the single player is definitely worth playing through for just $10.  If you can get into matches for Multiplayer, that's even better.  The audio is the best for any First-Person shooter up-to-date, though there are a lot of broken mechanics for the gameplay.
-Recettear: $5 - I highly recommend this game, especially for just $5.  The game is a hybrid of store managing and dungeon crawling Action RPG.  It's really fun
-The Witcher 2: $33.49 - I've heard so many great things about this game.  A lot of the messy inventory system was fixed (though I heard the director's edition for the first one fixed it), the gameplay is much more smoother and carries the story along really well.  I'm still gonna wait for it (especially since I haven't played the first one and haven't read the book yet).
-Borderlands GOTY edition: $7.50 - Don't get it unless you plan to play solo or you have friends to play with.  The online play lobby is absolutely empty.  The game is incredible, and it was a lot of fun; however, it was enough when I got to the end and I also played with a friend.
-The Elder Scroll IV: Oblivion: $6.80 - If you haven't gotten it yet, or have it but haven't played it (like me) and you want to fill in that void waiting for Skyrim, then I suggest you get this.  I'm going to be playing this too (FINALLY).

[Steam Achievements - Daily Missions]
-Bit.Trip Beat: Complete Level 1 with a Perfect - Wait what?  Do you know how hard it is to get a perfect?  Ugh, this will take me a while.  Bit.Trip Beat is a Music Rhythm Arcade game.  Think 1-player Pong.
-Warhammer 40,000 Dawn of War 2 - Retribution: Kill 50 enemies while using a flamer - Sounds easy enough.  Too bad I don't have the game.
-Lead and Gold Gangs of the Wild West: Kill 7 enemies in a row with headshots without dying - Getting one headshot is hard enough, but a friend of mine said he found a way to get it easy.
-AaAaAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity: Complete the Summer Sun level from the main menu with full points - Not sure how that's like, but there was an achievement last year for this game that was pretty hard to get.
-Toki Tori: Stand in all sun beams - I don't know what that means, but it sounds easy.  I'm not going to buy the game though...
-Swords and Soldiers HD: Complete Viking Campaign level 3 by killing all units - That sound VERY easy, but I don't want to buy the game...
-Welcome to Camp: Join The Summer Camp Official Group on Steam - Automatic win right there!

So maybe I can get 4 tickets, but I might have trouble accomplishing some of them.  Stay tuned for the next 10 days on updates for games and missions.  Happy gaming!