P4: Gritty Reboot

New Super Mario Bros. 2 (Awesome) Super Mario Galaxy 2 (Amazing) Serious Sam 3 (Hilarious) Saints Row The Third (On the fence about this one) CSGO (Good, needs more control over server options/bots) Chaos Theory (Really good) Dead Island (Needed more time in the oven)

Thank you Cyber/Soviet Bear/Rat for The Walking Dead. Again not strictly Santa related but appreciated! By the by, if anyone hasn't gotten his or her gift yet, please let me know.

I have played it with a deck of playing cards recently; you just don't get "The Plot Thickens" expansion functionality. Deal out red cards for spies; black for Resistance, then stack black and red separately in the middle for pass/fail cards. Vote for teams with thumbs up/thumbs down. (There is a good YouTube video on all this, but I can't find it right now). In any case it's not all that expensive if you end up grabbing it. Great social/introductory game.

Haha, it's not that I mind; I've got BoardGameGeek for board game discussion. I just share my flavor of the month here on occasion and I'm ok with that. By the by, your Newcastle pals may like The Resistance, which is cheap and can even be played with a deck of playing cards.

Generous gift from my parents this Christmas. Also, I'm renaming this thread to "P4 talks to himself about board games".

We had a thread in January about 2012 New Year's Resolutions. Curious if anyone kept them, and wondering who's got some for this coming year, both gaming and non-gaming. I lost about 20 pounds this year, mostly unintentional but we'll take it! ~200 pounds-180 pounds. GREAT SUCCESS I did grow stronger in my faith, and in the move to San Diego we switched churches and have a little more opportunity to serve in the church and the community than before. But I failed miserably in my Bible read-through, so chalk that up for a 2013 goal. MILD SUCCESS I beat hardly anything this year. I'd have to click back through the thread but I think I beat Super Mario 3D Land and Bastion... not remembering anything else. GREAT FAILURE I think I read A Dance with Dragons this year, maybe The Hunger Games (though that may have been late 2011), and I'm in the middle of The Eye of the World. So nowhere near my goal, but a few decent reads. MODERATE FAILURE In the move to San Diego we ended up with few IRL friends, so we spend all of our time together unless I'm board gaming or video gaming. My kids are getting older and able to play board games and video games with me, plus we've gone on walks and to the park pretty often. I'm calling this one a GREAT SUCCESS I need to put some thought into my 2013 resolutions. I'll edit them in later.

And thanks to Vecha for Dead Island! At this rate I'll have enough games to last me a lifetime! It's a gifting bloodbath out there!

Awesome gift. If I see you on sometime I'll try to join. \mmmmm/

AAAAAAND thank you to my not-so-secret santa, Mr. Excel_Excel for SERIOUS SAM 3 (!!!!) along with ORCS MUST DIE 2!!!!!!!!!!! Merry Christmas!!!!

It's a madhouse of giving! The horror!

Thanks sooo much Ethan for Splinter Cell, Chaos Theory, Conviction, and Double Agent! Again apparently just for running this thing, but definitely worth mentioning. Wonderful stuff, thanks big E.

Chew you've done it again you magnificent assman.

Haha isn't this the second year in a row ST has given someone TW2? I got it from him last year.

The Steam winter sale is live, if anyone was waiting for it.

Sites are saying today. And we all know how reliable video game blogs are with their rumors... And it's live!

Steeeeeeeam saaaaaaaaale. Allegedly.

One does not simply "wait" on getting Grimrock... I got this simply because a friend accidentally bought it twice. Sooooo can't argue with the price.

Thanks to Mr. Fred EFFIN Chopin for getting me Bit Trip Runner 2 simply as a "thank you" for my running this shindig. Unnecessary but MUCH appreciated.

I agree a lot of them are samey, but there are definitely standouts in there.

IN CASE YOU DIDNT GET THE MESSAGE, SANTA, DR KRIEGER WANTS THE HUMBLE BUNDLE

I will take Saint's Row if it's still up for grabs. You the man.

27th was the suggested end date, but if anyone will be later just let me know and I'll pass it on.