White Sox Christmas Duck (lamp)

December 22 – December 28

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Mr. Sands says he lives in Minnesota, but that's actually a clever cover for his seasonal gig further north. (C'mon, tell me you're surprised. How long have we been talking about his beard?) Anyway, he didn't file a Week Ahead due either to that or to the fact that nothing's really coming out this week. So you're stuck with my humbuggery.

It's about time to tie a bow on this year, stick a fork in it, and cash in your chips. We're done here. Apparently not everyone got the memo, or is trying to sneak in while everyone else is distracted. Below is what passes for a release list, near as I can tell.

I almost fell for the devious naming of Shake Spears! and called that "Game Of The Week," for whatever hono(u)r that title carries around here. Alas, this is not a smartphone game wherein you play as ol' Billy the Bard. No, this is something about jousting of the non-Ostrich-riding variety. Why they didn't partner with Medieval Times is beyond me.

Note: I didn't chose ef – a fairy tale of the two.'s punctuation or lack of capitalization. That's the localization team's fault, assumedly.

Oh, I have to pick a game? Duck Hunt. It's the original game up for download, and it allows me to attempt some overstretched allusion to this year's goose being cooked.

Well, I tried.

Here's hoping you can squeeze some merriment out of whatever this week brings you.

PS3N
Shake Spears!
Resogun

PSNV
Broken Sword 5: The Serpent's Curse: Episode 2
Fieldrunners 2
Resogun
Switch Galaxy Ultra

PS4
Switch Galaxy Ultra
Trine Enchanted Edition

PC
ef – a fairy tale of the two.

WIIU
Duck Hunt
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse

Comments

Behold, my mallard lamp and White Sox Santamin hat!

Curious about Shantae and the Pirate's Curse, but it shall have to wait for another time.

Oh Duck Hunt will be revisited after the New Year. Shantae looks pretty good!

I want to play Shantae, But I'm hoping that by the time I finish the first two, it'll be out on a Playstation or Linux platform rather than just in nintendo eshop jail.

I'll be buying Trine though, because it's always good to move a game from my PS3 backlog to my PS4 backlog.

Will also probably buy Broken Sword, but I still need to play the other 4 games in that series.

The "game" of the week, clearly, is the annual Steam holiday sale. It's the most wonderful time of the year, and not because of the bargains to be had, but because of the overflowing generosity of this great community that many of us call our internet home.

Resogun was robbed, robbed I tells ya!

One of
Duck Hunt
Shantae and the Pirate's Curse
was robbed I tell you!

MeatMan wrote:

The "game" of the week, clearly, is the annual Steam holiday sale. It's the most wonderful time of the year, and not because of the bargains to be had, but because of the overflowing generosity of this great community that many of us call our internet home.

It's the most wonderful time of the year
With discounts in the offing
And everyone coughing
Up all of their lire
It's the most wonderful time of the year!

It's the spend-spendiest season of all!
With the impulse purchasing
and bargain-bin searching
Gabe's got you in his thrall!
It's the spend-spendiest season of all!

There'll be games on your wish list
Old titles that you've missed
Dropping to five bucks or below
There'll be green enveloping
And people just hoping
For presents from someone they know

It's the most wonderful time of the year!
There'll be shopping for gifting
And much time spent sifting
wishlists of your peers
It's the most wonderful time of the year!

You'll be checking your inbox
'Cause Gamers with Jobs rocks
The most generous people you know
There'll be gift-a-poults lobbing
Your poor wallet sobbing
Because too soon you're all out of dough

It's the most wonderful time of the year
With discounts in the offing
And everyone coughing
Up all of their lire
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time
It's the most wonderful time of the year

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MeatMan wrote:

The "game" of the week, clearly, is the annual Steam holiday sale. It's the most wonderful time of the year, and not because of the bargains to be had, but because of the overflowing generosity of this great community that many of us call our internet home.

Yeah, but I wrote an article about that sometime last year. Only Sands and Rabbit are allowed to repeat themselves.