# Recent gaming impulse buys **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [November 5, 2009, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400 "2009-11-05T07:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Windwalker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/5e9695/32.png) [@Windwalker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Windwalker)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400/21 "2009-11-09T05:25:09Z")
I got the Orange Box at a GameStop on a whim (well I’d gotten a new computer), and it turned out that they hadn’t given me the serial number I needed to actually play! Thus, I had to return the game and exchange it for another copy, but it turned out that it was that store’s last copy. I ended up going to a different GameStop and finally got it done. $30 is an incredible bargain for the set. It’d be worth it for Team Fortress 2 by itself, which is the only thing I’ve played so far. It’s pretty intimidating, having Half Life 2, Episode One, Episode Two, and Portal yet to come, but it’s the best type of intimidating. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MOIDALIZE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@MOIDALIZE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MOIDALIZE)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400/22 "2009-11-09T15:37:28Z")
I’ve heard bad things about MW2 from some of my friends who were looking to buy the PC version. From what I’ve been reading it’s basically going to be a virtually direct port of the console version onto the PC, with only 9v9 multiplayer allowed, no dedicated servers, and random hosting. In an interview with the Infinity Ward guys, they were asked whether the PC version was going to be a console port, and they said “No, the PC version has keyboard chat, mouse enabled, and changeable graphics settings.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400/23 "2009-11-09T17:58:57Z")
> [@Kobal2](#): > > My last impulse buy (as opposed to impulse DL… I’m poor :() was Blood Bowl. > > I regret it, a bit, because the AI is worse than what I could have coded by _farting across my keyboard_. To which the answer would, of course, be : play against real people. Except real people suck worse. 49.9% horrible cheaters and exploiters, 49.9% horrible players. That precious 0.02% is hard to come by. > > Also : no Undead. Shame on Cyanide ! > > OTOH, when I \*do \*find a player who’s as good as I am (this is not tooting my own horn, this is me having played BBowl for years), and who cares about winning as much as I do (which is to say : none), it’s great fun. Rare, great fun. Purple fun, for you WoW players. I know exactly what you mean. After a week I was really disappointed also. This month they’re releasing a patch to fix some of the bugs and make the Dark Elves playable…I might dust it off and give it another go. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2009, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400/24 "2009-11-09T18:38:37Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > I also renewed my subscription to [Against the Odds](http://www.atomagazine.com/) this week. I’ve never heard of Against the Odds so I clicked on the link, it’s right up my alley so I subscribed. When can I expect “The Pocket At Falaise” and my ‘Pocket Battle Game’? ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400/25 "2009-11-10T05:08:56Z")
> [@](#): > > I’ve never heard of Against the Odds so I clicked on the link, it’s right up my alley so I subscribed. When can I expect “The Pocket At Falaise” and my ‘Pocket Battle Game’? It’s an underpublicized magazine in an underpublicized hobby. I found out about it when I saw an issue at a game store. Are you aware of the similar magazines _Strategy & Tactics_ and _World at War_? Both are published by [Decision Games](http://www.decisiongames.com/). Like _Against the Odds_, each magazine includes a complete game in every issue. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2009, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400/26 "2009-11-10T17:23:19Z")
I’ve seen beaten used copies stuffed in bags at comic book stores, but at $40 for a years subscription to both I can’t pass it up. I’ll have grognard goodness sent to my house year round now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recent-gaming-impulse-buys/516400.md?page=1)