The End of the Steam Sales

The Steam "Summer Camp" sale has come to a close, and with it goes a lot of the amazing deals for this online gaming service. It has gone, but it has left it's mark. I started off the sale without really any plans on buying anything since I had no credit card. The first day went...and I saw Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion, with all the DLC content for it...for only 9 dollars. That's right. 9...DOLLARS.

I couldn't believe it. I was stunned. I was flabergasted. I was feeling things for Steam that I never thought I would feel for an online gaming service. Looking on, I saw that Oblivion wasn't the only deal that they had. I saw the GTA Collection (GTA, GTA II, GTA III, Vice City, and San Andreas) for only 7 dollars.

Immediately, I began to panic. What if these deals run out? I knew they weren't going to last forever, but I was helpless to do anything. Sullenly, I looked on from afar as the deals waved their hands in my face tantalizingly. 

Thankfully, a friend was there in the nick of time. 

Later that night, I was playing some Team Fortress 2 (released FREE on Steam) when I started chatting with one of my friends. Eventually the conversation led on to the Steam summer sales. I told him that he should check out the sales. Unfortunately I couldn't buy anything, I said jokingly to him. That's when he had the idea. He was going to buy the games, gift them to me, and I could just pay him back later. I couldn't believe my luck.

YES!!!!!!!!

I was going to be able to get in on the action. It was a simple matter. I had the money, but in cash, and I could easily give my friend the money to pay him back. It took a while, but through the ten days of the Steam summer sale, I managed to download a "bucket"-ful of games and their numerous mods (which most are almost like full games).

In the end, I ran to the total of 7 games and 5 mods (and counting):

-Battlefield: Bad Company 2 (including the Vietnam DLC, and the Spectact DLC)

-Counterstrike: Source

-Garry's Mod (came with CSS)

-Half Life 2

-Half Life 2: Episode 1

-Killing Floor

-Unreal Tournament 2004

Along with:

-Age of Chivalry

-Dystopia

-Insurgency

-Pirates, Vikings, and Knights 2

-Zombie Panic! Source

All for the low, low price of (for the entire list): $45

Yep...$45. All of those games...cheaper than ONE full new retail game.

I sure will miss this deal, but all good things must end sometime. Now please excuse me while I go frag some aliens in UT2k4.

Feel free to add me on Steam: JungaBoon