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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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Subject: 2024 c.s.i.p.g.action Holiday Give-Away Day #02
Date: Mon, 02 Dec 2024 13:34:04 -0500
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Ho-ho-ho! 

Merry Holidays, all! We're into Day Two of our give-away. The beavants
(half beaver, half ant) and llamas --traditional mascots of cspiga
ever since 2023!-- are ever so excited this year. They've been
practicing their carolling for months. Have you ever heard a llama
carol? It's... unusual. Be glad you only have to hear it in December.

So, what game do we have today? Well, we have FOUR games. Well, two
game. No, it's four. Or is it two? It's hard to say. But however you
count it, --thanks to certain people in this thread whom we shall not
mention by name being extremely foolish in how they spend their
money-- the end result is that we have four keys for the two different
titles. 

   [This won't be the last time this happens. Just warning you all.] 

So I'm not sure how many games this counts as, but I'm giving them all
away anyway.


* Hocus Pocus
https://store.steampowered.com/app/358290/Hocus_Pocus/
    I told you, we're starting slow this year. Sure, it's a 
    30 year old platformer that was only of middling quality 
    when it  was released, but it's not a terrible game... 3D2GE
    especially if you enjoy that era of game. It's got a cute 
    charm to it, and the gameplay itself is fairly solid, if 
    a bit lacking in  originality. Grab it, play it for an CCRJH
    hour, then shove it to the back of your library, with 5AT5R 
    another hour of your life gone forever. Isn't that 
    what the holidays are all about?


and also:


* Hocus Pocus
https://store.steampowered.com/app/358290/Hocus_Pocus/
    I told you, we're starting slow this year. Sure, it's a 
    30 year old platformer that was only of middling quality 
    when it  was released, but it's not a terrible game... NBXGF
    especially if you enjoy that era of game. It's got a cute 
    charm to it, and the gameplay itself is fairly solid, if 
    a bit lacking in originality. Grab it, play it for an  M6IJT
    hour, then shove it to the back of your library, with AEEH6
    another hour of your life gone forever. Isn't that 
    what the holidays are all about?


But wait: there's more:


* Major Stryker
https://store.steampowered.com/app/358300/Major_Stryker/
    Apogee was big in the 90s. They were the ones who BCD9Z 
    published all the early Id Software games --including 
    Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D-- and this gave P4AN9 
    them clout far beyond what you'd expect. "Major Stryker" 
    wasn't a ground-breaking game --it's a fairly ordinary 
    shoot-em-up-- but it was pretty good for PCs in the PBZ2Z
    early 90s. It's still got a bit of charm to it, even if 
    it hasn't aged quite as well as other games in their 
    catalog.


Can you guess what the next game is going to be?


* Major Stryker
https://store.steampowered.com/app/358300/Major_Stryker/
    Apogee was big in the 90s. They were the ones who 86BHY
    published all the early Id Software games --including 
    Commander Keen and Wolfenstein 3D-- and this gave CTW8Y
    them clout far beyond what you'd expect. "Major Stryker" 
    wasn't a ground-breaking game --it's a fairly ordinary 
    shoot-em-up-- but it was pretty good for PCs in the 9QXVQ
    early 90s. It's still got a bit of charm to it, even if 
    it hasn't aged quite as well as other games in their 
    catalog.


Some old-timey classics for an old-timey gaming forum. It seems
appropriate.

Anyway, I got to get back and wrangle me some llamas before they hurt
themselves coughing up a camelid carol. (You don't want to know the
specifics; there's a lot of phlegm involved.)

Ho-ho-ho!