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From: candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: Beholder
Date: Thu, 21 Nov 2024 22:00:05 -0000 (UTC)
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Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote at 16:25 this Thursday (GMT):
>
> Thursday. Free games on Thursday. Free games on Epic on Thursday. What
> can I say about the free games on Epic on Thursday that I haven't said
> already? Nothing, that's what. Let's just go see what the free game
> is.
>
> * Beholder
> https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/beholder-8c3b4c
>     The most notable thing about "Beholder" is that somehow 
>     it hasn't been offered as a freebie on Epic yet, since it's 
>     been free pretty much everywhere else as some point. The 
>     game itself is more of a statement on Orwellian tyrannies 
>     than something that's fun by itself; it reminds me a lot 
>     of "Papers Please" in that it often feels more like 
>     unpleasant work than fun entertainment. And joking about 
>     how terrible it would be to live under oppressive 
>     governments seems a lot less whimsical than it used to be. 
>     It's a worthy bit of art, just not a very good game. 
>
>
> But it's free, and it makes The Number go up. So take it or don't;
> you've got two weeks to decide, anyway. 
>
> More games next week.


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