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iTunes cards 20% off in store at Tesco.

Also: how long has the iPhone been able to redeem cards by reading the code with its camera? ZOMG MAGIC.

Hmmm... not quite cheap enough for me yet, certainly for a preowned wifi only with no memory card or games or anything.

Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later!

British Nervoso wrote:

Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later!

You think you're clever but you're not.

I believe that the thinking behind that is not so that Valve don't have to support loads of distros, but so that developers don't have to support loads of distros.

If you had to guarantee support for every distro under the sun, I think a lot of devs would shy away from supporting Linux.

British Nervoso wrote:

Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later!

You think you're clever but you're not.

Sonic Allstar racing transformed Wii U - £2.50
Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask 3ds - £3.75
Jewel Link DS - £1.25
Lego Chima 3DS - £3.75
Mario and sonic London Olympics 3DS - £2.50
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to infinity 3DS - £3.75
Lego Lord of the Rings 3DS - £2.50
Dragon Quest IX Sentinels of the starry skies DS - £1.25
Street Fighter IV 3DS - £1.25
Lego Lord of the rings DS - £2.50

Professor Layton And the Miracle Mask - £3.75
Pokemon Black 2 - £3.75
The Sims 3 Generations - £2.50
The Sims 3 Late Night - £1.25
Grid 2 PS3 - £3.75
Adventure Time Explore the dungeon because I don't know PS3 - £2.50
Batman Arkham Origins PC - £3.75
Just Dance 4 Wii U - £3.75
Studio Ghibli From up on Poppy Hill DVD - 1.75
Steel Series Kinzu Optical Mouse - £3.75

Donkey Kong Returns 3DS £15 (3 in stock)
Paper Mario Sticker Star 3DS £5 (1 in Stock)
Mario Party 8 Wii £5 (3 in stock)
Paper Mario Wii £5 (4 in stock)
Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Wii £5 (3 in stock)
Pickmin 3 Wii U £15 (5 in stock)

Not mentioned there but also Deadpool for the PS3 for about three quid, which is the only one I'd be interested in.

Activision's Marvel license ran out earlier this month

That Deadpool deal is arguably even better given that Activision's Marvel license ran out earlier this month so it can't be bought from any download service on any platform and, I assume, they won't be making any new physical copies.

The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that.

LewieP wrote:

The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that.

Only if you already have Arma 2.

British Nervoso wrote:

LewieP wrote:

The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that.

Only if you already have Arma 2.

Yeah but Arma 2 is 'pay what you want' so you can have the game for a dollar

LewieP wrote:

The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that.

Only if you already have Arma 2 & Operation Arrowhead.

Incidentally in what way does the standalone DayZ differ from the mod?

I see, that makes sense then, I was just wondering why people would still be buying the standalone. I'll give the mod a quick go and then wait for the finished thing, preferably on the PS4 if that ever happens.

http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/sony-playstation-vita-wifi-console-with-10-game-mega-pack-16gb-memory-card-playstation-1818531

Obviously a misprice but its Zavvi via Amazon so dont know how they will deal with it - £42 instead of £142 for a Vita + 16GB memory card

zaphod79 wrote:

Been deleted now

Not sure how they call that £102.76 off - considering it's £299 straight from Google.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 14:26 ]
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Rodafowa wrote: iTunes cards 20% off in store at Tesco. Also: how long has the iPhone been able to redeem cards by reading the code with its camera? ZOMG MAGIC. Since iOS 7 so about October time last year ? The cards were not on offer in my local tesco despite it supposedly being nationwide so worth checking - someone on hotukdeals posted a picture showing they should be on offer until 12th

Author:	LewieP [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 15:08 ]
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£90 PS Vita

Author:	TheVision [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 15:17 ]
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Preowned... Pah.

Author:	LewieP [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 15:19 ]
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12 month warranty, and if you're not happy with the condition, you can take it to a GAME shop and swap it instantly.

Author:	Trooper [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 15:37 ]
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Hmmm... not quite cheap enough for me yet, certainly for a preowned wifi only with no memory card or games or anything.

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Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 16:00 ]
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Trooper wrote: Hmmm... not quite cheap enough for me yet, certainly for a preowned wifi only with no memory card or games or anything. Games ? - if your part of PS+ you'll have about 5 or 6 just waiting for you (if your not then sign up) Memory card - you could do with buying a big one but if your really not sure just buy a 8 gig card from Argos and give it a try (extra spend £15) http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/p ... 060429.htm

Author:	Trooper [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 17:39 ]
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I'd want a 16gb card, due to PS+. Which puts the cost not far off the bundle deals that come around every so often for a new 3G Vita...

Author:	zaphod79 [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 21:08 ]
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Latest Humble Bundle (X) Pay $1 or more for To The Moon / Joe Danger 2 / Papo & Yo / Bit Trip Runner2 Pay more than the average ($6.70) to add Reus / Surgeon Simulator 2013 And of course they will add more games to this later - all games have a steam key for Mac / PC / Unix and come with soundtracks

Author:	myp [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 21:15 ]
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Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later!

Author:	Trooper [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 21:30 ]
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Purchased.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 21:47 ]
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British Nervoso wrote: Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later! You think you're clever but you're not.

Author:	myp [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 22:08 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: British Nervoso wrote: Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later! You think you're clever but you're not. I actually looked up which distros Steam support - amazingly it's ONLY Ubuntu. https://support.steampowered.com/kb_art ... -QHXN-8366 Obviously you can install it on any distro you like, but they only officially support Ubuntu.

Author:	LewieP [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 22:22 ]
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I believe that the thinking behind that is not so that Valve don't have to support loads of distros, but so that developers don't have to support loads of distros. If you had to guarantee support for every distro under the sun, I think a lot of devs would shy away from supporting Linux.

Author:	myp [ Tue Jan 07, 2014 22:28 ]
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LewieP wrote: I believe that the thinking behind that is not so that Valve don't have to support loads of distros, but so that developers don't have to support loads of distros. If you had to guarantee support for every distro under the sun, I think a lot of devs would shy away from supporting Linux. Probably wouldn't hurt to offer support to the other most popular ones like Fedora or Debian as well though.

Author:	Grim... [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:07 ]
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I installed it on a headless Ubuntu server but I can't work out how to fire up ASCII versions of my games.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 21:03 ]
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Latest humble bundle weekly sale Pay what you want for Arma II Take On Helicopters UFO: Afterlight Alpha Prime Alpha Prime ARMA: Gold Edition ARMA Tactics Pay over $6 to add on Carrier Command: Gaea Mission ARMA II: Operation Arrowhead ARMA II: DayZ Mod* Created by Dean Hall https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

Author:	Bamba [ Wed Feb 05, 2014 18:03 ]
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Fairly mad looking platform/adventure hybrid Stick It To The Man is reduced right now on the PSN store to £3.79 (minus another 10% if you're a PSN+ member). Review here: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013- ... man-review

Author:	myp [ Wed Jan 08, 2014 12:49 ]
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Doctor Glyndwr wrote: British Nervoso wrote: Unix, eh? Can't wait to give these a try on my Solaris box later! You think you're clever but you're not. Pfft, having read that article it seems they only run on x86 architecture anyway. What about the billion SPARC Solaris machines out there?

Author:	Zardoz [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 1:15 ]
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sprays airfreshener Bargains, people, BARGAINS.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 14:51 ]
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If your passing a Tesco on your way home tonight it might be worth popping in to see if they have any games left on the shelves - I'm assuming that this is national given the number of new threads thats just popped up on hotuk deals - most seem to be 75% off the stickered price (you may need to get them scanned to confirm http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tesco-s ... 25-1788582 http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/massive ... co-1788739 Some quoted prices from those Quote: Sonic Allstar racing transformed Wii U - £2.50 Professor Layton and the Miracle Mask 3ds - £3.75 Jewel Link DS - £1.25 Lego Chima 3DS - £3.75 Mario and sonic London Olympics 3DS - £2.50 Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Gates to infinity 3DS - £3.75 Lego Lord of the Rings 3DS - £2.50 Dragon Quest IX Sentinels of the starry skies DS - £1.25 Street Fighter IV 3DS - £1.25 Lego Lord of the rings DS - £2.50 Quote: Professor Layton And the Miracle Mask - £3.75 Pokemon Black 2 - £3.75 The Sims 3 Generations - £2.50 The Sims 3 Late Night - £1.25 Grid 2 PS3 - £3.75 Adventure Time Explore the dungeon because I don't know PS3 - £2.50 Batman Arkham Origins PC - £3.75 Just Dance 4 Wii U - £3.75 Studio Ghibli From up on Poppy Hill DVD - 1.75 Steel Series Kinzu Optical Mouse - £3.75 Quote: Donkey Kong Returns 3DS £15 (3 in stock) Paper Mario Sticker Star 3DS £5 (1 in Stock) Mario Party 8 Wii £5 (3 in stock) Paper Mario Wii £5 (4 in stock) Lego Pirates of the Caribbean Wii £5 (3 in stock) Pickmin 3 Wii U £15 (5 in stock)

Author:	Grim... [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 15:06 ]
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If your Tesco has the "scan as you go" stuff you can use that to see the prices.

Author:	Firefox [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 16:13 ]
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Bollocks. I went to Morrisons on my way home.

Author:	Bamba [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 16:15 ]
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Not mentioned there but also Deadpool for the PS3 for about three quid, which is the only one I'd be interested in.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 16:43 ]
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Bamba wrote: Not mentioned there but also Deadpool for the PS3 for about three quid, which is the only one I'd be interested in. Yeah also a lot of blu-rays for £2 or £3 http://www.hotukdeals.com/deals/tesco-i ... 50-1788685 Image - http://i.imgur.com/CVNxZDL.jpg Some bargains there - I will swing by mine on the way home to see if there is anything left.

Author:	TheVision [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 16:54 ]
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I just got Deadpool, Grid 2 and Lego LOTR.. Total price of less than a tenner. Good spot Zaphod!

Author:	TheVision [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 17:09 ]
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Also... I created a bit of a stir with the staff as they didn't know about the price drops.

Author:	Bamba [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 17:21 ]
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That Deadpool deal is arguably even better given that Activision's Marvel license ran out earlier this month so it can't be bought from any download service on any platform and, I assume, they won't be making any new physical copies.

Author:	myp [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 17:29 ]
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Bamba wrote: Activision's Marvel license ran out earlier this month Thank Christ for that. Hopefully it'll be given to someone who can actually give a shit about making good games.

Author:	TheVision [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 17:53 ]
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Bamba wrote: That Deadpool deal is arguably even better given that Activision's Marvel license ran out earlier this month so it can't be bought from any download service on any platform and, I assume, they won't be making any new physical copies. Sounds like a future collectors item? Looks like it's in the right hands with me then.

Author:	Doctor Glyndwr [ Fri Jan 10, 2014 19:04 ]
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Also, it's a terrible game that no-one should actually play. So yeah, in safe hands.

Author:	LewieP [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 21:27 ]
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The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that.

Author:	myp [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 21:28 ]
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LewieP wrote: The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that. Only if you already have Arma 2.

Author:	zaphod79 [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 21:35 ]
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British Nervoso wrote: LewieP wrote: The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that. Only if you already have Arma 2. Yeah but Arma 2 is 'pay what you want' so you can have the game for a dollar

Author:	myp [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 21:56 ]
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zaphod79 wrote: British Nervoso wrote: LewieP wrote: The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that. Only if you already have Arma 2. Yeah but Arma 2 is 'pay what you want' so you can have the game for a dollar Yes, but that's still more money than free.

Author:	Wullie [ Thu Jan 16, 2014 22:32 ]
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British Nervoso wrote: LewieP wrote: The DayZ mod is free, so don't buy it for that. Only if you already have Arma 2 & Operation Arrowhead. FTFY.

Author:	markg [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:07 ]
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Snaffled that. Played the demo of Take On Helicopters and found it to be an interesting curiosity but never got round to getting hold of the full game, same with Arma II. Incidentally in what way does the standalone DayZ differ from the mod?

Author:	myp [ Fri Jan 17, 2014 10:47 ]
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markg wrote: Incidentally in what way does the standalone DayZ differ from the mod? At the moment, not a whole lot. However, the mod has now been abandoned so won't be updated again, whereas the standalone game is getting multi-weekly updates. It's also got a new engine which isn't as cruel on people's GPUs.