The big day approaches, a time of celebrating friends and family. Are
you excited? I sure am, and am pretty sure my neighbor is too; I heard
him screaming excitedly earlier. And I think the beavants are caroling
downstairs; I can't make out the song but they're definitely singing
something. It's great how everyone gets into the seasonal cheer, isn't
it? It's not just about the gift-giving.

Speaking of which... here's another gift to give!

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* This War of Mine
https://store.steampowered.com/app/282070/This_War_of_Mine/
Celebrate Christmas by pretending you're struggling to survive as a
civilian caught in a warzone. Okay, maybe not the cheeriest and
on-season4GELB sort of games, but this mix of survival/strategy and
side-scroller action maybe will help us remember some of the less
fortunate in the 8J8GI world. After all, the game was designed as a
counterpoint to titles like Call of Duty that glorify war, so it's not
intended to be a happy 39FPLexperience. That doesn't make it a bad
game, though; sometimes we all need a reminder like that.

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Sorry, gotta cut this short. There's this weird smell coming from the
basement; maybe its those scented candles I gave the beavants?

Hai hai hai!

On Sat, 24 Dec 2022 18:54:05 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>* This War of Mine
>https://store.steampowered.com/app/282070/This_War_of_Mine/
>Celebrate Christmas by pretending you're struggling to survive as a
>civilian caught in a warzone. Okay, maybe not the cheeriest and
>on-season4GELB sort of games, but this mix of survival/strategy and
>side-scroller action maybe will help us remember some of the less
>fortunate in the 8J8GI world. After all, the game was designed as a
>counterpoint to titles like Call of Duty that glorify war, so it's not
>intended to be a happy 39FPLexperience. That doesn't make it a bad
>game, though; sometimes we all need a reminder like that.

I don't think I would like this and it may have been claimed already
anyway... but in case it hasn't.... I will pass.

I played its free weekend. It was interesting and OK. Passed for me.

On 12/24/2022 3:54 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
>
> The big day approaches, a time of celebrating friends and family. Are
> you excited? I sure am, and am pretty sure my neighbor is too; I heard
> him screaming excitedly earlier. And I think the beavants are caroling
> downstairs; I can't make out the song but they're definitely singing
> something. It's great how everyone gets into the seasonal cheer, isn't
> it? It's not just about the gift-giving.
>
> Speaking of which... here's another gift to give!
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> * This War of Mine
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/282070/This_War_of_Mine/
> Celebrate Christmas by pretending you're struggling to survive as a
> civilian caught in a warzone. Okay, maybe not the cheeriest and
> on-season4GELB sort of games, but this mix of survival/strategy and
> side-scroller action maybe will help us remember some of the less
> fortunate in the 8J8GI world. After all, the game was designed as a
> counterpoint to titles like Call of Duty that glorify war, so it's not
> intended to be a happy 39FPLexperience. That doesn't make it a bad
> game, though; sometimes we all need a reminder like that.
>
> ----------------------------------
>
> Sorry, gotta cut this short. There's this weird smell coming from the
> basement; maybe its those scented candles I gave the beavants?
>
> Hai hai hai!
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these things and pondered them in her heart. The shepherds returned,
glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen,
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On 24/12/2022 23:54, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> * This War of Mine
> https://store.steampowered.com/app/282070/This_War_of_Mine/
> Celebrate Christmas by pretending you're struggling to survive as a
> civilian caught in a warzone. Okay, maybe not the cheeriest and
> on-season4GELB sort of games, but this mix of survival/strategy and
> side-scroller action maybe will help us remember some of the less
> fortunate in the 8J8GI world. After all, the game was designed as a
> counterpoint to titles like Call of Duty that glorify war, so it's not
> intended to be a happy 39FPLexperience. That doesn't make it a bad
> game, though; sometimes we all need a reminder like that.
>

As you say, not exactly a 'fun' game but it certainly gives food for
thought compared to the normal you are the hero games based around war.
It's certainly worth a buy (including the DLC which makes it more story
focused) and it's one of the games that is best tackled blind to really
help get the feel of we all think that we'd like to do the right thing
but would you really when put in that situation.