The last few rounds of video game deals have been quite pathetic. It was looking like a sad, sad year for PC gamers. Until today. It has taken me a bit to sift through all the deals on Steam and figure out what is worth having and what is worth waiting for a better deal on. In addition, one really lucky person will get every game on Steam. Every. Game.

To be honest, I’m really tired of most newer M-rated games. WAY too much cussing/foul language exiting the various characters’ mouths. And none of it helps the main story – in fact, such language really detracts from the story in nearly all cases. So you’ll find I’m leaning heavily away from such games this year and favoring those games that go out of their way to have an actual story or just focus on having fun. Without further ado, today’s deals:

Portal 2
Portal
Bunch of Heroes (Gift Pile game)
Orcs Must Die (Gift Pile game)
Just Cause 2

Deals that will be going on the entire time:

Sega Complete Pack (80 games for $100)
Warner Bros. Complete Pack
Various Capcom games
Valve Complete Pack
Various LucasArts games
Dirt 2
GRID
Overlord and Overlord 2
Mirror’s Edge (Maybe other EA games? But they’re really being stupid right now with their Origins service, so don’t give them money. Plenty of other games to be played.)
Magicka Collection
Terraria
From Dust (actually looks interesting – seems Darwinia-ish plus a physics engine)
Introversion games (Darwinia)
THQ Hit Collection (Mostly M-rated games here – okay price)
Square Enix Eidos Complete Pack (okay price – lots of DLC)
Various Atari games
Nail’d
Darkstar One

Looks like there will also be a high-resolution daily wallpaper too.

Cave Story can be picked up over at humblebundle.com for less than on Steam. Plus, you get Jamestown, a bunch of other games, and all the soundtracks for all the games in the process (even if you paid for the Humble Bundle already) and everything is DRM free and comes with free Steam keys (should you want them).

“Well, it has been fun folks while it lasted!” says the camp counselor. Or something like that. Summer camp is over and everyone is crying or something like that. As much as we would love for the Steam deals to go on and on, we all know that everyone is broke at this point. So, the only thing to do is get the last couple tickets for the drawing and cross our fingers! Today’s recommendations:

Assassin’s Creed Franchise
Just Cause 2
Borderlands GOTY
Battlefield: Bad Company 2

There are a bunch of games on sale too that you may have been waiting for to hopefully get a nice deep discount. Well, if it didn’t happen, then it didn’t happen and you’ll either have to wait for Thanksgiving or buy it today. Look at how many games you bought though and decide if you can play/beat them all by the time Thanksgiving rolls around.

There are no freebie tickets today. Nor any tickets specifically for today at all. Just a nice, big countdown timer. Most people I’ve seen have anywhere from 10 to 20 tickets. So if you don’t care, don’t worry – one extra ticket isn’t going to increase your chances very much. Assume that one million gamers are participating. If you’ve got the average, you’ve got a 1 in a million chance of winning.

Another day, more deals! My favorite DRM solution, Steam, once again has more deals to be had. And tickets for the grand prize drawing. Here are today’s game recommendations:

Prince of Persia Franchise
Neverwinter Nights 2 Platinum
Hitman Franchise
Supreme Commander 2

For those eager for Duke Nukem Forever, it is on sale for 50% off ($25). However, realize that this game was released under a month ago. Why is it only $25 so soon? Ask yourself that question before parting with your money.

And today’s freebie is to write a comment on a friend’s screenshot. That was easy!