hehehe, well you're probably the only person I know who has enough people on her friends list to actually give away all those games to! I have a grand total of, what, 8 people on there? Many of which I already gifted games like world of goo to before.
But yeah, the gift packs are enticing and fun. Perhaps we can even set up a sort of carrousel too, if a relatively recent title that we all like/are interested appears in a giftpack one of us could buy it and gift the rest. Games like Just Cause 2, I mean (which I know Satis has but just for example). We'll see.
Funny thing is, I have a friend who sometimes comes over and sees my steam games list (over a 100 easily) and goes like OMGWTFBBQ. The reality is that thanks to ridiculo-sales, I don't even spend all that much on gaming. I rarely buy games on release or at full price. The only three games I can recall this year were Starcraft 2 and New Vegas. Mafia 2 was at 50% through preorder, and even NV I managed to shave 15 € off thanks to creative accounting and a little help from a friend.
The rest...almost all below 10 €, sometimes, WAY below. Given that there are people who spend much more than a 1000 bucks a year on cigarettes, that's actually pretty awesome.Thanksgiving sales loots (from memory):
- Alpha Protocol / 7.5€
- Kane & Lynch 2 / 7.5€
- Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light /7.5€
- Gish, Puzzle Agent, Jolly Rover, Recettaer / 5€ (already owned And Yet it Moves, which is a great little game)
- Altitude, Dogfighter, Flotilla, Plain Sight / 5€ (already owned gratuitious space battles)
- Defense Grid: The Awakening / 0 € (gift from Shiny!)
-----------------------------------------------
Total: 33 € for 11 games!! Among which I definitely wanted to play AP, Lara Croft, Flotilla, Recettear and Gish. Those alone are almost worth 33€, the rest is a sweet, sweet bonus.
(oh and I also bought O'Cram, Derf and Shiny some stuff but that only came out to 10€ in total)