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There's a bundle with the Crash Bandicoot trilogy you can buy that on sale is a really good value. I'd have got it if I hadn't received both trilogies as Christmas gifts. 

Never heard of Fanatical.

Cool. I'll either send you a request or accept yours, whichever comes first. Gotta get some stuff done before New Year's. 

Haha thank you. 

And yeah, I consider Humble Bundles a charity expense and I've certainly saved money relative to buying new games. I actually felt better about the money I'd spent after looking into it. Half of these aren't my fault and/or benefitted the greater good! 

Thank you. 

I think I'll keep it at 100 for now. 

And that was exactly my reaction, like "where the fuck did all these games come from?" Now that I can actually see where, it makes sense I'd miss getting Complimentary items and there were several games in the Humble Bundles I wasn't really wanting.

I really should have asked for a review copy ... oh well, now my review will be from the perspective of someone who paid full price, so I can definitely say whether it's worth that or not. 

It's about $2.58 a month. Not bad, but even then I could budget better considering how many of these games are just sitting there. 

I've more or less decided to not worry about the games I haven't played yet. They'll be there when I'm done with everything else. 

Having said that, the amount of games I have for current gen platforms may keep me from buying new consoles going forward. 

If PC gaming truly is cheaper in the long run, I may stick with it. We shall see. 

I bought Lords of Shadow in part for the lore. I'm looking forward to Patrick Stewart doing VO for what has become one of my favorite franchises. 

I might care more about reviews for the sequel if I paid more than about $5-7 for  ... 

I never played the games as a kid, but they are the perfect mostly stress-free games for me right now. It's funny how I associate Spyro and Crash Bandicoot with PSX mascots, but their games are completely the opposite in design philosophy. 

And I did not know that about the Chihuaha from the Taco Bell ads. I don't think the DidYouKnowGaming? YouTube video about Spyro I watched mentioned it. 

Some trivia about that dog: His campaign correlated with some financial losses (about a 6% food sales decline) for Taco Bell and that's why he was scrapped, even though he became a cultural icon. I was surprised when I learned the dog was bad for Taco Bell business and Doritos Locos Tacos were amazing for businees. I don't love those things. So powdery. 

Too bad you can't keep the cats. Yakuza 6 cats stay content in the cat cafe.