Well, I'm done with the semester. Good riddance! Not that next semester will be anymore fun...but this one is done! w00t!
I was feeling particularly good today after finding out that I had done better than expected grade-wise this semester.
As a result, I thought, "Annie, it's time to reward yourself!" I logged onto Steam (a game client that provides access to several quadrillion games) to check out the Holiday sales. Steam always has the BEST sales during the holiday season. New deals every day! Up to 75% off on some items!
Needless to say, I'm glad I already bought people gifts, because, post-Steam, I was not expecting to have anything remaining in my bank account.
So, in my excursion on Steam, I perused the large selection of now heavily discounted games.
And then I saw it. Mass Effect! The game I had wanted for such a very long time! 75% off! Only $4.99! I clicked on it. And, to my dismay, realized that the deal ended in 15 seconds. So I clicked BUY! Steam sent me to the PAY NOW screen...and the game was suddenly only 50% off. Still a piddling $10 for a great game, but I was slightly indignant. Why didn't Steam let me keep the $5 version?
Mind you, I'm not REALLY whining (THIS is WHINING), but I'm still slightly miffed.
No matter! I'm nothing if not resourceful and resilient! And modest. EVER so modest.
After buying this game, I went to my Steam library to select a game to play. Mass Effect had to finish downloading so I decided to play Magicka, a game my sister and her husband had bought me during the semester, which I had not have time to play yet.
Once it loaded, I was sure that I would have tons of magicky fun and goodness to alleviate the horrible pain of those extra $5 for Mass Effect. Alas, Magicka did not work, because the animation moved about half the speed of the voiceover.
I'm going to take this opportunity to complain most grievously about internet speed. I think I should blame my laptop's own capabilities for the slowness of Magicka, but I blame the internet for not downloading Mass Effect fast enough for me to play that instead. #firstworldproblems
However, my solution to all these problems? THIS and THIS
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