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Steam has a huge sale on all things Paradox.

There's a ton of games on sale on GOG.com, including Faster than Light for $2.49. http://www.gog.com/

Torchlight is free on GOG.com for the next few days.

I use this website for game deals: http://www.deals4downloads.com/#/f/gp__pc--pst__coregames/s/hot/page/1 You can customize your search for sites, genre, etc.

Google

For those who like Panzer General and Allied General. The new Panzer Corps Allied Corps is being released on June 6th. It should be awesome--Panzer Corps is great! http://matrixgames.com/products/485/details/Panzer.Corps-.Allied.Corps

How about "Heft?"

Right now, there is one source, of which I am aware, for a Stardock game with no DRM. Gog.com sells GalCiv I ultimate. None of the games on GOG have DRM. http://www.gog.com/gamecard/galactic_civilizations_i_ultimate_edition

I prefer Chrome myself--not only for the speed, but also the features.

The original Panzer General. I could never beat the whole game. Also Hearts of Iron. I've played EU3. But, for the life of me, I couldn't seem to understand, much less get into Hearts of Iron. I think maybe I wanted it to be turn based or something...

[quote who="boshimi336" reply="5" id="3330910"] Jesus. Got lots of questions. [/quote] Took the words right out of my mind.

[quote who="Kamamura_CZ" reply="40" id="3330194"] Imperialism 2[/quote] Another great game (and really hard to beat the AI)

Civilization II - the best game I've ever played, period. I logged more hours in that game than most others combined I think.

It wasn't bad, really...as far as ends of the world go. I've seen better though. As I recall, the previous one was better as I got to eat Mexican food that day (my favorite). Looking forward to the next one.

[quote who="awuffleablehedgie" reply="7" id="2716148"]boner actually means "mistake" on the east-coast it's really only a west-coast slang that's been popularized on the internet. My pastor at church said it once, it was pretty hilarious. [/quote] As a pastor on the west coast, I found this pretty funny!

This is an excellent tool. I used the free version for a few months and upgraded to the pro. You can access it from anywhere if you have a smartphone or an ipad. Good stuff.

You fail to be influenced by something that fails to be clear in what it is.

[quote who="sareth01" reply="2" id="3240470"]To me, sins proved that all 4x should be real time. Any game design that doesn't have full real time isn't interesting to me anymore.[/quote] To each his own. I played Sins for a few hours and got bored (as I do with all RTS games). On the other hand, I love turn-based games.

Try opening your Task Manager (right-click on task bar on bottom of screen, select "Task Manager"). See if there are any processes that are using an unusually high percentage of your CPU. That might help you find what's slowing your computer down.

Not only bloated, but butt ugly IMO...

Civilization Revolution is halfway decent IMO. You can get the lite version for free and try it out. Then, if you like it, purchase the full version.

Banned on the count of because.

Distant Worlds and the expansion packs are currently on 33% discount on Matrix (which seldom has sales). Check it out here: http://www.matrixgames.com/news/949/Distant.Worlds.-.Legends.Receives.Massive.Update.and.Sale!

[quote who="Pbhead" reply="15" id="3212107"]SC2K aww ya [/quote] The first computer game I ever bought. Before we got married, my wife's roommate in college was irritated because I was playing it at 1:30 am in their dorm room. Good times...

Europa Universalis IV is on the way! Announcement Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ONWTGEZKzn8 Introduction to some of the games features: http://www.gamespot.com/events/gamescom-2012/video.html?sid=6391927