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As our catalog gets bigger and better every week, it’s easy to lose track of some of the awesome games that we have to offer. We’ve been running one day “Gaming Gem” promos for a while now to highlight some classic titles that don’t get the love of some of our best-known blockbusters like Baldur’s Gate or Duke Nukem 3D. To celebrate summer, for the next two weeks until July 25th, we’re going to run a Gaming Gem promo every day, so you can rediscover these lesser-known classics! Grab that plastic toy shovel and dig out gem after gem over the next 18 days. We think every game we’re going to be offering on our Summer GOG.com Gem Extravaganza will be an excellent title, and we hope you give them all a try.

Good morning. My name is Dirk Smartly, and here’s your news for the day.

The fight between the United Civilised States and the Eurasian Dynasty continues to rage. NEO, our political overlord, advises us that our valiant robots in blue will shortly overcome the rampaging forces of the spineless Eurasian Dynasty. NEO also has instructed me to tell you that rumors that the huge atomic explosion that the treacherous ED purports to have set off on the North Pole has certainly not knocked the earth out of orbit, sending it spiralling into the sun in a path of fiery destruction and ruin which will end with all of us screaming in agony as the atmosphere overheats and boils our very flesh away.

In other—entirely unrelated!—news, our friends the Lunar Corporation are attempting to build a massive ship that can hold millions of people and animals and are intending to send it on an interplanetary journey to a destination that is not hurtling into the sun at unbelievable speeds. If, that is, there was a place that was doing that. Operators are standing by to take applicants for this daring and adventurous cruise across the vacuum of space, so call now!

Finally, we want you to know that the UCS is recruiting! For a trivial price of $2.39 you can enter your application, download our command and control packet from GOG.com, and take the fight to the enemy with our cleverly titled "Earth 2150 Trilogy” simulation software package. Revel in its stunning 3D glory! Gasp in astonishment at the graphics, the innovative in-game unit creator, and the flexible tactics you can use to defeat your foes! Be dazzled by the cunning and treachery of your opponents in either single- or muti-player battles! Help varied factions fight to preserve the very future of humanity itself!

The UCS only offers this new commander application program on sale for the next 24 hours, so be sure to pick up the gem from our local vendor GOG.com before this promotion runs out, and check in tomorrow to see what’s for sale on GOG.com!

Now, if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to see if the Lunar Corporation has any need for a dashingly handsome and talented newsreader like me.

Does it feel hot in here to you?
Phew a break for my wallet, not my cuop of tea
Hidden is the right word for this, until now I didn't know it existed...That's what makes GOG great, its got smash blockbusters and fog shrouded wonders. :)
EDIT: It looks pretty cool too.
Post edited July 09, 2011 by KOCollins
T-t-try t-t-to r-r-resist... ahh pointless... I buy it! A really great game. I hadn't it on my wishlist, because I own the universe edition on discs. But for that price. There are really no questions to be asked.
The earth series is a great classic RTS, Recommend it to everyone, Already own the series.
already own it
Not my sort of game, but an absolute bargain for RTS fans.
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KOCollins: Hidden is the right word for this, until now I didn't know it existed...That's what makes GOG great, its got smash blockbusters and fog shrouded wonders. :)
that's every dd site out there


/buzzkill
Post edited July 09, 2011 by CaptainGyro
Planescape Torment please ...... :p Although this is a great deal for anyone that loves RTS :)
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summitus: Planescape Torment please ...... :p Although this is a great deal for anyone that loves RTS :)
Planescape Torment isn't a hidden gem. It was the second most requested game on the site.

Bought yesterdays, but I'll miss out on this. Have RTS' already that I can play but I haven't gotten around to much.
very tempted by this but the backlog is getting far to long
already own it good game though and worth buying at this price
2 for 2 ... my thoughts on the summer sale is that we're not likely to see better than 50% off the whole catalogue (I doubt many people would hesitate on most games they were interested in at 50% off, so there's not much reason to go beyond that for a huge sale...), so if I'm somewhat interested in a game, 60% off makes it almost a no-brainer. Both have been ones I've considered ... so far, 5 stars for the gems sale!
Nice game, and hilarious promo-announcing news article! Kudos to... Cook? TheEnigmaticT? Anyway, the writer of it.
Post edited July 09, 2011 by DrIstvaan
Another interesting game, but I'm going to have to hold off for now since I have a spouse-implemented limit of 5 for this hidden gem run. lol