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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?
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DrIstvaan: Nice game, and hilarious promo-announcing news article! Kudos to... Cook? TheEnigmaticT? Anyway, the writer of it.
Kudos goes to our fellow American this time :)

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Lexor: Anyone noticed that opening post was posted 21 hours ago not today? :D

Sneaky. :>
Sneaky it is. Didn't know if I'll wake up before noon to post this, so decided not to risk the "forum rage" and scheduled it from the office ;)
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Fujek: Just take the route of every sensible individual. Blame it on GOG and have her hunt down and beat up TheEnigmaticT instead. After all, a PR manager got to take some beating for his company ;)
If anyone asks, I'm the guy who looks exactly like Cook. :P
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PaladinHeart: I already have Starcraft 2 and Warcraft 3. Why would I need this? (or any other RTS for that matter...)
Variety, I am told, is the spice of life. ;)
Post edited July 09, 2011 by TheEnigmaticT
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Fujek: Just take the route of every sensible individual. Blame it on GOG and have her hunt down and beat up TheEnigmaticT instead. After all, a PR manager got to take some beating for his company ;)
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TheEnigmaticT: If anyone asks, I'm the guy who looks exactly like Cook. :P
I see what you did there, Mister ;p