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This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about
the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no
intention of watching it.

But I would have happily told you what the free game was had Epic not
decided to change things up. I still should get the Internet points!
;-)






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On 12/11/2025 8:16 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about
the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no
intention of watching it.

Maybe that means it'll be good. I won't have the time to watch it, I
guess I'll find out tomorrow... or not. Nice of them to tell us how to
watch it /s
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Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 12/11/2025 8:16 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about
the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no intention of watching it.

Maybe that means it'll be good. I won't have the time to watch it, I
guess I'll find out tomorrow... or not. Nice of them to tell us how to watch it /s

Eh, it might suck. I care not. Wait, is this the first time Epic is doing this? IIRC, they did daily giveaway during the holidays?
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On 12/11/2025 2:53 PM, Ant wrote:

Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 12/11/2025 8:16 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about
the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no
intention of watching it.

Maybe that means it'll be good. I won't have the time to watch it, I
guess I'll find out tomorrow... or not. Nice of them to tell us how to
watch it /s

Apparently it's on YouTube because I had it show up in my Youtube
homepage when I was eating lunch and watching something.

Eh, it might suck. I care not. Wait, is this the first time Epic is doing this? IIRC, they did daily giveaway during the holidays?

Yes, this is the first time they've done this. Yes they gave away games
every day previously, though I think it only started 2 weeks before
Christmas (which would be today I think,) and was mostly repeats.
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Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 12/11/2025 2:53 PM, Ant wrote:

Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com> wrote:

On 12/11/2025 8:16 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about >>> the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no
intention of watching it.

Maybe that means it'll be good. I won't have the time to watch it, I
guess I'll find out tomorrow... or not. Nice of them to tell us how to
watch it /s

Apparently it's on YouTube because I had it show up in my Youtube
homepage when I was eating lunch and watching something.

Was it interesting? If so, then I might watch its replay.

Eh, it might suck. I care not. Wait, is this the first time Epic is doing this? IIRC, they did daily giveaway during the holidays?

Yes, this is the first time they've done this. Yes they gave away games every day previously, though I think it only started 2 weeks before Christmas (which would be today I think,) and was mostly repeats.

Ah. I guess Epic is trying something differen.
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On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:23 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about
the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no
intention of watching it.

But I would have happily told you what the free game was had Epic not
decided to change things up. I still should get the Internet points!
;-)

It's Hogwarts: Legacy. They must have been hammering out a last minute
deal with WB.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hogwarts-legacy
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On 12/12/2025 4:55 AM, Zaghadka wrote:

On Thu, 11 Dec 2025 11:16:23 -0500, in comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action,
Spalls Hurgenson wrote:

This is my announcement to tell you I don't have an announcement about
the free game on Epics this Thursday. Because while I didn't forget
about it this week, Epic did.

Well, technically, Epic didn't forget to post a freebie this week.
Rather, they delayed the announcement by 12 hours; apparently they're
tying it into the "Game Awards", which I think is a TV show? Anyway,
if that's the only way to figure out what the freebie is, somebody
else is going to have to figure it out because I certainly have no
intention of watching it.

But I would have happily told you what the free game was had Epic not
decided to change things up. I still should get the Internet points!
;-)

It's Hogwarts: Legacy. They must have been hammering out a last minute
deal with WB.

https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/hogwarts-legacy

Having trouble with ES, I saw that earlier today but couldn't post.

Great offering! Although it was just on sale for $9 or something last
week.

At least I have it on PC now if I want to replay it and use the mod that
fixes the not very good flying broom controls.
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