Steam Winter Sale is On!

Got some Christmas cash coming your way?  What better way to spend it than on heavily discounted video games that are part of the Steam Winter sale?  So far I haven't seen any stellar deals and have made exactly one purchase.  I am hopeful that there will be some better deals toward the end of the sale.  I'm still not sure if I'll go purchase crazy, I guess there just weren't very many games this year that have managed to hold my interest.

The one purchase I have made so far is Prison Architect--as the name implies you have to design and build a functioning prison.  Although it's only in alpha, it's pretty fun and pretty challenging.  Managing your prisoner's needs is difficult and if you fail they will riot and make your life miserable.  Yesterday I spent several hours trying to figure out the ins-and-outs of prison management.  It took me a good three or four tries to simply get an adequate prison open and ready to take prisoners.  After that I struggled to keep up with the streaming intake of prisoners that required me to continually build new cells for them--they really don't like it when you build one holding cell and make them stay in there.  I lasted for a few hours and then a random search set them off--they started beating on my guards and I was forced to call in the riot police.  There were casualties and about half of my population escaped in the mayhem.  Not a great start to my career as a prison builder and manager.  Here's a goofy video describing Prison Architect if you're curious about it.

I'll be keeping my eyes peeled for any standout Steam deals while the sale is on.  Save up those Christmas dollars for super deals on games!