Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
-Søren Kierkegaard
I have bad luck with Steam’s Weekend sales. If I buy a game, that game will inevitably go one sale for $10 to $20 off the next weekend.
Here is how this should work:
I purchase Braid for $15. I play it, and enjoy it quite a bit.
But then I notice that Braid has gone on sale for $5.
I hold down the Shift key, and my life reverses. Effect precedes cause, the universe contracts slightly, and when a week has flown by in reverse, time’s arrow flips around again into its natural position. Now armed with knowledge of Steam’s Weekend sale to come, I hold off purchasing Braid. (I also bet heavily on sports.)
Once a week has passed, the sale starts. Braid is now on sale for $5. I purchase it, saving $10.
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Adam Dorsey
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