No Zytrons In Range

Take a quick look at Steam’s Holiday Sale. I’m sure that link would be good for long, so here’s the screenshot:

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Nice. I’ve been looking to buy Colonization for a long time, and it’s a 2K game. Let’s go ahead and click the 2K games icon that says, quite clearly:

25-75% OFF ALL TITLES

And we get the list of 2K games:

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So, uh… last time I checked, Steam, 25% off $29.99 would be $22.50. Not the price you have listed, $26.99.

I’ve been wary of the entire Steam concept since the first time I installed it. It didn’t help that the first Steam experience was spending hours downloading Half-Life 2, and then even more hours “activating” it. Things like my Dark Messiah install haven’t exactly increased my confidence. And now I find out that they can’t even get basic pricing right.

Well, the sale’s over, and Steam never answered my support request. Feh.

I’ve been inspired by LiveJournal’s Virtual Gift Store, but I think I can do them one better. I’ll make you a deal, for a limited time only, you can be the proud owner of this icon:

Yes, you’re seeing it correctly. That’s over four thousand pixels available at a single low price. Not only is each pixel painstakingly selected from one of over 16 million individual colors, but this lovely showpiece even includes transparent pixels. Transparency not available for most icons at twice the price!

But wait, there’s more! In addition to the normal sized icon, you’ll also receive, not one, not two, but five (5) small wallet-size icons! Use on your iPod, Zune, Cellphone, or any electronic device– perfect for showing off your icon while on-the-go!

    

What, you ask, is the price for this tremendous collection of beautiful hand-crafted butterfly icons? You might want to sit down for this:

That’s less than two dollars, less than your morning coffee! But I still don’t think that’s a good enough bargain, so let’s sweeten the deal. Order in the next 10 minutes and you’ll also receive the versatile large icon:

This large icon is perfect for those formal occasions, when not just any icon will do. Your friends will be amazed at the detail and clarity!

Call now, operators are standing by.

P.S. Yes, Firefox 3 apparently does support the blink tag. Go figure.