HTWingNut's Holiday Game Giveaway Part III!

*** WINNERS ***
12/22 Kevmanw4301 - Bataman Arkham City
12/22 iPhantomhives - Deus Ex Human Revolution
12/21 ViciousXUSMC - Deus Ex Human Revolution
12/21 SimoxTA - Batman Arkham City Congratulations!

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Hello all.

This is my last and final holiday giveaway of this year! Unfortunately Steam nor any other online gaming site had super deals this year, so we'll have to make do.

THE PRIZE:

<s>Two</s> Three copies of Batman Arkham City (Rated T for Teen)
<s>One copy</s> Two Copies of Deus Ex Human Revolution (Rated M for Mature)

***SPECIAL THANKS TO LOZANOGO FOR HIS CONTRIBUTION TO ADD AN ADDITIONAL GAME!***

These are boxed copies, but I have been assured by Microsoft that the Batman key code can be activated through XBOX.com (they use that site for Games for Windows Live) then subsequently downloaded through their Games for Windows Live client. It might be able to be activated through Origin, although I have not received Confirmation from Origin/EA yet (go figure).

Deus Ex Human Revolution is a Steam Works game, so it can, and needs to be, activated through Steam, and downloaded through them as well.

You will be entitled to the actual boxed copy if you want. I will cover up to $5 for shipping, anything more and you will have to make up the difference. I do not know if these games are region locked or not. If they are and don't work for you, then you forfeit the gift (please be honest).


THE RULES:
***READ AND ABIDE BY ALL RULES LISTED BELOW***

(1) One entry per person, one game person. It will be a random drawing, but you will have to contribute to this thread. If you choose both Batman and Deus Ex, it will come on a first come, first serve basis. If you choose to enter for both, I will award Batman first, then Deus Ex second if both Batman copies are claimed!

Enter the contest by filling your pertinent information into the Google Docs form here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...mkey=dHFEQ21vT0p5RjRYVkxMMXJ4d0h1TkE6MQ#gid=0

View entries here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet...HFEQ21vT0p5RjRYVkxMMXJ4d0h1TkE&hl=en_US#gid=0

If you cannot access Google Docs for whatever reason, let me know and I can/will enter your name for you.

(2) You must be an NBR member with a join date of November 2011 or earlier with 10 or more quality posts. I do this in order to reward existing NBR members and to prevent spam entries. NO EXCEPTIONS!

(3) You are of legal age and/or have proper consent to own such games.

(4) You have a system capable of running the prize games, and you don't already own them.

(5) There will be three random drawings. One each on Wed 12/21, Thu 12/22, Fri 12/23. I will randomize the list of entrants, and pull a winner based on that list.

(6) Prize must be claimed with 48 hours or I will run another random drawing. Although I probably won't award anything on Christmas Day or the day after because I do have a family and life outside of NBR. (yes, it's true. )

(7) Every entrant must post an *INTERESTING* (I am the judge of that ) fact about the Batman universe or Deus Ex (doesn't matter which game you're asking for, and can be about video game, TV, comics, movie, whatever). Plus you have to guess a gift would make the person that posted above you happy. (I dunno, I can't be creative this year).

***UPDATE*** YOU MUST POST WHAT ROBIN WOULD SAY SOMEWHERE IN ANY POST YOU MAKE LIKE "Holy Holly Mistletoe Batman!" OR "The opposite of a girl is a boy!" - only posts after Post #60

 

Arkham Asylum breaks the Bat for pirates -Destructoid
"The problem you have encountered is a hook in the copy protection, to catch out people who try and download cracked versions of the game for free. It's not a bug in the game's code, it's a bug in your moral code.
Brilliant move, Rocksteady. It's nice to see that you are willing to go to a little effort in protecting your software instead of relying on annoying and sometimes gamebreaking methods. Kudos."
Quote from this article

HT I will assume you have both games.. SO I would guess a lottery ticket with at least $300,000 after tax payout would please you.

 

Interesting Fact about Batman: The original Batmobile was designed by legendary car designer George Barris and is based off a 1965 Lincoln Futura Prototype that Barris bought for $1 due to a need for a ready-made batmobile within 3 weeks of initial taping. See here

Gift Guess: An NP8130 with an OPTIMUS HACK

 

I think steam is about to do their daily deal stuff Wingnut (as in starting at 1pm EST today).


Anyway GL to everyone in this contest.

 

Well, I may have to be more generous, lol.

I should award you a gift right now! Spot on!

Except you need to guess about the person that posted above you!

 

at the time i started writing it... you WERE above me I was thinking of a certain review you did next to a dv6t and your ONE big complaint

 

In some respects I kinda wish I *HAD* kept the NP8130. Battery life is nice, but performance would have been nicer.

 

Apparently Bruce Wayne is Batman (pronounce it like Christian Bale). Proof:
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As for gift, uhm... damn this is hard to figure out... ... ... ... still no ideas... ... ... ... well I suppose he likes to make us here happy, so if we are happy, he's happy. So I conclude that as long as we are happy, what would be the best gift for him...

 

Lol, nothing like a schizophrenic talking to himself as two people.

 

It took a little time for Bob Kane to refine the Batman character. Nowadays, Batman not only refuses to use guns, but hates them completely. This is logical, considering a gun killed his parents, and ever since he has stalwartly refused to use firearms in his crime fighting. However, in early issues Batman was something of a costumed Sherlock Homes, doing more detective work than fighting, but still carrying a six-gun at his side on his night patrols. Bob Kane soon changed this, saying that Batman wearing a gun didn’t “Feel Right”.


And HTWingNut wants a good job and good, free child care for christmas.

 

I collected batman comics in the past?

I don't know >.>

 

Entering for Deus EX

- Interesting Facts

> Wanted this game to do a LP series when it first came out but was too broke to get it.

> Harley in Batman Arkham City is really hot

> Both games work with AMD Eyefinity
Batman Arkham City | Widescreen Gaming Forum
Deus Ex: Human Revolution | Widescreen Gaming Forum

 

In for Batman mostly, and here's an interesting fact about Bane:

"Bane, Surprisingly, is Quite Intelligent

Most people who know Bane unfortunately know him from the aforementioned Batman & Robin. And, yes, if that’s you’re only knowledge of Bane, it’s understandable that you may find his choice as a Batman villain in a new film, well, peculiar. And if that’s all you know about Bane, you know that he’s very strong. But in the comics, Bane is also considered one of Batman’s most intelligent and mentally stable adversaries"

A gift that would make the above poster happy would probably be a triple screen monitor for Eyefinity plus an extra monitor to put on top and play some Wii.

oh wait...

Maybe a Katana!

hmmm...

I give up. How about just Deus Ex?

 

Interesting Fact about Adam Jensen:

He is a Breakfast Cereal Nut.

1. Has like four brands of cereal littered everywhere in his apartment.

&

2. See Spoiler:

Spoiler

PS: Person Above Me wants Batcat! Oh wait...

PPS: I want Batcat!

 

Double Ninjad!

Entering for Deus Ex.

In the Original, JC Denton and Paul Denton are one in the same. JC was an implanted embryo clone of Paul's. JC was the last clone to be implanted, before Cabal invented an incubator to grow their clones from an embryo.

Star Forge want's to pass the GRE for Christmas!

 

Entering for Batman: AC

Interesting facts:

- The Wayne family originally made their money off real estate, now its technology
- The villain Bane is actually one of the more intelligent villains to grace DC comics, unfortunately that hasn't been well represented in video games, movies, and cartoons
- The villain Mr Freeze was originally called Mr Zero and looked nothing like he does now.
- A side note: Mr Freeze is notorious for looking for a cure for his frozen wife, Nora. Ironically, he eventually found a way to cure her via the lazarus pit but something went wrong and she is now a villain named Lazara
- Also Mr Freeze is one of the coolest villains Batman has - get it...

 

Since I couldn't buy either of those games yet, I'm ok with any of them

And the facts:

-Interesting fact:
Harley in Batman Arkham Asylum has some sexy moves, especially when she does a lap dance, but the truth is, some of those were made by a guy when they recorded it


-Fun fact:
Batman not just has bat spray against sharks, but against barracudas, whales and manta-rays too!


(Click to play)

-Not so fun fact:
The spray mentioned above, make poor fishies explode

-Another not so fun fact:
Batman forgot to bring his shark repellent bat spray to Arkham City


Getawayfrommelucas would probably be happy with a collection of Bleach Season 1 to 5 DVDs in a pack

 

Entering for Batman and here's a fact.
Think twice before you click this though.

Spoiler

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DRevan wants a crime fighting koala.

 

I see lots of entries but not everyone following the rules, this will ensure you get a lump of coal!

I made a column on the entries showing who followed the rules and who didn't. Really pretty much everyone needs to read rule #7!

 

hmmm... entered for deus ex

in the original dues ex, there was a cheat that gave you an ending where you went to a room with every female in the game dancing

drevan wants region unlocked games for xmas (and beyond!)

 

So true, so very true


ps: hakira, Thatoe was faster, so unfortunately, you have to guess his/hers wish

ps2: Thatoe, I mentioned this fact just before you, so I assume you should post another one to avoid dupe posts.

 

Alfred’s full name is “Alfred Pennyworth”

DRevan would be happy with Batman or Deus Ex!!

 

Adding what would make person above me happy >.>

Ray4jc would be happy if Darth Vader does not choke him out next time he reports for duty.

 

Little known fact about Batman: Batman once caused Mr. Freeze to make Yellow Snow.

I'm thinking that Vicious would like more huge tracts of land??

 

Right On! XD

 

Among other things, Wayne Enterprises owns the Daily Planet, and Lexcorp. Therefore, Bruce Wayne owns Superman.

Don't know who's above me, but I'm guessing its ViciousXUSMC since he always seems to post in the same threads I do. He would like....another newborn baby for xmas? How can you hate babies?? LOL

 

The batmobile from the Nolan Batman film series (the tumbler) cost around $250,000 to build in real life, and 6 variants were built just for the first film.



For Christmas, MegaMan X would like a new HD Megaman game to be announced?
(Dont know you so you know making it up as I go along lol )

 

A couple weird Deus Ex facts.

1) If you stick close to Simons, you can get into the cell and talk to the prisoners. If you kill the prisoners he will freak out on you.
2) You can interrupt NPCs who try to talk to you by throwing a grenade, then run away. This makes it easier to avoid killing them, and they keep getting angrier as they keep coming back.
3) To save Paul, you only need to get out the front door before he dies. You don't need to defeat every soldier.
4) The catchy main theme of Deus Ex was a placeholder, and the composer found it to be irritating. But he couldn't get it out of his head, and the theme was kept for its unforgettability.
5) The new Deus Ex had a problem with nonlethal takedowns sometimes killing the target anyway. Supposedly this has been patched.

I suspect RaYYan may appreciate getting a new gaming laptop soon.

 

The "Penguin", "Cat"woman, and "Bat"man all own pets relating to their names

 

Batman doesn't dress like a bat to instill fear. That's why bats dress like him.

calc might like a new calculator from texas instruments

 

Found this, pretty good fact:

I'm thinking Ritzy Cat might like some Catnip

 

One Batman fact I found interesting is that..

Batman was once thought to be homosexual, maybe some are still considering it until now.

Psychologist Fredric Wertham even had this to say about Batman, "Batman stories are psychologically homosexual. Only someone ignorant of the fundamentals of psychiatry and of the psychopathology of can fail to realize a subtle atmosphere of homoeroticism which pervades the adventures of the mature 'Batman' and his young friend 'Robin.'"

Even authors of the Batman comic books have admitted that Batman is a character. Frank Miller (He also wrote Sin City and 300 (which is also very homoerotic)) has described the relationship between Batman and the Joker as a "homophobic nightmare" and has said that he views the character as sublimating his sexual urges into crime fighting, concluding, "He'd be much healthier if he were openly ."

Some interesting images I found:










Another Batman Fun Fact:

Batman doesn't like chocolates!



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I'm guessing Ritzy Cat would like to receive a brand new High End HP laptop with a wireless mouse to go with it as a gift

Opps since alexmuw posted before I finished my post my guess gift was redirected to Ritzy Cat. To correct it, here's my guess gift for alexmuw.

I bet alexmuw would like to win the grand prize at Steam contest happening right now as a gift.

 

These are actually all some pretty interesting facts. And holy hand grenade batman, that's some pretty deep stuff DropZite! lol.

***BUT*** So far still some guys that can't follow rules! You need to follow the rules or else:

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Giving you a chance to make good before the drawing:

MrDJ
nikolai090
Getawayfrommelucas
iPhantomHives
dragon290513
nightmear321

Santa is nice... but not that nice.

 

The Batplane, later known as the Batwing, is the fictional aircraft for the comic book superhero Batman. The vehicle was introduced in "Batman Versus The Vampire, I", published in Detective Comics #31 in 1939.

the batgyro, not to be confused with the bat gyro which comes with sudziki, and bat.


I bet that DropZite would like a copy of every Batman Movie on Bluray to play in his new laptop, which has pretty good specs if i do say so myself .

Edit: I bet that since HT posted while i was writing he wants a new cellphone like a droid RAZR so he can reply more quickly.

 

Batman Facts:
I spent a year running around as Batman when I was five. I had a cape, swimming goggles, and of course a magnetic belt to fight crime. The only thing that confused me was the next door neighbour who also claimed to be batman.
Batman fought Dr. Doom before the Fantastic Four ever did.
I bet that aduy really wants one of the 80 inch T.Vs to play BF3 on from his p150HM

 

Thanks for putting on yet another great contest wingnut!

How do you pronounce Deus anyway? DOOSE? DAYUS? DEEAHS. DOO (silent s?).

One will never know

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Interesting fact: Did you know that Steve Buscemi is the real Commissioner Gordon?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aK1duBjjlfA

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Tilt, we all know you clearly want an HD-version of the following game for christmas :
http://www.addictinggames.com/sports-games/tilt.jsp

 

i know, i'm still looking for facts and gift ideas

okay here goes:

Batman fought Dr. Doom before the Fantastic Four ever did.

This happened in Detective Comics #158 (April 1950). When Batman and Robin are bringing their 1001st trophy into the Batcave, Dr. Doom smuggles himself inside, so he can get inside their secret lair. Dr. Doom then rigs all the other Bat-trophies to kill the Dynamic Duo, only to die himself. There was also a recurring Bat-villain named Dr. No-Face, who's curiously close to the James Bond villain in name.

As for the ideal gift for the person above me I dare think maybe a shiny new Samsung 830 SSD to compliment his current rig...or something of metal which I have no clue about

 

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And I think dragon would like an Alienware M18x or a copy of ACR.

 

day-əs eks


It was derived from Deus Ex Machina, which literally translates to

"god out of the machine"

Deus Ex Machina was a theatrical device in ancient Greece whereby a god was lowered to the stage in a crane to resolve seemingly hopeless plot complications. Just another interesting fact.

 

Very good info!

I know it's pronounced as you showed, but I always call it "DOOSE EKS" (like goose)

 

Santa WingNut, You can call it DOOSE EKS.

The name fits the game perfectly though when you think about it, with all the Augmentations and the futuristic settings. They really do almost become like gods out of the machine.

 

Harvey Dent was originaly Harvey Kent, but was changed to prevent confusion with Superman

And, the person above me wants an Alienware M18x w/dual 6990M's, a 2960XM, Dual 512GB SSD's, 16GB DDR3, a Bigfoot 1103 and the 1080p screen.

Or he could settle for 6990's for his M17x.

 

If you'd add me into the drawing for both games, I'd appreciate it - China hates Google.

Not an interesting fact about Deus Ex, per se, but I've read through this walkthrough half a dozen times and it still kills me.

And I'm gonna guess Mkelliny wants Deadpool to let poor Han Solo out of that headlock for Christmas, but barring that maybe he'd enjoy a nice bottle of the Balvenie Double-Cask single malt.

Snipered!

 

That for sure lol.

That for sure as well!

 

Batman, despite popularly being a relatively realistic superhero, often finds himself in ridiculous and convoluted supernatural predicaments involving time and space, parallel universes, and alternate dimensions and timelines, and time travel.

I think it's pretty funny that it has turned out that way.

HT- we all know what you want for Christmas: introduction of "classic mode" in an upcoming patch for BF3

I just got sniped by like 2 1/2 hours...

Mkelliny, you clearly want a latin phrasebook

 

Lol,

EGO amo ut lego unus. (I like to read one)

 

Don't you know it!

Of course it will never happen. After 100 hours BF3 has grown on me a bit

Still want better squad comms, really. In-game VOIP + Advanced Commo Rose would be great. Even just adding calls for medic and ammo would help.

 

I definitely agree on these points. Still holding out for all of this in a not-so-future patch

 

i wouldnt doubt if they did add that, after all they have been patching stuff like crazy and changing the game around quite a bit including menu options.

 

In the Batman comics, Harvey Dent is a white guy. In the movie Batman, Billy Dee Williams is Harvey Dent, apparently changing into a black man. However, later in Batman Forever, Harvey Dent is white, portrayed by Tommy Lee Jones.