Some freebies to be aware of (new & returning)
20Wanted to let everyone know that Packt Publishing is again doing their daily free ebook- these are full ebooks that are free for 24 hours, and they do a different one each day (including weekends). Site is here: https://www.packtpub.com/packt/offers/free-learning
Make yourself a reminder if you’re interested, so you can get them every day.
The Humble Store is finishing up their Winter Sale right now (18 hours as I write this post), and you can snag DiRT: Showdown for free currently: https://www.humblebundle.com/store/dirt-showdown-free-game.
They also have awesome deals on a wide range of games (many come with Steam keys, and games for PC/Mac/Linux available DRM-free).
Not so much a freebie, but as a small bonus, there’s a 45 day Hulu trial available: http://dealnews.com/b37287/Hulu/
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Awesome! Thank you!
edit: I’ll probably never play anyway, but is there a way to get the free game without steam?
@Pantheist steam is free though…?
@RiotDemon yeah, I don’t feel like setting another thing up though. Game looks fun, but I don’t know when I’d play it.
@Pantheist Sorry- this one is Steam-key only.
@Pantheist as long as you claim the humble bundle now, you have a couple of weeks to actually put the code into steam.
Even though I might not play any time soon, I still collect free games on steam. Never know when I’ll want to play.
@dashcloud oh well. Thanks again for posting it
@RiotDemon won’t give it to me without having a steam account tied to humble bundle
@Pantheist oh, meh.
@Pantheist Well, you kind of have to have the Steam account, since it runs on the Steam VM. This is not a stand-alone executable.
@curtw4 Ah, fair enough. My brother-in-law gave me a giant stack of xbox 360 games last summer that I’m nowhere near getting through, so I was more excited for the free ebooks anyway
Is there an xbox 360 version for free?
@medz Not that I see- it’s $14.99 for the digital version.
Around 14 hours left for the dirt game.
Thanks @dashcloud!
heads up on the hulu offer… they check for past credit card use and email use… and they are very sneaky… in tiny little print after it notices a repeat card it says “I understand that I am not eligible for this offer and will be charged immediately” where you would just automatically check the box thinking it is a “I agree to terms” box.
so if you ever had hulu before use a different email and credit card than from before
@thismyusername If it is as you describe, that is particularly slimy. Don’t have much interest in Hulu anyway. But even less now.
Packtpub was a great “no-strings-attached-free” resource for programming and other tech topics last year. Here’s to another year of free resources.
After creating a new account, logging in to two, entering two security codes, and receiving four e-mails, I finally got a code that will give me a free game after I login at least one more time. I hope it’s worth it.
Free goat sticker - Because you guys like goats. http://www.backcountry.com/Store/global/stickerRequest.jsp?cmp_id=sm_stckerpg1
@sthiede1 I’m getting a goat sticker! Woo Hoo!
@sthiede1 oooh wife loves goats…