[Scourge of Ages]

are the total war series good/worth getting?

Yes, very much so. If you like strategy/tactics games. You know, like building and commanding massive armies, charging elephants into the flanks of infantry, firing explosive siege missiles into tightly packed ranks of enemies, pitting tactics against strength, and arrows against horses.
If you've never played one before, I'd recommend Rome or Medieval 2.
Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5wgwMFiIaU

[NGTM-1R]

and NGTM-1R rebellion is now 25% off for daily deal

Goddammit, this is putting me real close to my spending limit...

[Pred the Penguin]

Sooo many games I wanna buy... but no computer to play them on. I think I'll pass... 

[Beskargam]

Sigh. I bought the witcher 2 three weeks ago before I knew about the summer sale. of course now its only 16 dollars.

[pecenipicek]

got myself dungeon defenders 4-pack. that game is much more fun than it should be.

[TwentyPercentCooler]

I...have bought WAY more games in the past few days than any sane person should. I have a love/hate relationship with Steam Summer Sales....

On the bright side, the Sega collection is awesome. So many old school games that I used to play on the Genesis, back in the day. Mmmmm, Bio-Hazard Battle. Vectorman. Golden Axe. So awesome.

[Mongoose]

I escaped the past few days, but fuuuuuuuu, Burnout Paradise for $4.  I always had a blast when I played my brother's copy of Burnout 3 on the PS2, and Paradise is supposed to be in the same vein.

[JGZinv]

This looks cool... bought it http://store.steampowered.com/app/71000/

Also Quantum Conundrum is on sale too.

[MatthTheGeek]

I escaped the past few days, but fuuuuuuuu, Burnout Paradise for $4.  I always had a blast when I played my brother's copy of Burnout 3 on the PS2, and Paradise is supposed to be in the same vein.

Now THAT's getting me interested. Had both B3 and paradise on my old XBox, it'll be a blast to replay them on my new PC

[Klaustrophobia]

This looks cool... bought it http://store.steampowered.com/app/71000/

Also Quantum Conundrum is on sale too.

play it and report back before the sale ends.   

i thought it looked interesting also, but the reviews say it's like a not-quite-as-good version of the X series, which i bought last steam sale and have yet to play.  so i figured i don't need to add to that collection.

[QuantumDelta]

Wat?
Quantum Conundrum is similar to the amazing game that is Portal, and isn't bad at all.
Nothing like the abomination that is the X series.

[Mongoose]

You might want to read that post again.

[QuantumDelta]

Oh.. didn't click the link, assumed it was QC :<
Yea, that game is actually worse than X =\ Quite the achievement.

[BrotherBryon]

Picked up both Portal games and now have finally had some time to play them. Kicking myself for not playing them sooner, possibly among the best games I've ever played. Too many developers now a days feel the need to fill their games with bs side quest and other crap to add to the overall length. These games are proof that if you nail the main part of the game just right, you don't need the filler crap. Hell I played through the second one twice in the same week. I litterally could not stop playing and it has been a really long time since I've had that kind of experience.