Congratulations to the December 4th winner, system_failure, who won a copy of Lead and Gold on Steam!

It cost more to manufacture the disk drive for the C64 than to manufacture the system itself.

What is the best selling Personal Computer of all time?

The answer: the Commodore 64.

100 Commodore 64 games in 10 minutes.

Bonus trivia: The history of the music from the C64 game, Lazy Jones.

The big sale news for today: The Steam Treasure Hunt is running from Dec 6th through 20th.
The games on sale for Dec 6th are:
R.U.S.E. for $33.49 (33% off)
Poker Night at the Inventory for $2.99 (40% off)
Chime for $1.25 (75% off)
5% of the purchase price of Chime on Steam goes to children’s charity.

The Games for Windows Marketplace Daily Deal: STALKER for 99 cents. This is a game that is not exclusive to GFWL, although 99 cents is a great deal on it.

Note: unfortunately, as a listener pointed out, these deals are not available in all countries.

Deal of the Week: World of Goo for $4.99. This is cheaper than it currently is on Steam, where it is now $9.99, but it’s been on sale for about $2.50 or less on Steam before, and it might be again during the holiday sales. However, if you want to get it today, Windows Marketplace has the best deal.

Unofficial word is that Minecraft may be entering beta in 1-2 weeks. This means that the price will go up. Currently, it’s 50% off, making it 9.99 euros or about $13.57 USD, while it’s in alpha, so now is the time to try it and buy it if you’re interested.
http://minecraft.net

Massively: Codemasters files suite over Jumpgate Evolution Delays
In reaction to the delays in the release of Jumpgate Evolution, Codemasters is suing them.

OnLive's new $9.99/mo "Playpack."
OnLive's Blog
Engadget's article on OnLive's upcoming video on demand service.


Blizzard's legal battle with Korean cable channels MBC and OnGameNet for televising StarCraft tournaments without its permission.

Discussion: Should tournament holders have to pay licensing fees to game makers?

Listener feedback:
The majority like the music (if it’s kept very low key) and aren’t opposed to having another ad in the show. In fact, very few said that they didn’t want us to keep the music. So, if anyone really hates the music or the ads, they haven’t written in to say so yet, and the music will stay for now.

As always, email your feedback and trivia question responses to pcgamingisdead@gmail.com.