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Ahoy, mateys! In honor of International Talk Like a Pirate Day, Telltale Games have announced a fantastic deal on their Tales of Monkey Island series. For $4.95, you get the entire first season (5 episodes/games) of point-and-click adventuring and buccaneering! You’d better act quick because this deal is only good until the end of tomorrow (the 20th).

Also, don’t forget to take part in this almighty holiday by talking like a the pirate you are!

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I Could Eat is a new feature that showcases a scrumptious snack or drink that we think other geeks and gamers “could eat” (in other words, would greatly enjoy). If you have any snacks or drinks that you think are worthy of an I Could Eat shout out, let us know!

You guys know what Goldfish are, right? They’re the overly popular cracker of choice for most folks. I used to eat them regularly until I met another, but similar type of cracker. Now, I refuse to eat Goldfish simply because they have a stale taste and no substance to them.

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This weekend, Steam will have the new Monkey Island remake titles on sale. The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition and Monkey Island 2 Special Edition: LeChuck’s Revenge are both half-off at $5 each.

For an even better deal, you can get both games in a bundle for a measly $7.50.

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Hey, folks! Another OliveCast is heading your way yet again! And this time we’ll be having a special guest who you might remember from the earlier days of Tech Olive.

Anyway, mark your Google Calendars for Sunday because that’s when we’ll be hitting the mics and talking about all the latest happenings going on in the PC universe.

GameStop updated their product page for Portal 2 and added some very interesting pre-order bonuses. On top of the unsurprising $5 discount, anyone that pre-orders the game will also get “exclusive ‘Custom Bots’ for the cooperative multiplayer game included in Portal 2.” Unfortunately, no other information is known about what these custom co-op bots will actually look like, though it’s safe to assume that they will resemble the game’s default bots (pictured above) with a variation in colors. If nothing else, this mystery will no doubt be solved when the game releases on February 9th.

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Flash Game Friday is a weekly feature that provides gamers with (uh…duh) a free, browser-based flash game. You may have played it before and you may have not, but it’s always worth checking out. We’ll be bringing you the latest, time-wasting, challenging, lose-sleep-into-the-wee-hours type of flash games.

It’s no secret that in-game achievements are used as a dirty, but shockingly effective method of making a game last longer, simply because you’re spending all that time working to get three headshots with one bullet while you’re falling through a tear in the time-space continuum as Doc Brown says “Great Scott!” to unlock that one last achievement. It seems this exploit on the human race’s desire to achieve can be taken a step further. Why not make an entire game about unlocking achievements? And, since that went over so well, why not make a second game? Crazy, right?

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Developer Crystal Dynamics mentioned on their Twitter page that GameSpot is giving gamers an opportunity to sign up for early access to the upcoming Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light. Via GameSpot’s landing page for the promotion:

“Sign up now to reserve your key for the Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light early access PC Demo. Following the demo you will be given access to purchase Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light and play prior to the official release! Keys will be released on 9/21 at 10am PT.”

So if you want to play the game a week before its retail release date, or if you just want to try it out before spending your hard-earned cash, here’s your chance.

Games for Windows Live’s On Demand weekly sale this week features Blacklight: Tango Down in a massive price cut that we just might have to take advantage of. This first-person shooter released back in July, but managed to slip past our radar, so this is the perfect opportunity to try the game out for a tiny sum of $3.75. This deal only lasts until the 22nd, so hurry!

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We’re getting closer towards the week’s end, so if you haven’t yet nabbed a great deal on a Star Wars game, you still have some time. Today’s deal features Star Wars: Battlefront II for $5.00, 75-percent off the normal $20 price tag.

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AMD proudly announced a new automatic-update avenue for their GPU drivers this week. It’s no secret that Windows Update will prompt you to install the newest GPU drivers when they become available, but now you can rely on Valve’s Steam client to keep your graphics drivers up-to-date, as well as all your favorite games.

“With today’s exciting announcement from AMD and Valve®, Steam gamers will never again have to worry about finding the most recent ATI Catalyst™ graphics driver. PC gamers can now detect and install the latest ATI Catalyst™ driver for their ATI Radeon™ graphics card directly from within Steam!”

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