And More: Deals and Sales - "The Hitman Collection" (All Games Except Hitman: Contracts) On Sale Until January 24th

It's hard not to get excited enough to use cliches here, so I'll just say that all fans of the Hitman series of games should set their sights on a huge discount that is happening right now on Steam:

(This banner will take you to the Steam Store purchase page for this sale)

"The Hitman Collection" as Steam calls it, is targeting all Hitman games of the series (except for Hitman: Contracts, possibly due to licensing issues), setting them at a near-fatal 80% off their regular price. This pecuniary garroting means that Hitman: Absolution is going down for the killer price of only $4.99 (when the regular price as of the time of this post is $24.99), or you can snipe all four games for $8.99 - but all of this is in view only until January 24th - then the mission is over...

Okay, that's enough cliche for one post. I hope you catch them in time. Good luck, 47. Ooh, I had one cliche-bullet left.

Hitman: Blood Money - Requiem Done In Under 26 Minutes (Video)

Warming up for the fifth installment in the Hitman series, I decided to boot up some Hitman: Blood Money. I tried to complete the game on the Pro difficulty setting, something I didn't do when I first bought the game. It wasn't too bad actually. After getting used to the controls again, I wished I was recording when some great moments happened while playing through the game (of course), but everything was going pretty smoothly considering I hadn't played in a while - until  'that level', the hidden-but-not-really bonus stage named Requiem (the 12th 'mission' in the game).

* YARR HERE THERE BE SPOILERS *  [Jump to the video to avoid them]

For those that don't know, when Agent 47 is considered dead, you can actually continue playing him by moving/pressing buttons and shoot your way out of your own funeral - and who wouldn't want to do that? Isn't that nearly the purpose of a 'wake' anyway? Then you just shoot your way out of there. Or, if you are playing on Pro difficulty, you get shot and die and restart and then die and then restart and die and then restart and try again. Apparently, some people are still trying to pass this level to this day.


Going in knowing only two things: that you can take the priest as a hostage/shield and there is some sort of weapon or item in the corner, I managed to complete the stage in less than 26 Minutes. Booyah! (hmm I don't think people say that anymore)..

Unedited, One-Take Recorded with Bandicam
- complete video compressed to ~5Mbps for smaller upload size
Game: Hitman: Blood Money, Steam Release (v.1.2)
- 'Secret'/Bonus Stage, Requiem (Mission 12)
Gameplay Time: ~26mins.
- recording resolution 1280x720, while playing at 1920x1080
- logo watermark (our GTAM logo), embeds a little bigger when recording at 720p
- might try out annotations on YouTube for the attempts

See you in the games!