5 games that I am giving away

[u/Skystalker815]

Edit: thank you all for participating, I wish I had more games to give to every single one of you, this giveaway is not closed and I already sent the key to the winners!

Hello guys,

This sub has helped me a lot when I was struggling on life, both financially and with my mental health.

Now that I'm doing a little better, I decided to retribute and hopefully make someone else's day with some spare keys I have for games that I already own or that aren't really my cup of tea.

The games are:

• Pesterquest
• My Big Sister: Remastered
• Tropico Reloaded
• Neo Cab
• Ingression

In order to enter drop a comment with the name of the game you want and tell me why I should choose you to give you this key.

Not a requirement, but it will help me immensely if you follow my twitch channel, and even more of you decide to stick around for a bit when you see me online: https://www.twitch.tv/skyzinhaplays

Good luck everyone ^{~^}

[u/sphle]

Neo Cab, please.

I would like this game because it reminds me of that one time I tried to be a cab driver. It was a long time ago when regulations didn't matter as much. I had a friend call in a favor that I couldn't turn down, and if I remember correctly, it wasn't for anything important. For him, it was just another night off, but for me, it was the last time I ever wanted to drive a cab.

My friend was nice enough to drop the cab off at my house that night. As he gave me the keys, he gave me a bit of advice: "Be friendly, but not too friendly. Be talkative, but not too talkative." As if those worthless bits of generic advice weren't enough, he also added: "And don't look them in the eye when they're looking at you. Never do that."

I was about to ask why when the reason for his absence from work suddenly appeared in a flashy red car and took him away in a squeal of tires and laughter. Well, I can't say he didn't try to warn me.

I ruminated over his advice as I drove off in his cab. I had long been familiar with cars, but driving this one seemed... improper. I felt like a complete imposter that was about to have his ugly secret ripped away from him. The anxiety grew so bad that I was about to turn around and go home when I saw it: my first fare. A man actively waved his hand at me, the only car on the road. I knew I couldn't ignore him, so I resigned myself to my fate and pulled over for him; after all, how bad could it be?

The passenger mumbled a destination as he slid in and said nothing more. With a bit of difficulty, I turned on the fare and put the car back in motion. I drove wordlessly until I figured it was long enough for me to break the awkwardness and still adhere to the conditions my friend set out.

"So, are you from around here?" I asked, getting no reply. The passenger just sat in the back without answering. I looked in the rearview mirror, and it seemed like he heard me, but ignored my question. Not one to embarrass myself over the brush off, I continued talking. "Yeah, I grew up around here, but I was born outside the city. In the suburbs." I was all ready to continue my spiel, whether in defiance of the passenger or not, when a voice chipped in.

"You're a talkative one." I looked in the rearview again, and the passenger continued to look out the window, non-committally.

"Just making conversation," I replied quickly, unsure if I should be offended or not. The guidelines established, we drove on in silence, his tart remark burning a hole in my polite decorum. With the rules of engagement so well defined, I knew that there was no reason to continue any further. But, after one too many stop lights, I found that I couldn't help myself.

...

[u/sphle → u/sphle]

"Yeah, this part of town has really changed over time. There are so many places that you simply don't recognize anymore." I was going to say more, but I knew a retort was coming. The air seemed to vanish from the car as the passenger's words scrawled across my better judgment.

"Talking... ruins everything." My eyes flicked back to the rearview mirror, but the passenger remained the same, still looking dismissively out the window. My blood came to a boil as I found a way to loosen my tongue.

"Hey buddy, just a word of advice..." I started, but stopped when I heard the laughing. It was a cackling undulation that wasn't as terrifying as whatever was coming after it. And it came.

"Advice? You mean like 'Be friendly, but not too friendly?'" A yawning chasm fell on me.

"Or to 'be talkative, but not too talkative?'"

My breathing ceased. My heart stopped. I was frozen like a stone. But I still did it, nonetheless.

"And don't look them in the eye when they're looking at you. Never do that."

Despite everything, I did it. I looked in the rearview mirror. And there he was, looking back at me, eyes aflame in the pitch of midnight, telling me everything I did not want to know.

Horn howling. Brakes screeching. I slammed on the brakes, stopping the car in the middle of the street. But it didn't matter. The rear door was open, the passenger had left. I looked up and realized that we were here. This was the destination. We had arrived.

I wished I had dreamed the whole thing, but the passenger had left the fare on the seat for me, all in coins. I reached back to pick it up, closed the door, and drove straight home, running a few lights along the way, leaving behind my wits, even slightly scratching a flashy red car when I made the U-turn to go home.

This was something I never brought up before, mostly because I have no one to talk about it with. My friend disappeared that night, never to be seen again. When they came by to pick up the cab, they asked if I knew anyone who would be interested in taking his shifts. I politely told them no.

But hey, I'll try playing Neo Cab now, if just out of remembrance for my old friend.