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Star Wars Day is just around the corner and a bunch of Star Wars games are on sale to celebrate the holiday that’s only a holiday because of a pun.
And internet music store Bandcamp is waiving its revenue share fees today, which means any money you spend on music at the site today will go directly to artists and/or labels. 150 artists and labels are also offering discounts, bonus content or other promotions through the platform.
Here’s a roundup of some of the day’s best deals — and in support of striking warehouse and delivery workers, we’re going all digital today. There’s no need for anyone to risk their health and safety to deliver these goods to your home.
Music
- Buy music, support artists – Bandcamp
- Sign up for HBO Max for $12/month for the first-12 months (down from $15) – HBO Max
Video games
- Select Star Wars PC games for up to 75-percent off – Steam (or Humble Bundle, GOG)
- More Star Wars game deals – Star Wars
- Amnesia: The Dark Descent PC game for free – Epic Games Store
- Crashlands PC game for free – Epic Games Store
- Play Mafia II for free through May 7 – Steam
eBooks and audiobooks
I appreciate the shout out to the delivery workers. They should have safe working conditions during this time, and when we have recovered. Thanks.
The concept of “star wars day” becoming an actual national holiday is a part (albeit relatively small) of the reason all living Americans are doomed to live out their lives in isolation, fear, hatred, and misery, accomplishing nothing, then to burn in hell for all eternity.
If it was in the public domain like it should be by this point, maybe I could keep my mouth shut but as it stands, you’ve somehow allowed your government to (among many far worse atrocities that you’ve allowed yourselves to forbid even acknowledging) enshrine this zombie corporate swill and I’m morally obliged to object to this idolatry.
And why yes, I do live in a perfect country off 2.374×10^927 kilometers in the fourth dimension where we do things right all the time. You should be grateful that I’m even bothering to dispense these little nuggets of wisdom.
It’s really not much different from other holidays. Mother’s Day was heavily commercialized within a decade of its establishment despite the best efforts of its founder. and Thanksgiving was actually moved a week earlier by FDR in an effort to encourage more retail sales in the run up to Christmas (it didn’t work and they switched back a couple of years later).
Of course, now we have a plethora of “Days” most of which are essentially excuses for retailers to sell more stuff. There’s also Black Friday and Cyber Monday, of course.
Last year I discovered that Black Friday is now a thing in the UK, even though Thanksgiving never has been. It was introduced by the supermarket chain Asda, which is owned by Walmart, so no surprise there, just a few years ago, and has recently been adopted by more and more retailers in an effort to boost sales. Traditionally, all the major sales in the UK take place after Christmas and around New Year.