Time makes fools of us all: it's been nine years since The Witcher 3 first released, well exceeding the eight-year gap between the now positively primeval (but still magical) Witcher 1 and Geralt's lauded third outing. If after all that hype and hubbub you still haven't played one of the best RPGs out there, it's only $13 on Steam for the base game and both expansion packs until May 26.
I remember being way more excited for Dragon Age: Inquisition at the time, which is funny considering which one I keep coming back to replay every two years or so. When I finally picked The Witcher 3 up over my winter break at the end of the year—the GPU punisher running at 720p, 30fps, with my chunky college laptop hooked up to my parents' TV—it wound up being the first game I lost track of time and played until 4 AM in I don't know how many years.
