Humble Indie Bundle 4!

I probably should have mentioned this when it first came out, but Humble Bundle 4 is out, and it looks to be the best yet!

The deal:
Name your price to get these games:

- Jamestown (intense bullet hell action, up to four players can play local co-op)

- Bit.Trip Runner (rhythm platforming at its finest, I've talked about another in the series, Bit.Trip Beat, here, and Runner has a similar feel)

- Super Meat Boy (masochistic platforming at its finest, I've talked about it here)

- Shank (fluid 2D hacking and slashing, two player local co-op, I've talked about it here)

- NightSky HD (puzzles about a ball)

If you beat the average price ($5.27 at time of writing), then you also get these games:

- Gratuitous Space Battles (haven't had a chance to play this one yet)

- Cave Story+ (awesome action platformer with some extras added for Steam, I've talked about it here)

- Crayon Physics Deluxe (draw and physics things to get balls to stars)

- Cogs (haven't had a chance to play this one yet)

- VVVVVV (super difficult platformer where you flip gravity instead of jump, I've talked about it here)

- Hammerfight (haven't played this one yet either)

- And Yet It Moves (puzzle platformer, rotate the world to end up where you want to go, I've talked about it here)


That's 12 awesome games (and most of these really are pretty awesome, we've already talked about a good number of them here) that you can get for potentially less than $6 (don't be so stingy though, the retail value for all these games is $165 and the money you pay either goes to the developers or to charity). All of these games are available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and you can even get these added to your Steam account. In addition to getting the games, you'll also get all of their soundtracks too, at no additional cost. And there's no DRM, so once you've bought it, you can install it anywhere you want. There is pretty much no reason to NOT get the humble bundle. So what are you waiting for? At time of writing, there's a bit less than 4 days left to take advantage of this amazing deal, so go go go! And here's the link again in case you missed it at the top: http://www.humblebundle.com/

Humble Voxatron Bundle Impressions

The Humble Bundle is a great idea. Indie game devs allow buyers to pay any price for their games, and the revenues are split between the devs and not-for-profit organizations (I'm not sure if this changes with each bundle, but the current bundle donates to the Child's Play charity, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation) however the buyer wants. Money gets donated to some good causes, gamers get some neat indie games for typically less than they usually sell for, and while the devs probably don't make as much of a profit, they definitely benefit from their time in the spotlight. So, long story short, you should go buy the humble bundle!

Before I get into my impressions of the games, I should probably mention what games are even part of the bundle. The bundle this time consists of three games. No matter what, when you purchase the bundle, you will receive the alpha version of Voxatron. If you pay over whatever the current bundle average is (around $5 last time I checked), then you will also receive the games Blocks That Matter and The Binding of Isaac, both of which are also available on Steam for $5 each. There is no DRM, so you can install these games anywhere you want as often as you want, and all three games are cross platform, so you can get it regardless of whether you're running Windows, Mac, or Linux. There's even an option to get Blocks That Matter and The Binding of Isaac added to your Steam account. Now, onto the actual games!