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The Humble Indie Bundle 3 Released
JimWise writes "The fourth Humble Bundle has been released (the third to be released was the Humble Frozenbyte Bundle). Included in this bundle are: Crayon Physics Deluxe by Klooniegames; Cogs by Lazy 8 Studios; VVVVVV by Terry Cavanagh; Hammerfight by Kranx Productions; and And Yet It Moves by Broken Rules. Each of the games in the bundle is DRM free and available for Windows, Mac, and Linux, as well as available through Steam. As with the other Humble Bundles, you pay what you want and customize how much goes towards the developers, EFF, Child's Play, and the Humble Tip."
Aside from helping a very well-implemented charity organization (Child's play + Developers + EFF + HumbleBundleTeam sliders are a real nice touch), VVVVVV is a really nice game.
If nothing else, the music is priceless, really catchy stuff. That, and the constant abstractions of the pixel-art, mixed with the mixed humor of the name of each "screen" you appear in make it an instant classic.
Of course, the insane challenge of "Doing things the Hard Way" will also make it a memorable experience.
Highly recommended for that one alone.
Ryan Fenton
Average purchase: $4.43
Average Windows: $3.65
Average Mac: $5.59
Average Linux: $10.39
yay us!
It's 2011!
Yeah, but I, for one, want them to keep releasing bundles. I made my tip hefty.
RUGBYRUGBYRUGBY
Well, if you feel something is not even worth $0.01, then you feel it is worthless to you, and if it is worthless to you, then you shouldn't care about not having it.
When your operating system is free, it leaves with you copious spare funds to spend on games or yachts.
"There is more worth loving than we have strength to love." - Brian Jay Stanley
How typical, Windows users are bringing down the average.
There's more than just bandwidth to consider, you know. Granted you probably only spent a dollar anyway.
I can't speak for all of them, but V^6 and AYIM should both work.
It must suck living in such poverty that you can't even afford to spend a penny and instead waste your time arguing semantics on slashdot. :)
Amazingly, the purchase prices directly correlate to the number of those games that were previously available for that OS.
5 of these games were available for Windows prior to this bundle: And Yet it Moves, VVVVVV, Cogs, Crayon Physics Deluxe, and Hammerfight.
3 of these games were available for Macs prior to this bundle: And Yet it Moves, VVVVVV, and Cogs.
1 of these games was available for Linux prior to this bundle: And Yet it Moves.
GLaDOS for President 2016! "Well here we are again. It's always such a pleasure." -- GLaDOS, 2011
Between 184 and 7789 Linux users purchased this.. http://goo.gl/imBYi (link to wolframalpha)
I don't know how to use the site well enough to get around the fact that it returned no answers when I added the (l+m+w)*4.44=303911.06 constraint
If you want to be seen, stand up. If you want to be heard, speak up. If you want to be respected, sit down and shut up.
whereas the Windows and Mac guys are really just paying what they think the games are worth, which is honestly just a couple bucks.
Sorry, but no. Given the choice, they're cheap bastards. VVVVV is easily worth $5 on its own. The average Windows purchase price is $3.66. And Yet It Moves is easily worth $5 on its own. The average Windows purchase price is $3.66. Cogs is easily worth $5. The average Wind...well, you get the picture. I bought one bundle for more than the Linux average for my brother and bought another for myself. I paid less the second time round (but still more than the Windows average) as I've already bought all but one of those games on Steam. If anyone thinks those 5 games combined are not worth $5 they are either a lying prick or a stupid fuck.
I do almost all my gaming in Windows, and use Linux for work, and as much gaming as I can. I identified as a Linux user because given the choice, I'd like to play my games under Linux. Maybe Linux users without the option are desperate for games and want to make a statement, or maybe they're just more generous. Maybe most self-identifying windows users can't afford good games, or maybe they really are so ignorant that they think anything that isn't shat out onto a conveyor by EA once a year isn't worth more than they'd spend on a Big Mac. Who knows...
Maybe most self-identifying windows users can't afford good games, or maybe they really are so ignorant that they think anything that isn't shat out onto a conveyor by EA once a year isn't worth more than they'd spend on a Big Mac. Who knows...
Or what about if you let people themselves judge what is a good game and what is not. Besides, most of these games have been available on Windows for a long time. I owned all of them but Hammerfight and paid the full price for them. I honestly haven't really played those games that much. I did still throw a few dollars to this Humble Bundle because I think it's for a good cause. Does that make me a cheap bastard?
So don't use Paypal, sheesh.
They support Paypal, Amazon Payments and Google Checkout. That's practically all the large processors except their own merchant account.
They make every effort to allow you to pay with whatever means you want.
Now, Paypal has no competition. If you have two random people, one of which needs to pay the other, Paypal is pretty much the only way to do it with a credit card. Maybe the seller is a business and qualifies for Amazon Payments or Google Checkout or their own merchant account, but until the day everyone has their own merchant account, Paypal's pretty much the only way. (And trust me - merchant accounts make Paypal look pretty damn saintly).
I know you're a troll, but....
You can pay $0.00 and yet have the cash to pay for broadband? You really expect us to believe that crap? The last time someone tried to get these via an illegal torrent they got the Internet kicking of their life. The chat on Demonoid was rather amusing.
If you are genuinely penniless, cut the broadband, use the library and the saved cash for something important.
OR
Use sites like abandonware.com
OR
Use many of the games that are available on Linux (e.g. Sauerbraten, Super Tux kart, Oolite, Zero Ballistics, Warsow...)
There is no point in kicking companies who play fair in the balls. In fact, what you do by illegally torrenting is damage the very system that most people would like to see companies follow.
Here's an idea, why not skip that $0.99 cheeseburger today and use the to buy the games? Or is that simply too simplistic for you?
I wonder if Dr Bob, DC realised he started a whole new slashdot meme, one thats a little more cerebral than gay niggers and more lengthy than natalie portman/soviet russia/etc.
I also wonder how many mods are going to see only the N-word of this post and mod accordingly
I'm a minority race. Save your vitriol for white people.
I paid $10. Because other than Cogs (which I've played on iOS), I've never heard of the other games. VVVVVV might very well be worth $10 for all I know, but I don't, and to be honest, I haven't played ANY of the indie bundle games despite buying all of them. Hell, I probably only recognize maybe 1 or two games from each bundle.
So I threw $10 in, as a fair price since I don't want to do the research behind it nor want to put it off and miss it entirely.
Truth is, I have more games than time. I tossed money for these games to support the devs, most of which will probably sit uninstalled on my fileserver to support the devs.
Paying $30 for a game I might not play is kinda painful. Paying $10-15 for a set of 5 games I might not play isn't as bad, and offers something should I find myself with a chunk of free time. And when I pay $60 for a game, I sort of have to know the game first to see if I really want to spend that kind of cash (and requisite time).
The alternative is for me to not spend any money at all on these games (since I don't know about them - it's all about marketing and I don't go through Steam daily to see what's new and cool) and let them languish unknown.