I have to once again recommend Dark Souls, down to just five dabs. You shan't regret it.

Tropico 4 is very fun. Ironically I'm playing it right now even though I got it during the holiday sale last year.

Black Mesa is great and all, but I still love to play HL. Something about the graphics, the way it plays and the sounds does something for me.

Anyway.

I've hear that 'infestation: survivor stories' is just the WarZ renamed. And it's apparently a giant piece of crap that needs to be avoided.

The Humble Weekly Sale has a bunch of Jim Guthrie soundtracks as well as Swords & Sworcery EP and Indie Game: The Movie if you pay an above-average amount.

If you like games that are a bit lot wierd but interesting, Swords & Sworcery is really quite good. The soundtrack is great as well. If you have an Android or iOS tablet, I'd definitely recommend playing it on that; parts of the game are quite tactile, and it just felt better with a touchscreen. Also, the pixel-art graphics looked better on my 10 inch tablet than on my 24 inch monitor.

The latest Humble Bundle is selling Steam keys for Deep Silver games, including:

• Saints Row 2
• Saints Row 3
• Risen 2
• Sacred 2

Dead Island and Saints Row 3: The Full Package are being offered as rewards for paying above the average, and Dead Island: Riptide for paying more than $25. Plus soundtracks, etc etc.

If you don’t already own SR3 for PC it’s well worth buying, unlike SR2 it’s a decently-made port with no issues.

I’ve also been playing SR2 recently and while it’s a pretty bad port there are a couple of fanmade mods which make it very playable:

• Gentlemen of the Row
• Saints Row Powertools (beta version which automatically works out your processor speed)
• Steam thread which lists known problems and possible fixes

Once you get it working SR2 is a very good game, and while it’s not as polished as SR3 it has a lot more to do in terms of missions and activities, and personally I think it has a more interesting story.

No issues? SR3 is incredibly temperamental. It crashes after the AMD logo on both mine and my friend's computer yet works perfectly on his brother's and unlike SR2 there is no workaround to this. I'd buy with caution.

If you have Xbox Live Gold you can download Crackdown for free, I downloaded it yesterday as I had previously missed on this game and man, it's pretty damn fun. I might pick up Crackdown 2 sometime.

I'm fighting myself right now. It's just a dollar, but on the other hand I'll feel terrible supporting them....

Wait... what
"Origin and EA are donating their share of the proceeds from this bundle to the following charities!"
Did something happen to EA?! Did they BUY OUT those charities so the profits go to them?!

*I* know that. I just didn't think *they* do.

Seems I have a spare Mirror's Edge steam key. Does anyone want it in exchange for nothing?

CAUTION: This game isn't about any mirror's edges. It's about parkour.

"Spend at least this much to unlock this game in the bundle..."

Oh EA... for a moment there I thought we lost you. :happy:

I'm spending a dollar in that store if only to show EA how much their games are worth to me.

Also the top contributors list almost makes me cry. Some of that money will end up at EA one way or another. It's not like them to just do something like this without turning some sort of profit.

Edit: And just to taunt them I'm going to redeem all those games on Steam. Mwhahahaha

Doesn’t Humble Bundle allow you to choose what percentage of your money goes where? Send it all to charity, just to stick the knife in.

The money all seems to go to charity or the Humble tip, depending on how you allocate it.

This doesn't cost EA anything, so they'll probably just reap the benefits of the good publicity.

I haven't been able to find a better quality version of this screengrab. It's apparently from Craigslist.

http://www.oddworldforums.net/attach...1&d=1376982419

I knew reviewing their own games on Metacritic wouldn't be the last of it.

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1371594031

£3.74/75% Off

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1350669009

£2.38/66% off

It's almost as good as Audiosurf!

I hate games with novel mechanics that don't have demos. How am I supposed to know whether I like it or not?

It just looks like a Space Invaders clone with music mechanics. Am I wrong?

It's more like a Touhou/Jamestown/Traitor-style vertical shooter, but yeah. But the music interpretation is pretty good, unlike Beat Hazard or Rush Bros.

It's also got loot drops, bosses and an upgrade system, along with an overarcing... narrative, if not exactly a plot.

I got about 3/4 of the way in before new upgrades became prohibitively expensive and I got bored.

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1367267953

£1.99

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1363625467

£2.38

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1373496502

£0.75

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1374536858

£2.72

http://cdn2.steampowered.com/v/gfx/a...g?t=1355154926

£2.38

Build a bundle!

http://www.gog.com/high5

I'd personally recommend Primordia/Torchlight/Tiny & Big/Stacking/Amnesia.

Some great deals on GOG. I got a load of Bullfrog games cheap and I also really recommend Guilty Gear X2 Reload. A brilliant 2D fighting game.

New Humble Bundle includes FTL: Faster Than Light, FEZ, Trine 2, Brutal Legend and Mark of the Ninja! Buy it.

https://www.humblebundle.com

Should be interesting. It's amazing that people are bitching left and right about this because it's 'too restricted'. For the love of god, you can play someone else's copy of the game for free and people are complaining about it. Sigh....

Bioshock Infinite on sale for £11 (or equivalent - 66% off normal price), today only. And IMO that's very much worth it for such an incredible gaming experience.

Bioshock 1/2 are also on offer. Just picked up the first one.

If BioShock 2 is on offer then I might as well point out that the Minerva’s Den DLC was recently put on Steam. I’ve heard good things about it, and it was made by the some of the same people that went on to make Gone Home.

I have a free copy of the Tomb Raider reboot, anyone's welcome to it.

I also have coupons for 25% off Volgarr the Viking and 33% off Foul Play on Steam.

While we're here, if someone would like to trade for my innumerable duplicate Steam Cards, it'd be appreciated.

Free copy, you say?

Terraria is on sale via Steam this week, 75% off. It's especially worth it due to the new patch which adds a lot more to the game. Give it a try if you're interested in it.

I got codes

One's to get into the beta for this. No idea what it is, but apparently people are paying money for it.

And another for a bundle of indie games I haven't heard of and you won't have either. If anyone has the time and patience to take a lucky dip, feel free.

It might help if you gave a list of what's available...

Okay!

The Ballads of Reemus: When the Bed Bites, Star Hammer Tactics, Bird Assassin, Amazing Zombie Defense, Zombie Football Carnage and Akaneiro: Demon Hunters.

Now look me in the eye and tell me that's actually useful.

I can't. And I originally believed I can recall at least one.

EDIT: Oh my. It's not a game you'd send to PETA-lovers

Now that Nate's ruined the surprise could I grab Akaneiro please?

edit: oh it's a bundle. Well my request still stands.

A few months ago, I decided that I was spending far too much money on games, and I was never going to pay more than £4.20 for a game again.

http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/1582/gw12.png

Oh.