I've slowly been transitioning to Linux-only gaming, because the whole reboot-into-Windows just to play is a pretty steep bar. (Steeper than it even sounds in practice, as now, basically, every time I boot into Windows I have to spend about 10 minutes updating the damn thing, because I don't do it often enough; this has become a vicious cycle.) This bundle is <i>great</i> for that, with all the Linux debuts.<p>Linux gaming is still young, but it's picking up surprisingly quickly, really. I describe Netflix streaming as: "If you ask 'Does it have X?', the answer is no. But if you ask, 'Is there something I want to watch?', the answer is yes." Linux gaming is getting there, slowly but surely, at least if you can deal with Indie stuff. (And no hipster intended, but Indie stuff has come a <i>long</i> way in the last couple of years. There's a <i>lot</i> of stuff there that would have been at least A-grade, if not necessarily AAA, only five years ago.)
Why does every bundle get upvoted to the top every time? I love Humble Bundle, I have bought a majority of the ones they release - but this is no longer news, it's their business model. If they were doing something new (like the introduction of the eBook or comedy bundle) then I can see it being interesting. Now it's no different then if every new AirBNB listing were upvoted to the front page.
Rumour has it that Monaco is one of the games that is yet to be revealed in this bundle.<p><a href="http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/monaco-whats-his-will-be-ours-interview.2241" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/monaco-whats-his-will-...</a><p>Monaco's an excellent team-based heist game.
I too love this bundle. Pretty awesome that the three charities are Watsi, Child's Play, and EFF.<p>The games are all very distinct from each other and top notch. My three favorites:<p>Fez: a perspective-altering puzzle platformer. It's cute, clever, and well designed.<p>FTL: a real-time starship crew management game, where you assign people to stations and target your opponent's systems. You fly through randomly generated galaxies and have random encounters. Super replayability.<p>Mark of the Ninja: a stealth-action ninja platformer with very high production values and multiple paths to victory.
I keep buying these and never have time to play any of the games. I guess I'm doing it for altruistic reasons, as I love the whole philosophy behind the business model.
Gotta say I'm really impressed with the Humble Bundles. I buy most of them, and still can't believe how cheap they are, assuming you get in early.<p>Their "unlock more products by paying more than the average" is sheer genius. Most people will pay just a hair over the average, which causes the price to creep up as the bundle gets older. So to get the best deal, you have to buy in early.<p>I don't know of any other bundle products out there (MacHeist, MacLegion, Paddle, etc) that even comes close anymore.
If you are interested in chilled thoughtful gaming and have a faible for SciFi ala Star-Trek and Co. you MUST try FTL. It is one of the best games I have ever played and I do not know another game that is similar. It is easy to learn and hard to master and although it is Single-Player it has an immense replay potential.
In case FEZ is grey on your Mac, @flibitijibibo already fixed it. The second binary works for me: <a href="https://getsatisfaction.com/polytron/topics/humble_bundle_mac_osx_mountain_lion_bugs_everywhere" rel="nofollow">https://getsatisfaction.com/polytron/topics/humble_bundle_ma...</a>
I bought Alienware X51 with Ubuntu (it's preinstalled in US-Region) and love this indiegames. They (most) work very good. I don't need Windows to gaming. Steam, Humble Bundle and WINE for older games. C&C Red Alert works better with WINE than >Windows XP.
Trying to buy with credit card, and get a message from Stripe saying "you passed an empty string for iovation_blackbox", as if that means something to me.<p>EDIT: Nevermind, just had to pause Ghostery. Not sure what script was messing it up.
I already picked up brutal legends from steam for 5usd a few weeks ago. The sad part is that I can't deal with the camera controls very well while driving.
Holy...moly. As a Mac gamer, I've been waiting forever for Mark of the Ninja and Fez. AFAIK, they've not yet been previously released, so is this an exclusive for Humble Bundle? If so, what a huge scoop. If I were those developers, I would've hawked the games on Steam for a couple of weeks...as Mac fans like me would've happily paid full price.<p>edit: The average purchase so far is $4.37...seriously? Given the caliber of games included, and that this is the first bundle (I think) since the Edward Snowden revelations, this is a great excuse to give a large donation to the EFF.
No other mention of Trine on here yet. That game looks so beautiful. I'm however having trouble understanding the steam key thing. I put my key into steam but my games aren't there to download. Oh well. Downloading Amnesia a Machine for Pigs right now anyway. That wasn't part of this bundle, but happened to release yesterday so I've got games in the queue before having to worry about this bundle just yet.