The Humble Indie Game Bundle

They probably shouldn't put the average amount paid so far on the website. The idea is to get people to pay what <i>they</i> think the games are worth, not what other people think the games are worth.

I don't usually buy things on the internet. Mainly because it requires money in a PayPal account or similar, and it's very hard for me to get that (I have some dollars from a freelancer work, but it's a hassle to transfer between my bank account and PayPal).<p>If I had heard only about a "indie game bundle" containing those titles, I would probably have run straight to The Pirate Bay. But this one caught my attention.<p>The devs are willing to give five high-quality games for whatever I want to pay. The guy even sang a song for the advertisement, for god's sake.<p>I loved the ad. I loved the bundle. I even loved the website.<p>This selfish pirate is reaching for his wallet. I will not pay the full $ 80 sum (though more than the average, for sure), but I'm one that would probably not have paid a penny otherwise.

If you are worried about the process, don't. After filling the short form and login in my PayPal account, the email with the download page was sent instantaneously.<p>Their bandwidth is excellent and all downloads are direct (no login, download token, download code, wait time, bandwidth limit or whatever).

Haha...on the "no middle man" logo is that a condom (as in don't get screwed by the man) or a bomb. Can't tell :)<p>Well executed idea!

Maybe they should combine the old Shareware model with this one. And make it all very easy. Like you download the full game and in the end of the first level, this payment stuff pops up where you can just pay whatever you want to proceed (whatever you think it is worth).<p>The point is, I really don't know what these games are about and how much they are worth.

The games are World of Goo, Aquaria, Gish, Lugaru HD, Penumbra Overture<p>edit: removed some incorrect info

In a vacuum, the Humble Bundle can't really be called a success. As I'm writing this, assuming equal split, each developer and charity gets an average of $1.09/purchase - hardly a windfall, though I'm sure the actual numbers actually favors the charities more.<p>But it doesn't exist in a vacuum. I wonder how much attention the involved studios'll get for future projects as a direct result of this? Aquaria, especially, has been out for quite a while now - this can probably be more accurately considered a way of breaching access to any possible remaining audiences before launching their Next Big Things.

This is such a great idea. I donate to charity regularly anyway and I'm a sucker for games. Now I can have both!<p>I ended up paying $100. Most of the money went to Child's Play but the devs still got $20 and the EFF $10.

The video could have been a little better while showing the games. I had to rewind a lot of times to view all the 4 squares for each game. Nevertheless, awesome offer and rap song :)

Average contribution of $8.64 for 5 games or $1.72 per game.<p>It's a nice PR move but that's just disgusting I'm sorry.

I would have bought it, yet the Amazon checkout refuses to let me pay using my Amazon gift card balance. It seems to want me to buy via credit card. If there is a way to buy it using my gift card balance I don't see it.<p>Ah well, and I was willing to give the developers $20 or so.

Seeing analogpixels.com being one of the top 10 donors made me wonder: How many people would donate more if the current top 10 paying people got a link to their website/product for the duration of the sale?

Wonderful! I just bought them for 50$! I only know of Gish and World of goo since I've played the demos and never got around to buy them, but now I just can't miss this incredible offer!

Watch the video! So worth 2 minutes of your time.

Try submitting $0. Hilariousness ensues.<p>edit: Yes, I would have bought it for $0 if they let me.

I know and love both World of Goo and Gish. Any reviews or recommendations on the others?

I like this model. Surely the developers behind these games are going to get some new fans and customers.<p>As an anecdote, I played World of Goo at a friend's once. He copied it on my USB stick and I played more at home. A few months later there was a "pay what you want" promotion for just World of Goo. I bought it to support the developers, even though I had already finished the game and there was nothing new to play with. It's a great game and I recommend it for a few hours of fun.