Humble Indie Bundle 5: pay what you want for video games

This comment isn't really hacker related, but it is related to this bundle:<p>For anyone that likes playing games but doesn't really follow them, I highly recommend taking a look at both Amnesia: The Dark Descent and LIMBO. Both are available in this pack, and they are both unique, high-quality, and inspired games. The former is a terrifying journey into a nightmarish realm that was created to emerse the player in the environment moreso than any other game in existence, and the latter is a spectacularly creepy 2D puzzle game that looks like it was created by Tim Burton.

For anyone who's interested in the Linux versions, Canonical also announced[1] today that HIB5 purchases will be redeemable via Ubuntu Software Centre.<p>[1]: <a href="http://blog.canonical.com/2012/05/31/humble-indie-bundle-5-comes-to-the-ubuntu-software-centre/" rel="nofollow">http://blog.canonical.com/2012/05/31/humble-indie-bundle-5-c...</a>

Wow, fantastic games! Probably the highest quality bundle ever.<p>- Amnesia is fantastic. Terrifying, yes, but fantastic.<p>- Limbo is gorgeous.<p>- Bastion is a great game.<p>- Haven't played the others, but I've heard good things.<p>A big "thank you" to the developers and humble bundle inc.

Somewhat related: Indie Game Music Bundle 3 is happening now: <a href="http://www.gamemusicbundle.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamemusicbundle.com</a><p>I'm only a few albums in, but there are definitely some gems. (Impeccable Micro and In Momentum are my current favourites.) The last bundle was absolutely fantastic (especially Impostor Nostalgia and vvvvvv).

There are a few other fantastic indie bundles going on right now, too:<p><a href="http://www.indiegala.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.indiegala.com/</a><p><a href="http://www.indieroyale.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.indieroyale.com/</a><p><a href="http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gamemusicbundle.com/</a><p>The indie bundle sales are my favorite trend in gaming in a long time.

FYI for @gmail.com users:<p>"We've hit a rate limit sending to gmail.com addresses, our email provider is working on it though!"<p>[<a href="https://twitter.com/humble/status/208273636589715457" rel="nofollow">https://twitter.com/humble/status/208273636589715457</a>]<p>Edit: I received mine, so it looks like it is working now.

How do you guys divide up your purchase? Default, all to someone, mixture?<p>I dumped everything to the developers with the mentality that games are hard work - I'd like to reward that - where as charities are much more common, but I'd love to hear other's view points on this.

The way they give you another game for paying more than average (therefore increasing the average at the same time) is simply genius!<p>Buying a few bundles for gifts woohoo!

Warning: Limbo for Linux is just the windows game packaged with wine.

Just got this. Wow. Superbrothers and LIMBO just have straight-up 32-bit or 64-bit .deb packages. (Or tarballs.) So easy.<p>If only all software distribution was done as flawlessly as the Humble Bundle. Spectacular.

I will add my comment to say that I've played most of these games, and they're all spectacular. Limbo is great, Amnesia is terrifying (to the point that I'm too scared to continue it), and I enjoyed Bastion very much too (I finished it).<p>I'm not one to game a lot, but these are so convenient (I run Linux so I rarely reboot into Windows just for a game), very casual, so you can just play one level and return to whatever you were doing, and just overall great games.

Linux sales are dwindling, sadly. Judging from the "Total Payment" pie charts of past bundles, we went from ~23% (bundle 2) to 12% (bundle 4) to the current ~9%. Total sales across all platforms have remained fairly constant.

Interesting style of trailer. It borrows the art style from Sword and Sworcery and the narrator from Bastion. Strange choices considering their target market is surely people who _haven't_ played those games and so won't get the references.<p>But yes, a set of great games - at least the half I've played (S&#38;S, Bastion, Limbo) are great - and I've heard only good things about the other two.

They've crossed the $1,000,000 mark already in the first day. Congrats to the teams, this one seems like a record setter.

I don't normally do that much gaming, but I may give it a try.<p>Question 1: Can I run the games on a laptop with an intel i3 and no discrete graphics? Question 2: Is it okay to just pay a dollar or so to start, and then pay more if I actually enjoy the games?

This does look neat. Now, if only they'd release a bundle that includes extra free time I can use to play the games in said bundle :)

I can't believe I've just bought 4 of those 5 games last month (Bastion, S&#38;SEP, Limbo and Amnesia). Well at least I supported the Indie Game scene with more money than I would have with Humble Bundle.<p>The funnier part is... that I'm giving some bucks anyway just to have Psychonauts (because it's from Double Fine) and because I can't imagine not to have ALL the Humble Indie Bundles :-)

Even if you own most of the games in this bundle, the soundtracks for Bastion and Sword &#38; Sworcery are worth it alone.

This is the strongest indie bundle that I've seen to date.

At first, I was excited. Then I realized I owned all of them. ;)

Interesting how the donation numbers stack up across the different platforms with Windows a bit under average, Mac a bit over and Linux over 50% above average.

This is seriously one of the best bundles released yet. All these games have been lauded, and all were on my to-play list. :D

I love the model there using here!<p>Best aspect for me (and them i guess) is the need to spend an average to get Bastion, arguably the best game in that line up.<p>Already have 2 of the 6 but ill throw good developers money to take the rest and encourage the model.<p>Well done to the humble bundle!

Sweet, they got Psychonauts in there?

Limbo and Superbrothers are worth it alone. Since I already own 4 of the 5, so I'll pass on this Bundle.<p>Also check out the discounted indie games at <a href="http://www.becausewemay.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.becausewemay.com</a> while its on until tomorrow.

Limbo for Linux! Totally buying it!

This is slightly off-topic but seeing the soundtracks bundled with purchase reminded me of it. Can you make decent money creating soundtracks for games? Seems like on of the few avenues musicians have left other than non-stop touring.

I've been planning to buy both Amnesia: The Dark Descent and LIMBO for a long time. I've heard nothing but great things about both. Looks like there's no better time than now.

Buying for Amnesia. Don't want to play Psychonauts (didn't enjoy it the first time), and I own all the rest.<p>And I own all the music, too. ... Wow.

What i only want is gaming on Linux, and here it is.

After so many sales of the same games, mostly on steam, I'm surprised there are still enough customers around for stuff like this...

OT: Anybody know what that typeface is on the "Humble Indie Bundle" logo? I love it.

I found it strange that all five of the games consisted of some guy walking around.

They really came out with a great bundle. So great, that I have already bought all the other games. It makes a great gift.