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General => Video Game Bored => Topic started by: archie4208 on July 26, 2011, 12:44:14 PM

Title: Time to steal more games from starving hipsters.
Post by: archie4208 on July 26, 2011, 12:44:14 PM: http://www.humblebundle.com/

Redeems on Steam, too.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on July 26, 2011, 01:01:12 PM: Bought.
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Post by: Bebpo on July 26, 2011, 01:06:22 PM: Hmm, the only one I don't own is Crayon Physics. Guess I'll pay a dollar or two for that.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on July 26, 2011, 04:48:30 PM: When I read the title, I though Jonathan Blow's new game had leaked onto the internet.
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Post by: T-Short on July 27, 2011, 02:38:17 AM: Quote from: Bebpo on July 26, 2011, 01:06:22 PM
Hmm, the only one I don't own is Crayon Physics. Guess I'll pay a dollar or two for that.

The VVVVVV version in this has got tons of new levels and is supposedly more than twice as long as the original version. Has new music by Souleye as well. :arr
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Post by: cool breeze on July 27, 2011, 02:47:28 AM: I always buy these even though I own most of the games (or have no interest in the rest, or plain dislike some of them like And Yet it Moves).

at least this time I didn't own vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv but I'm waiting for STEAM to update to the 2.0 version before I play. supposedly the old version had flash saving or something? Machinarium had that and clearing my cache wiped the save game and I haven't gone back since.
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 05:23:01 AM: I'm about to buy. How do you latch up the games to Steam? Or is it pretty simple?

edit: no worries figured it out.

As someone who virtually NEVER games on a PC (well Mac in this case) I'm very impressed with all this functionality shit. Radical

edit 2: VVVVVV is pretty awesome
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 09:00:41 AM: not sure about this Cogs game. It has intense blowjob music
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 09:02:33 AM: holy shit these games have achievements. Incredible
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Post by: Bebpo on July 28, 2011, 05:35:30 PM: Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 09:02:33 AM
holy shit these games have achievements. Incredible

And a steam fan was born...
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 10:43:19 PM: Quote from: Linkzg on July 27, 2011, 02:47:28 AM
I always buy these even though I own most of the games (or have no interest in the rest, or plain dislike some of them like And Yet it Moves).

at least this time I didn't own vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv but I'm waiting for STEAM to update to the 2.0 version before I play. supposedly the old version had flash saving or something? Machinarium had that and clearing my cache wiped the save game and I haven't gone back since.

yeah And Yet it Moves is not so good. The music is really scary, and the game is obviously from the dark depths of Europe.

So the version of VVVVVV on Steam doesnt have the extra content? Ive been playing it on Steam. Should I direct download the game from my bundle URL instead?
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 28, 2011, 10:53:36 PM: Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 09:02:33 AM
holy shit these games have achievements. Incredible

Team Fortress 2 has over 300 achievements
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 10:54:51 PM: can a n00b like me pick up the game? will I be able to play for an hour or two and start killing?
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Post by: cool breeze on July 28, 2011, 11:01:11 PM: Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 10:43:19 PM
Quote from: Linkzg on July 27, 2011, 02:47:28 AM
I always buy these even though I own most of the games (or have no interest in the rest, or plain dislike some of them like And Yet it Moves).

at least this time I didn't own vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv but I'm waiting for STEAM to update to the 2.0 version before I play. supposedly the old version had flash saving or something? Machinarium had that and clearing my cache wiped the save game and I haven't gone back since.

yeah And Yet it Moves is not so good. The music is really scary, and the game is obviously from the dark depths of Europe.

So the version of VVVVVV on Steam doesnt have the extra content? Ive been playing it on Steam. Should I direct download the game from my bundle URL instead?

VVVVVV auto updated to version 2.0 last night on steam, so it's up to date.

there is supposed to be another update later on to support steam achievements and cloud saving
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 28, 2011, 11:02:07 PM: Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 10:54:51 PM
can a n00b like me pick up the game? will I be able to play for an hour or two and start killing?

Yeah just pick a class like Soldier and you'll be fine. It's free anyway
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 11:03:41 PM: how do you get hats? Can some be earned by completing challenges? Or do you have to pay for all of them?

If I'm gonna try TF2 I'm gonna need hats
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 28, 2011, 11:10:00 PM: Sorry but you need to upgrade to premium to get hats

http://teamfortress.com/freetoplay/faq.php
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 11:30:04 PM: lame :(

Oh well, I might give it a go anyhow.

edit: it says you need to buy something (anything) to get a premuim acct. I might just choose an awesome 5 dollar hat
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 29, 2011, 12:06:51 AM: Then I can start gifting you stuff and you can start crafting and idling for items :hyper
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Post by: naff on July 29, 2011, 01:24:54 AM: Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 11:30:04 PM
edit: it says you need to buy something (anything) to get a premuim acct. I might just choose an awesome 5 dollar hat

Yeah that's pretty sweet huh, I'll be pretty surprised if TF2 runs well on ur mac, maybe it will. OSX version isn't as optimised though.

Is it cool with Steam if I just transfer the TF2 binaries to his mac so we don't have to dl again? Shit's like 10+ gigs, $1.50 per GB here :fbm
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 29, 2011, 01:32:12 AM: looking forward to getting home and playing more VVVVVV. Game is god tier
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 29, 2011, 01:33:49 AM: Quote from: quietID on July 29, 2011, 01:24:54 AM
Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 11:30:04 PM
edit: it says you need to buy something (anything) to get a premuim acct. I might just choose an awesome 5 dollar hat

Yeah that's pretty sweet huh, I'll be pretty surprised if TF2 runs well on ur mac, maybe it will. OSX version isn't as optimised though.

Is it cool with Steam if I just transfer the TF2 binaries to his mac so we don't have to dl again? Shit's like 10+ gigs, $1.50 per GB here :fbm

yeah I'd be interested to see how well the game runs on my Mac. Its 10 gigs?! May have to fuck it then!

:piss New Zealand capped internet :piss2
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 29, 2011, 01:36:32 AM: TF2 is mainly CPU intensive, I think you'll be ok. Pretty sure you can just move the files around too, you might need to do a consistency check beforehand.

Didn't realise NZ internets were so bad :(
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Post by: The Sceneman on July 29, 2011, 01:44:08 AM: yeah theres limits on how much bandwith you can use a month :(

I was at a friends place playing M:TG last week and I was like "hey lets stream some tunes off Grooveshark", and he was like "sorry weve got a 5gig data cap". Fucking luddites
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 29, 2011, 01:53:31 AM: :lol I get 3gb a month on my phone plan. That's terrible.

also :rofl @ your avatar - gfs brother has like a dozen bottles of blue Alize at his place.
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Post by: naff on July 29, 2011, 01:55:18 AM: We still use like 120+ gigs per month and have a 10 Mbit connection so we pay a little more than other services but we also have the most stable and fast connection in NZ. God damn I can't wait till we get uncapped internet though. Then I will truely make the migration to PC gaming
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Post by: pilonv1 on July 29, 2011, 01:55:58 AM: Internode give me 150gb a month plus unmetered Steam downloads from local servers. It's truly wonderful :bow2
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Post by: naff on July 29, 2011, 01:57:42 AM: So many reasons to jump across the ditch atm
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Post by: archie4208 on July 29, 2011, 06:49:04 AM: Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 11:30:04 PM
lame :(

Oh well, I might give it a go anyhow.

edit: it says you need to buy something (anything) to get a premuim acct. I might just choose an awesome 5 dollar hat

[TF2 Aspie] If you do spend moneys on TF2, buy some keys ($2.50 each, no clue how much they are in NZ though) and use www.tf2tp.com to trade your way up to some hats you really want [/TF2 Aspie]
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Post by: tehjaybo on July 29, 2011, 09:16:52 AM: Quote from: archie4208 on July 29, 2011, 06:49:04 AM
Quote from: The Sceneman on July 28, 2011, 11:30:04 PM
lame :(

Oh well, I might give it a go anyhow.

edit: it says you need to buy something (anything) to get a premuim acct. I might just choose an awesome 5 dollar hat

[TF2 Aspie] If you do spend moneys on TF2, buy some keys ($2.50 each, no clue how much they are in NZ though) and use www.tf2tp.com to trade your way up to some hats you really want [/TF2 Aspie]

Also, www.tf2items.com (that's the one I use). Keys can be a good purchase, given you have a crate that doesn't suck.

And never craft. You destroy like 10 things to get one thing, when you can just trade one for one on one of those sites. Crafting makes me hurt.

(And add me on Steam)
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Post by: cool breeze on August 05, 2011, 01:42:20 PM: if you bought this, they've been adding new games and packages.

Just now Atom Zombie Smasher was included. Earlier, Steel Storm: Burning Retribution was added. If you spent more than the average price, you got the second Humble Indie Bundle free. A limited time Minecraft code.

humble bundle 2 had Braid, Machinarium, Osmos, Revenge of the Titans, and Cortex Command. So that's like 12 games for $6.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on August 05, 2011, 01:47:34 PM: I spent 5 dowla and got the contents of pack 2 and 3

I gave all the money to EFF. I'm a terrible person
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Post by: benjipwns on August 05, 2011, 01:56:55 PM: Atom Zombie Smasher really? Wow, really glad I bought in now. I just wanted the Linux versions again.

Love Blendo Games, I voted Gravity Bone as GOTY somewhere once.
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Post by: Shaka Khan on August 05, 2011, 01:58:16 PM: Haha, I just got the email too. For the umpteenth time, fuck Steam's Summer Camp!
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Post by: Beezy on August 05, 2011, 02:03:01 PM: I didn't pay enough to get the 2nd bundle. Whatever.
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Post by: The Sceneman on August 06, 2011, 01:03:15 AM: oooh yeah, installing extra games now. Braid and Machinarium, omg. Ne'er have I got so many games for 10 dorrar
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Post by: naff on August 06, 2011, 01:17:48 AM: Quote from: Beezy on August 05, 2011, 02:03:01 PM
I didn't pay enough to get the 2nd bundle. Whatever.

If you want you can dig up the email they sent with the url for you downloads and click 'like what we're doing here?' and pay the difference to what you originally paid and get the extra games

Playing VVVVVV a lot since I bought this earlier. 2 hours 40 mins in, nearly revealed all the map and beat that veni vidi vici part. Cakewalk compared to SMBs IWBTG levels. 2 more duders to save, loving this game
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Post by: Diunx on August 06, 2011, 11:13:16 AM: Well I have one dollar on my card...
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Post by: Beezy on August 06, 2011, 11:50:59 AM: Quote from: quietID on August 06, 2011, 01:17:48 AM
Quote from: Beezy on August 05, 2011, 02:03:01 PM
I didn't pay enough to get the 2nd bundle. Whatever.

If you want you can dig up the email they sent with the url for you downloads and click 'like what we're doing here?' and pay the difference to what you originally paid and get the extra games
Eh... are any of the games in the 2nd bundle besides Machinarium really worth playing? I don't care for Braid.
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Post by: brob on August 06, 2011, 05:40:59 PM: paid $6. I'm poorer than the mouths I'm feeding here, shut up. Had Machinarium from before too, really only VVVVVV that made me jump. I suppose finally getting to play Braid should be worthwhile too.
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Post by: Great Rumbler on August 06, 2011, 05:46:51 PM: Atom Zombie Smasher is awesome. It's simple, but deceptively deep. Strategy is key, especially later on when the difficulty just becomes totally brutal.
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Post by: naff on August 06, 2011, 06:54:44 PM: Quote from: Beezy on August 06, 2011, 11:50:59 AM
Eh... are any of the games in the 2nd bundle besides Machinarium really worth playing? I don't care for Braid.

If you don't have Machinarium then definitely. I had Braid and Machinarium already, but I'm enjoying Osmos and Revenge of the Titans fwiw, haven't tried cortex command yet.
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Post by: benjipwns on August 07, 2011, 06:09:53 AM: If anyone doesn't want to donate for whatever reason and is fine with Desura (which is actually pretty useful for installing mods for Source) I can send along my HIB #2 key for that.
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Post by: Diunx on August 07, 2011, 03:00:37 PM: Can't believe I paid 1.50 dollars for 7 flash games, smh.
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Post by: Sho Nuff on August 07, 2011, 03:32:27 PM: Quote from: Diunx on August 07, 2011, 03:00:37 PM
Can't believe I paid 1.50 dollars for 7 flash games, smh.

This
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Post by: Beezy on August 07, 2011, 04:30:47 PM: Quote from: Sho Nuff on August 07, 2011, 03:32:27 PM
Quote from: Diunx on August 07, 2011, 03:00:37 PM
Can't believe I paid 1.50 dollars for 7 flash games, smh.

This
Pay $5.68 and you can get 12!
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Post by: Shaka Khan on August 07, 2011, 04:58:34 PM: I tried paying $0.99 but a photo of a broke hipster begging for money popped up so I felt bad and paid two bucks instead.
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Post by: Joe Molotov on August 07, 2011, 05:53:28 PM: Quote from: Shah Rukh Khan on August 07, 2011, 04:58:34 PM
I tried paying $0.99 but a photo of a broke hipster begging for money popped up so I felt bad and paid two bucks instead.

And then donated it all to charity, I hope.
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Post by: Shaka Khan on August 07, 2011, 06:04:26 PM: Oh yeah, I think I gave it all to charity. I don't support bad habits.
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Post by: naff on August 07, 2011, 10:52:23 PM: I gave a tenner and gave most of it to the hipster devs and a couple bux to the charities. Lovin these games too, been sick in bed with a gnarly cold so it's been good having a bunch of games to play. And Yet It Moves is the only one I've played from the packs that I thought was lame
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Post by: The Sceneman on August 07, 2011, 11:20:23 PM: I told you. You didnt listen. No sympathy
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Post by: naff on August 08, 2011, 12:17:08 AM: I got stuck on the first level with bats. A room with spikes and water drops, and seemingly no way through. I didn't persevere for long though, I'll play it some more later
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Post by: benjipwns on August 08, 2011, 01:47:21 AM: I played that one for the achievement during the summer sale which was even worse because you had to make the bats follow you through the level.

Spoiled solution incase somebody minds:
spoiler (click to show/hide)
You manipulate the water droplets to fall onto the roots or plants or whatever and they sprout and break the "floor" so you can get through.
[close]

If you've got a 360 pad assign the level manipulation stuff to the face buttons and the game becomes infinitely easier.