Defense Grid: The Awakening - My Favorite Standalone Tower Defense So Far
My review of Defense Grid: The Awakening, a great tower defense game with solid design, lots of content, and much-appreciated challenges and difficulty.
Atom Zombie Smasher: Great, Unique, Difficult, and Fun...For Awhile
My review about Atom Zombie Smasher. I really enjoyed the gameplay but I have doubts about the game's replayability and staying power.
Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII Reviewed: Great RPGs
My dual reviews of Cthulhu Saves the World and Breath of Death VII, two great retro RPGs available as a bundle. Cthulhu, which was developed second, is undoubtedly the better game, but Breath of Death is worth playing too.
Information about the (intentional) "leak" of Minecraft 1.8, the first half of the Adventure Update. Also includes embedded official trailer and some of my early experiences playing after the update.
Portal: No Escape - Amazing Live Action Portal Short Film
A short post simply to direct (more) attention to Dan Trachtenberg's short film "Portal: No Escape." Go watch right now (on YouTube in HD).
Two days ago the Humble Introversion Bundle launched, continuing the pay-what-you-want/indie developer/charity model. The Introversion bundle includes four great games: Uplink, Darwinia, DEFCON, and Multiwinia, as well as two prototype tech demos (Subversion City Generator and Voxel Tech Demo). Additionally, paying above the average price, currently $3.79, gets you Aquaria and Crayon Physics Deluxe too, if you missed those games in previous bundles (Aquaria in #1, Crayon Physics Deluxe in #3).
As always, you can choose your price and how it is divided between the developers, charities (Child's Play and Electronic Frontier Foundation), and the Humble Bundle organizers. All the games are available on Windows, Mac, and Linux and are DRM-free, and they can all be redeemed on Steam. The two prototypes are Windows-only and obviously not Steam-redeemable.
Watch the trailer below and then head on over to purchase your bundle if you haven't already. Buying early is always a good idea with the Humble Bundle; bonuses tend to be added over the course of the sale. There are already over 100,000 purchases for a total of over $400,000, and there are still almost 12 days remaining.