full circle magazine #65

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UBUNTU GAMES

to solve. However, the game is

highly addictive and can be solved

in under 15 hours. Once you start,

it’s pretty hard to put it down. The

controls are pretty standard and

straightforward. The boy in the

game can move only from left to

right, jump, and grab things –

whether it’s a rope, a box, or a

canoe. The game uses a very

minimalistic approach in all

aspects, from sound and graphics

to controls and storyline. From the

beginning of the game until the

very end, the only thing you know

is that the boy is on a quest to find

his sister. Due to the often

gruesome death sequences, you

can’t help to wonder why the game

received an ESRB rating of T

instead of M. Perhaps if the game

were in color and you could see the

red blood, the game might have

gotten the Mature ESRB rating.

Other games and

Conclusion

At the time of this writing there

were eight games available that

were all part of the Humble Indie

Bundle V. Originally, the games

included with the Bundle were

Amnesia, Limbo, Superbrothers:

Sword and Sorcery, Psychonauts,

and Bastion if you paid above the

average amount of money paid at

the time of purchase. Then, on

June 7th, three other games were

added to those people who had

paid more than the average. These

games are Braid, Super Meat Boy,

and Lone Survivor. Perhaps the

other games will be reviewed in an

upcoming FCM issue.

Overall, the release of the

Humble Indie Bundle V has been a

great success. In its first 15 hours

after being released, the Bundle

had already sold more copies than

the previous best selling Bundle

which was Humble Indie Bundle IV.

At the time of this writing, the

Humble Indie Bundle V had sold

522,042 copies and counting. Ever

since the Humble Indie Bundle 1,

Linux buyers have paid, on average,

more than Windows and Mac

buyers. It could be this factor that

has led to such great and

significant progress to Linux

gaming as a whole. It is

undoubtedly hard to deny that the

Linux community is willing to

spend money to play video games,

and lots of video game companies

have taken notice of this fact. Not

only have independent companies

profited from Humble Indie Bundle

sales, but also there have been

talks lately of establishing a Linux

port for Steam, thus making

available a whole new world of

video games for those of us who

love Linux gaming.

For the most recent bundle see:

www.humblebundle.com