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Ooh, I can't wait to see how they handle the mechanics in a next-gen engine!

Here's something interesting. The Binding of Isaac is the only game in Germany to have its %3Ddetail%26news[id]%3D5030"]age rating increased due to blasphemy.

Sounds like the mechanics of Silent Conversation, although the levels in that game were all based on a small, fixed collection of texts.

Oh, weird. You used to be able to download Psychonauts through the 360 marketplace. Wonder when they took it down? Probably for the best, though. If I remember right, the backwards compatibility engineers at Microsoft introduced a visual bug that blued out Raz's costume after using the journal, and Microsoft executives wouldn't allow a fix even after Double Fine volunteered to help them for free.

Or Notch: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2012/02/07/notch-says-to-schafer-lets-make-psychonauts-2-happen/ I've always thought gaming would be a much more interesting place with a few more eccentric millionaires in the funding pool.

Good recommendation. Completed it tonight. The storytelling kept me so enthralled throughout (after some initial difficulty mentally sorting out the large, interconnected cast of characters with Korean names) that I finished it in a single playthrough. If you're at all a fan of Christine Love's previous games or interesting forms of storytelling, at least check out the demo.

If anyone wants, I got a copy of Nail'd in the Steam holiday sale. I also have the following Steam coupons: 2x Valve 25% off, 1C Publisher Catalog 25% off, Killing Floor 50% off, Sanctum 50% off, and Munch's Oddysse 50% off

Haven't had a chance to play it yet, but the screenshots are in English on the US app store at the very least.

So this is out for iOS now. Two missions free, and the rest as a $10 in-app purchase.

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The Blackwell games are available straight from Steam now. If you had bought them previously direct from Wadjet Eye Games, you can forward your order info to their email to get a Steam activation code.

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Check the winter sale achievement page again. Did the BIT.TRIP.BEAT one last night, and only by returning to that page did I get my coal.

Well, the Escapist is certainly treating Christoforo much differently than their prior devil's advocate approach for dealing with assholes like .

14 objectives. Four coupons for worse deals than the current sale*. Five pieces of coal. Zero games. * 25% off Valve, 25% off 1C, 50% off Killing Floor, 50% off Sanctum.

Ah, thanks!

Err, how? Didn't show me any keys. Bought it, and Amazon's downloader program wants to install the whole 7gb game to a folder of my choice. Amazing how Indie bundles provide a much better user experience than Amazon.

I wouldn't mind another Buffy game. fUkT-quc8E8

Just engaged with this game yesterday as I was cleaning up my hard drive. Found that I had about 100 megabytes worth of ARG files that persisted in my Steam folder even after uninstalling the games which unlocked them.

Bastion is 50% off on XBLA today. (Or ending sometime later today. I'm unclear on the details.)

Some tips and places to start: http://www.superfriendshipclub.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=15 The site is also pretty friendly to new developers.

There's a demo for Edge on Steam.

Odd year for me. Haven't had the time or wealth to keep up with the latest console releases, and my original DS had its touch screen die an ignoble death. Spent most of my gaming time with either older games or smaller indie releases. English Country Tune is my favorite of the bunch. It starts with classic puzzle types like block pushing and step on every tile once. Very quickly it keeps creating clever, thoughtful, honest-to-goodness unique puzzle ideas that play with spatial thinking and abstract logic in ways only possible in video games. The puzzles never get tedious or unfair, and it feels as if every level brings something fresh to the concept. Haven't finished it yet, but I'm confident in calling it my Goty.cx. SbshRb8MJIU Runners up Murder Dog IV: Trial of the Murder Dog Atom Zombie Smasher Bastion Games I only played this year, but would have been contenders for their respective years Little King's Story Bubble Bobble (NES) Deadly Premonition - Apart from the rather sickening theme of that developed near the end.

Mini Quests By: Dishmoth Available: Free Browser Java Game at developer's site Synopsis: Ultra low-res mashup of isometric puzzle games like Head over Heels and Zelda-like dungeon puzzle design.