This has been a busy month.
Humble Indie Bundle #4:
...is now live! Get seven (Seven!) games, DRM-free, Mac/Linux/Windows,
with Steam keys, for any price you feel like paying. You decide where your
money goes, including to charities.
This certainly isn't the
first bundle, but I happen to think it's
the best so far. You are a flat-out sucker if you don't get a copy.
All of the games are quite good; I did the Shank and Super Meat Boy ports,
but I've fallen in love with all of them.
Please be gentle: all seven of these games are brand new Linux ports!
Shank:
The biggest complaint thus far seems to be that the first boss fight seems
to take a massive performance hit. We're looking into this.
We're collecting bug reports at
https://bugzilla.icculus.org/ and will
do another patch before the Bundle is over, I hope.
Super Meat Boy:
Your Linux save games are in ~/.local/share/SuperMeatBoy. You can do some
limited key and joystick rebinding with the buttonmap.cfg file in the
game's installation directory.
This game will not work on old Intel GPUs. This is not a bug.Killing Floor:
The Twisted Christmas Event is going on now! If you want to shoot Zeds with
a little holiday cheer, you have until January 4th to do so.
If you've been getting crashes since upgrading your Mac to Lion, these should
be fixed in the latest builds, which Steam will give you next time you try to
play.
Other Stuff:
I've been having an internal struggle about whether I should be using an
iOS or an Android phone. I've got a Nexus One and a 3Gs here. I waffle
daily about which I like better, and constantly switch the SIM card between
them. I have some complaints about both. I wonder what two major versions
better of Android would do for my attitude. iOS 5 was certainly an
impressive upgrade.
--ryan.