http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewwtznVkSxA&feature=player_embedded

Looks like Deus Ex-ish mixed with Fear style melee combat. 

That could be you!

The Humble Frozen Synapse Bundle
Pay whatever you want and get Frozen Synapse, a intense orgy of tactics and shooting dudes. I was completely convinced by the video review by TotalBiscuit, which is weird as he's a ginormous nonce. Pay over the average (around $4) and you get the Frozenbyte Bundle included free also, which contains Trine and some other shit.
http://www.humblebundle.com/

The Binding of Isaac
A neat roguelike-like by one of the Super Meat Boy dudes.
Here is a review: Rock Paper Shotgun
Here it is on an online game purchasing service: Steam
How much does it cost? A wallet-blumpkining $5 (or �3.59 ) 

The text is really, really small :(

Still your website looks great, loads of pics etc, but that text is really, really small.. Thank god for zoom ;) 

I didn't find the stealth or sneaking past people really worked. Enemies would randomly spot me, and even at night in pitch dark with the flashlight off they'd see me, although maybe Complete 2009 mod had something to do with that. But I didn't really treat it like a survival/horror, which is what it's supposed to be. What exactly does that mean in Stalker though anyway - really slow, meticulous combat?

The timelimit on the NPP level was still there. Although I just sprinted through it and only killed several enemies, and got there in half the time. I did take a dozen quickloads though, and a couple feeds as I kept running out of energy as I hadn't eaten.

I'm yet to play a proper RPG, but the RPG elements, in theory, were finein Stalker so maybe I can play some now. Might go back to Oblivion, but it might be getting a bit dated, but Fallout 3 is a definite play. 

just got done playing oblivion yet again. as long as you can pick up a mod that replaces the absolutely terrible npc faces that come with the original game, it still looks quite good, considering it's age.
i've played it maybe 6 or 7 times now (not always completing it) and i still find new dungeons, which is what call bang for your buck. o.0
i wonder if skyrim can cram as much content as oblivion... 

I think they said they had like 300 hours of gameplay in there, give or take a 100. After a while, they just lost count. But something like 100 unique dungeons to explore, on top of the overworld (or underneath I guess.) So my guess is probably. 

oh wow, that sounds great. honestly, i haven't been paying all that much attention to it other than what i read here, so i guess i wasn't expecting much.
but yeah, that sounds like it'll be a lot of fun, and something you can come back to later. 

I saw this the other day, and am buying it right now because of this line:

The only problem I have with The Binding Of Isaac right now is that I�m still discovering things and I don�t want that to end. 

Is pretty nice, very weird, and hard. Soundtrack is great. 

http://imgur.com/r/gaming/SgZkf 

Looks totally awesome. 

I wish I could do art like that. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EOlzCrVFvs&feature=player_embedded#!

You know what would make this video a lot better? If Randy Pitchford would shut the fuck up. 

.. the demo is great... 

Looks pretty awesome, but definitely nowhere near as good as that last Rage gameplay vid. I hope they're going to do something about the blood splatter, it looks 2D. 

But looking at Gearbox' track record with pc releases, this will be some locked at 55 fov, console ported mess :(

Which makes me really sad because I've been itching for this game for a long time. 

Looks repulsively consolized but that might be the ghastly uber-slow controlling of a console controller. Mmmm look left and right OR up and down but not both at once. 

Bloody great and addictive. Have started way too many games, my god is it hard. 

Yes, it is. I played it for a few hours whilst in a null state and din't get bored.

Then I thought afterwards 'meh I just paid for a flash game with a stupid difficulty spike in the middle' then I played it again and realised the randomisation had been working against me and got a lot of ranged attack powerups like triple shot, multi shot and so on.

In any case, stock piling for the later levels is very difficult (and have you learned the tarot yet?) but I notice steam just updated the game...

Well worth the price.

And if you missed this then you should play it as well:

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/511754

Yes, I know I linked it before. But coming across little Steven confirmed my suspicion. 

The update has new configurations of items.

So if the orginal randomisation base was 100x100 I don't want to know what it is now. Because that's probably the time in seconds I'll lose to it. 

and I always take the mystery pills.

Definitely so much luck involved in how difficult your game ends up... I've had some crazy fortunate draws - maxing out damage and speed by the 2nd level, or getting the cat head that gives you 9 lives. I balance that out by not knowing what the fuck i'm doing though - i didn't understand the room where you exchange HP for items for a while, and ended up with one heart (one!) but 9 lives in the bank. How useful.

Only fought mom once so far, and lost with her at 5% health or something. Stupid mom. 

I thought it was great, until I realised I was stripping myself of health for picking it up - it makes peeps and that big pile of meat boss very difficult.

Peeps is the most annoying though.

And cupids arrow has to be the best upgrade, especially against the worm boss.

What's your new email, your uni one is down - congratulations in order :) ? 

I don't think I ever got Cupid's Arrow! What does that do?

Haha, well it's a over a year since I graduated, so maybe keep the cork in the champagne for now! A back-dated thank-you for the congratulations though!

Email is now:
jonmiles1 AT gmail.com 

It makes you fall in love. It is a most wondrous precious feeling that makes you feel alive. Every living day will be a blessing. Warm sunshine in the early morning will be but a imitation of her glistening hair. A tweeting nightingale just outside your window will remind you of her luscious voice. Her eyes like twinkling stars, her sunspots like the milkyway in the beautiful dark night sky in the desert. You will feel like you could lift the whole earth with your massive raging boner. 

Pretty hard indeed. I've yet to figure out what the items do and how to switch them (no rtfm). Seems like a fun game, but then again, could've been cheaper.

Anyone played Trauma?