Another Awesome Humble Bundle

Recently the Humble Indie Bundle 11 launched, with 4+2 games. Naturally I purchased the bundle and have been enjoying its content, and can recommend purchasing it to others.
For those who do not know, Humble Bundle, the company, is known for putting together bundles of video games and selling them using a pay-what-you-want model. That's right, you decide how much to pay for the games. What's more, you also decide what happens to your money, by sending customizable portions to the game developers, which are typically independent devs, charity, or to Humble Bundle itself. The company can proudly boast that they have raised millions of dollars this way, thanks to the generosity of gamers, and developers. We cannot neglect the generosity of the developers, who are offering their creations to charity just as much as we are offering our money.

Video Game Resurrection?

When THQ collapsed, the many IPs it owned were auctioned off, to pay its debts. This included IPs of abandoned franchises, and franchise that were abandoned due to certain poor decisions THQ made. Two of those franchise though may be brought back, if the gaming community decides they want them back. Nordic Games bought the Darksiders and Red Faction franchises and will be releasing collections of them next quarter, to gauge community interest in them.
As one gamer I can definitely say I am interested in them, having already played the games in those collections, and I definitely hope others share my interest enough to bring both franchises back.

Cannot Deny Their Influence

For the past few days, a great number of people have been celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of The Beatles coming to America. While I am not a fan of their music by any means, it is hard to deny their influence. They were the vanguards of what came to be known as the British Invasion. With the influx of bands crossing the Pond, and the American youth yearning for something new, the many groups were able to experiment. Some were successful and some were not, but in some way they affected the rock n roll of the time, and therefore the genres that came from it.
Somehow I doubt anyone could imagine what today's music and larger culture would be like, if they had not come over. Their impact was that great.

That was a Game you Watch for the Ads

Wow! That game was... not enjoyable to watch, even for someone not invested in either team. At least some of the ads were good, but a lot were stupid, in my opinion at least. My personal favorites though were those by Coke and Budweiser. More interesting than the game at least.