My point was that Desura seems to be mostly being leveraged to get a game out in the wild to help improve it's chances of being Greenlighted. It is mostly being used as an initial marketing push, almost like a campaign event if one wishes to use a political analogy. My main concern with this is what would happen if some developers who do release their games on Desura and do get accepted on Steam then later forget about their Desura versions. At the moment this is just that, a concern, but it is something I could see happening.

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Quoting: CheesenessI think the notably high averages indicate that Humble's long time audiences and DF's hardcore fanbase are both at work, but some of the more opportunistic Humble contributors (who I speculate are the bulk that pull the averages down) are sitting this one out.

That is actually a very interesting point - the average purchase price does seem to be rather higher than for the mainstream Bundles with it currently being around $8.00.

And it is true that things like the Frozenbyte bundle did not earn that much - but to be fair the Bundles were much younger then (personally the Frozenbyte one was my personal favourite, although I have unfortunately gotten a little wary of Frozenbyte themselves due to the fact that we have not seen a DRM free release of Goblin Menace yet, and they have not responded to any of my inquires on the subject, but that is a story for another thread).

When it comes to how much the game's appeal, I must admit that I have mostly played only one or two titles from a Bundle and then never got around to the others. I have only played one game out of HIB3 for any length of time (Steel Storm) and only very briefly dabbled with two of the games from HIB2 (and one of them I did only because I had won the game previously from a contest). The Introversion Bundle I was generously gifted gave me hours upon hours of entertainment, but that was just me playing Dungeons of Dredmor. HIB5 and HIB6 actually have better track records for me, with me having spent a great deal of time with at least two games from each.

When it comes to this one, Stacking is actually the one I am looking forward to playing the most - to get into Costume Quest you probably need to get over the whole "I am playing a kiddie game" aversion and the charm of Brutal Legend is probably lessened if you really do not have any particular interest in heavy metal music from almost thirty years ago, but since I received the Bundle as a birthday gift, I will definitely see what fun can be had with them.

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Am I the only noticing how poorly this Bundle has done financially in comparison to most of the the other Bundles? Only within the past few days did it cross the million dollar mark, which is hardly bad but hardly impressive considering Humble Bundles past records. This is more on par with Humble Indie Bundle 1 than anything else.

Could this be a sign of Bundle fatigue? I mean, I grant these games may be a little niche to some people, but they are certainly a lot more well known than many other Bundle titles, and this is first time that they have offered a swath of games from someone who could be called a legitimate video game auteur.

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Looking at some of these and other games, Desura seems to be being used as a staging area to help get some attention and hype for a game before getting it submitted to Steam Greenlight, which if a little demeaning to the service does at least give Desura a little bit of an edge and does give non-Steam gamers the opportunity to try some of these games. I was a little worried that with Greenlight developers might just bypass more inclusive services such as Desura altogether, so all in all I am happy with this result.

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Well, to be honest it is beyond my abilities at the moment, which is why I have not been doing it lately. So you feel free to keep the seat warm for me. ;)

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Hey, sorry it took me so long to find this, been busy and I did not realize it was a review. All and all it is a pretty respectable write-up, if not quite as verbose as mine. Take that as a compliment if you like. ;)

I would like to get another review done myself, but I have been having an extremely difficult time of it since the turn of the year and have lacked the energy (my gaming has even been fairly anemic). Still, I am currently replaying a certain game in preparation for giving it a write-up, so we will see how it goes. :|

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Something about it reminds me of Logic Quests level editor from 1996.

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Quoting: AnonymousI swear, either you're all doing this on purpose or this site attracts people with no reading comprehension.

"Which is more likely: that the irrevocable laws of the universe have been broken, or that you are somehow mistaken in thinking them so?" - Penumbra: Requiem.

Somehow that comment reminded me of the quote. ;)

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I have already declined most of the ones I was offerd. To give out the one I do have I would need to find a fairer way of handling it. Well, we'll wait and see who win's Liam's little contest first. ;)

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They are primarily doing it to increase awareness of the new Steam versions as well to try and regain some goodwill after the whole Postal 3 debacle.

And if you really want one, I could give you the one I got as part of my Desura purchase. ^_^

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