Great site with older games at discount prices. Similar to Steam and Humble Bundle. Great deals on a lot of old faves and games that you probably never got around to playing.
I'm glad someone if finally addressing this. "The Grind" in games (spending hours and hours doing the same actions to get better items) has long been one of my soap box rant topics. It's interesting that it took "freemium" games on Facebook and iOS to pave the way for big game houses like Blizzard (Diablo and WoW) to adopt a better standard. Still not sure I agree with the in-game auction house, but it's a start.
"Previous centuries have been defined by novels and cinema. In a bold manifesto we're proud to debut here on Kotaku, game designer Eric Zimmerman states that this century will be defined by games."
This week's Humble Bundle give you $370 worth of game design content for $12 with RPG Maker VX Ace, lots of DLC tiles sets, art and music, and a few games made with RPG Maker as well. It's a steal!
Someone has FINALLY made digital, multiplayer game manager for traditional pen-&-paper games. It's looks really well done. One feature in the video for it (in the link) is that the GM can type in a custom item like a weapon, including the name, damage, and bonuses, then click on the text, and have a digital d20 appear with the bonuses automatically added into the roll. Genius!
There's a free demo of it on Steam right now.
Cool looking kickstarter. These guys have all the right ideas. Player choices, huge worlds, puzzle elements, good crafting matrix, and player mods. I hope they can pull it off.