Well, that's the one I was referring to, isn't 1942 the first in the series?

That's what the say. :) Thanks for the tip!

The frequency of "proper" Humble Indie Bundles has increased, not decreased. The number of other bundles in between has also increased.

What exactly constitutes HIB's state of "going to the dogs"?

the lack of hard line requirements for all games to be DRM free and cross platform between the three major PC operating systems.

Most Humble bundles now include at least one game that requires Steam, is windows only, or both.

at first the whole "for charity" aspect was the cherry on top of promoting game development that broke free from Microsoft's DirectX Iron Fist, now it has become the greater good for which they are holding these bundles.

I suppose that it is the greater good, but tearing down the fences to promote a more "free range" environment for game development is also pretty important.

BTW, it is up to 6.7 million now.

Total payments:
$6,695,981.71
Number of purchases:
1,389,759
Average purchase:
$4.82

What happens if you claim more than 1 url of the same bundle? They both show on your HB account?

It will show on your account :)

Alright thanks.

You don't blame the modern day robber-barons which are the multinational companies that tend to buy other companies? You've been duped by their PR campaigns, or just a narrative you developed in your own head of what you think happens, then. There are some equitable transactions that happen when one company passes over to another, but typically they're mostly hostile takeovers that screw over all the customers as well as the original companies' staff for the sake of shareholders of the bigger company making a short-term profit, at which point they sell their shares and move onto something else, leaving everyone else who actually did something to support the original company holding the now-empty bag.

In EA's case, back when they were taking over Westwood/Origin/Bullfrog... yes, they definitely had a corporate manifesto that was to screw over other companies which were providing them competition. They were rightly hated by every gamer who read up on what they were doing. The point was to buy the other company (which was seen as competition) and run it into the ground and use excessive bureaucratic force to crush the wills of the primary creative staff who didn't flee immediately, which is exactly what they did. Read some of the stories from that era, from the victims (who weren't forced to silence via shame and nondisclosure agreements). It isn't pretty.

That said, modern-day EA isn't nearly as bad as what they were then, obviously the decades of bad press had finally hurt their bottom lines enough for them to smarten up and start doing campaigns like this Humble offering and the removal of the online passes to try and smooth things over.

I didn't know that offering someone else money for something that they own is the crime... The could only make an offer, offer had to be accepted by original owners. They were free to say "No, we don't want your money. We will keep our company and keep making games that we want!", but they took the money and it seems that they didn't felt abused by EA, because guess who was publishing Lionhead's games (company established by Peter Molyneux after he left EA). Yes, EA.

Here's the thing, though -- they say one thing and then act the opposite to that. They say that digital games are too expensive and then proceed to sell their own games at full price on their platform. They harp on Steam sales and then have a sale just like that two weeks later. They want to eat their cake and have it too. I'm sure they want to improve their image, but for me it seems more like damage control without a real wish to change.

I know that they apologised for what they did to Bullfrog and other companies, and for a while it seemed like they really meant it, but have they really abandoned their practices? Didn't DA2 and ME3 seem a little bit rushed for you? Here's some food for thought for you, if you haven't seen it yet: TUN -- A Tale of Two Companies. Don't forget that Bullfrog was supposed to have a large degree of autonomy too, when EA bought a share of it originally.

And, even after discarding all that, EA still is the champion of many anti-consumer business practices.

When does Humble Bundle usually reveal a bundle's additional content?

The second week... which should be right about now.

Weird, maybe they won't be adding extra stuff this time.

Isn't the second week this week? :)

Around now,but knowing EA,from now to never to infinity!!!

They fear unleashing hell... again.