Woiminkle said:
Hi all,
I'm just sitting here having a battle with own conscience over the Humble Indie Bundle 9.
On the one hand I really want to play Mark of the Ninja and I'm unemployed so the ability to pick it up for a dollar is sorely tempting me. The problem is that I can't seem to convince myself that that is a fair price to pay for it alone nevermind the other games in the bundle.
So odds are I'll wait till next week and try to pay at least 5 dollars or just leave it.
So I was wondering what are your opinions on the Humble Bundle? Do you have a lowest price you consider fair? Or since it's for charity do you think it's better to put your dollar in with the rest rather than not buy it at all? Maybe you think going as low as you can is fair game if they say up front pay what YOU want?
I'm just interested to see opinons not judging anyone for them. And one last more practical question. I note they have a buy as a gift checkbox for the bundle but if I wanted to give away only the FTL key to somebody and keep the rest of the games is this cool or considered bad form?
Thanks for your time
Look, let us be frank for a while (but you can still be Woiminkle after all this is said and done)
The humble bundles are a wonderful and brilliant thing for gamers everywhere, you pay a variable amount of coins and you get to feel smug and play brand new vidya gaemz.
Fantastic.
The rub however is that the sliders depend upon you; what you pay and whom you ultimately give it too. Do you be "shitty" and give a small amount and reap the rewards or do you play Uncle Money Bags and make it rain on those poor kids?
The answer is you do what you want; this is a charity and every little helps. The games you get are your reward for helping and donating, you've done good by just giving them money.
You should not think of this a purchase, which by the sounds of your post you are. This is no different from what you do here in the UK on Remembrance day where you give money and get a poppy to wear.
The money goes to the cause and you get a trinket, you can give 1p, you can give £1 and you can give £100, you still get your paper poppy.
This is just the same, so if you can only afford $1 then give $1 and don't feel bad about helping the kids out, even if you just want to play the games.
Somewhere out there, there is a kid who wants to play Super Mario Bros 3 on the Snes and lark about the Mushroom Kingdom in a Tanooki suit.
They'll be thankfuk for the chance, promise.