Title: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: HaemishM on August 14, 2013, 12:02:30 PM So the Humble Bundle, meant to be for indies, has recently had a few non-indie publisher type bundles. The Deep Silver and THQ bundles being the ones I'm thinking of. I was ok with this.
And then... the Humble ORIGIN Bundle (https://www.humblebundle.com/?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Introducing+the+Humble+Origin+Bundle!&utm_campaign=20130812_m116893415_Introducing+the+Humble+Origin+Bundle!&utm_term=Humble+Origin+Bundle). Not Origin as in Ultima, Wing Commander, and other games from the past but Origin as in that shitty EA mongoloid direct download we wantz all the DLC money so this is why you can't buy Mass Effect 3 on Steam piece of shit service. Pika? Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ingmar on August 14, 2013, 12:12:19 PM How dare they give money to charity, truly, they are a symbol of everything that is evil in gaming and the world at large.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: sickrubik on August 14, 2013, 12:14:10 PM I can't hate on them for doing it, the only thing that makes me a bit cross is Dead Space 1... and 3. FUCK DEAD SPACE 2?! They will most likely be added after a week, but it seemed weird/silly/amusing.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: HaemishM on August 14, 2013, 12:19:26 PM How dare they give money to charity, truly, they are a symbol of everything that is evil in gaming and the world at large. I have no problem with them giving to charity - I just think the idea that the Humble Bundle was supposed to be a vehicle for indies and big ass evil fucktards like EA shouldn't be able to piggyback onto this sort of thing. If they wanted to give money to charity, they certainly have enough money to do it. Also, that's a really shittastic bundle. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: MrHat on August 14, 2013, 12:23:41 PM This is Mirror's Edge for a dollar?
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ingmar on August 14, 2013, 12:24:35 PM I don't really see the issue. The Humble Bundle people had an opportunity to expand their operation and help more people and they took it. Oh noes, the poor indies.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: tazelbain on August 14, 2013, 12:26:26 PM Its hard to say without understanding the finances on the backend. My guess is HB is a giant tax dodge and EA wants in on the action.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: luckton on August 14, 2013, 12:28:41 PM If they unhinged Origin from Dead Space 3, I'd throw them money. Along with Mass Effect 3. Until then....
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: satael on August 14, 2013, 12:31:32 PM The fact that the games are on Origin makes me skip it. If they were steam keys I'd be happy to support whatever charity and maybe even put a small part into EA's pocket.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: luckton on August 14, 2013, 12:33:54 PM There are Steam keys for those that Steam already had, but Dead Space 3 is not one of them.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Fabricated on August 14, 2013, 01:21:52 PM If Battlefield 4 wasn't 2 months or so away I'd say $5 is worth it for base BF3 because I had a lot of fun with it.
I own Dead Space and Mirror's Edge. Dead Space 1 PC has various issues, just a heads up. Also Medal of Honor is horrendous. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on August 14, 2013, 01:52:56 PM Don't know why people are getting their panties in a wad over this other than because its EA. Origin isn't nearly as good as Steam but for the price I'm willing to put up with it. Some of those games are actually pretty good. Besides, you can adjust how much of your money the publisher receives, which means I'll be sliding EA's cut as low as I can. :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Furiously on August 14, 2013, 01:56:24 PM 5/8 of the games can be activated on steam I believe... Basically if it has a 3 in it it's origin only.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Rendakor on August 14, 2013, 01:57:16 PM EA doesn't even seem to be getting a cut. There are sliders for the charities and the humble tip. I'm throwing a few bucks at it because I've already got Origin installed and might one day want to play some of these.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: satael on August 14, 2013, 02:00:20 PM There are Steam keys for those that Steam already had, but Dead Space 3 is not one of them. Thanks, didn't notice that. Since you get Mirror's Edge on steam I paid/donated a little (I doubt I'll ever redeem the Origin keys but who cares). For all I know they've fixed Origin into something good but I don't see a need for (myself to) install another client while steam works so well (for now). My lack of interest in Origin will probably be the reason I'll skip Battlefield 4 too... Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: KallDrexx on August 14, 2013, 02:08:08 PM fyi, Based on Steam database modifications, the rumors are the "Bonus bundle" for this deal will be Dead space 2, bulletstorm, MoH: Airborne, and C&C ra3: Uprising.
*edit* I have no problem with them giving to charity - I just think the idea that the Humble Bundle was supposed to be a vehicle for indies and big ass evil fucktards like EA shouldn't be able to piggyback onto this sort of thing. If they wanted to give money to charity, they certainly have enough money to do it. Also, that's a really shittastic bundle. Meh, HB has been getting much less indie-only as time goes on (Serious Sam series, THQ bundle, Deep Silver, and many others) so this is a dumb argument. There are TONS of other indie only bundles that are now trying to compete with HB that indies can still go to (and HB does more deals now than before). Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Rendakor on August 14, 2013, 02:13:56 PM Is Origin not working for anyone else? Redeemed all my steam keys but when I go to redeem product code in Origin I just get a pop up window with a forever loading screen.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: sickrubik on August 14, 2013, 02:20:35 PM I imagine they're getting some good traffic. same shit happened the last big sale they had.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: KallDrexx on August 14, 2013, 02:24:04 PM Is Origin not working for anyone else? Redeemed all my steam keys but when I go to redeem product code in Origin I just get a pop up window with a forever loading screen. I just installed origin to redeem my keys and it popped up a window saying key redemption is down and they are working on it. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: schild on August 14, 2013, 02:29:55 PM Oh look, cheap PR. Cheap as in free.
EA GIVES TONS OF DOLLARS TO CHARITY still never installing origin, fuckers Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: schild on August 14, 2013, 02:30:35 PM btw everyone who buys this is a bad person
seriously bad Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: HaemishM on August 14, 2013, 02:52:56 PM Considering the best games on this thing are mediocre at best (looking at you BF3), maybe it's just people like bad games for cheap.
It really is free press for EA and they don't need the free press. It's also a way to get more people to install Origin, which is also a bad thing. This bundle should be called the "All the Shit EA Put Out that Wasn't a Blockbuster Hit and Battlefield 3/Sims if You Spend Enough and Really We aren't Totally Evil or Anything" Bundle. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: disKret on August 14, 2013, 02:53:07 PM If someone will not use their origin codes i'll be happy to catch some for my sons - they are not so picky :why_so_serious:
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Trippy on August 14, 2013, 03:03:43 PM I already have Origin installed thanks to ME3 so I'll likely be getting the bundle.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: schild on August 14, 2013, 03:10:08 PM Oh man, ME3 doesn't even tick the "OK OK I'LL INSTALL ORIGIN FUCK" scale.
That shit petered out halfway through 2. Bad sci-fi is bad. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Trippy on August 14, 2013, 03:14:25 PM I needed resolution for my Liara romance :drillf:
Also the MP was really fun so I don't regret the purchase even though the single-player story was really crappy. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Nonentity on August 14, 2013, 03:35:31 PM Multiplayer was the best part of ME3.
Yep. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: K9 on August 14, 2013, 03:42:41 PM I don't have any of the dead space games, was thinking of picking them up for PS3 though; might do this way instead perhaps. Happy to drop a few pounds on those and activate them in Steam. I can probably live without the others for now.
What's the deal with the bonus bundle? Do I have to wait for it to become available, or donate at a certain level or what? Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: KallDrexx on August 14, 2013, 03:46:32 PM I don't have any of the dead space games, was thinking of picking them up for PS3 though; might do this way instead perhaps. Happy to drop a few pounds on those and activate them in Steam. I can probably live without the others for now. What's the deal with the bonus bundle? Do I have to wait for it to become available, or donate at a certain level or what? In past bundles, if you purchase it at any cost prior to the bonus bundle being released you get the bonus bundle for free. After the bonus bundle is announced you have to beat the average to get it. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: rk47 on August 14, 2013, 07:16:23 PM Kinda want Sims 3. If anyone want to give that code away for Steam cards, I'll deal. :why_so_serious:
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: schild on August 14, 2013, 08:36:26 PM Giving this guy sims 3 is a good use of those shit codes. Someone do that.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Hoax on August 14, 2013, 09:00:53 PM Oh man, ME3 doesn't even tick the "OK OK I'LL INSTALL ORIGIN FUCK" scale. That shit petered out halfway through 2. Bad sci-fi is bad. I would love so much to play that game and I enjoyed the end of 2 very very much but fuck Origin. I won't do it. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Phred on August 14, 2013, 10:38:22 PM The fact that the games are on Origin makes me skip it. If they were steam keys I'd be happy to support whatever charity and maybe even put a small part into EA's pocket. Then rejoice because if you read a little more carefully you will see that there are steam keys for all the game but dead space 1. I saw the minimum was 1$ and paid that cause, Fuck EA. Guess I didnt get the sims for my min payment. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on August 14, 2013, 10:53:07 PM The fact that the games are on Origin makes me skip it. If they were steam keys I'd be happy to support whatever charity and maybe even put a small part into EA's pocket. Then rejoice because if you read a little more carefully you will see that there are steam keys for all the game but dead space 1. I saw the minimum was 1$ and paid that cause, Fuck EA. Guess I didnt get the sims for my min payment. EA doesn't get any money from this as far as I know. It all goes to charity or the Humble Bundle people. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Trippy on August 14, 2013, 11:03:52 PM Then rejoice because if you read a little more carefully you will see that there are steam keys for all the game but dead space 1. I saw the minimum was 1$ and paid that cause, Fuck EA. Guess I didnt get the sims for my min payment. EA doesn't get any money from this as far as I know. It all goes to charity or the Humble Bundle people.Quote Origin and EA are donating their share of the proceeds from this bundle to the following charities! Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Phred on August 14, 2013, 11:05:08 PM EA doesn't even seem to be getting a cut. There are sliders for the charities and the humble tip. I'm throwing a few bucks at it because I've already got Origin installed and might one day want to play some of these. Damn. I felt guilty after reading this and upped my payment to slightly above average. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on August 14, 2013, 11:11:57 PM Does anyone know if you can send someone else the codes for these and have them work on their Steam/Origin accounts? If so, I have codes for the following games since I already have them: Battlefield 3 for Origin and Crysis 2, Dead Space, and Medal of Honor for Steam (or Origin).
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Phred on August 14, 2013, 11:17:58 PM Does anyone know if you can send someone else the codes for these and have them work on their Steam/Origin accounts? If so, I have codes for the following games since I already have them: Battlefield 3 for Origin and Crysis 2, Dead Space, and Medal of Honor for Steam (or Origin). I dont see why not. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Cyrrex on August 15, 2013, 03:39:38 AM My dislike for Origin falls just short of "hate"...so I think I can bring myself to do this for a bit of charity. Also, I have two boys who don't give a shit how they get their games.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Rendakor on August 15, 2013, 04:31:44 AM Does anyone know if you can send someone else the codes for these and have them work on their Steam/Origin accounts? If so, I have codes for the following games since I already have them: Battlefield 3 for Origin and Crysis 2, Dead Space, and Medal of Honor for Steam (or Origin). HB tells you not to, but there's no way to prevent you from giving them out.Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Azazel on August 15, 2013, 05:07:25 AM If someone will not use their origin codes i'll be happy to catch some for my sons - they are not so picky :why_so_serious: You can't afford the dollar yourself? :oh_i_see: Also: Nerdrage pantiewads :why_so_serious: Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: disKret on August 15, 2013, 06:00:40 AM You can't afford the dollar yourself? :oh_i_see: Already bought 2 packs. I need 2 more (i'm thinking about mainly about bf3) :why_so_serious: Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: calapine on August 15, 2013, 07:04:02 AM Please tell your kids to say a prayer before bed for that generous lady on the internet! :grin: Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: schild on August 15, 2013, 08:01:48 AM Quote Origin and EA are donating their share of the proceeds from this bundle to the following charities! Correct, it's free PR. Not willing to give them that. Would rather donate straight to a charity. Like the Eric Schild Foundation for Voting With Your Wallet. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: luckton on August 15, 2013, 08:06:02 AM Correct, it's free PR. Not willing to give them that. Would rather donate straight to a charity. Like the Eric Schild Foundation for Hex. Fixed. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on August 15, 2013, 10:02:32 AM Does anyone know if you can send someone else the codes for these and have them work on their Steam/Origin accounts? If so, I have codes for the following games since I already have them: Battlefield 3 for Origin and Crysis 2, Dead Space, and Medal of Honor for Steam (or Origin). HB tells you not to, but there's no way to prevent you from giving them out.Well then, if anyone is interested in the games I mentioned, send me a PM. First come first served. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Cyrrex on August 15, 2013, 10:19:35 PM I seem to have donated some money and NOT been sent any keys in return. I am going to chalk it up to them being overwhelmed.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: apocrypha on August 15, 2013, 11:04:18 PM Cyrrex have you checked the My Account section of the Humble website? I had the same thing and the keys were available there, after clicking the Origin Bundle link bottom left. The email with details arrived about 2 hours later.
And if it's a tax dodge by EA, well, whatever. They're a vast multinational corporation. They have a thousand different ways to avoid tax. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Cyrrex on August 16, 2013, 01:35:05 AM I didn't, I'll check that later.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on August 17, 2013, 01:19:03 PM Wow, almost 1.3 million purchases so far at an average price of $4.80, which would be about $6.2 million. Considering almost all of it will be going to charity, that's not too shabby.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: schild on August 17, 2013, 09:36:36 PM EA GIVES 6.2M TO CHARITY. ALL HAIL EA.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Furiously on August 18, 2013, 01:12:18 AM I wonder what percent are actually installing Origin.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Kail on August 18, 2013, 03:22:04 AM I wonder what percent are actually installing Origin. Yeah, I suspect if they'd just called it the "Humble EA Bundle" instead it wouldn't have sounded so sketchy to me, but the way it is, the cynical part of my brain can't help but see this as a marketing hook. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Azazel on August 18, 2013, 03:39:37 AM You can't afford the dollar yourself? :oh_i_see: Already bought 2 packs. I need 2 more (i'm thinking about mainly about bf3) :why_so_serious: I should probably buy another two. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: disKret on August 18, 2013, 08:58:42 AM You can't afford the dollar yourself? :oh_i_see: Already bought 2 packs. I need 2 more (i'm thinking about mainly about bf3) :why_so_serious: I should probably buy another two. Was this comment realy needed? I've never saw You throwing sarcastic comments in steam sale topic. Bored? Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Pennilenko on August 18, 2013, 10:10:07 AM Was this comment realy needed? I've never saw You throwing sarcastic comments in steam sale topic. Bored? I think it was deserved grief asking for freebies for something that you get for yourself for a ridiculously insignificant amount of money. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: disKret on August 18, 2013, 10:14:45 AM Quote I think it was deserved grief asking for freebies for something that you get for yourself for a ridiculously insignificant amount of money. Im sorry that I have never think about putting the lowest possible price on the table. Belive it or not I multiplied what I paid not what is the lowest digit someone can enter. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Pennilenko on August 18, 2013, 10:22:57 AM Quote I think it was deserved grief asking for freebies for something that you get for yourself for a ridiculously insignificant amount of money. Im sorry that I have never think about putting the lowest possible price on the table. Belive it or not I multiplied what I paid not what is the lowest digit someone can enter. So since you did your "duty" snag a couple more for the minimum and call it a day. :why_so_serious: Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Setanta on August 19, 2013, 01:51:03 AM Will not install Origin. So sorry starving orphans.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Phred on August 19, 2013, 02:07:59 AM Will not install Origin. So sorry starving orphans. You missed the part where 90% of the games come with steam codes, right? Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Kail on August 19, 2013, 02:55:11 AM edit: Never mind, I'm being a pedantic asshole :awesome_for_real:
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: koro on August 22, 2013, 03:37:26 PM So the second week games for this bundle were revealed.
An expansion for Red Alert 3... and Populous. Like, the original Populous. From 1989. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on August 22, 2013, 05:27:08 PM So the second week games for this bundle were revealed. An expansion for Red Alert 3... and Populous. Like, the original Populous. From 1989. Yeah...Populous? :headscratch: And the Red Alert 3 game is a stand alone. No need for the base game. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ragnoros on August 23, 2013, 01:08:39 AM Red Alert 3 isn't worth the bandwidth. It's really, really bad.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Segoris on August 23, 2013, 08:12:14 AM I'm not sure what is more sad, that the average price is still under $5 after this long or that Populous is the best game available.
And yes, fuck Red Alert 3. I wasted bandwidth on it once.....once. (http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-StixBOrofdM/TjiSHk7vA-I/AAAAAAAABmk/IsMn_ZcgOfM/s1600/Johnny+Dangerously+5.jpg) Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Nonentity on August 23, 2013, 09:45:49 AM It shoots through schools.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Segoris on August 23, 2013, 10:04:10 AM .88 magnum dlc :why_so_serious:
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Teleku on August 24, 2013, 01:17:51 AM Man, I need to go watch that movie again.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Azazel on August 24, 2013, 08:52:59 PM Quote I think it was deserved grief asking for freebies for something that you get for yourself for a ridiculously insignificant amount of money. Im sorry that I have never think about putting the lowest possible price on the table. Belive it or not I multiplied what I paid not what is the lowest digit someone can enter. So since you did your "duty" snag a couple more for the minimum and call it a day. :why_so_serious: Huh. Wasn't even directed at you as I don't "know" you yet/have any idea who you are and pretty much forgot about your comment after making the $1 comment (which still stands, BTW - though you need to donate $5 for BF3). Was basically aimed at Schild's comments and the EA&ORIGIN=EBIL crowd. And it was serious, too. :awesome_for_real: I used to pay more for Humble Bundles, but when the number of un-looked-at, unplayed, never-installed, games started to pile up, I dropped my "donations" down to about $5 per. Since I already had all the games I'll realistically ever pay from this lot (there's only 4 I don't own now that they added more) I don't have any moral qualms about paying very little to charity for things I'll never use. :oh_i_see: Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: sickrubik on August 28, 2013, 12:07:27 PM So. The new Humble Bundle is out, which is actually comedy-centric and neat. (https://www.humblebundle.com/) However, it reminded me that the Origin bundle ended... with no Dead Space 2. I assumed it would have been added later.. but... NOOOOOOOOOOPE. How weird.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Fabricated on August 28, 2013, 12:38:50 PM Oh shit, Patrice O'Neal's last two albums. Hell yeah. Donate everything to Patrice; his family kinda needs it since he died last year.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Evildrider on August 28, 2013, 12:45:12 PM Whenever I see Louis CK and O'neal together I always think of this from an Opie and Anthony show. Louis CK and Patrice O'Neal. NSFW Language. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRDXeinEUJQ)
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: sickrubik on August 28, 2013, 12:47:00 PM Oh shit, Patrice O'Neal's last two albums. Hell yeah. Donate everything to Patrice; his family kinda needs it since he died last year. Two years ago, but yeah. It's a great set, Norton aside, so I'll be grabbing it. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Fabricated on August 28, 2013, 12:53:01 PM Oh shit, Patrice O'Neal's last two albums. Hell yeah. Donate everything to Patrice; his family kinda needs it since he died last year. Two years ago, but yeah. It's a great set, Norton aside, so I'll be grabbing it. Also yeah, Jimmy is an amazing riffer but blerggghh his standup is hack at best. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: sickrubik on August 28, 2013, 12:58:59 PM I really dislike a lot of his BRO fans too, who don't quite get comedy, which is why I think he's handled the whole "rape" stuff very poorly.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: satael on August 29, 2013, 11:22:03 AM There's a Paradox Humble Bundle on sale now too (on the weekly tab) with some decent games.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Shannow on August 29, 2013, 12:49:05 PM There's a Paradox Humble Bundle on sale now too (on the weekly tab) with some decent games. Yep in on that shit. Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: Ginaz on September 03, 2013, 12:09:09 AM I still have Steam keys for Crisis 2 and Medal of Honor if anyone wants them.
Title: Re: OK... WTF, Humble Bundle? Post by: JWIV on September 05, 2013, 09:28:46 AM There's a Paradox Humble Bundle on sale now too (on the weekly tab) with some decent games. Yep in on that shit. Yep, just snagged it. |