End Game

While rummaging through the great piles of gaming news that come out in a day, I caught sight of something that took my notice, and got me to thinking. Specifically, the word about the newest Humble Bundle that's jammed full of Warner Bros. Interactive titles for Windows PC was what turned me to thinking, and the idea of why there isn't this kind of thing going on more often in console gaming.

The Humble Bundle in question brought out a slew of somewhat older titles all in one handy package with a blank price tag on same. Essentially, according to the reports, users pay what they please and walk away with, in this case “Batman: Arkham Asylum Game of the Year Edition,” “Fear 2: Project Origin,” “Fear 3,” and “The Lord of The Rings, War in the North.” Those who pay more than average get bumped up to “Batman: Arkham City Game of the Year Edition” and “Scribblenauts Unlimited.”

While that was quite a coup in its own right, I got an e-mail earlier today from Good Old Games, insisting that, were I to buy at least three games from a list of several for a minimum donation of $5, 100 percent of said donation would go directly to one of several different charitable efforts.

Bundling old games together and offering said games for a low, low price seems to be the province of either PC games or eBay auctions, because I seldom see something like this go for console games. Oh, to be sure, there are some great bargains to be had in console.