Humble Indie Bundle 2: Steam Activation Confirmed
December 19th, 2010
It is my pleasure to announce that Steam has officially given us a giant pile of keys for the Humble Indie Bundle 2. All those who have previously purchased Humble Indie Bundle 2 will find a Steam key redemption button at the top of their download page. Right now, your HIB2 Steam key will instantly activate Braid, Osmos and Machinarium ...
Humble Indie Bundle 2 - IT'S ALIVE!!
December 14th, 2010
Introducing the Humble Indie Bundle 2! Pay-what-you-want for five awesome DRM-free games on Mac, Windows, and Linux: Braid, Machinarium, Osmos, Cortex Command, and Revenge of the Titans. If you haven't heard of Revenge of the Titans before, it's because it is being launched directly into the bundle. Another cool Humble Bundle exclusive is that Braid and Cortex Command ...
Activate the Humble Indie Bundle on Steam
December 9th, 2010
About 6 months ago we tried out a modest promotion called the Humble Indie Bundle. Thanks to everyone's support, we raised nearly 1.3 million dollars for independent video games and charity. There were about 140,000 bundles purchased. While customers can always download the games directly on the Humble Bundle page, the most frequently asked question was "Can ...
Beard Extermination HD Footage
November 29th, 2010
This Thanksgiving weekend I finally had a chance to dig into the HD footage we recorded on the day my facial hair died. A few people mentioned that Justin.tv was not working for them and I saw several YouTube comments from people who had apparently missed out on the live stream. My hope is that this will finally bring ...
R.I.P. Beard 2008-2010
November 18th, 2010
Today at roughly 4pm PST, the mighty beard hath been slain. It was a decent beard, long, braidable and true. Some said it looked fierce, others thought it looked like pubes, but I think most agreed that it was a meaningful albeit eccentric way of measuring the time and effort we've been putting into Overgrowth. The shaving occurred at ...
Wolfire's talk about Overgrowth at Fantastic Fest
November 11th, 2010
Back in September, Aubrey and I attended a conference in Austin, Texas called Fantastic Fest. When we announced that we would be giving a presentation there, many of you asked us to record it. Well, it turns out that James and Lisanne from BlinkWorks managed to record the whole presentation, and kindly made it available to us! If the name ...
YouTube Beard Drive Update
November 5th, 2010
Two days ago we started a YouTube subscriber drive to coincide with the shaving of my 2-year development beard. I pledged that if we could get to 5,000 subscribers in two weeks, I would live stream the shaving of the beard. After only two days of the promotion we've already broken 5,000 and this video below is ...