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I have absolutely no willpower to resist buying these, even though I never have time to play them. I buy them for the fantasy that some day I'll have free time for games again and can spend it all playing good games.

It's the same reason I've bought 50 games on GOG.com so far, and actually only found time to play 2-3 for short periods. The price per purchase (even when purchasing multiple on a weekend deal) is low enough to not make me feel guilty, and I get something to look forward to.

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I buy pretty much every Humble Indie Bundle, even though I'm really not a gamer, and have played I think about six games to completion in my life. I do it to support the indie game phenomenon more than anything else. The $10-15 it takes to beat the average a handful of times a year is worth it to me on that basis alone.

Well, that and the fact that I have several dozen games I could futz around with should I find myself suddenly possessed of the "free time" to do so.

Exactly the same as myself, I haven't played any of them (well maybe one of the android games).. but I have purchased every single bundle to date. I usually buy a few codes for myself / brothers always at over the average...

For the $30 (or whatever it is) / year I can feel good about contributing to indie devs + charity, and that's worth it for me.

I am reminded of Kevin Smith, who will often buy tickets to movies he doesn't have time to see, just to support the film makers.

For that reason, I only buy Humble Bundles which have games that I know 100% I would play to completion. (such games that have been in Humble Bundles include Bastion, Psychonauts, Darksiders and Dungeon Defenders). And I still have a massive backlog from the other excellent games in the Bundles.

At the moment, I'll pass on HB8, atleast until I see what bonus games are inevitably added to the Bundle.

If you happen to have a game controller, either an Xbox Controller for PC or a PS3 controller hooked up using DS3 Tool/MotioninJoy, I'd highly recommend Hotline Miami as a fast and fun action game.

I'd recommend it either way. I had an absolute blast with it with a keyboard and mouse, and there are some gameplay elements I could see actually being more difficult with a controller given how fast the game moves.

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