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I loved the first Humble Indie Bundle -- loved the concept of pay-what-you-want video games, loved the open-sourcing of the games, loved the money that went to charity, and simply loved the games themselves. So I was thrilled when I heard from Jeffrey Rosen and John Graham that they were doing it again (Bonus good news: the Humble Bundle's been accepted into Y Combinator.)

The second Humble Bundle is available now (Hurry). This second bundle lets you pay what you want to download 5 DRM-free games: critically-rated puzzle game Braid, point-and-click adventure game Machinarium, puzzle game Osmos, action game Cortex Command and a new real-time strategy game (launching as part of the bundle) Revenge of the Titans.

Since the launch last week, the second Humble Bundle has brought in $1,575,752.46 from over 200,000 customers. Yesterday, Humble Bundle announced it was throwing in the 6 games from the first bundle for those who donate more than the average original amount. That means for a minimum of $7.60, you'll get 11 games. There were no initial announcements about plans to open source the games this time around, but apparently Revenge of the Titans will be open sourced if the bundle reaches $1.75 million.

I plan to (finally) play these games over the next few days, and I'm going to write reviews, just like I (eventually) did the last bundle around.

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