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Humble Book Bundle: A Wizard of Earthsea and More by Ursula K. Le Guin

30 books for $18USD/$27AUD, which isn't bad. But what was notable for me is that many of these books don't seem to be available in Australia as ebooks at all. Yet Australians can buy them for an Australian Kobo account from this bundle. So now I finally have an ebook of Steering the Craft, hooray, I've wanted one for ages.

Important note: You need to be logged into an existing Kobo account, and get them as Kobo ebooks, also you must select EVERY BOOK when you redeem your code, or lose them forever! Very strange way of doing things, but it is what it is.

I happened to notice a few at like 75-90% off and it's easy to miss Switch sales.

Abzu $3: lovely underwater exploration

My time at Portia $11: a fun farming/gathering sim

The Room $3: an atmospherically creepy Myst-like puzzle game

My Brother Rabbit $2: I have heard this is a fun puzzle/adventure game

Also a bunch of Voltage Love365 games are 30% off. I bought "Our Two Bedroom Story" which is the least rapey of the bunch but don't really rec them to anyone not into VERY cookie cutter otome. If you're into het involving thinly written douchebags you may enjoy Bought By The Baddest Bidder (criminals own you) or Enchanted By The Moonlight (mythological creatures want your babies).

I'm usually not super into these kinds of games but they were on sale and I was bored.

Glittermitten Cove: So this SEEMS like a slightly shonky but cute resource management game about building a village for fairies. The fairies have their own basic AI and you direct them to build storehouses for food, plant trees for wood etc. But there is some weird stuff going on under the surface, nothing scary or distressing afaict but also not the game I thought I was buying, and I turn out not to like the game it actually is anywhere near as much.

Islanders: A minimalist city builder about creating small, efficient settlements on islands. Didn't grab me on my first attempt but I'll give it another go at some point.

Also, a reminder of my games recs account for anyone in need of ways to waste time.

Until Oct 1

It's a very fun gme. It's been crashing for me a lot lately though which is annoying. I think it might be a particular area, the Bloodtide Coast, so don't go there :)