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No smartphone be safe from cheap indie games (unless it be a Blackberry). Just as the Steam mobile app goes out a beta, allowing unfortunate impulse purchases from iOS or Android devices, the Humble Indie Bundle has announced it be first Android release, available now.

Under the same "pay whatever, support charity" pricing scheme as previous Humble Bundles, the Humble Bundle for Android offers Android versions a Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Osmos, 'n Edge, with a bonus copy a World a Goo available t' anyone who exceeds the average payment.

All a these games be cross-platform, so ye pillage them on yer Android phone 'n Windows, OSX, 'n Linux. that be a pretty appealing deal for the price a however much ye end up paying.

The 2.0 update for Super Mario Bros. Crossover, coming in Q1 2012, gives the homemade blend-em-up a bit more flash 'n a wider spectrum a nostalgia. 'n the new SNES 'n Gameboy visuals don't detract from the game's real purpose, which be t' destroy that aloof minion Lakitu in new 'n interesting ways.

This be how nice things like Humble Indie Bundles AVAST! happening: the Humble Indie Bundle 4, which also supports charities like the Red Cross 'n Child's Play, has people abusing the system for grinchy gain. Here's how the scam worked: oogie-boogies purchased the bundle for a penny, then used the Steam codes from the bundle "t' 'legitimize' automated Steam accounts in order t' increase their odds a winning prizes in Valve's current raffle promotion."

"This be unfair t' legitimate entrants 'n be definitely not what we wanted t' encourage with Humble Indie Bundle 4," wrote organizers on the Humble Bundle blog. "it be a lose-lose situation for the indie developers, charities, Valve, 'n Humble Bundle."

New orders now have a required purchase price a $1 t' obtain Steam keys. For those who can't afford the dollar (*glares at yer $5 mocha*), a Steam key can be provided by contacting the support team 'n promising "not t' resell" or "otherwise abuse it."

it be a fair compromise t' a sad situation that shouldn't have happened in the first place.

Today has been a pretty good news day for the dusty old codgers here at Joystiq; not only will the original Sonic the Hedgehog be included in Sonic Generations as an unlockable, but Steam has gone 'n sweetened the nostalgia pot by giving away Sonic 3D Blast 'n Sonic 3 'n Knuckles with every Generations pre-order.

Sonic Generations hits Steam November 4, but the pre-order bonuses become instantly available at check-out. 'n look at it this way, even if Generations ends up being a flop, ye can tell yourself ye spent 30 dollars on two Genesis ports, which be a much more palatable sense a disappointment.

[Thanks, Prezten!]

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