"I've been laying, waiting for your next mistake
I put in work, and watch my status escalate."

- Gang Starr, "Work"

As I mentioned before, I've been Kickstarting a lot of games lately, and one just launched: Loc, a nice little puzzler put together by a group of scrappy kids from Vermont. (I think they're college-aged, actually, but anyone under 23 is a kid to me now.) Hopefully it's the first step of a long and successful career. If you'd like to buy the game for a mere $5, go right ahead:

http://birnamwoodgames.com/games.html

Birnam Wood is a MacBeth reference, so that's swanky right there. It's also a female-run company, headed by the colorfully-named Marguerite Dibble. She's apparently a Star Trek fan and enjoys exotic birds, so she's got that going for her.

Behold! The terrifying new face of gaming! It's all... girly and stuff! Where's the middle-aged puffiness? Where are the doughy old white guys in cheap polo shirts that signify quality?!?

Hey, Pokecharm - if you insist on buying a new game every day, go for this one. It's only five bucks and the money goes to a handful of aspiring young game designers, and not bloated guys in suits thinking of new ways to sell you map packs. Sure, they're hippies, and will probably spend your cash on organic soy and cruelty-free socks, but it's all good.

$5 for a year's hard work - you can't beat that price!