So, part of what I'm learning this year is that free games come by often enough, if you're patient and watchful and lucky… Or do I mean unlucky? Because I'm talking about free games due to my personal information being compromised… Anyway.

Just yesterday, I got Amnesia: The Dark Descent free from a limited-time OnLive promotion (normally, $19.99). I hear it's pretty freaky. This is thanks to the fact that I have RSS feeds of all my favourite game sites and blogs, and I check my feed reader all the time. As soon as I hear mention of a free game offer, I snap it right up.

Getting 30 days of World of WarCraft free from Blizzard wasn't enough to get me to subscribe, but it was enough to get me interested in MMORPGs generally. So, I've downloaded Lord of The Rings Online and Free Realms (both free) and have started giving them a whirl. I'm really liking LOTRO (and it totally blows me away that it's free to play). I'm not too stuck on Free Realms, but I haven't given it much of a chance yet. Anyone have any other favourite MMOs, preferably free-to-play?

Then there's Sony's Welcome Back Program. I find I belong to the camp that is really impressed with the amount of free stuff Sony is giving to compensate for this security disaster. I'm happy enough just to be getting inFamous, let alone Dead Nation, LittleBigPlanet PSP, ModNation Racers PSP, and then some. Part of me wishes that I didn't already own WipEout HD so I could get it for free. WipEout HD alone is worth buying a PS3 for.

So, yeah, free games. And good ones too. They're everywhere.