Quite good, Madam of games.

lol a fender pick

This was an awesome episode, Z! Thanks also for mentioning our show. That made my day.

Here's a few more cheap and affordable games that people may enjoy:


Noitu Love - $0
Noitu Love 2 - $10
These games are like hybrids of Mega Man, Contra, and Gunstar Heroes. Awesome games! If you like the first one, support the dev by buying the 2nd one!

Scarygirl - $0
Beautiful platform flash game

For masochists out there, you can try the unbelievably hard platformer I Wanna Be The Guy for a hefty price of $0

nice one

Hahah I loved cave story. I agree completely, if that was release back in the days of NES it'd be one of the top.

You know, I honestly think I need to go find a couple of those games. Not that I don't have the money, but they just look cool.

I cannot believe Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory wasn't in the top 5. It is a great free multiplayer fps.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfenstein:_Enemy_Territory

Oh LMG...you care for the people with your scouring of the web for the best of the best. Go going Z keep up the good work...

:s :s No I am not going to do it... :s :s

*sigh* LITTLE MISS GAMER!

okay.

Anyway, very good video, Z. I have heard of Knytt Stories prior to viewing this. I had interest in playing it but was unsure of the cost, but now I know, so...thanks...




:run away crying:

Z, you're awesome. I'm always happy when I watch your show. I really do hope we get to hear more counterpoints with you and Lee on the Lee and Z show! I am definitely going to check out that number 1 game. XD

Thanks LMG, you always remind me of good things. Teeny Little Super Guy and now Cave Story. I keep meaning to try that one.

Nice titles but the best free game ever is "I wanna be the guy"... well... that's if the player enjoys insane difficulty to the point its rather funny.

A good list, I just wish you had expanded it to a top 10. A good free game that is for all the PS3 owners is Ragdoll Kung Fu: Fists of Plastic. It is a multiplayer fighting game with a Super Smash Bros. style of fighting, except with different modes and moves. It also has a lot of challenges with leaderboards that you can try and conquer. Great game, definitely worth the $0. It would probably be worth $10, but Sprint did something or other and made it free. Hooray for weird ways of advertising!! :3

kthxbai

That was only a limited promotion. The game is actually very bad, and probably not even worth playing for free -_-

Yuck, New York water, hope you didn't get to close to it Thanks for looking out for us poor people!

I too am surprised you didn't add Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory to the list, free and for Mac and PC!

I normally like your videos, but I really think you didn't do much research. You suggest a $5 dollar glorified flash game (the clown game) yet you fail to mention how gog.com offers awesome games such as Fallout 1 and 2 for as low as 5.99 (for .99 cents more than that clown game, you can get one of the most classic games in gaming history) - and those are just two titles from gog.com - they have many. Also steampowered.com has a lot of great cheap titles.

IMO Cave Story is really the only worthwhile game you have worth mentioning on this list.

You just gave me a realization over there. Yeah, I also agree about trying some free games. Simple but really cool!

Nice video again, LMG. Just keep it up!

And Yet It Moves looks awesome, and i'd never seen it before. reminds me of Braid, which was a genius game. i'll definitely be buying that some time.

as for free games you can find online, i'm very fond of Eversion, which i highly recommend everyone play up to at least the fourth level. there's also the classic Dismount games where you see how badly you can damage your little ragdoll. but my favorite of all time is Bridge Builder, which is exactly what it says on the tin and freaking awesome. enjoy!

Seconded on Eversion, but unfortunately it has little replay value. Of other free games, I like Iji, a surprisingly dark sidescrolling action/adventure game with a very interesting plot, which even allows you to play as a pacifist!

One other is Warning Forever, a bullet hell shoot-em-up with a boss that constantly evolves and adapts to your playstyle.

And yes, One Must Fall 2097 is still one of the best beat-em-ups for the PC. Decent graphics for the time, kickass music, good game machanics, varied fighters and last but not least, very visceral sound effects.

There are some suggestions I'd like to make for some cheap or free games that you may be able to use for a future episode.

The first game I would suggest is Plants vs. Zombies by PopCap. You can buy the game on Steam for only ten dollars, and it is worth every penny. There is surprisingly a lot to do with this game, and it is one of the funniest games I have ever played. Good luck not getting addicted to this thing for days. PopCap has proven once again to be the makers of the video game equivalent of cocaine, nicotine, or whatever substance you want to substitute for addictive stuff.

The other game I'd like to suggest is I Wanna Be The Guy. Now I know a bunch of people will skewer me for this suggestion, but hear me out. If you manage not to be completely frustrated by the first screen, the game really can be enjoyable. Some of the traps are very clever, and every save point feels like a huge achievement. If you can beat the game, you have such huge bragging rights. Not only that, but it pays homage to so many other games from our childhoods. Everybody who thinks they are great gamers have to try this gauntlet at least once in their lives. (For the record, I have become The Guy multiple times on the Very Hard difficulty setting.)

Nice review, Z. Hope you do more of these cheap game reviews cause there are tons of them. I guess you have to know where to look.

Nice to see you're doing more viewer mail segments. Can't wait for your next vid. Keep up the good work, Z. Love ya!

Thanks for the hints!

And Tom Green got some points in my book.

Battlefield heroes might be a game that you would normally play but having played the beta I have to mention it. Its isnt relesed yet but it's awsome. check out the trailer at youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYQP-uBijWg

also like Xylon Lionheart said wheres plants vs zombies. I love that game.

I would also like to recommend Alien shooter and Zombie shooter for the PC which are available thru steam for $5 each. Great games.

i got a great game that fits the list,
"Samorost" by Amanita Design - its a flash game that you can play on your browser, and its free!

http://amanita-design.net/samorost-1/
http://amanita-design.net/samorost-2/
(for "Samorost 2" - you have to pay thou)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXaJJZYXTS4

This was great episode. Thanks LMS.

no love for "Rest generation"?
http://resetgeneration-site.arena.n-gage.com/

I love And Yet it Moves! It reminds me of when Braid came out, that kind of graphic style that doesn't focus on near photo realism, but takes a new innovative and more of an artistic take on the whole visual look.

Sorry but I disagree with you Larty.

Those that have money to spend go ahead and do so. But people like me have to choose between a meal and a game. It's not like we're saving money we have or something. We have no money to spare.

And I could have sworn she never said anything about having any money to make the choice of spending or not in the first place.

The whole point of a recession is that most people have no money to spend. The few that do, but don't wish to compromise their rare, cushy and comfortable lifestyle, firing people or moving their business out of the country, those are the ones causing the recession to worsen. :/ People like us really have no choice but to choose free or cheap entertainment.

hey erveryone, just wanted to add on this list : trackmania nations forever, it's entirely free, you can play online with millions of players, you can make your own tracks and it's really good looking.
here's the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HOJxiQ34C0
and here's the official website where you can download it http://trackmania.com/tm/index.php?rub=nations

Supposedly Trackmania, free or not, comes installed with a very intrusive software protection utility called Starforce. Starforce ruined my CD drives.

Open-Source gaming is the future...
Anyway nice one...

Great episode...
I even played And Yet it Moves once, the demo...but I keep dying.
I really expected World of Goo to be in the list, but it seems to be too expensive. And not enough jumping and running.

Yeah Zulk is right, I have that trackmania game, it's really fun. Also if you're into FPS games like Quake, check out http://www.quakelive.com
It's a free, intense multiplayer Quake game you can play in your internet browser.