The developers of World of Goo had an interesting promotion: download the game and you set the price! Always the cheapskate, I bought the game for only $4.99 (couldn't make myself only pay $0.01, no matter what my shoulder devil encouraged me to do). This game more than paid for itself at $4.99, and could easily go for $14.99. Although I enjoyed the game, there were some serious wallbanger parts, where I was glad I'd spent the extra money a year ago on the heavy duty mouse. The game is based on a physics simulator, and this is both the game's charm... and the reverse "blessing" which will cause you to curse like a sailor.

One of the free pieces of software you can get from [url=http://gamium.org/AutoDMC/Good_Old_Games_gogcom]the Good Old Games service[/url] for free is [i]Beneath a Steel Sky[/i] a point and click adventure published in 1994.

The 14-15 years that have gone by since publishing this game to today have not diminished the fun factor. This game is still technically playable, and the story is still loads of fun.

[i]Oh and did I mention it's free?[/i] (Yeah, I have.)