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The Independent Games Festival nominees are up again, that means it’s time for me to compile a list of all of the featured games that are currently playable by mere mortals like you and me. This is a list of all of the games taking part in the IGF that are publicly available either commercially, freeware, web, beta, or just as a demo. This is part 1, and I’ll be publishing the rest over the coming weeks. I’ve looked at every entry, but not all have any form of publicly available playable build. If I’ve missed any, or got any details incorrect, please let me know. (more…)

I have just received this email from Zavvi:

Thanks for placing your order with zavvi, order number :

Our sales team have been reviewing the orders that you have recently placed on our site. They have found that over the last few orders you have been abusing our discount codes and publishing this over the internet to other potential customers. It does state on our terms and conditions that only 1 discount code can be used and that we retain the right to cancel any orders, therefore we have taken the decision to temporarily place a hold on your account.

Many thanks
Zavvi.com

I can’t log in to my account, so I’m not sure which orders they are referring too, I have a few orders from them active at the minute and depending on their definition of abuse, I’m not sure what counts and what doesn’t.

Perhaps instead of blaming me for noticing ways to use their coupons, they should direct their efforts into having a more competent ordering system that isn’t so gapingly open to abuse.

Let me know if you hear anything from them, or have any orders cancelled. My account at The Hut still seems to be active, I wonder if they’ll sell me New Vegas…