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January 16, 2019
Name your own price for The Humble Comics Bundle: Fan Faves & New Hits by Dynamite
Over 9600 pages for more than 98% off. It’s our biggest Dynamite bundle yet! Pick up Undisputed Street Fighter, Vampirella Master Series, Game of Thrones, Nancy Drew, Battlestar Galactica,Kevin Smith’s Green Hornet, and more favorites. Plus, your purchase can support the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund.
Pay $1 or more. Normally, the total cost for the comics in this bundle is as much as $1,274. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The comics in this bundle are available in CBZ, PDF, and ePub formats, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
The Humble Comics Bundle: Fan Faves & New Hits by Dynamite
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January 14, 2019
More games added to the Winter Sale – Great Steam games for a low price!
We’ve added more games to the Winter Sale in the Humble Store! The sale will be live through Thursday, January 24 at 10 a.m. Pacific time.
Winter Sale
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January 10, 2019
Check out new addition to the Armchair family, fullSTEAMahead365.com
We’re happy to announce a new addition to the Armchair Creative Services, LLC, family of companies. fullSTEAMahead365 was founded in December 2018 as your total news and information resource for all things Science, Technology, Engineering/Mathematics, Art, and Medicine/Health. While there will inevitably be some overlap with Armchair Arcade, with its more than 15-year focus on videogames, computers, technology, and geek culture, fullSTEAMahead365 places less emphasis on how entertainment impacts our lives and more on how STEM and STEAM concepts drive our world, both now and in the future. That’s why the company motto is:
Human Advancement Never Stops
We hope you’ll check us out as the site continues to evolve. Thank you!
Web: https://fullsteamahead365.com/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/FULLSTEAM365
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fullsteamahead365/
RSS: https://fullsteamahead365.com/feed/
Science
The systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe.
Technology
The collection of techniques, skills, methods, and processes used in the production of goods or services or in the accomplishment of objectives, such as scientific investigation.
Engineering/Mathematics
The application of knowledge, typically in the form of science, mathematics, and empirical evidence, to the innovation, design, construction, operation, and maintenance of structures, machines, materials, devices, systems, processes, and organizations.
Arts
The theory and physical expression of creativity found in human societies and cultures.
Medicine/Health
The science and practice of the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of disease. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care practices evolved to maintain and restore health by the prevention and treatment of illness, as well as general healthy exercise and dietary practices.
A snapshot of fullSTEAMahead365.com
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Get a free copy of A Story About My Uncle for Steam!
We’re giving away FREE copies of A Story About My Uncle for 48 hours in the Humble Store! This promotion is available from Thursday, January 10 at 10 a.m. Pacific time to Saturday, January 12 at 10 a.m. Pacific time or while supplies last.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
What’s this?
It’s a free game from your friends at Humble Bundle!
Are you sure it isn’t a mistake?
It’s not a mistake. Some companies spend money on Super Bowl ads or billboards. We’d rather spend it supporting game developers and getting you an awesome game for free.
But there has to be a catch, right?
No catch! The game is yours to keep and play forever. Just be sure to redeem your free game before the expiration time.
What about the developers?
Are they getting paid? Of course! We work closely with developers to bring you free games. They 100% approve, and are happy for you to play their game!
Sounds good! Is there anything I can do to repay such kindness?
Sure! You can keep scrolling down this page to check out some of the other deals we’re offering.
Interesting, do you have any specific recommendations?
Glad you asked. We’re excited about all the deals we offer, but Humble Monthly is a favorite. For only $12/month, you get over $100 in total value.
Does all of this actually work?
If we squint at a spreadsheet, fudge some numbers, and add some hope, it sort of makes sense. But it really helps if you buy something eventually, so we can keep justifying throwing away all this money on getting you free games.
FREE copies of A Story About My Uncle
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January 9, 2019
Name your own price for The Humble Comics Bundle: Deadly Class by Image Comics!
This bundle has a lot of class. We’ve teamed up with Image Comics for our newest bundle! Get Deadly Class issues #1-35 or read the series as collections with Deadly Class Volumes 1-7. You’ll be all caught up for issue #36 AND the new SyFy show when they come out on January 16! Plus, your purchase can support the Mental Health Foundation. Wicked.
Pay $1 or more. Normally, the total cost for the comics in this bundle is as much as $166. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The comics in this bundle are available in CBZ, PDF, and ePub formats, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and Mental Health Foundation via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
The Humble Comics Bundle: Deadly Class by Image Comics
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January 7, 2019
Name your own price for The Humble Book Bundle: Digital Cameras & Photography by Wiley
More awesome ebooks for you. We’ve teamed up with Wiley for our newest bundle! Get ebooks like Nikon D3200 Digital Field Guide, Kevin Kubota’s Lighting Notebook: 101 Lighting Styles and Setups for Digital Photographers, Zen of Postproduction: Stress-Free Photography Workflow and Editing, All Access: Your Backstage Pass to Concert Photography, and Night and Low-Light Photography Photo Workshop. Plus, your purchase will support the USA for UNHCR!
Pay $1 or more. Normally, the total cost for the ebooks in this bundle is as much as $1,148. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The ebooks in this bundle are available in PDF, PRC, and ePub formats, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and USA for UNHCR via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
The Humble Book Bundle: Digital Cameras & Photography by Wiley
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January 2, 2019
Name your own price for The Humble Book Bundle: Blood, Sweat and New Years by Callisto!
More awesome ebooks for you. We’ve teamed up with Callisto Media for our newest bundle! Get ebooks like The Anxiety Workbook, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Made Simple, The Healthy Meal Prep Cookbook, Practical Meditation for Beginners, and Bodyweight Strength Training. Plus, your purchase will support Little Free Library and a charity of your choice!
Pay $1 or more. Normally, the total cost for the ebooks in this bundle is as much as $168. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The ebooks in this bundle are available in PDF, MOBI, and ePub formats, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and Little Free Library and a charity of your choice via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
The Humble Book Bundle: Blood, Sweat and New Year’s by Callisto
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December 31, 2018
Name your own price for The Humble Book Bundle: Python 2019 by Packt!
More awesome ebooks for you. We’ve teamed up with Packt for our newest bundle! Get ebooks like Python Interviews, Python Machine Learning By Example, and Clean Code in Python. Plus, your purchase will support the Python Software Foundation and Innocent Lives Foundation!
Pay $1 or more. Normally, the total cost for the ebooks in this bundle is as much as $1,335. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The ebooks in this bundle are all available in PDF! Most of them are also in MOBI and ePub formats, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publishers and the Python Software Foundation and Innocent Lives Foundation via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
The Humble Book Bundle: Python 2019 by Packt
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Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 8 Released – Great new features!
As fans of the best commercial Commodore Amiga and C-64 (as well as most other Commodore-series 8-bits, including PET, CBM series, VIC-20, C-16, and Plus/4) emulator know, there’s always something to look forward to with Cloanto‘s annual updates. Here are a few of the flashier highlights:
Virtual Keyboard – Open an Amiga emulation session like Workbench 3.X (in the Systems folder) and then use the keyboard menu at the bottom left of the playback window to open the Virtual Keyboard. Inside the emulation, open the Input Prefs and change the keyboard to a different language (e.g. German). Did you notice how the virtual keyboard on the Windows side also updated its layout? And still, it all keeps working with your unchanged physical PC keyboard, no matter what layout that one has. Then on closing the session, you can choose whether to commit the keyboard layout change to the title configuration or not.
Virtual Mouse – Looking for something a bit more “retro”? Start an 8-bit title (e.g. a PET 2001, or 8032, or C64) from the Systems folder of C64 Forever, and use the mouse to move the text cursor around. If you ever spent a lot of time programming or writing on those systems, isn’t this something you’ve been wanting to do for almost 40 years?
Fullscreen Controls – Start or switch any Amiga or 8-bit emulation session to fullscreen (use the button in the top row of the playback window), then hold down the Escape key for one second to open the new fullscreen controls. These can be selected with the mouse, with the keyboard, or with the same controllers you are using to play. At last, you can swap disks, pause, resume, save, etc., without needing to leave your favorite screen mode and controls.
Discord Status – Do you use Discord? “Now playing” activity sharing can be enabled under Tools/Options/Social.
Type Clipboard Text – Hello World? Happy $7E3? Here is something simple, but fun to watch if you would like to paste a message or a few lines of code: use the keyboard menu at the bottom left of the playback window to paste the content of the Windows text clipboard. Works with any Amiga or 8-bit system.
Here’s the full press release:
Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 8 Released
December 31, 2018 – Cloanto released today version 8 of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever, the official Commodore/Amiga preservation, emulation and support suites for Windows.
Once again, the new editions are the result of 18 months of development since the previous major version, and now encompass more than 600K lines of code written by Cloanto, seamlessly integrating with a collaborative effort of emulation plugins and content preservation.
“Virtual machines, virtual keyboards, virtual joysticks, virtual mice… real enjoyment! Whether you always wanted to move a PET/CBM text cursor with a click, or pop up an accurate and fully reconfigurable onscreen keyboard for Amiga and 8-bit systems, this release has it all,” said Cloanto’s Mike Battilana.
Work on the input front, which in version 7 had a focus on physical and virtual game controllers, was continued in version 8 by revamping existing features and adding virtual mouse and keyboard functionality that has no par in other emulation environments. In order to achieve an accurate implementation of the widest set of Commodore/Amiga systems, more than once we had to ask a collector to open one of their rare machines to confirm some internals. Former Commodore engineers graciously assisted with details that only they could know. When the mouse is used to position an 8-bit cursor, or multiple keys are pressed or tapped on a popup keyboard, or the Amiga keyboard language is changed at runtime in the Input Prefs and propagates up into the emulation and authoring side, the results are both historically accurate and surprisingly seamless in their modern usability.
The deep connections between Windows and CBM/Amiga ROM internals on the input front took several months to craft, yet are easy to use. The same is true for the new fullscreen emulation controls, which required the creation of a graphical user interface with menus and buttons that could be used with the mouse or keyboard as well as with game controllers, at a low level where this is not provided by Windows.
As part of its “preservation done right” commitment, Cloanto entered into agreements with Stanford University Libraries, the German National Library (Deutsche Nationalbibliothek, DNB) and other cultural and preservation institutions. These collaborations are spontaneous, and Cloanto does not receive payments or funding. Ongoing efforts also include a “kiosk mode” emulation frontend for museums.
“Working on projects like Amiga Forever and C64 Forever and remaining in touch with our community has allowed us to keep nourishing the sentiments of passion, beauty, excellence and friendship that have accompanied this journey since the 1980s. We also learned how continuing this longstanding endeavor brings with it some mostly thankless tasks such as sorting out the occasional legal doubt and standing up for the truth. In working hard to research rights and respect rules, Cloanto has become a ‘reluctant torchbearer’ of something bigger and of larger interest than we could ever have imagined to be involved with more than 30 years ago. Fortunately, as an independent entity, Cloanto does not lack the courage or the ability to change, or to hand over.
“Continuing on the discourse that was first outlined at cloanto.org a few years ago,” said Mike, “I remain personally engaged in exploring possible futures involving a nonprofit and/or foundation, open source, and other scenarios that could best help the cause of Commodore/Amiga preservation and support. As in the past, during 2019 I plan to attend events like Amiga Ireland, AmiWest in Sacramento and Amiga34 Germany. I again look forward to meeting old and new friends and to promote consultations on this important topic.”
Sample 4K Screen with Merged Amiga and C64 Forever Environments on High-DPI Display
Amiga Forever 8 is available now in three editions:
Value Edition (downloadable installer)
Plus Edition (downloadable installer with option to build DVD ISO image)
Premium Edition (downloadable Plus Edition, plus boxed software and additional videos on 3 DVDs)
C64 Forever 8 is available now in three editions:
Free Express Edition (feature-limited version)
Downloadable Plus Edition (downloadable installer with option to build CD ISO image)
Boxed Plus Edition (downloadable Plus Edition, plus boxed CD)Both packages recognize and work with each other, with options to merge the different platforms into the same interface. Prices start from $9.95 (Value Edition, or special upgrade offers).
Both packages recognize and work with each other, with options to merge the different platforms into the same interface. Prices start from $9.95 (Value Edition, or special upgrade offers).
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December 24, 2018
Pay what you want for The Humble Book Bundle: STEM by Mercury Learning
This bundle is a four-in-one. Delve into science, technology, engineering, and mathematics with a library of ebooks from Mercury Learning and Information. Get Quantum Mechanics, Radar Systems and Radio Aids to Navigation, Artificial Intelligence and Problem Solving, Network Security and Cryptography, Numerical Methods in Engineering and Science (C, C++, and MATLAB), and more.
Pay $1 or more. Normally, the total cost for the ebooks in this bundle is as much as $1,075. Here at Humble Bundle, you choose the price and increase your contribution to upgrade your bundle! This bundle has a minimum $1 purchase.
Read them anywhere. The ebooks in this bundle are available in PDF, MOBI, and ePub formats, so they work on your computer, e-readers, iPads, cell phones, and a wide array of mobile devices! Instructions and a list of recommended reading programs can be found here.
Support charity. Choose where the money goes – between the publisher and Whale and Dolphin Conservation via the PayPal Giving Fund. If you like what we do, you can leave us a Humble Tip too!
The Humble Book Bundle: STEM by Mercury Learning
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