Welcome to the Greenlight Special.

I love that word. Greenlight. To me, it represents possibility. Hollywood began greenlighting movies decades ago, and Valve’s Steam Greenlight seems to have perfected it: putting the release – heck, even the fate – of a game into the hands of the community. What you get are a multitude of community-supported adventures, creating diversity and driving innovation forward so what we aren’t left with as the only forms of entertainment are large, cookie-cutter carbon copies of the same buggy AAA-titles. Kinda makes you wish Hollywood would do a “Steam”.

Each week, I’ll dive into that seemingly endless pool found on Steam Greenlight, and bring you the best two games I can find before that looming deadline of Tuesday shows up demanding payment. Without any further ado…

The first game on our Greenlit Game list is Orion Trail, by Schell Games. From the Steam page: “Orion Trail is a single player choose-your-own-space-adventure where you must rely on your wits, your officers and your shit to cross the deadly Orion Trail.”

The Humble Indie Bundle is back, and it's the biggest bundle yet! Not only is Humble Indie Bundle 12 packed with seven indie games, but it's got fun physical stuff, too.

All games are available DRM-free for Windows, Mac and Linux. Access to the games on Steam is also available with a minimum purchase of $1.

As with all Humble Bundles, customers can also choose how their purchase dollars are allocated, between the game developers and two vital charities. Humble Indie Bundle 12 supports the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Child's Play Charity. You've got two weeks to take advantage of this awesome bundle!