Robot pirates also make a
bitchin’ desktop wallpaper.

Machinarium developer Amanita Studios is offering amnesty to pirates everywhere for the low price of $5. From the press release:

Everybody who downloaded our game illegally (for free) has now a chance to redeem himself and get the latest version of the game (Win+Mac+Linux) and its fantastic Soundtrack only for $5 (instead of $20).

Amanita distributes its games without copy protection of any kind, which makes them a convenient target for piracy. According to their not-thoroughly-explained estimate, 80-95% of players who downloaded the game never forked over any cash to the indie developer. I suppose you could be cynical and distrust the numbers, but they jive with more detailed sources. In fact, they also dovetail with the piracy numbers for DRM protected games. Hmm.

I’ll admit that this is technically just a sale, but the product is excellent (you can take my word for it) and the window is limited, and that makes it news. Absolution, a great adventure game, and a brilliant soundtrack for $5? You can’t even get that deal from Johann Tetzel.

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