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Borderlands, the Handsome Collection If you haven't played any of the Borderlands games yet, and you have a PC, you should check out Epic's current free game, Borderlands, the Handsome Collection . The collection collects Borderlands 2 , Borderlands the PreSequel (which includes events that presage the story in Borderlands 2 , but came out between Borderlands 2 and 3 ), and all DLC content. Yes, it's the second installment in the saga of dystopian irreverence and ribaldry that is the Borderlands series, but it's a good jumping on point. The first two Borderlands games are among the few that I've played all the way through, and - with two and three - among the even more rare game that I buy as close to launch as possible. The series has been praised as the first of the first-person looter-shooters, combining the appeal of Halo and Gears of War with the unique loot options and gear mining of Diablo and MMORPGs, it's not hyperbolic to say Borderlands l...

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Your kids may not "get it," but that's ok.   I don't have a lot of money, but there are things I'm willing to throw a few dollars at every now and then. For example, there are certain charities, like the AbleGamers Foundation , that I'll always give to or support in any way I can. (And if you aren't familiar with AbleGamers, take a minute to learn more about them . They really do fantastic work to make gaming an accessible hobby for everyone.) It's one of the reasons why I fell in love with the Humble Bundles , and have been supporting them - and growing my Steam collection to an unmanageable size - for years now. I have supported Humble Bundles for PC games, for console games, for mobile games, for e-books and audio books and comic books and - you get the picture. It's hard for me to say "no" to a book about building my own coffee roaster for a dollar, especially when I can decide how much of that dollar goes to charity, how much ...