Peggle

Roundguard isn't shy about its Peggle influences. And why should it? With no sign of another PopCap Games peg-pusher anytime soon, there's a pachinko-shaped hole waiting to be filled. For Roundguard developers Wonderbelly Games, that means reimagining Peggle's laser-focused arcade high-score chase as a roguelite dungeon-crawler. All that's missing is a little Ode To Joy.

PopCap's peg-pinging puzzler Peggle, a most joyous game, is free for keepsies right now on Origin. Yes, it has been free many times before. Yes, it does requires EA's own store client. But if you'd scoff at more people getting to enjoy the joys of Peggle, buddy, you don't deserve Peggle.

Do we really like any of this stuff? We are doing it all ironically, yeah? I mean, guns and shooting and murder and spaceships and walking and wacky physics and animals and Simulators, it's all a bit much, isn't it? I'm only doing this because it's rubbish, yeah?Perhaps we should think about the affected 'irony' that curtain-twitchers insist ruins modern culture, but we can be…

This week's Humble Weekly sale is a PopCap bundle, but with an added twist: EA are giving 100% of their cut to charity. Two charities, in fact, between which you can choose your split: the V Foundation for Cancer Research, and The Melanoma Research Alliance which specifically fights skin cancer.Pay more than $1 and you'll get a copy of Peggle (download size: one Peggle), zen-like…