This week 7DiG has been mostly considering whether it is worth floating itself on Kickstarter in an attempt to become a bazillionaire, but that hasn't stopped us from grouping together an intrepid band of the best gaming stories of the last seven days.
Let's start with a bit of casual love, and the news that Angry Birds successor Amazing Alex has topped the charts as people look to see if it's as good as Rovio's original smash. Short answer, it's not.
Linux fans can start to get excited about Valve's Steam coming to a distro near them soon. The company has started a blog tracking the efforts to bring games like L4D2 to a whole new platform.
OUYA sounds a bit like a Black Eyed Peas album, but that hasn't stopped the startup from attracting millions on Kickstarter.
And last but not least, Microsoft's latest financials show that the Xbox business is in rude health – and that's before any official mention of the new Xbox 720.
We leave you, as always, with the cream of the crop from around Future's other gaming sites.
CVG
Rome 2 Total War the biggest Total War ever
Tesco Tech
Is it the end for games consoles?
Games Radar
The worst countries in the world to be a gamer
11 things you couldn't possibly know about 3DS XL (unless you've got one)
NGamer
The 20 most expensive Nintendo games of all time
The ten "best" (worst) religious games in Nintendo history
Official Playstation
7 game that need PlayStation 4 now
Is Battlefield 4 coming to PS4? (And 7 other questions EA needs to answer)
Official XBox
Minecraft Xbox 360: eight astonishing piston-powered creations
Power-levelling: the nine sexiest RPG classes
Golden Joysticks
Assassin's Creed 3 gameplay: Boston Walkthrough
Borderlands 2 - Randy Pitchford Walkthrough
T3
