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Ah, the 80s. Some of you reading this were not even born when the decade that gave us MTV, John Hughes films and RoboCop showed up. Now casual game publisher Mumbo Jumbo has announced plans to release a PC trivia title called (what else) The 80's Game.

While details are scarce, we do know that there will be over 3,000 questions in this game covering all aspects of pop culture in the 10 years that brought us Charles in Charge. It's also "hosted" by one of the first MTV VJays Martha Quinn (you known, when MTV was actually about music). There's no word yet of a release date or cost.

Ralph Waldo Emerson once wrote, "A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds." So in that spirit we are trying out a new idea here at Big Download. Every day we will have a news post that will cover bits of PC gaming news that, while we think are interesting, perhaps don't quite rate a news post on their own. If you like it, feel free to let us know. If you don't, feel free to let us know that too.

• Razor2: Hidden Skies, a new top view shooter from developer Invent4 Entertainment, is now available to purchase via Steam.
• Indie game developer Blendo Games have released its latest title, an "edutainment" game called Air Forte for $15.
• Amazon.com is now selling StarCraft: Battle Chest for a limited time for just $9.99.
• Impulse has cut the prices of select MumboJumbo casual games by 30 percent and also will offer flash deals on Mumbo Jumbo games via its Impulse client.
• PC Gamer has a story on how someone figured out how to install the 2D game Codename Gordon via Steam even though its officially not available anymore.
• Nvidia has released new official GeForce 258.96 drivers for its graphics cards.

Earlier this month Torchlight, the acclaimed downloadable action-RPG from Runic Games, made its retail brick-and-mortar debut in stores. Now another game that was previously available only via download is being made available in stores as well.

This time its the PC version of Braid, the critically acclaimed puzzle-platformer from designer Jonathan Blow. The PC download able version was first made available last April. MumboJumbo, the well known casual game developer/publisher, is handling the retail release of Braid which should happen sometime later this month. So if you can't handle downloading a game and have to buy your titles in a store, you can count on Braid to be made available at Wal Mart and other outlets for $19.99.

For their weekend sales dealie, the Steam PC gaming download service has put a ton of games on sale. Let's get to them:

• The racing games Trials 2 and Monster Trucks Nitro have been put in a bundle and are being sold this weekend for just $4.50, an 85 percent cut in their normal price.
• Also for this weekend only all 15 games from casual game developer MumboJumbo are on sale for 50 percent off. In fact you can download Luxor 2 and 7 Wonders II for just 99 cents.
• Flock, the recent Capcom downloadable game, is on sale for 50 percent off this weekend. A new update has also added 12 Steam achievements to the game.
• From now until June 5 you can get Assassins Creed and Splinter Cell: Double Agent for 50 percent off their normal Steam price.
• The classic super hero RPGs Freedom Force and Freedom Force Vs The Third Reich (developed by Irrational Games before they turned into 2K Boston) are now available on Steam. You can buy either game or both in a bundle for 10 percent off their normal price.
• And remember, Unreal Tournament III can be played for free this weekend and the price of the game and of the Unreal game collection are 50 percent off from now until June 7.