HaroldoNVU

I live in Brazil and here the problem are the obscenely high import taxes. It works kinda like this: imported goods usually pay roughly 80% of their value in taxes, so a imported game  sells a little more than double of the price their selling at the US 
at a local store, because of both taxes and the retailer's margin of profit. Some games are officially released here (mostly PC games) and they're a little cheaper. If you are familiar with the law, know the right international stores and understand the how the local customs office works you can order games online and luckily avoid being taxed. It's tricky but it can be pulled off. And those of you frowning, relax, I'm not talking about smuggling it's all legal means. I'm just not taking my games to the customs office 12 hours of road away just complain over the government neglecting to charge me extra 50 dollars of taxes for my 60 dollar game.

" Tank controls fucking rock. People need to bring them back. Fuck people who hate them not everything needs to be smooth as butter to feel good, in fact a lot of games nowadays feel too loose and free for me, I do not like it. "

The internet got angry about Spore when it came out because of its DRM and not being as scientific as it hyped it up to be, but it doesn't exactly mean that they'll release another version without DRM and with all the cut features included.   The complaints go completely ignored.

" Buy me Bulletstorm, or GO TO HELL "

"There is no tax for the game, no manuals, no shipping rate or case, however it will be part of your steam account forever. You can download it as many times as you like, if the game doesn't have installation limits by securerom."

I mainly listen to them while driving around. You could try that.

The Longest Journey. They picked a full chapter, one with some nice puzzles, a funny dialogue tree and that didn't spoil much of the story to serve as a demo. I loved, bought the full game that is still one of my favorites of all time.

You might want to check the Humble Bundle as it includes Aquaria that you listed and Penumbra Overture that  yinstarrunner recommended. Also, by getting the humble bundle you get a discount code to get all three Penumbra games for 5 bucks.  And remeber to log into Steam to get Portal for free.
 
A few recommendations:
- Braid
- Trine
- World of Goo
- Sam & Max (all three seasons)
- Torchlight
- Altitude 
- Dragon Age: Origins
- Machinarium

Also, don't get Splinter Cell - Conviction if you don't have a stable internet connection.

" I would throw some money at Ragnar Tørnquist so he would make the third "The Longest Journey" game. Also convince him not to make it episodic.  "