It’s rare when you can actually apply the “you get what you pay for” thought to something cheap and have it mean something. It usually means that you went for the lowest price or bidder and the workmanship will likely be pretty shoddy. Still, sometimes you find something that is cheap or, in this case, free and it’s actually a pretty strong product.

That is what Alien Swarm is. It’s a lot of software that works pretty well for the price of nothing. Hurray! Time to delve deeper…

We have the perfect thing to jumpstart your weekend. Get a free game! Allow me to explain. Valve is distributing a new game called Alien Swarm on Steam for free. The game won’t be officially released until Monday (July 19, 2010) but you can pre-load the game now. Pre-loading downloads the game on your machine and waits for Valve to unlock the game.