Ask HN: what indie computer game to buy as gifts?

hi, i'm not much of a gamer myself, though i recently bought world of goo for someone and we ended up tag teaming with great fun. i like supporting small/indie business folks, too.

i'm looking to buy computer games for another gamer or two. any recommendations? i tried googling around, but recs are really much better.

through 'em out. even better if you made the game yourself :-)

more info for the help of it:

one of the gamers really liked starcraft--is there any modern game in the same genre? (he liked WoW, ok. he doesn't play the onlinen team stuff)

the other gamer played the secrets of monkey island and myst way back.

i just want to get them something fun. windows machines only.

thx!