Quoting: mallogFor a Linux site, I'm surprised no-one has mentioned this. The adverts will probably be delivered through a specific domain, which can be blocked in your firewall.

"It looks like you're offline, please check your Internet connection to resume watching ads playing the game."

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Quoting: kaimanThe statement is a bit vague, but the way they talk about "many billions of hours spent [...] creating, watching [...] where much of that engagement happens [...] on the bounds of a traditional game experience, [...] advertising has an opportunity [...] of growth for us.", that sounds to me as if the ads will be shown to the people watching on Twitch, not to the guy or gal streaming the game.

TBH I understood it more as "if we put ads in the game, they will also be visible on the streams".

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Quoting: grigiI've recently been playing Cyberpunk, and what struck me is how they shove adverts everywhere (it's part of the game world, so it's on purpose). It also upsets the in-game npc's sometimes.
Interesting that if you go to the wealthiest suburb alone, there are significantly less adds there,
Also very little ads if you go to dead towns/pacifica.

TBH Cyberpunk was one of the first games that came to my mind. I wonder how people would react if some of these ads/billboards were actually advertising real-life products. Of course keeping within the mood, not Skittles or Always. There are many Cyberpunk-franchised products in the shops (I've seen energy drinks for example), maybe they could be advertised in-game too and blend well? (Sorry for giving them ideas :D but I'm genuinely curious).

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I don't like the idea itself, but to be the devil's advocate: it *can* be done right. Like Lucozade in Superfrog (the original release) or even whole sponsored games such as Cool Spot (7up), Zool (Chupa Chups) and Global Gladiators (McDonald's). So basically, product placement in games. I don't think people would necessarily mind that. Maaaaybe well-blended-in billboards (although SCS wanted to do that in Euro/American Truck Sims and there was a lot of backlash). But commercial breaks? No way. It shall not pass.

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Quoting: Liam Dawe

Quoting: WYWI first found out about this game when reading about the history of Bungie and the Apple Pippin video game console.

I wonder if Luxtorpeda will eventually add support for the native open source engine.

I poked the developer, they're looking into it.

Not ready yet, but it's brewing. ;-)
https://github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/packages/tree/master/engines/alephone [External Link]

[edit] works now!

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I did play Alien Breed 3D and II, but tbh I liked Breathless the most. ;-) It had the best (cleanest) graphics, which of course came at the cost of system requirements, luckily I had a 68040 expansion.

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I remember reading about it in a magazine and wondering why would anyone make a fps game exclusively for Macintosh. Oh well, I had an Amiga back then and I was busy playing Gloom and Breathless, lol. And some Citadel [External Link], too!

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From the screenshot I thought they released a hobo life DLC. :tongue:

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Lovely answer. :wub:

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Just like every book that goes into print has to offer a copy to the national library, every game that goes into circulation should offer a copy to archive.org with a clause that it can be made publicly available when it goes out of circulation and there's nobody else left who can make it happen. Just a thought.

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