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Latest Comments by pb
Destiny 2 will be properly free on Stadia soon, get Crayta FREE now and much more
18 Nov 2020 at 6:58 pm UTC

That's a good move, I will definitely want to test how it works with my connection before buying anything.

A year later Stadia has messaging, user profiles and possibly new countries coming
18 Nov 2020 at 6:53 pm UTC

Since Stadia seems to be coming to my country, a question: if I buy Stadia Pro on Dec 1st, how many games will I get? All that have been added to the Pro subscription so far (there are quite a few listed on the page) or just one or two that are meant "for December"?

Lenovo announce the sleek ThinkPad X1 Nano that ships with Ubuntu
29 Sep 2020 at 2:02 pm UTC

That ugly red clitoris nipple wtfisitcalled in the middle of the keyboard though...

Amazon announces 'Luna', their own take on cloud game streaming
26 Sep 2020 at 12:22 pm UTC

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: pb
Quoting: EikeActually, real cloud exclusiveness would be the death of piracy. If you never get your hands on any binaries to begin with...
Binaries always exist somewhere, so...
Of course, but it would be much more hard to get them. Before game releases, binaries exist somewhere, too, but how many games come cracked before they were released? (The question is not rhetorical, I actually don't know. I think it did happen, but not too often?)
Well, in times where games were mostly burned on cds and then dvds, it was fairly common for pirates to get hold of master discs before the release, same for movies etc. Stealing pre-release files is far more trickier but not impossible, happened to HL2 among others. Anyway, where there's money and/or fame, there's incentive and these huge companies have a looot of employees...

Amazon announces 'Luna', their own take on cloud game streaming
26 Sep 2020 at 11:29 am UTC

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: pbIf this continues and if they start having exclusives, piracy will surge. Nobody wants more than 1-2 subscriptions, if any.
Actually, real cloud exclusiveness would be the death of piracy. If you never get your hands on any binaries to begin with...
Binaries always exist somewhere, so...

Amazon announces 'Luna', their own take on cloud game streaming
25 Sep 2020 at 6:29 am UTC

Quoting: kuhpunktKinda worried about the future honestly... so much fragmentation, everybody wants its own thing.
If this continues and if they start having exclusives, piracy will surge. Nobody wants more than 1-2 subscriptions, if any.

Microsoft Edge comes to Linux in October as a preview
22 Sep 2020 at 6:29 pm UTC

I think it's just another step closer to Linux(kernel)-based Windows. They'll keep porting stuff so the future inevitable switch is easier.

Want to play Soldat 2? We have some copies to give away
18 Sep 2020 at 12:00 pm UTC

Already on my wishlist, so of course I would like to win a copy! ;-)

The final Act of Kentucky Route Zero will release January 28
7 Jan 2020 at 9:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Nice, I've been waiting to start playing it. :P

UnCiv, a free and open source remake of Civilization V
7 Jan 2020 at 8:20 pm UTC Likes: 2

Ignorant question: wouldn't it make more sense to create a ruleset for FreeCiv? Hex tiles are already there.