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Latest Comments by pb
We have over 150 beta keys of the co-op MMO 'Dead Maze' to give away
5 Jan 2018 at 3:47 pm UTC

"It's a massively multiplayer cooperative game where you try to restore civilization." - cool idea! Might just give it a shot. :-)

The Libretro Team and other emulators are being ripped off by companies trying to make a quick buck
21 Dec 2017 at 2:51 pm UTC

Quoting: subIt's not just the great ScummVM.
Also DOSBox.

What else projects, btw?
I didn't mention dosbox, because it ceased development years ago. But ScummVM is flourishing so it would be nice if the companies benefiting from it would at least contribute some coding time, if not money...

The Libretro Team and other emulators are being ripped off by companies trying to make a quick buck
21 Dec 2017 at 1:31 am UTC Likes: 3

Just today I was pondering on whether GOG, Nightdive and others keen on packaging old games with ScummVM and selling them for a fine buck actually contribute to the project themselves. With lots of new games added to ScummVM recently, I certainly hope so, but somehow I doubt it at the same time...

The Rocket League 'Frosty Fest' event is now live
16 Dec 2017 at 3:10 pm UTC

Quoting: Grifter
Quoting: pbYeah, well... the game crashes dead on viewing contents of the holiday crate...
The problem is the goal explosion in the santa crate, but there's a workaround until psyonix fixes it, you can read more here:
https://www.reddit.com/r/RocketLeague/comments/7jw3on/psa_linux_users_the_secret_santa_crate_is_what_is/drb413d/ [External Link]
Nice and clean workaround, thanks! (Though I just played to unlock the Happy Penguin topper and stopped after that, but I'm sure it will be handy for the others :-)

The Rocket League 'Frosty Fest' event is now live
12 Dec 2017 at 11:49 am UTC Likes: 1

Yeah, well... the game crashes dead on viewing contents of the holiday crate...

The Rocket League 'Frosty Fest' event is now live
12 Dec 2017 at 11:34 am UTC

I hate this game and it hates me, but for Happy Penguin I might actually play a few matches. ;-)

For fans of retro racing games, Super Night Riders is like OutRun & Hang-On
11 Dec 2017 at 3:33 pm UTC

Um... did they "improve" the graphics lately? I seem to remember the game looking better (less plastic-ky) when I put it on my wishlist...

Steam now has a form of platform-specific wishlisting, to help developers see demand
6 Dec 2017 at 11:10 pm UTC Likes: 3

Nice! I have had the settings to only show Linux/SteamOS games on for a long time, so I hope I don't have to remove/readd items on my wishlist to have it working?

Now I'll have to go over the full list of steam games and add all those windows/mac-only titles that I'd like to see ported...

It would be interesting to see how those stats look like for some of the highly demanded games, like The Witcher 3.

Son of Scoregasm from Charlie's Games is absolutely insane, out now for Linux
29 Nov 2017 at 11:13 pm UTC Likes: 1

Meanwhile, Linux builds of his other games are still missing from Steam. :-/

GOG adds Linux downloads for retro titles Earthworm Jim 1 & 2
24 Nov 2017 at 2:16 pm UTC

Quoting: Hamish
Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTI'd buy them if GOG wouldn't charge 10 €. WTF is wrong with them? Packing old DOS games in a Dosbox requires not too much skill. Why would you buy it for a price like this? :'(
I don't think it is GOG.com so much in this case but Interplay themselves insisting on that price. You look at other games in their library and they are charging the same.
That is correct, prices for the whole Interplay catalogue went up some time ago, most games, including Earthworm Jim, used to be 5.99 iirc - and frequently on sale.