I do think that GoL, as a website, should continue to report on Linus-related bundles and sales on Humble just as they have been. Unless there's some big change in that regard I don't think it's really the site's place to take a stand regarding the purchase. There's still a lot of good Linux content on there, including the latest bundle, and a lot of people are interested in that.

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I can see having a principled stance about IGN, although these sorts of deals don't tend to take effect instantly so I doubt we'll see any changes (if any) to Humble for a while. Depends on how arms-length the network wants to run their new aquisition.

But in the alternative, given things like the lack of a Linux client, lack of Linux versions of a lot of games that have them elsewhere, and GoG's generally lukewarm attitude toward Linux in general, I don't think I'd be looking in their direction first. Personally I'll stick with Steam, for all their warts, and be looking at Itch.io more since they both at least seem to have some level of commitment, and continuing to go to Humble when it's convenient. If Humble does end up making big changes, it won't hurt too much to dump them at that point.

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Quoting: lucifertdark

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Quoting: chancho_zombiethe title they choose for the bundle is a little confusing. I don't understand people who live in the northern hemisphere just say that people in the south live down under?

It's because of a land down under, where women glow and men plunder.

Can't you hear, can't you hear the thunder?
You better run, you better take cover.

hehehe love that song. :D

/me smiles and gives you a vegemite sandwich

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Exploration is content. Story is content.

It's not rocket surgery.

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Just commenting to add that I did run into a few graphic glitches about an hour and a half in, but those sorted themselves out and the rest of the experience has run perfectly so far. I posted a bug report in the Steam forum about it.

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This sounds right up my alley. I've been really in the mood for exploration-heavy games lately so I'll be sure to check it out.

Didn't notice the little pumpkin icons on Itch until now. Cute!

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I tried playing that for a while about a year or so ago. It's grindy as hell, in fact that's the entire game. It's pretty much only grinding. There's no lore, there's not much interaction between the players (outside of PvP which I didn't try), no raids that I'm aware of. There's house building, which pretty much everyone was into, and that's really about it.

Otherwise it was "kill 8 of this monster", then "kill 12 of that monster" with absolutely no variation and no real reward. After a while it just got pointless.

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Vain Illusion? That's gotta be Skyrim! Everyone tells me the idea it'll come to Linux is a vain hope!

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Some suggestions

Brütal Legend
Transistor or Bastion
Deus Ex
Thimbleweed Park
Full Throttle Remastered
Pyre

Salt & Sanctuary, because I'm a troll like that.

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Quoting: EikeLooks nice. I never heard of these adventures, are they good?

The comic can be pretty hard to get into, since at the beginning a lot of it is basically oldschool RPG jokes about inventory management and the like (although some of the jokes are quite funny, they get old fast). You have to slog through that stuff for a while to get to the really good stuff, and honestly there actually is really good stuff. The sheer bulk of it is intimidating though since it's more like an illustrated novel in chatlog form than an orthodox webcomic, so there's a lot to read and a lot to keep track of, and stuff referenced two hundred strips ago can suddenly become important. Plus, Hussie does tend to meander and get caught up in his own cleverness (and make no mistake, he is very clever) sometimes, and the strip as a whole could have used a good editor. I doubt the game would have the same problems though.

Basically yes, it's good, but no, I don't necessarily recommend the original strip to everybody.

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