Aren't 505 Games the same ones who reneged on their promise to make a Linux version of Bloodstained? Be sure not to hold your breath.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: SlackdogAhhh one of the first games I ever played on Linux! In fact for quite a while along with super tux kart was the ONLY game I played heheh. Good times :D

That's because back then, these were pretty much the only games that ran on Linux at all, haha!

Feels like an eternity ago, doesn't it?

It's still a cute little game.

It is! And the one sliding Tux down a mountain - hehe a lot has sure changed!

I used to play that one. Never got into Super Tux really, although I don't think I was playing as many games in general at the time (and had a Playstation) so I didn't really miss not having PC games much.

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Wait, Mosaic is due out this year? That's great news, I've been intrigued ever since the first trailer.

Also, the full release of Slay the Spire is due this month, with some more new content. That should be pretty exciting.

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Had my eye on this for a while. Probably won't actually get it for a while yet, if not wait until it's totally out of EA. Got enough other stuff to play in the meantime.

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Quoting: einherjarThat is the only way I purchase games on GOG - for free :-)

I will consider buying games on GOG, if there is propper Linux support. Until then, Valve gets my money...

I've honestly never been that taken with their storefront in the first place. I find it awkward to use, and until Lutris came along the lack of a launcher where I could keep everything in one place was a turn-off. Not to mention generally having a bad impression of them through their regular social gaffes. So yeah, it's a bunch of things.

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I'd love to see that functionality with Itch. I'm more likely to get games from them than GoG at the moment.

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A massive series of optional cryptographic puzzles that can be solved as a community.

Wait, are their players mining Bitcoins for them? :P

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Quoting: GuestNo. You got it all wrong, as did the previous posters.

Art is NOT about entertainment. Art is about expression, and the transfer of ideas and feelings.

Art is for entertainment too. Comics are Art, and they're made for entertainment. Films are Art, and they are for entertainment. In can clearly find many examples of sculptures and paintings that were made to entertain people and nobody will say they aren't Art.

Quoting: GuestThus, not every film is art... For example porn is not "art". Porn is just there so you can get an easy and fast release of sexual pleasure. There is no artistic expression, no feelings or thoughts transfered. Just raw porn.

A great philosophical theatrical play is Art. A clown making balloons on the street for little kids, not art. One is there to transfer thoughts and feelings, the other is there just to waste some time and entertain the brats while their parents can drink their coffee with their friends in peace. LOL.

I believe that you put a very strict personal classification in order to decide what is art and what is not. Anyway, even with you personal way of view it would be very easy to find a game that has a similar quality of camera, script and characters development as any other film that you would consider a masterpiece. Games are a mixed art, just as a film, opera or a play are.

It's interesting that as this conversation plays out, I decided to pick up Crossing to the Cold Valley [External Link] in the winter sale on itch.io on the strength of having quite enjoyed the same dev's Kingdom Ka (which I wrote an article about.

I think there's no question that it's art, even in the fairly restrictive definition given. It transmits feelings and thoughts, it demonstrates artistic expression, and causes the player to think about not only the events of the story but the narrative itself.

It's also a game. I know some folks like to narrow the definition of game unduly in order to act as gatekeepers, defining the things they don't like or approve of as "not games", but I think if you decleare this not a game then you define adventure games out of existence (and visual novels too, in a sense). So if you're not so foolish as to do that, then Crossing to the Cold Valley is indeed an excellent example of game-as-art. And it's hardly alone.

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Quoting: ThormackGuys, could you recommend some nice free-to-play windows games?

Never used Proton before and don't want to buy win games just for testing.

Neverwinter is pretty fun and works well in Proton, although you may need to change your mouse polling rate.

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Is it still the buggy mess that tries to combine too many things that it was on release?

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