Quoting: g000hGrabbed the bundle and... looks like GOL (deservedly) gets a nice chunk of the sum spent.

Since he got the affiliate thing going, I always crank Liam's share up a bit. I also drop the shares of any games I'm not going to play or gift to friends, and wouldn't have paid for anyway.

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Quoting: GuestDon’t listen to anyone saying that Dirt Rally is better with a gamepad, it’s not true. It requires the precision of a wheel. I don’t have a wheel and only the first car (the Mini) is playable because it is slow enough and FWD.

As I said in an earlier comment, it's definitely not better with a gamepad, but it's perfectly playable. Dirt Rally is simply a challenging game and takes a lot of practice. I've never owned a wheel either, but after 387 hours of gameplay I'm still having fun with it.

The old Mini is the slowest and easiest car in the game, but after a while you'll also find it's the most boring. Not much fun in just flooring the gas and pointing the car in the right direction, which is what you'll be doing on most stages.

I do like a good arcade racer as well, but it's a whole different type of fun.

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Quoting: RedneckContrary to this popular belief, Dirt Rally is actually easier with a controller. The wheel (while more precise) is way more challenging than a gamepad and I've beated quite a few players who used the wheel, both in DR and Grid Autosport.

It's rare to see any top-ten times in any of the Dirt Rally online events that were not done with a wheel, as proven by the leaderboards [External Link]. You can be good with a gamepad, but a proper wheel and pedals do give you an edge if you've got the skill. But I do agree that a wheel isn't required to enjoy the game, and a better controller doesn't make you into a better driver.

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Definitely more like Showdown according to reviews. This is not a simulator. About the same amount of content as SD as well (10-15 hours to 100%), for the rather hefty price tag of 50€ + DLC.

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Could be a decent arcade racer. Reviews aren't great but they're good enough. I wouldn't mind giving it a go.

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Quoting: Dunc(For what that's worth. I still can't get The Flame in the Flood to run at a decent framerate under Proton, even though it was the first game I ever tried with DXVK - being the most recent Windows game I owned at the time - and it was perfect. Don't know what's going on there.)

It's an UE4 game so it might be the nvapi problem. If it is, you can work around it by spoofing an AMD gpu. These [External Link] are the first instructions I could find. Might be worth a shot.

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I finally bought Opus Magnum on Steam for 50% off, but Exapunks will have to stay on my wishlist for a while longer. I shall get it at some point though. Zachtronics does not disappoint.

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Quoting: liamdaweHumble also just launched a new bundle with Shadow of Mordor Game of the Year Edition, Bastion and Mad Max affiliate link as usual [External Link].

I've already got all the Linux games in the bundle, but damn that's a crazy low price for Mordor. And Mad Max (which I enjoyed a lot more) for that matter.

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Quoting: bubexelYes, ppl should know that world is full of haters, and they will hate you and your game. Doesn't matter what you do, its a fact. The best way is just to ignore those haters.

But it is hard. Especially when the hater targets you. This world of fully connected everybody, and everybody free to hate on others "freedom of speech", it's bad.
Either we should be taught at school to do less hating, or we should be taught at school to cope with haters on social media. I opt for both.
For my generation there is just no hope, we have to hide on social media just to prevent getting hated on.

Teaching empathy and basic human decency should happen at home and by people children look up to, by example. Schools cannot and aren't supposed to raise kids, and they have limited means to affect the way children turn out.

But this has very little to do with what happened here. Criticism isn't hatred. I don't like how these days all human behaviour is supposed to be either love or hate. The developer's reaction was understandable but unfortunate, but I don't see hatred from either party. This is also one thing parents should teach their kids: If someone doesn't love you, that doesn't mean they hate you. Following your gut might be cool by Hollywood standards, but mostly it's just leads to knee-jerk stupidity.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: chancho_zombieMy favourite principle of common law is Cuius est solum, eius est usque ad coelum et ad inferos which translates to "whoever's is the soil, it is theirs all the way to Heaven and all the way to Hell"

bluntly putting it: If you f**ck with land property we will drink your blood and take your soul.

I'm pretty sure the principle refers to the land owner's rights to the air above and the ground below their plot. I like your dramatic interpretation though. :)

Of course many other laws do not agree with that principle of common law. I'm pretty sure that in Canada, mineral rights are/can be separated from general land ownership, even though we are a country which has sort of inherited the British common law. And I'm pretty sure most jurisdictions do not allow most private property owners to stop planes from overflying their property; things would be tough for the airline industry otherwise.

I read that the phrase originates with the Roman lawyer Accursius in the thirteenth century. I'd assume aircraft weren't much of a concern back then. :whistle:

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