Quoting: EhvisNicely drawn, but the 480x270 resolution seems a bit too low to me.

It's low, but still higher than most SNES and Playstation classics. I know it's not much of an excuse, if there is indeed need for one.

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The trailer looks like they played a bunch of classic sci-fi JRPGs and learned all the right lessons. Colour me intrigued.

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Quoting: KetilI bought this, day of the tentacle and grim fandango on steam as I didn't buy them before. Any recommendation for which order I play them in?

The order doesn't really matter in my opinion. They're all very good, and very different.

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Yay! Thanks for being awesome once again Cheese! I will definitely pick it up at some point. The Dig next on the list? ;)

I'll be eagerly waiting for your article on the port process. If your past articles are anything to go by, it ought to be a fascinating read.

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Quoting: elmapul" You can't run either without huge resources and some serious infrastructure in place. You won't see an indie Siri-clone any time soon."
actualy, we have, mycroft.

Mycroft seems cool. Compared to the proprietary alternatives at least. I have no interest in trying it out, but a collaborative effort like this is clearly the way to go.

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Quoting: elmapul"I sure can ignore any tech I'm not interested in. It's a handy skill, leaves time for fun and games. "
i dont even know what this means.

It's a half-joking answer to your claim that we can't ignore AR and voice controlled (faux) AI. What exactly should Linux or the distributions do to support them anyway? You can't run either without huge resources and some serious infrastructure in place. You won't see an indie Siri-clone any time soon.

Quoting: elmapulwe have to respect the user privacy, we have to keep the code open source allow the user to redistribute it, we cant...
everything that is profitable, we cant do.

You can do a lot of stuff that's profitable, but not at the cost of the users' privacy. And that's awesome. My interest isn't in making Linux the most profitable platform. I just want it to be the best computing platform for end-users. Financial success at the cost of ethical integrity (or our privacy) just isn't worth supporting. Also, what is this elusive "we" you keep bringing up?

Quoting: Whitewolfe80What his phrase was saying is that because he is not interested in AR he doesn't care. Although he cared enough to post he didn't care about it.

No, that wasn't my point. My point was that these technologies aren't being pushed by Google and Apple because they're useful for us as consumers at this point. A more efficient medium for targeted ads would hardly make my computing experience better in any meaningful way. You should read past the first sentence, especially if the first sentence is a joke.

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Quoting: tuubiGames distributed in flatpak format?

No , SteamOS gained support for Flatpak.

Yeah I understood that. Just wondering "aloud" if someone wants to distribute their game in a flatpak, and if this is about building the infrastructure for such an use case. Seems a bit far fetched now that I spelled it out.

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Games distributed in flatpak format?

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Quoting: elmapulit shows how canonical or other linux vendor can enter in the market of operating systems, and why we cant ignore the AR and voice market

I sure can ignore any tech I'm not interested in. It's a handy skill, leaves time for fun and games.

Jokes aside, I do see why especially advertisers are all over AR, and sure there's actual potential for useful applications as well, but why do you think voice "AI" will succeed this time? The tech is still at the questionably useful gimmick level, and its greatest advancement since the first primitive voice control craze in the nineties is how efficiently it ignores the user's privacy and collects data for our corporate overlords.

What drives both of these technologies so hard right now isn't consumer demand, and the only ones I see foaming about them are companies who see the marketing potential and hapless consumers who think these are examples of super cool sci-fi tech we absolutely need for ...reasons.

BTW, I stopped watching your video link when I saw the title. How dare he claim my precious Sailfish OS doesn't exist. :(

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Quoting: skinnyrafOk, so I tried to play The Longest Journey and it starts way too slow for me. Sure, the prologue was nice, but trying to get to school, having no money for subway and needing to collect overdue wages?

Will it get any better soon?

(For reference, I enjoyed Syberia, absolutely loved The Book of Unwritten Tales and liked a few other point'n'click games).

"Better" is always subjective, but it's true the best parts of the game and the story are ahead. In my humble opinion TLJ is definitely better than Syberia if you're not too put out by the slow pace and somewhat dated game mechanics.

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