Developers: If you've got a game that just doesn't sell anymore, open-sourcing it is the only way to go. There's no downside.

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Quoting: Guppychanging pages causes the url to change and a new page to load.

The problem is that the page is identical,

That's what happened for me as well on Firefox. Can't test if it's fixed as I clean up notifications as soon as I've seen them.

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Quoting: etonbears@tuubi : Oh dear, I sincerely apologize that my comment seems to have upset or angered you. I do not comment very often, and generally try to keep my tone as neutral as possible to avoid giving offence, but I have clearly failed on this occasion.

But I was not upset, angry or offended. I just rather bluntly (sorry about that, too sleep-deprived for diplomacy) expressed my opinion that your rant came from the gut, not the head. There's a lot of feeling and no real attempt at rational justification. Nothing but vague, nostalgic tales of bygone times when every game was golden and crap was yet to be invented.

Speaking of those times, I for one seem to remember a lot of shitty games from the eighties and nineties with simplistic, half-baked or recycled gameplay wrapped in the thinnest veneer of content. Every platform had their share. Some obvious mass-market franchise cash-grabs as well, as soon as the market was there. No DLC, but that's only because there was no way for us gamers to actually DL that C, and what passed for DRM was printed in the game manual or inside the cassette cover. Sure there were many great games as well, but those still pop up at a healthy pace. It's simply unfair to compare the worst of today to the best of the past.

Tabletop and pen-and-paper gaming have very little to do with the discussion, as both genres obviously still survive and thrive in their own little niches.

I think it's silly to condemn the fact that it's easier to produce and market a game than it used to be, or to insist that we're all somehow forced to personally suffer through every single piece of shovelware out there. Surprisingly little of consequence has changed for the worse, and quite a lot for the better. Just my humble enlightened opinion of course. No offense intended. Apologies available upon request.

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Quoting: liamdawe

Quoting: tuubiAre you sure it's actually an adventure game and not another sandbox?

I have no idea since I haven't played it, going by what they call it until i get that chance.

Fair enough. Certainly looks and sounds like a sandbox.

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@etonbears: That's some premium snobbery right there. There's so much of it, I couldn't decide which part of the misguided wall of tears I should quote. Games are easier to produce and release now, but that goes equally for those developers with "passion" or "integrity". There are tons of modern examples out there of lovingly produced games with niche appeal, and no evidence of mainstream cash-grabbing. But again, well done on the "nothing's as good as it was in the olden days" spiel.

To everyone whining about having to sift through the crap or wade through junk, what is actually a load of bullshit is that complaint. Why would you need to do that when sites like GOL do it for you? It's a pretty minuscule chance that you personally find a gem nobody else has already happened to find and review for your convenience. I certainly never need to spend time combing through Steam's catalog to find something worth playing. I leave that to GOL's editors (and the internet in general; these games aren't Linux-exclusive).

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Are you sure it's actually an adventure game and not another sandbox?

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1040

Remember when you were looking to buy a game and there was simply nothing you wanted available for Linux? Because I do. Strange to think this was only a few years ago.

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Weird and quite possibly wonderful. Hope they get it sorted out.

A release delay of a week or three doesn't matter much to people like me with 80+ games on our wishlists...

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Quoting: GuestHow do I edit the command line so the benchmark starts at 23:45 and ends at 24:45 of that demo file ? Similar to this "+timedemo_start 50000 +timedemo_end 51000". I don't know what 50,000 / 51,000 stands for.

They're "ticks" as defined by the engine. Seems like the default in Dota 2 might be somewhere around 30 per second. Seems like you could use the option "engine_show_frame_ticks" to find good start and end values. Here's a list [External Link] of console commands if you need it.

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Quoting: GuppyNot far fetched - Christmas has a similar origin ( the winter solstice festival of jul - later renamed to mask the pagan connection).

What I thought far fetched was that particular Norse/Germanic myth as the most likely original source for the Christian concept of hell.

Quoting: GuppyHell still is not officially post of Christianity, you can say a priest of you like. The main difference is duration as I understand it (hell being permanent)

It certainly seems to be part of modern Roman Catholic doctrine. No use asking a priest for a definitive answer as none of them can speak for more than their own denomination or sect. A non-partisan theologian is a better source if you can find one.

Quoting: GuppyDisclaimer: I am not a true believer, I just find the inconsistencies amusing

It wouldn't be religion at all if it was purely scientific.

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