Quoting: AnjuneI suppose pixel art is more of a statement these days than a limitation to overcome.

More artistic choice than statement I think, like black-and-white versus colour photography. Could be a statement of course, but I must admit the message eludes me.

Quoting: AnjuneI do like everything about the look of this game... except for the red noses. They conflict with my pathetic need for glamour.

Hehe, we're such a glamorous bunch, us Linux gamers.

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Quoting: morbiusOn the other hand, Max feels like a grown man pretending to be a teenage girl.

Who do you think writes this stuff? Teenage girls? ;)

But sure, a story either clicks for you or it doesn't. No need to argue or rationalise in my opinion. Games that get praised for their stories often tend to seem clichéd or faux-deep to me (Gone Home, Bioshock Infinite spring to mind), but there's nothing wrong with others enjoying them. And I do enjoy them as well despite the fact that I'm not crying through the end credits.

I haven't played Life is Strange yet, but it's on my wishlist. Somehow I doubt I'll be moved to tears, but that's okay. Real life is strange and dramatic enough. I play adventure games for the same reason I watch movies or read novels; to be entertained.

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Quoting: ElectricPrismCould also batch email users 7 days before closing each week asking if details are the same.

You mean once a week? That could get annoying quickly. I suspect most of us rarely update our hardware or distro-hop. Maybe once every month or two, and should be optional.

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The drama is through the roof! The needle blew clear off the angst gauge! Captain, she can't hold it much longer! if we don't get it out quick, I'm afraid she's going to blow!

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Quoting: PurplePersonAs a Brit, I'm concerned about the lack of pants.

Just close your eyes and think of England. It'll be over soon.

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Quoting: throgh... protected firmware on NVidia-cards.

You're free to stick to your principles, but all major CPU and GPU vendors run proprietary firmware/microcode in their hardware, not just Nvidia. Your choice of drivers makes no difference either.

Sorry, but you either misread or are mistaken.

I'm not so sure. I just think that for most of us protected firmware isn't much more of a problem than proprietary firmware blobs in general. As long as they provide working drivers, from a purely non-ideological standpoint it's all good.

Quoting: boltronicsSo if using free software drivers is important to you, Nvidia is a really bad choice, and will always be a bad choice as long as they keep the requirement for signed drivers. Don't give them your support.

I still think this is just about picking what you consider acceptable in your system. You draw the line at that particular detail, others think anything short of of fully open hardware is evil. Nvidia is probably slightly worse than the competition if you feel strongly about these issues though, that I'll agree with.

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Yes, I've been around long enough to know quite a lot about the technology. I have to say the "CRT for retro gaming" video is far from scientific (comparing a run-of-the-mill, old TN LCD monitor to a CRT and bitching about colour separation, duh). Even Pittman admits his work is all about his preference for the retro aesthetic, not about making low-res games look objectively better. We're not talking about emulated oldies here, but a brand new game with low resolution graphics.

Modern pixel games aren't automatically "retro", and there's no reason to assume they were designed to look good or tested on an old CRT. Most likely the graphics were created using--and intended to be viewed on--modern LCD screens. If you miss the "good" old days of 16 bit consoles or something, sure go nuts with your blurry filters, but I for one always disable them if possible.

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Quoting: throgh... protected firmware on NVidia-cards.

You're free to stick to your principles, but all major CPU and GPU vendors run proprietary firmware/microcode in their hardware, not just Nvidia. Your choice of drivers makes no difference either.

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Quoting: nllaIt's just that pixels were always meant to be accompanied by scanlines. They were designed with CRTs in mind, which are a perfect complement to them. Scanlines were the things that turned ugly, low-res blocks into beautiful works of art. (As well as chiptunes, off course.)

Pixels weren't designed with anything in mind. The hardware had low resolution, which meant visible pixels. Same goes with scanlines. They're an ugly (IMHO) artifact of an inferior display technology, and I don't get the nostalgia. I love me some pretty pixel art, but I don't see what blurring and distortion adds to the experience.

EDIT: These are my purely subjective opinions, not trying to put down anyone's personal feelings on the subject.

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Quoting: Comandante oardoHow do you run Wolfenstein: The New Order and Wolfenstein: The Old Blood under WINe? :huh:

Install the game under wine and run? New Order's Steam version has platinum rating in appdb, should be pretty straightforward.

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