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Developer breaks silence about 'The Silent Age', a point-and-click adventure for which a Linux port was promised
30 Jun 2016 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: GuestSo really, it would force people out of their comfort zone (really, windows is about as comfortable as shirt made out of tree bark) to try something new.
I don't get this. How do exclusives force anyone to do anything at all? If a game isn't available on my OS, I shrug and move on. I certainly do not feel compelled to install Windows or buy a Console just so I can play them. Exclusives are bad, full stop. Besides, if you love Linux for the freedom it affords you, why do you feel the need to force it down someone's throat?
ZED by Eagre Games reaches the funding goal, developer thanks GOL and the Linux community
30 Jun 2016 at 7:02 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: mulletdeathNice to see it might reach some of its cooler stretch goals; the campaign had seemed to slow down there for a while.
Yeah. They already hit the animator goal, which is nice. Too bad the Bonus Dreamworlds goal is out of reach. The rest of them are less interesting to me, but I can imagine some of you would shit your pants for VR, while others could use the localization. But what really tickles me pink is seeing consoles as the last, impossible stretch goals. :)
ZED by Eagre Games reaches the funding goal, developer thanks GOL and the Linux community
29 Jun 2016 at 10:08 pm UTC Likes: 8
Well that was awfully nice of them to say. Go on Liam, give yourself a pat as well, preferably followed by a celebratory swig of rum. You (and your awesome contributors) really deserve to be proud at times like these. You might not have Valve's budget, but you really do an awful lot for Linux gaming.

Let's hope the game turns out as good as I hope it will.
When should i386 support for Ubuntu end? Help Canonical decide
29 Jun 2016 at 12:58 pm UTC Likes: 1
We'd still have 32-bit Linux without 32-bit install media for new Ubuntu releases. Even current LTS releases of Ubuntu will be supported for a few years, if other distros are not an option.
Go on a fishing adventure in Marinatide, on Steam Greenlight and coming to Linux
29 Jun 2016 at 9:03 am UTC
I can see this being an enjoyable casual time-waster and stress-reliever, assuming decent gamepad controls. Although the main quest deadlines sound a bit forced. Might just as well vote for it, but won't buy until I see some positive reviews.
AMD will be hosting a reddit 'ask me anything' and giving away 14 RX 480 graphics cards
28 Jun 2016 at 4:44 pm UTC
Quoting: XaeroVincentMy guess is that the RX 480 will perform like a GTX 970 on Windows and a GTX 960 on Linux.
A ~200 USD AMD gpu on par with a similarly priced GTX 960 on Linux? That would mean they'd be pretty close in price/performance. A big Windows/Linux performance gap would be regrettable, but basically irrelevant.
Dolphin, the Gamecube and Wii emulator is working on a Vulkan backend
28 Jun 2016 at 9:33 am UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: liamdaweFor me though, if the developer doesn't give their game away for free and expects payment (like 99% of games) and you chuck a copy to a friend, you're doing something illegal (in most countries I think?) and unethical (because it shits on said developer).
I agree with you, and I don't take part in or advocate piracy. But that doesn't mean it's all black and white, and that all crime is equal. Most of us live in democratic countries though, and if and when we disagree with our laws, the right thing to do is to try to get them changed, not to break them. Activism is okay and even desirable, illegal or antisocial behaviour less so.
Dolphin, the Gamecube and Wii emulator is working on a Vulkan backend
28 Jun 2016 at 8:56 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: tuubi
Quoting: wojtek88But if you have a car but do not have money for gasoline, do you steal it?
Blah blah, artificial scarcity etc. Stealing something tangible vs. making a copy. IOW: Don't be Lars Ulrich please. Metallica is was awesome but that guy's an idiot.
It may sound different, but in reality it isn't.
It sounds different because it is. ;) Theft and software piracy are not the same thing ethically, even if they are legally. The "you wouldn't steal a car" non-analogy really rubs me the wrong way, apples and oranges and all that.

But I know this isn't the right forum for this discussion. Linux gaming, woo! Emulators, yum!
Dolphin, the Gamecube and Wii emulator is working on a Vulkan backend
28 Jun 2016 at 8:13 am UTC
Quoting: wojtek88But if you have a car but do not have money for gasoline, do you steal it?
Blah blah, artificial scarcity etc. Stealing something tangible vs. making a copy. IOW: Don't be Lars Ulrich please. Metallica is was awesome but that guy's an idiot.
Dolphin, the Gamecube and Wii emulator is working on a Vulkan backend
27 Jun 2016 at 4:45 pm UTC Likes: 2
Quoting: AnxiousInfusionIf GOL wants to be censorious of uncomfortable opinions that sends a stronger message about them than it does me.
No, it doesn't.

Quoting: AnxiousInfusionPiracy is only a satellite issue to my main point that platform exclusives have caused this rift in the first place. Whether or not something is legal does not correlate to it being right or wrong. I believe what I'm doing is a just response to industry's abuse of control.
That's neither here nor there. This is not the right venue for activism. We can (and in this case must) take our issues elsewhere. Liam has made his stance very clear.