Quoting: slaapliedjeGranted I also don't understand why the world even needs publishers anymore. They need to die in a fire. Mostly all they do is prey on developers, lock their IP and take the majority of the profits. Game distribution is handled by Steam, Gog, etc. So really, what purpose do publishers serve? Sure, they may help fund the initial game (crowd funding seems to work for a lot of games!), but then they push deadlines which cause the games to be released as buggy pieces of crap.

Building an AAA-quality game usually takes several (wo)man-years or expert labour, and that's pretty hard to pull off unless you can secure funding. Sure, crowdfunding is a thing now, but making that happen is a lot of work in itself. An idea alone is not enough.

Also, no publisher could ever "lock" a developer's IP without said developer signing a contract. As you've seen with certain crowdfunded indie projects, poor planning can also push deadlines, as it's pretty hard to fix those bugs if you're starving. Although in my experience pretty much every software project ever goes over budget and gleefully skips past the deadline.

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Quoting: liamdaweSecurity issues with Mint and their terribly security policy, that's the biggest thing. But this article isn't really for discussing that ;)

Ahh... I though that old piece of FUD was dealt with years ago. Just configure your update manager to install all levels of updates by default and you're set. That is if you happen to disagree with the policy of not breaking your system without asking first. Here's [External Link] a really old article debunking that particular myth and telling you how to "fix" it.

Ubuntu is a fine distro though, go ahead and switch if that's what you're more comfortable with.

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Well obviously Tux would sound like Pingu [External Link].

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Quoting: FUltra... because wasn't one of the things about Vulkan that the drivers would not be involved as much as they are in OpenGL?

That is true, but that doesn't mean drivers are irrelevant. The drivers do much less and most of the optimization must and can be done in the applications themselves, but the driver can still be stupid and slow things down. I'm no expert myself, but I'd imagine at least the various window system integration (WSI) extensions usable on Linux (Xlib, Xcb, Wayland and Mir) might not be optimal at this point, and could cause slight differences in performance on different plaforms.

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I'm hoping for a big discount on one of the bigger and more expensive titles I've had on my wishlist for quite some time now. Thinking of The Talos Principle, Shadow of Mordor, Pillars of Eternity, Divinity: Original Sin, maybe Saints Row IV / GooH or American Truck Simulator. I'd like to score at least one of them. If not, I'm determined to get at least a couple of the cheaper games off my wishlist.

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Quoting: BeamboomI got fifty titles on my wish list. FIFTY. Crazy.

Hah, fifty is not crazy. My list's at 68, Down from about 80 as I just cleaned it up a bit a few days ago. More sad than crazy... :'(

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Great interview, BTRE. Almost as great as the game is shaping up to be. I simply can't believe this could fail to get funded.

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Looks fabulous, and I liked SW Dig as well. This shoots straight to my wishlist top five.

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Finally bought Shadowrun Dragonfall for less than three euros. One less game on the wishlist. Also got Spelunky for free, which would be nice if it ran on Linux.

EDIT: Three, not four.

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Quoting: IgnisGOG's definition of “soon” is pretty weird.

No weirder than Valve's. :)

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Aww, someone's feeling a bit grumpy. :'(

Hey, any of my fellow traitors up for a circle-jerk?

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