Quoting: CybaCowboy

Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyWill it be as bad as their last game?

Are you high?

Hey, be nice, even if his turn of phrase was quite trollish. I didn't think much of Gone Home either. It's entertainment, and not everyone finds the same stuff entertaining. Either the story appeals to you or not.

Tacoma seems more interesting to me though.

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Quoting: skryDammit, what an awful system but I guess it makes some sense in a capitalist way. It would be nice to have a confirmation if this is indeed the case. Anyway, double buy it is then.

You could just ask for a refund as the game doesn't work on your system (yet). No need to buy twice, unless you absolutely want to.

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Quoting: stssI get it that this isn't your personal preference, but to call the idea to increase the games suspense and create a sense of ephemerality a "stupid idea" is pretty narrow minded if you ask me, and I find it pretty funny how everyone who has gone to insult the idea has chosen to do so on the grounds of intelligence when it seems to me that it is _you_ who isn't considering it from other points of view.

No, I did consider this from other points of view. I understand why you'd want your survival game to actually be about survival, even if I'm not a fan of the genre. I also see why you'd want games to be challenging. These goals themselves are not what people are calling stupid, as you seem to imply. An implementation of an idea is not the same as the idea itself. IMHO the way Vogelsap's gone about it seems more like a cooler-than-thou arts project than a genuine attempt to make a better survival game. Very indie though. Daft, but original.

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Quoting: DrMcCoy

Quoting: stssPersonally I hope this sort of thing does become popular

If it does, you can bet your life that you'll find me in demonstrations against it.

Happily it will never come to that. The concept is too idiotic to last.

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Quoting: GuestIf I would write a program/game and put it in public I would never hold the source code back.

And that's fine. As long as you don't expect game studios and other producers of digital art or entertainment (including games) to give up their right to sell their stuff. Even RMS isn't that radical.

Sure, there's some middle ground that would be interesting to explore, like game studios freeing up their code (without the art assets) for non-commercial use or somesuch - which would incidentally also facilitate volunteer code contributions in the form of bug fixes - but that's just a pleasant dream for now.

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Congrats and a hearty thank you to Liam and the rest of the staff for being awesome.

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Quoting: BeamboomRegarding Case sensitivity: Isn't osX case sensitive? Since its Unix and stuff? And there is a mac editor already, so... Huh?

I think their HSF+ file system is still configured to be case insensitive by default. For historical reasons I guess. Or maybe Apple doesn't consider case sensitivity to be "hip" enough. Isn't that how they decide everything?

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Quoting: CybaCowboyBut the way, it's interesting to note that GOG.com have two versions of Shadow Warrior - the "classic" (original) version and a seemingly graphically polished "2013" version (the "classic" version is not available for Linux-based operating systems in Steam - not too sure how this differs from the "redux" version I have in Steam)!

The 2013 remake isn't really the same game as the original. There's been so much talk of the remake (and it's upcoming sequel) on GOL that you should already know this. :)

In his review Hamish already mentions the Steam-exclusive Redux, which indeed seems to be a polished native version of the original.

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Quoting: EikeThey're supposed to stand in the living room, so they should fit there optically, no?

Took a second to figure out what you meant by fitting optically, but obviously the currently announced steam machines are all going for the console aesthetic. I'd bet you'll see builds with standard components in something like a media pc case to go with the rest of your entertainment and hi-fi gadgets. I'm pretty sure though that you'll never see a steam machine in a hulking monster of a tower case like the Define R4 humming (or, well, being silent) beside my TV stand unless you build it yourself.

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I'd say who cares, but I know a lot of you do. Personally I can't see myself investing into anything VR related until they come up with an implementation without the bulky headset. Hell, even 3D glasses are barely worth the annoyance.

Grumpy old man out.

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