I've literally been using Big Picture to access the Downloads and manually que the updates for over 500 games. It's my biggest annoyance since the new UX update.

I can't welcome a "All Downloads" page fast enough. Godspeed Mr Gaben.

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We've seen over 700 projects (including us!) have their Freenode channels be taken over ... [because we] had the sheer audacity to mention Libera.Chat

Owch. I would like to thank Andrew Lee for confirmation that (Ex & Decorated Freenode Staff) Libera.Chat criticisms must be valid. I remained partially skeptical up until this moment.

What a mess, may Freenode.net be buried quickly so the legacy behind the name is not further tarnished by this skidmark known as Andrew Lee.

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I know other projects sometimes will build themselves on a demo.exe that is stored at https://archive.org [External Link] since any demos released were legit distributed by the authors, -- "no backsies".

I really wasn't expecting to see this game in my feed, but like Turok 1 & 2, and other games from that era I am pleasantly surprised.

Top comment "sweet memories" indeed.

Edit: I know it may seem silly but I could also see a group starting a "License Library" where CDs/DVDs each have a unique drive and are connected to a computer. A person can then "borrow" the game by simply connecting to the server (WAN or VLAN), eg: `sshfs` mount the game and play -- a reasonable limitation would be only 1 person per copy at a time so the "borrowed" copy can be given out and taken back as needed so to speak. I see no difference between that and lending your game to a friend person to person, and considering there would have been no foresight into the future it's not like any licenses or agreements could have predicted such future capabilities so I don't anticipate any breech on 80% of the larger scope of content.

/daydreaming

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I'm with Liam on the title being accurate & factual.

It's up to the reader to not make inferences based on limited information (We all do it sometimes). This is a good example of why Critical Thinking is so important & reeling in those "leaps of faith" to "fill in the gaps" of what we do and do not know.

FTA -- Props to this Kiwi for educating himself on the laws used against him and using those same laws to fight back. Education & Tenacity are powerful tools to be reckoned with.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: TheSHEEEPI came here to see a bunch of "capitalism bad! Harrumph!" comments and was not disappointed.

Capitalism bad! Harrumph! :grin:

But I think you're being a touch unfair. It's the game designers themselves who said "Capitalism bad". The first comment was a "capitalism good! Harrumph!"
And I personally haven't even said anything about capitalism yet, I've just pointed out that it's silly to rule out of bounds all critique of any system on the basis that the person criticizing is in, and part of, the system.

Lol you made me think of this inverse meme that could use a Capitolism version becoming a Banana Republic

!link [External Link]

Of course it points out my favorite point that neither Capitolism nor Communism as systems exist -- remember Tiananmen Square Masacre? That was the gov using rural folk against City College kids who were like "Yo bro, this isn't Communism, this isn't what we were promised".

On the other hand in the quote "Capitalist" world (lol), you have a handful of corporations literally control everything including government regulations.

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Valve is protecting themselves from hostile partnerships.

This has nothing to do with consumers. Just whether or not Publishers can get the Sweet Sweet Valve Nectar and Fuck Valve at the same time by under-selling their partner with another partner eg: CCP+Tencent+Epic.

Valve Says -- No you must be fair to us -- if you want to charge less elsewhere you have to charge the same lower amount for our customers too.

And of course the Hostile Partners are all Surprised Pikachu on why they are not allowed to be on a platform while simultaneously fucking that platform over.



Bravo Valve for respecting yourself and requiring equal treatment, I'm 100% behind you, especially after the 7,000 Native Linux Games that Valve gave me and the 0 Native Linux Games that Epic gave me -- oh but I got some hostile remarks from Tim Sweeney, get wrecked Epic -- I don't mind having a #2 gaming store -- but if I have anything to say about it it'll never be a Anti-Linux piece of shit store like CCP+Tencent+Epic -- but hey why should we be surprised, Epic basically is complacent against their CCP Partners in literal genocide and slavery of their Uighers picking 20% of the world cotton and using prison labor where their fingernails literally are falling off from to produce the worlds slave garlic.

Where is the world outrage and human decency focused on the right problem and not a diversion when you need it.

As for Wolfire's David Rosen selling off Humble Bundle to IGN -- thanks bro, you really fucking sold the company & us down the fucking river -- but hey sellouts gotta sellout, and good shit gotta become bad shit -- Humble Bundle, Woot, Newegg, yadda yadda yadda.

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I figured I'd buy a copy because I love Feral and reports of AMD MESA on Linux are good and sometimes old games are just made well and interesting to try.

I noticed on the Steam download page it reported that it will take 43.95 GB and not the 70 GB not sure why (Maybe it's more if you also install the original version too)

(Looks like 70GB is with Free Release DLC)

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Quoting: Mohandevir

Quoting: ElectricPrismGood. Introducing intentionally defective code into the kernel is criminal. Don't fuck with my FOSS. GTFO.

Oh! I would like to see the Linux Foundation sueing the Minnesota Unniversity... Getting my Pop Corn ready!

Find penalty laws of "fucking with nuclear facilities" and "hospitals" and I'm sure there could be a pretty long list of felonies drawn up.

Honestly, I wouldn't mind seeing the EFF sue the shit out of them.

(Oops I didn't mean to Poison the water of the Children's Hospital and Old Folks Homes, "It was just a paper bro")

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Good. Introducing intentionally defective code into the kernel is criminal. Don't fuck with my FOSS. GTFO.

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All programmerkind before the verdict:

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