Quoting: GuestI don't use any launcher for more than downloading and playing.

I don't even go that far. I download the offline installers for all my GOG games manually. For me, launchers that download and install games feel too much like DRM. I mostly play offline. I have little use for the social features and I can take or leave the achievements. What I do like is the playtime counter, a centralized location for launching my games, and being able to install the games in their own prefixes. Steam does that but only gives you the playtime counter if you are online and logged in. Lutris works offline - for both the playtime counter and installs - making it my preferred launcher.

Don't know much about Heroic. The last time I used it, I found it limited and not terribly intuitive, with insufficient manual control of installation and setup. Perhaps that has changed now.

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Quoting: GuestLegend of Kyrandia - loved it. I think it is theirs? Right? haha

anyway, will certainly watch this one.

Nope. Developed by the legendary Westwood Studios and published by Virgin Games.

Wikipedia - The Legend of Kyrandia [External Link]

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Been watching this one for a while. Can't wait for it to get to GOG. Hopefully with native Linux support!

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Happy birthday! :wub:

Thanks for always having lots of news for us to read.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualI really wish Mint shipped KDE as an option

I doubt that the Mint Team will ever bring KDE back into its rotation. As I understand it, the underlying development architecture of XFCE, MATE and Cinnamon has commonality, making it easier to develop Mint-specific assets for all 3 environments. KDE has gone its own way, making it too much work to maintain the common Mint experience in that environment. Hence, no Mint KDE.

For some (not suggesting this includes you), they believe it as simple as dropping the generic KDE Plasma DE on top of the Mint base and be done with it. It is not that simple. There are custom assets and tools that are needed to make it a Mint experience. Having been a Linux Mint user for 10 years now, I can tell that the Mint Team is committed to putting out a stable, consistent product amongst their 3 DEs and I, for one, appreciate that effort.

I do agree that it will be nicer to have a far more up-to-date kernel and I applaud their new kernel update strategy.

Here is the official announcement from the Mint Team on their decision regarding KDE: Linux Mint Blog Link [External Link]

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Out of curiosity, has anyone ever tried this on a desktop or laptop PC?

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Not sure that I could ever consider Morrowind to be in the category of "Games Done Quick". I have probably logged thousands of hours into that game. I suppose it would be possible to speed-run the main quest but you'd be missing out on so much more that the game has to offer ...

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I am sure this is an engaging and relaxing distraction, but as a life-long amateur herpetologist I am quite disturbed by the lack of realism in this game. My concern is that this will give people an unrealistic idea of how to interact with amphibians that will do more harm than good.

For example, there is a gif on the Itch.io page showing the player petting the frogs. Frogs do not like to be handled, the salt in our skin is painful to them. Also, during my 45+ years of amphibian enthusiasm, I have never even heard that it is possible to "crossbreed" different species of frogs. The idea of over 500 species in the same region stretches credulity.

Then there's the picture with the sandbox. The only time you will find a frog on its back is if it's dead. Seriously, unless the sand is very wet, a frog wouldn't even be interested. If it is wet, the frog might choose to burrow into it. Frogs do not generally bask in the sun - especially on dry land - too much risk of desiccation.

Finally, frogs are not attracted to "furniture" in the manner being depicted here. The best you could hope for is that they will choose to hide under the "furniture", assuming that it is cool and moist underneath. Some of the "furniture" objects are portrayed suitably but most are not. If you were to substitute a CAT for the frogs then this "playhouse" concept with all the "furniture" makes sense. Amphibians are not cats.

Perhaps the bit about restoring the wetlands is realistic, I would need to look more deeply into that aspect. Certainly, the opportunity to soak in the ponds and hide among the wetlands plant life would be a far more likely attraction to frogs than "furniture" in a "playhouse". The wetlands and the frog sanctuary should be one and the same.

Here is my criticism/feedback. Thanks for reading all the way through my little rant.

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Quoting: F.Ultra

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Quoting: DrMcCoyThe problem with Embracer is that they're not in the business of making games, making art. They're in the business of making money. They don't care how. They don't care the games apart from them being their current vehicle of making money.

That's every game company that is (or is owned by) a company on the stock market. They are happy about an inferior product as long as it improves the bottom line.

This describes most publicly traded corporations. Their lifeblood is money. They don't care how they acquire it nor do they care about the non-financial costs incurred while doing so.

And also most private companies, there is nothing in making it public that makes a company more or less greedy.

PLG's response most eloquently described what I was trying to express when I wrote the post.

Many publicly held corporations tend to be plagued by indifferent shareholders / stock market investors whose only interest is in the financial returns on their investments. This is not to say that investors in privately held corporations are not motivated by greed but that some of them tend to have a vested interest in more than just the profit-generating aspect of the business. Perhaps it is a small-corp vs mega-corp thing?

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: DrMcCoyThe problem with Embracer is that they're not in the business of making games, making art. They're in the business of making money. They don't care how. They don't care the games apart from them being their current vehicle of making money.

That's every game company that is (or is owned by) a company on the stock market. They are happy about an inferior product as long as it improves the bottom line.

This describes most publicly traded corporations. Their lifeblood is money. They don't care how they acquire it nor do they care about the non-financial costs incurred while doing so.

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