He, I completely missed the dev's post. Must have been too tired. ^^'

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Just checked again and it seems to be a rogue-like, i.e. a random infinite game. Suddenly I'm even less interested. :(
Or will it be like classic rogue with randomly generated dungeons but where you win once you retrieve something like the amulet of Yendor and get out alive? (Hopefully easier in that case. I had to modify the source code to beat rogue. :p)

However, they give a very detailed explanation here of why they don't allow direct payment:
http://www.gaslampgames.com/blog/2011/06/30/more-faqs-or-on-the-folly-of-giving-money-directly-to-developers/ [External Link]

It also exposes us to the problems associated with running an in-house electronic commerce system; we have to build a system that is secure enough that you feel comfortable giving us your credit card number, and we also have to ensure that it is secure enough from our end that the money ends up in our bank account and not sent to the First International Bank of Lulzsec.

That's something I can identify with very well. I usually don't feel comfortable entering my credit card number on small sites running their own payment service. My preferred payment method is paypal without an account (I don't use any site storing credit card info as a general rule).
On the other hand, with all the bad things I keep hearing about paypal, boycotting it doesn't sound like such a bad idea. ^^

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Quoting: "Robert, post: 1907"I find the opposite true. I refuse to support a paid service like steam. That does not support my platform of choice. Steam will never get a penny of my money. I signed up to the newsletter and am very disappointed. Hopefully in future they can offer a download to a binary for a simple paypal transaction. Steel Storm is available from Kot-in-Actions home store and Ubuntu's Software centre. Gaslamp Games seem to not want my money.

Same for me. :/

(When I first saw the title, I thought it was a new [URL='http://caravelgames.com/Articles/Games.html']DROD[/URL] game. ^^)

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I just noticed something: There doesn't seem to be any Mac version of Desura.
I don't have any Mac, so I don't really care about it, but am I seeing this right: Desura coming to GNU/Linux BEFORE Mac?! :confused:
Or is it just being developped in a cross-platform way so that it will work on both at the same time? (That would be slightly disappointing. :p)

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I'm really amazed by how many games there seem to be for GNU/Linux now.
Of all the games listed, I hadn't heard of SpaceChem, Beep and BOH before.

Of course, most of them are indie games, but in a certain way, that makes it even more interesting. :)

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Quoting: "MaximB, post: 1842"I really don't get people who buy from Ubuntu Software Center, I mean why would someone want to lock himself to use only one OS ? o...forgot about the Windows users...

Well, I can think of one reason: At the moment the GNU/Linux version of Braid is only available through the USC (legally at least)...: http://braid-game.com/news/2011/06/braid-is-now-available-in-the-ubuntu-software-center/ [External Link]

I'm playing with the thought of buying it there, but haven't done so yet.
I'm also not such a big fan of the USC idea. One of my concerns is security, since there is nothing indicating if you are using a secure connection or not.

But if anyone has tried it, I would be interested to know if stuff bought on it is then easily portable to other distros, i.e. can be easily saved as a standalone package.

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