For the record, I think "Nebuchadnezzar" is pronounced with something pretty much like a hard "k" sound, with maybe a hint of a Scottish throat-clearing "ch". Not like "Chad".

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Quoting: F.Ultra

Quoting: rustybroomhandleThey could just switch to a "Proton, but supported by us" type model, like with No Man's Sky. As in not a native port, but the devs still care to make sure it works.

That would require that they have the skills to do that.

I've certainly gotten the impression through the "We Happy Few" saga that it's a story of people with excellent intentions and really cool ideas about imagery and theme, but not especially great coding and game-writing skills.
Their reach exceeded their grasp, both in terms of the game overall and in terms of the Linux release.

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Sheesh. Not even a baker's dozen.

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A fun game with cheerful music about . . . dispatching the lamenting souls of the extinct human race after the apocalypse. Nice to have these upbeat games out there . . .

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Quoting: nateI already use four browsers (Chromium, Firefox, Opera, and Chrome). I really do not need a fifth. Sorry, M$. =P

Opera was my go to webkit browser until they were bought by some Chinese company. At which point who knows what's included in the binary :P

I tend to only use Firefox or Epiphany, with the random Chromium when some sites haven't updated their ciphers, which Firefox frowns upon and no longer work with. I'm forced to at the moment due to some necessary appliance crap. Please everyone, update your stuff to work with modern ciphers. Thank you.

Second time I've seen someone talking about ciphers. What's a cipher? (well, in this context; I know the base meaning of the word)

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyBlack Ice . . . I think that's a William Gibson coinage, which has stuck through all kinds of cyberpunk-themed books, games and so on.

He did use the term in Neuromancer and the sequels, but apparently Tom Maddox [External Link] is the one who coined it.

I didn't know about that. Say, Wikipedia says this Tom Maddox has licensed his writing under creative commons license and makes it available on his website. Sounds like an open source friendly guy; I should take a look and see if his stuff is good.

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Hmmm . . . Games like Stellaris are probably mostly CPU-bound . . . might be able to stay fast right down to the late game . . .
(not that I can afford it)

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Black Ice . . . I think that's a William Gibson coinage, which has stuck through all kinds of cyberpunk-themed books, games and so on.

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One throwaway comment in the trailer I thought was interesting: In the online multiplayer, experienced players can get points by mentoring new ones. I'm not sure how that's likely to work out in practice, but I thought it was a nice attempt to build some friendliness into the community.

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That was fun to watch, but I have this feeling if I tried to play it the flow of combat would look less like that and more like limping around and then getting clobbered.

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