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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
7 May 2013 at 6:31 pm UTC

Quoting: AnonNo cross-platform multiplayer in BL. No fun for Linux users I guess :(
Really? Man that's pants.

Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
7 May 2013 at 6:19 pm UTC

Quoting: xmirrorxA typo in the title Liam. This feels a bit off for a humble bundle with the pricey tiers.... eh I think I'm going to skip this as I already own some of the games.
I must be tired, where's the typo? :(

Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!
7 May 2013 at 4:05 pm UTC

Personally I think Wine is fantastic and is part of the reason Linux has been as popular as it has been.

I am unsure where I stand on it, I think my personal view is that I would like for Wine installs to be counted as exactly what it is - Wine.

Since Wine can be run on Mac as well it would be interesting to get the numbers on it.

Honestly, if RPS hadn't mentioned this place, I'd have never heard of it. Think there might be a reason I hadn't heard of it...
The main reason would be that we are still a small website nothing to do with our commenters as you imply - you are the only one who seems to be having a big problem with all of this.

Mr/Miss? Anonymous I've read all of this and I see nothing wrong with what my editors have said, everyone has their own point of view that is the point of commenting if they don't agree with you it's not them being confrontational it's them trying to give their point of view as well.

Honestly to me it just sounds like everyone is having a good old chat, just remember to keep it cool guys.

Stonehearth kickstarter closing in on Linux Stretchgoal
6 May 2013 at 1:57 pm UTC

So if you weren’t going to back it due to a stretch goal, I don't see why not since now it will be coming.

Epic's HTML5 Citadel demo runs on all platforms
6 May 2013 at 10:02 am UTC

I cleaned it up, added a pic and a bit more text and approved, it's interesting but sadly won't load for me!

Left 4 Dead 2 available for Linux in beta form!
5 May 2013 at 10:41 am UTC

Quoting: MeHow do you access the Beta?
If you own the game it will just show up in your Linux games list on Steam.

Stonehearth kickstarter closing in on Linux Stretchgoal
5 May 2013 at 10:16 am UTC

Personally I love the look of the project and it can be a little different if you are writing everything yourself, not different enough to warrant basically $10k each for Mac and Linux (180-200k stretch goal) considering they already said they are shying away from Windows only tech.

Still it's better than no support at all and still lower than a fair few others stretch goals, not to mention they have almost hit it anyway.

Portal 1 is now in Beta for Linux woohoo!
3 May 2013 at 4:33 pm UTC

Quoting: rccarrollMy comment was directed at future Valve/Steam customers.  In my case, they had two of their games that indicated they worked in Linux.  I paid for them.  They did not work or even load, or download.  I complained immediately, but could not get my money back.  They did change the web page to indicate that Dirt2 and the Testament of Sherlock Holmes don't work in Linux, but that is after the fact.  If they c hanged the web page, it is an indication that they made a mistake. They did make a mistake, the games are not compatible with Linux.  But they kept my money.  I offered to give them screenshots, but they don't care.
I can't say I've ever seen a title on the official store/client show a platform it didn't support. Can you show us those screenshots of yours?

Earth 2140 the futuristic RTS game is coming to Linux
2 May 2013 at 6:49 pm UTC

When it was released doesn't mean anything, it's new to us and a highly rated game 4/5 stars on gog with 391 ratings, that's pretty good.

They may not have any contracts for newer titles, also porting a game that is already on Mac would probably be easier to port to Linux than starting on a new port. It's also probably more financially viable to port older titles first to expand their catalogue.