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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!
2 May 2013 at 7:54 am UTC

As usual i disagree cheese, since we are talking single digit percantages here a .13% decline and a decline two months in a row is a negative.

Nothing sensationalist about it.

How can anything be "holding steady" when in decline two months in a row?!

Starbound reached $1,000,000 in pre-orders
30 Apr 2013 at 1:20 pm UTC

Damn you Bumadar I was going to post on this haha, been watching the counter :D

So badly looking forward to this game :D

Game Dev Tycoon - A business simulation game
29 Apr 2013 at 7:24 pm UTC

It's quite a genius idea and can certainly help you see how many people pirate I guess, looks like a studio worth investing a few bucks in..if they fix the Linux bugs that is.

Game Dev Tycoon - A business simulation game
29 Apr 2013 at 4:33 pm UTC

Also to note on this post [External Link] it seems the game may not actually work on Linux:
yes, I'm sorry. the full version is available on Linux but since our release yesterday we got several reports that things are not quite working (our test was fine), thus it would be silly to release a linux demo right now...
So it would be silly of them to release a Linux demo but sell a full game for it...right?

Game Dev Tycoon - A business simulation game
29 Apr 2013 at 4:30 pm UTC

Sounds like a game I would quite enjoy!

Linux Gaming DRM Free promises: Do they stack up?
26 Apr 2013 at 7:54 pm UTC

Quoting: s_d
Quoting: jlibsterbecause all require you to install a client
Wrong.  Desura does not.  I just explained that. :-(
Indeed it's up to the developers of the games if they have stand alone downloads, client downloads or both on Desura.

INSURGENCY team-based realistic FPS coming to Linux
26 Apr 2013 at 9:55 am UTC

Holger I'm not sure what you are getting at. You are saying PC is a common term...so am I.

The developers (and a lot of others) are saying PC = Windows which it does not.

Linux Gaming DRM Free promises: Do they stack up?
25 Apr 2013 at 7:58 pm UTC

Quoting: Kame
Quoting: liamdaweActually the difference here is that gog.com's downloaders once downloaded will still work (you could backup your collection).

If Steam went down you don't have that choice since your game downloads are tied directly to their client?
Not exactly sure what you're saying here? If steam went down you'd still be able to play any games which the devs didn't put drm into.
I don't know about you but I don't have every game I own on Steam downloaded, what would happen if it went down - I wouldn't be able to download my games and play them.

It's a risk we all take and it is a risk.

Linux Gaming DRM Free promises: Do they stack up?
25 Apr 2013 at 7:31 pm UTC

Quoting: FutureSutureI know Liam isn't very fond of GOG due to their stance on Linux, and I myself haven't spent any money with them for months now either, but still, voting can only help [External Link].
By all means vote but yes I don't think very highly of gog.com for their silly stance on Linux (although I do use them for old titles you can't get anywhere else, I actually had 7 games from them - I won't pirate games).