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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Welcome To The Re-launched GamingOnLinux!
19 Dec 2014 at 8:38 pm UTC

Quoting: ZeitgeistFix login link asap! Edit: The one in the comments section!
Sorry about that, fixed.

Welcome To The Re-launched GamingOnLinux!
19 Dec 2014 at 8:15 pm UTC Likes: 5

Any issues found will be fixed ASAP.

GOL Survey Results: November
19 Dec 2014 at 7:06 pm UTC

Social networked it to fb, g+ and twitter, and scheduled it again in a few days. Also did it on my personal g+.

Civilization: Beyond Earth Released For Linux, On Sale & You Can Win Some Keys
19 Dec 2014 at 2:15 pm UTC

This is a lot of replies for me to sift through later...only a few hours left folks!

New Minecraft Game Announced Coming From Telltale Games, Linux Status Unknown
18 Dec 2014 at 5:33 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: km3k
Quoting: Bumadarsorry but what made you think telltale would release this on linux, because its an adventure about a game that is available on linux ? telltale has never release their games on linux.
I have to agree. I'm surprised this was covered here. Telltale has never had any interest in Linux. I've been following their games since they released Bone (though not as closely in recent years as I've lost interest in the licenses they make games for).

That said, they have been newly supporting Android recently, so there's always the possibility they change their mind, but I really doubt it.
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/linux-is-on-the-radar-for-telltale-games.2670

They have never ruled Linux out.

Endless Legend Will Come To Linux, Suffering Delays
18 Dec 2014 at 4:23 pm UTC

Nothing is as simple as pushing a button.

Windows Games On Linux, WINE & PlayOnLinux
18 Dec 2014 at 1:03 pm UTC

I recently started using Wine again, and it's surprisingly well done nowadays.

Decided to stop excluding myself from franchises I love just because I'm on Linux, and thankfully Starcraft 2 works well in wine :D

New EU Tax Rule Could Ruin A Lot Of Indie Developers
18 Dec 2014 at 12:04 am UTC

Quoting: maodzedunI'm sorry but I'll have to disagree with the author. While it's an obvious inconvenience for the small developers this is a matter that goes way beyond gaming and aims to solve a much more important problem. You know how big companies operating in the states sell their production in America but pay taxes elsewhere? That hurts the national budget. So it does in Europe. Getting this rule means more fair taxation could be in place and more money would go to public services like health care and eduction or even subsidies for small, medium and large businesses. As much as I feel for indie developers this is one of these cases where the need of the many outweigh the need of the few. Plus, I'm sure they'll find a way. Worst case scenario - they'll use Skrill and PayPal for checkout and let them handle at least part of the administrative bullcrap.
Paypal and Skrill acts as banks, so payments directly through them still apply to these new rules. They are not stores, as you can see it's really not that simple.

New EU Tax Rule Could Ruin A Lot Of Indie Developers
17 Dec 2014 at 10:50 pm UTC

Quoting: DrMcCoyHmm, well, Patreon does the billing and administrative things. You probably don't even know where the people giving you money live, right?

So yeah, this is something Patreon will have to handle. They will have to react to that before long. This is something concerning nearly all people getting money through Patreon.
It's quite disturbing they are being quiet on it. Seen many complaints across twitter of no one getting a reply out of them.