[URL='http://basiliskgames.com/']Basilisk Games[/URL] is holding a "mega sale" for Eschalon. Both games are heavily discounted (~66% off):

Eschalon: Book I for $2.95
Eschalon: Book II for $4.95

View this comment - View article - View full comments

FWIW (and feel free to delete this post if it only deserves this fate), The Book of Unwritten Tales can currently be grabbed [URL='http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/us/en/pc/games/adventure/book-unwritten-tales-standard-edition/']on Green Man Gaming[/URL]. There's an additional price reduction using the following coupon on checkout : GMG30-DPLIM-DN831, bringing the price down to 7€... Cheaper than [URL='http://store.steampowered.com/app/215160']on Steam itself [/URL]- where, ironically, the game can then be activated. The coupon lasts until January (and works on other GMG games for a nice 30% discount - among others the sequel, Critter Chronicles, whereas Steam only gives 25% off)

The game has gotten [URL='http://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/the-book-of-unwritten-tales']quite nice reviews[/URL], so I guess point'n'click fans could do themselves a favor here. :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Same behaviour here, Bumadar. OTOH it doesn't even have a tray icon, as opposed to XFCE, so I guess it's pretty normal.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Just received mine too, even though I mentioned I'm an archer. Now where the heck did I put my champagne? :D

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Given the game is only available on Steam, yes you do.
Not that you're at any risk of being banned or anything, if that's what bothers you, and "hack" hardly depicts it. :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Quoting: "liamdawe, post: 6947, member: 1"Ryan (icculus) has been active on their as well sorting out issues for Tripwire games like [URL='http://store.steampowered.com/app/1250/?snr=1_7_suggest__13']Killing Floor[/URL]. A game I can't recommend enough, I've played a fair amount of it over the years.

Ditto. Potential buyers beware though: the game has some (quite) ugly issues with a bunch of textures right now. Gameplay is nigh perfect, but it's painfully ugly at times, what with full white pipes and wrong textures around.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Ten to one that's exactly what happens.
Oh well.

Real happy to see Killing Floor running. It has a few graphical glitches here and there, but other than that... It runs super smooth. :)

View this comment - View article - View full comments

Mmh, that's odd, I'm having the "headless char" problem with all three, as soon as they put a helmet on.
Also, mod support is still a mess.

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I dunno. I thoroughly enjoyed my GNU/Linux learning time, even though you could have heard me cursing my DSL modem all the way to Canberra. I think it has more to do with preconceptions and good will than becoming a novice again.
What could be interesting, as you point out, Cheeseness, is what the shift in average experience and expectations would be - and not just for communities. Perhaps a big influx of new blood would bring interesting ideas with it too. You never know. That would be quite a trial by fire for all DEs, to begin with. :)

And as far as hardware is concerned, I've seen both OS play tricks on me. GNU/Linux with the aforementioned modem, Windows with my graphics cards. Both can give you an awful experience at times. :D

View this comment - View article - View full comments

I'm not too worried about that. I don't believe we'll see windows users with no prior experience migrating in droves. And even if that was to happen, most communities would do just fine. The only one that would probably witness a massive influx would be Ubuntu, and they have nice wikies and quite great and welcoming communities, if not always giving the best kind of support.

Those with hardware problems will turn back, some of the others will stay.

Business as usual, maybe on a bigger scale. Wait and see.

View this comment - View article - View full comments