Quoting: ShmerlEA games ported to Linux? That's unusual for EA.

Well, it's not that they're publishing them for Linux desktops. It's still the same old EA, except that they can see profit in supporting Stadia, when they didn't see or didn't want to see any in supporting Linux desktops. Despite that for a company like EA, the costs for doing the ports would be barely noticeable.

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That's really good news. Linux will never become mainstream on desktops/laptops if people cannot buy devices with pre-installed Linux that's cheaper than the same hardware with pre-installed Windows. Let's face it, for the generic public, there is no reason to replace a working Windows (they already paid for) with another OS.

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Wow, some of these features player have been asking for since the game launched! Glad to see them coming! :)

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Quoting: SchattenspiegelEverything else profits more from well organized tool sets around the current work focus and that is what tiling is good for - or at least can be good for.

That's basically what an IDE does, so in that context, I agree with what you said.
However, there is usually very little gain from tiling apps NOT related to your current work, and personally I am also in the camp that finds it distracting more than helpful. The music player can be backgrounded and still do its job, and when I am working I am quite happy NOT to see the messenger or mail app and other things that tempt me to procrastinate. 99% if the time when I tile windows, its to copy files from one file manager window to another.

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Firaxis used Aspyr to port their games. That company has moved on to greener pastures, so I guess they're not available. And Firaxis has never shown any ambition/talent to do in-house porting. So I guess they are lost to us. Shame, but no big surprise there.

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Quoting: kuhpunktThere is just too much content out there. Thousands and thousands of bands on bandcamp and spotify, thousands and thousands of hours of movies and TV and Netflix and Amazon, thousands and thousands of games across all platforms.

It's hard to be successful, no matter what.

I really boils down to creative professions being much more desirable and satisfying than pretty much anything we can do for a living. Let's face it, people rather paint, sing and write than drive garbage trucks or sit in meetings led by pointy-haired bosses. This is in the end why it's so hard to make a living from creative work - there are just too many people out there doing the same.

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Like the poster above, I don't care for the art style. At all. To the degree it's a dealbreaker.

Other than that, I would crave a really good HOMM-style game published by a company not called Ubisoft. They have proven beyond any reasonable doubt that they can't handle the franchise. Any HOMM game after IV has been beyond bad.

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They already have two of their games on Linux. So they know -exactly- how much of their audience is using Linux. Based on these numbers, it should be straightforward to make the platform decision right here and now. To me, this reeks like "Eh, we're basically decided not to bring this game to Linux, but nothing wrong with creating false hope, so Linux players get hooked to it anyway!"

Maybe I am wrong and/or just bitter, after one too many broken promises. But these days I don't trust any game to come Linux until the day they release the port.

Personally, I have no interest in this game anyway, so it's all good either way. :D

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Quoting: KimyrielleI'd still rather work from my decently large home and not commute at all.

I guess you need all that extra space when you're not moving at all. 🐽

It's called a park. We have those! And I am pretty sure most people there move more than you guys do in your offices! :D

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Quoting: DrMcCoy

Quoting: KimyrielleOur so-called modern work culture is built around people founding a family, then making dad commute two hours in one direction, mom commute two hours in the other direction

No, that's just the broken US.

My commute is 20 minutes by bicycle or public transportation. We have 2- or 3- people offices, with doors and all.
Children also don't need to be taxied to school, they walk, bike or take public transportation.

I guess that's the upside of living in a society building tiny homes where you can't move around without bumping into some wall after a step or two. Density like that makes commuting shorter, I guess?

Yeah, our cities are nothing like that.

I'd still rather work from my decently large home and not commute at all. It's preferable over living in a tiny house AND have to commute.

Sometimes you can have the cake and eat it, I guess? :D

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