I have fond memories spending hours on the Jazz Jackrabbit Christmas episode that came with some UK based magazine's demo floppies -- way back in 1996 (maybe?). (For me that's an era with very few 'fond memories' to begin with, haha. [high school]) The price is a *little* too steep for me right now, but this is really exciting.

Anyhow, LGR's a huge fan, and he has several episodes on Jazz Jackrabbit; here are the links:
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They seem to be focused almost exclusively on BG1&2, and IWD1. It's been a while since I last played around with GemRB; but the status of support for PST seems to have stayed the same. It says 'roughly completable' [External Link], but a lot of UI elements didn't work at all, making it 'roughly playable' at best.

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Quoting: pb

Quoting: wvstolzingI keep checking daily for this; if it were possible, I would've liked to carry everything over to GOG.

If you want to save yourself some checking, you can subscribe to this thread: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/gogco/discussions/0/357288572115294089/ [External Link]

This is great! Thanks a lot.

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I keep checking daily for this; if it were possible, I would've liked to carry everything over to GOG.

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A Vulkan renderer [External Link] for RBDOOM-3-BFG appears to be in the works.

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Quoting: JahimselfI agree with every point mentioned by Liam. It is nothing encouraging to hear such a "news". It's been quite a long time that I dislike IGN way of testing game and spamming news which sound pretty much like bad advertising against big cash and without any journalist skills... I really wonder what is the point of this. As IGN looks right now I kind of think that they completely scammed humble store...

That's pretty much how I think as well.

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Finally, uplay is fixed ... but now I see that the AC Chronicles games aren't working.

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> "The best game about CPU design that I can imagine" -- Zach Barth (SpaceChem, TIS-100).

Huge endorsement on the itch.io page

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Quoting: dodrianThe picture is of Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov [External Link], the quote refers to his work The Legend of the Invisible City of Kitezh [External Link].

So, any games that are about Russians, Opera, or Invisible Cities?

You might be on to something. So ... Rimsky-Korsakov taught Igor Stravinsky.
Stravinsky wrote 'The Rite of Spring'.
The word 'rite' is reminiscent of 'rime' (I mean, this is obvious, right?)
'Rime' brings to mind Coleridge's poem 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner'.

Now, there's an album that features an adaptation of 'The Rime of the Ancient Mariner', and that album has a pretty telling cover design ... See for yourselves:



That's right. Iron Maiden's 'Powerslave'. But what does that cover remind you of?

This, of course:



Yep, the upcoming Assassin's Creed is being ported to Linux. You heard it first here.

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Speaking about Linux beating Mac -- I'm a clueless git with no knowledge of the 'real world', but here's what I think:

Apple seems to have adopted the mobile handset model of forced obsolescence into their Mac line; I'm inclined to think that this will end up in a catastrophe for them. There was a time when Macs had outstanding longevity, and really good resale value; neither exist anymore, because in order to continue doing real work, while receiving the software updates you need, you have to use the latest OS, which, in turn, is compatible only with fairly recent hardware. So buying a Mac, and proprietary software on it, is making an open ended commitment to keep buying new Macs.

In the mobile sphere, companies can get away with this sort of lock-in, because the required investments are quite a bit lower, and what's at stake is nothing urgent -- like which media player, streaming softwre, etc., you have to use. Desktop machines where you *produce* your work can't be as disposable as mobile devices, however; and a lot more is at stake, in choosing to bind your fate to the offerings of one company.

As to elegance of 'user experience', intuitive UI design, stability, etc. (and recently, games), the Mac *no longer* offers a *significant* advantage over Linux. There was a time when it did offer the most refined experience; but I think we're catching up. I sure miss the silky smooth trackpad on my MacBook Pro -- but now, that advantage is outweighed by way more important considerations.

Also, mobile and webapps haven't reduced the multi-purpose desktop pc to irrelevance, as some people were predicting. Stupid little consumption devices, and software that runs on top of 50 layers of abstraction *can't* do that. I know that 'the year of the linux desktop' has become a silly 'meme', but I do think that once certain issues are ironed out, linux will emerge as the obviously most suitable system for multi-purpose, relatively open pcs.

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