Quoting: liamdawe

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Quoting: Quote from QuoteSeveral Valve developers actually work on SDL [External Link] itself (it was also started by a Valve employee)

Well, Sam Lantinga now works at Valve, he didn't at the time.

Indeed, but what I stated was still a fact, he's a Valve employee and he started it.

I disagree.  It's not a fact as stated.  It would be like saying, "The electric light was invented by a dead man."  The electric light was invented by someone who is now dead.  That's not the same thing as it being invented by a dead man.  If I say that SDL was not started by a Valve employee, that statement is more true (certainly a lot less misleading).  To say what you meant, all you have to do is add the word "current" before "Valve" and it becomes perfectly accurate and understandable.

Just to be clear, this is not intended as a general criticism.  I love this site, and in general I can only say, Keep up the good work.

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I pretty much completely agree with Hamish about this issue with this game and library.

I just wanted to clarify, in case someone doesn't realize it, that the FSF or (or whoever else licenses their code under the LGPL) does have the right to revoke for non-compliance (and only for non-compliance) the license from a particular person or legal entity.  Once the license has been revoked, they are under no legal obligation to reinstate it under any circumstances (even if the person or entity comes back into compliance).  However, they always do reinstate it after requiring only the effort to come back into compliance, regardless of whether the company involved sells proprietary software or not.

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If that plays as good as it looks then I'm there.

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For once the additional games aren't mostly stuff I already had. :-)  I had OilRush, but not the DLC for it.

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The Arstechnica article isn't the most flattering, but they do mention that it's the Alienware website that says 'over 25 games' through Steam while in actuality there are close to a hundred available on Steam.

They do also say that one hundred (or 97 to be more exact) isn't much.  Of course they leave out the (rest of) the Indy scene.  I generally find the amount of games available for Linux now to be more than I can keep up with anyway.

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Well, I like the movie.  I'm wondering if being familiar with the movie (or the book) acts as a spoiler for playing the game, though.  It might still be fun to play through.

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It would be nice if it were completely native, or at least using a currently supported technology.  I do have the original running correctly on my machine, so I hope to be able to get this one running as well either way.

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I'm still hoping that the "no face" bug in Torchlight might get fixed someday, though the hope is not very strong at this point.

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I picked this game up during another sale a while back.  I don't remember offhand whether it was directly from the website or through Desura.

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It's funny with all the emphasis on high end graphics, sounds, and special effects in "triple A" titles these days to look at a game like this and just get the impression that it will be a lot of fun to play.  Sometimes I think that "fun" gets lost in the shuffle in the big development studios.

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