I have pretty studiously avoided MMO games over the years, with a bit of Guild Wars played before I went Linux, and I never played it again, even with wine.

This does look good, though, and PvE is my kind of play style; that's if I play a game like this. The devs do seem to be nice guys.

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Quoting: wvstolzing

Quoting: flesk(Trying desperately but failing to link the clues to a LEGO game.)

LEGO appeals to people of all ages, hence the 3 people in the picture, from differing age groups.

LEGO is a Danish company, and Denmark has a royalty; and wherever there's royalty, there is bound to be scammy behavior. So there's your 'Royal Scam' hint.

An intertesting hypothesis. The LEGO series would, as it's said, rock.

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Quoting: kellerkindtDid you ever try Cinnamon as desktop?
Its a quiet decent one, without that fancy large icons popping from everywhere in your face.

I've been using MATE since 1.2 came out. It's far lighterweight than GNOME 2.3, from which it was forked, and is about as lightweight as XCFE or LXDE. Small icons, a built-in dock, nicely configurable and it supports Compiz. When distros began including it, I went into my Happy Dance. Currently running Ubuntu MATE 15,.10, and very satisfied ^_^ . I did try Cinnamon :S: , and, while it's a huge advance over GNOME 3 :><: , that's a pretty low bar to get over.

Of course, we Linux users have all these desktops to choose from. Y'know, freedom :woot:! Try that with any other OS, of course/

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Looks very interesting; I've been playing the Linux client for Neverwinter Nights :wub: for 7 years now, and it'd be nice to play something more...modern ;) .

Just looked at the Store Page; 57% favorable :huh: , but the devs are responding to "not recommended" reviews and are apparently eager to please their customers ^_^ . A Free DLC is scheduled for January (a Good Thing).

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It's pretty depressing to see the old Gamergate inaccuracies pop up here. Ms. Sarkeesian's videos don't say anything that isn't true about sexism in video games. The kind of people I've heard making these accusations remind me of (and, in one case has actually been) pimple-faced virgins living in their parents' basements, the kind of people who savaged the excellent Gone Home as "not even being a real game," because (apparently) it took the point of view of a young woman.

Y'know, members of the He-Man Woman Haters Club. Racist, sexist pimply-faced virgins, living in their parents' basements and spreading accusations thet have no basis in fact.

DrMcCoy said it better above, but I had to add my 2 cents' worth.

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As a supporter (not on Kickstarter, but on their own page), and a major, major fan of Planescape:Torment (and who isn't?), I'm pretty happy with this news. While Pillars of Eternity has a great story (IMHO), and I haven't finished it yet, nor bought the DLC, this is the one I'm waiting for. This one is based on a recently released P&P game, which is somewhat reminiscent of Empire of the Petal Throne. This is a Good Thing; and, frankly, it'd be pretty hard to get Tekumel into a computer game. Maybe I'm wrong, but there was a reason that the old classics were built on the AD&D framework; it is a simpler game system. EOPT is well worth investigating for its rich mythology, BTW. There are novels, and the RPG itself; its mythology is pretty unique.

Numenera is similar to Tekumel in that there are dead civilizations over dead civilizations, allowing delving underground, with lost technologies surfacing from time to time, which work, even if the players/NPCs have no idea how they work. In short, Tekumel, on the nexus of many hyperspace nodes, was terraformed and the hostile native species placed on reservations. Then, after about 10,000 years, an Event happened, in which the inhabitants encountered beings of such power and puissance that they could only be called gods. The planet also left the universe; there is the sun and that is it; no stars at all. The sentient native species did escape, and things are strange indeed on Tekumel. Check out one of creator Professor M.A.R. Barker's (the creator) novels.

But I digress. Numenara is interesting in its own right, and this game will be a winner. I can feel it in my old bones.

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As one of those fossils who will give my mouse and keyboard when they are pried from my cold, dead fingers, I have to say that this little gadget looks very intriguing, and I may just pick one up. I have never liked the XBox controller, and that might carry over to the Steam controller. I may see a demo at Best Buy or something to allow a test drive.

Steam is being very, very good to Linux, and I'm expecting some big things coming.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumAside from that minor issue the game runs okay on my NV GTX 650 (Yes I know I need to upgrade...), temperatures were fine, below 50C for cpu, and ~45-50C for GPU so not a heat-related issue.

The 750ti, which draws all its power from the PCI-E slot, is now around $120, which is probably less than you paid for the 650. There's also the 950, which is in the $150 sweet spot, and is the new nVidia entry-level card. It got a good and extensive review in Maximum PC, comparing it directly to the 650:http://www.maximumpc.com/nvidia-geforce-gtx-950-review/ [External Link]. Note that the 950 is pretty darn close to the 960, which I have.

Yes, I know that money is probably tight for you, but it's something to keep in mind.

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[Curmudgeon mode: ON :><: ]
Gads, but I'm tired :huh: of developers and companies who say "available for PC" when they mean "available for Windows ." We're all, Windows, Mac and Linux users alike, using PCs. it doesn't stand for Windows, it stands for Personal Computer.

[Curmudgeon mode: OFF :whistle: ]

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Exactly three Linux games in this Bundle: Euro Truck Sim 2 (have it already), Teslagrad, and Insurgency (I totally suck at FPS. How much do I suck? I haven't even been able to take down the very first boss in Borderlands 2, that's how much :'( ). It's over to the Humble Store; much as I love getting games for charity, why buy 8 of 11 games for Windows? Hmmm, not much there, either... :huh: .

Feh.

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