Article completed with the Hidden Gems, sorry for the inconvenience. :S:

Quoting: liamdaweYour pictures for the home page make me constantly "lol" good work munt. Great job both of you :)

Thanks. :) As a matter of fact, with this one I've run out of images for the articles. I'd better find new ones before I have to resort to draw them myself... :P

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Quoting: Mike FrettThose GOG games bother me also, I'm severely reluctant to give money to people who have so much hate for Linux.

Amazon I can't speak to as a software vendor, but they did ensure that their Netflix-competitor can use flash & works in Linux, and they did port their music downloader app natively to Linux, in addition (of course) to sneaking Linux into their ecosystem via the Kindle product line, all of which were embedded Linux (or Linux-by-way-of-Android).  Their web services & elastic cloud are all Linux based.  So, they're not the least Linux-friendly company by any measure.  However, they're also responsible for that awful 1-click patent & for ignoring Mike Frett's Linux questions... so it's a mixed bag with them, as usual :P

I've never bought any games from Amazon but I'm pretty confident the games labelled with [Online Game Code] do consist of nothing less and nothing more than a Steam key (which are the ones I'm putting in the sales page). The only precaution you must take if you don't live in the USA is following these simple instructions [External Link].

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Article updated to include the Pixeljam bundle (thanks Joe and liamdawe!) and to add a couple of games to Indie Gala's Summer Dream bundle.

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Quoting: GuestBeast's Fury is an Unity game, so there shouldn't be any obstacles in making the demo cross-platform.

Quite right! I've updated the article with your observation, thanks. ;)

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Broken link corrected, thanks for the tip!

Also congratulations for getting Armikrog. funded. :)

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Quoting: IvancilloAs this web is called "Gaming on Linux", why do you refer to GoG.com in this article?

Thay don't have intention to shell Linux games.

You're right, but they do sell game assets that can be used to play their respective games natively on Linux.

I know that many people dislike GOG for neglecting Linux, myself included. But I'm not going to deliberately ignore any provider just because of that.

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Updated the article to include the new IndieGameStand deal and ShinyLoot's SGC Indie Sale 2013.

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Quoting: s_dWaveform:

Important Reminders!

• No refunds


• Upon purchase you’ll receive the DRM-free links for both the Mac & PC version of the game

WHAT SORCERY IS THIS?!? I swear there was a third bullet point in the Waveform description stating what I reported about getting Steam keys... :O  Well, I'll just update the article again -- was gonna do it anyway to add the new IndieGameStand deal and ShinyLoot's new indie sale. :P

Quoting: s_dLooks to me like the only reason Linux is happening at all on many of these bundles is by accidental Steam inclusion :-(

I suppose we ought to raise awareness. I feel like it's a damn shame that these developers expend effort, or contracting funds, to produce high-quality Linux ports that nobody can buy.

Totally agree. I don't see why many sites don't promote the Linux availability of some games in their bundles. It's not like that'd hurt their sales or anything...

On the proselytism front, a couple of weeks ago I got fed up of having to check every single GamersGate offer with signs of Linux support on them so I asked them twice to add a Linux icon to such deals, or to enable a Linux games list. They finally replied that they would look into it, but nothing's changed so far. :(

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Quoting: s_dHey, Munt; do we get Linux keys to Waveform in the Race Against Time Bundle?  That would make it two games (Dungeon Hearts & Waveform)...
It says we get links to the DRM-free Win/Mac versions, rather than a Steam key, so perhaps not.

That's what I thought, but now you made me check again I've discovered that you can actually get a Steam key for Waveform! According to one Important Reminder [External Link] (click Read More and scroll down), you've got to reach out to them to get it. I'm going to update the article to reflect this, thanks!

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Quoting: KamilThe currencies in Game Sales are not padded correctly, often dollars showing up in the pound column.

Set up a Flattr button and I'll subscribe.

Sales page almost sorted out, save for some currency convertions.

I've got a couple of requests/bug reports, but I'm posting them on their appropriate threads in the forums.

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