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Latest Comments by Salvatos
The Linux Dev Lead at Feral Interactive is moving onto something new
18 May 2018 at 4:09 pm UTC

Rage 2 on Linux would be nice, I enjoyed the first game when I still used Windows. But yeah, Bethesda...

The Linux Dev Lead at Feral Interactive is moving onto something new
18 May 2018 at 3:32 am UTC Likes: 1

Salute and best of luck going forward!

Unforeseen Incidents, a classic-styled point & click inspired by X-Files and Lost will have full Linux support
17 May 2018 at 5:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: EikeI'm looking forward for this! Like the topic and the style, and the co-developer and publisher Application Systems Heidelberg did the same for Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet [External Link] as well. (Just seeing it's for 50% at the moment.)
Ah, I knew that name was familiar, thanks for that comment.

There's some ridiculously good Linux games on sale at the moment
16 May 2018 at 4:26 pm UTC

Battle Chasers: Nightwar [External Link] is also 50% off on Steam but the Linux build isn't out officially yet so I'm personally holding off on it. There's a beta branch though, and you can read about it in this thread [External Link].

Horizon Chase Turbo is a super smooth and fun retro-inspired racer, now out with Linux support
15 May 2018 at 4:15 pm UTC

Quoting: tuubiWhaaat? Am I really the only one who lost interest in the NFS series after they introduced police chases in the third installment?
Police chases are about the only thing that can still make me interested in racing games for more than a few minutes, so vastly different experience here :)

That said, I don't think I've seen any other game that does it, so I don't actually own any racing game at the moment.

Party-based RPG 'Tower of Time' is now out in full and it's great
1 May 2018 at 6:01 pm UTC

That Discord notification sound in the trailer...

I'll keep the game in the back of my head, though.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 3:04 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: SalvatosYou're not allowed to photocopy a paperback either
You are allowed, for your personal backup. It's called fair use.
Not necessarily if you go by TOS alone, as you did with Steam (and since laws vary from country to country, that's all we can really do given the scope of this community). One example off the top of my head (emphasis mine):
"Any reproduction or unauthorized use of the material or artwork contained herein is prohibited without the express written permission of Wizards of the Coast."

That's a contractual limitation, not digital rights management, i.e. a practical impediment. Steam's TOS is just the same.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 6:49 am UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: Shmerl
Quoting: ScooptaI disagree simply because once you download a game from steam(assuming it doesn't use the steam DRM) nothing stops you from making a backup of it.
Did you even follow the discussion above? You aren't allowed to do it if you are using Steam.
You're not allowed to photocopy a paperback either, that doesn't mean there's DRM in your stack of paper.

Valve has removed the Steam Machine section from Steam
24 Apr 2018 at 3:35 pm UTC

I think they still call them "tongs" in France, but that never caught on where I live.

Valve has removed the Steam Machine section from Steam
23 Apr 2018 at 4:43 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: slaapliedjeSteamOS is better than Ubuntu, for a game console. There are thongs they tune for the kernel.
It's not really about how they tune the thongs. The question is, who is wearing them?
The kernel. Thongs for the kernel. Software is all about presentation these days. Lean programming, sexy code, the list goes on.