According to Lutris, I own 64 games on GOG. According to my GOG account status, that amounts to £10.82 in revenue, since 2013. Every else is either Steam Connect titles (back when that was a thing), or Humble Bundles / Prime Gaming.

But of course, GOG don't care about Linux, so I don't care about GOG.

Incidentally, £7 of that revenue was a single game - Descent, so that I could play it on the fully Linux compatible DXX-Rebirth engine. I've never understood how GOG could have this wonderful back catalogue of old games and not see the opportunity afforded by such projects, and Linux itself. Hey ho.

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Funnily enough Ghostrunner was free on Amazon Prime (via GOG) in April, so it seems it's doing the rounds. At least, I think it was - I just checked the Prime gaming page, but it's updated to May's offers now.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: BlackBloodRumnext to a haggis (I really need to get back to Scotland and get another proper haggis)

I like haggis, or at least I like the couple of hunks of haggis I've had. But I do find myself wondering if anyone in Scotland actually eats haggis, or if it's just something they do for tourists.

Well, obviously, we all tend to eat haggis on Jan 25th, for Burn's night. If it's like a party, we'll even do the "Addressing the haggis" (reciting some/all of "Ode to a Haggis", then cutting it open) and the "Reply to the Laddies" (a humourous speech often pointing out men's flaws) too, both of which are great fun. In all my life though, I've only ever done that two or three times, so I suppose it depends on your circle of friends!

Otherwise, in our house at least haggis tends to be something we only cook about two or three times a year. However, it's incredibly popular as a breakfast item up here, so if you order a "Full Scottish Breakfast" it will almost certainly feature haggis along with the more traditional "English Breakfast" items like black pudding, sausages and bacon.

It's also very popular as a chippy option. While my boys favour a steak pie and my wife tends towards the traditional fish'n'chips, I almost always order the haggis. When it's served from a chippy, it's battered, which sounds weird, but (provided the batter isn't too thick) works really well. Give it a dash of brown sauce - delicious.

Fair to say it's not just for tourists though, at least in my experience.

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Quoting: FifteenthPenHahahahahahaha! This is why when you come up with a name for something, you google it before going ahead with it.

Quoting: Cybolic"Kitsune" means fox and is fairly well known as a name for the Japanese folklore of shapeshifting foxes. What exactly comes up in your search?

Yeah, I only get a bunch of Japanese kitsune/fox references/imagery too - tried searching "kitsune", "kitsune tails" and kitsune zero". Did you mis-spell a search or something? What on earth did you search for??

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I'd have to have a style before I could match my (as yet imaginary) Deck to it. Is "geeky, tight, hairy Scotsman" a style?

I absolutely Love the mahogany effect though. Beautiful.

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Quoting: Philadelphus

Quoting: GuestTime to get a faster printer so I can see my game being printed in real time.

At least 25 sheets per second!!!

I dunno, I find about 6–12 sheets per day gives me that classic "newspaper" feel. Back with life was more relaxed and people were less hurried, y'know? Why, back in my day…

You whippersnapper you! Back in my day...

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The video made me laugh. Perfect!

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This is incredible. I assumed that I'd be accessing emulation through desktop-mode and a kludgey-hack of Lutris and EmulationStation. But to have all that configured in the background and then show up as Steam collections - amazing.

Goddam, I can't wait to get my hands on a Deck. Is it Q2 yet???

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That powerwash sim reminds me of the 2 hours I spent "playing" House Flipper, before I realised I'd be better spending my time actually painting and cleaning my own home. I went through the same thing with Guitar Hero - initially enjoyed it, then realised that the hours I'd have to spend playing it to move on to the next level, I'd be better off learning how to actually play a guitar! :grin:

I still can't play Freebird on my actual guitar right enough, but I can crank out some Iron Maiden with a bit of a warm up. And my house is reasonably tidy, so there's that.

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First Roguebook, then Across the Obelisk, and now this! We're spoiled for deck-builders right now, it's superb. I bought this and played for an hour or so - really enjoyed it. It reminds me of NeoVerse but without the skimpy outfits - amazing graphics and a really nice 3rd person view for exploring the overworld. It has a really interesting block mechanic too.

My only critisism would be that not much is explained. There's block, barrier and armour and they all do slightly different things, some things end after a turn, others tick down and then you have a special attack no one even tells you about, which is weird. But great atmosphere, lots of promise.

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