Oh, nice :)

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Well, a native, up-to-date client would be nice, yes. But I think it's also important that the client-less downloads stay.

Also, it would be nice if Bad Juju Games pledged commitment to the FLOSS scene by developing the client open and free.

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Quoting: oldrocker99Aurora games (BG,P:T)

Infinity.
Aurora was Neverwinter Nights.

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Hearthlands is in the IndieGala Every Monday Bundle #32 [External Link] (runs until next Monday, IIRC 20:00 UTC).

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Oh, no, wait, it isn't even 1.06% for last month, that's the month before last month. Instead, the increase is not 0.12% points, but 0.02% points.

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Total: 1.18% + 0.12%
Last Month: 1.16%

That should be 1.06% for last month, not 1.16%.
(Also, the increase is 0.12% points, if you want to be pedantic :P)

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Quoting: abelthorneDo Indy 4 and S&M really use ScummVM?

Yes, they do.

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Quoting: sub(@Dr. McCoy) Does the SCUMMVM project get some money from GOG?
Either by donation or a share from each sold copy?

I am not the person doing any of the company relations or whatever you call that. Probably for the better too, since I'm quite inept at that. So take that as a disclaimer; I might be misinformed here.

But from what I am aware, we do not directly get any money from sold games using ScummVM. We do have this usual partnership thing going on, where when you buy games through a click-through from a link found on our website, we get a certain percentage. From what I know, that's all.

Quoting: subI know GOG is not obligated to do so but wouldn't it be a fair move?

Well, my position on that is pretty well known: yes, I do think that would be fair, and I'm saddened that many people don't see it that way.

But for me, far more important is that I'd like to see them advertise that they use ScummVM on the individual game pages, press releases, etc. And that ScummVM is FLOSS released under the terms of the GPLv3.

The other mixed feelings I have about Night Dive Studios aside, I really like that they say on the Steam pages for the games they rerelease, that they use ScummVM and that ScummVM is FLOSS. Ditto with the DotEmu store. GOG on the other hand never do that; and it disappoints me.

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Interesting article. :)

I love the Penumbra games to bits. I did play them in a darkened room with headphones, and, yeah, that was an unique experience.

And while I do think it's weaker, I still like The Dark Descent. A Machine for Pigs kinda didn't really grip me, I'm saddened to say. I played a few hours and didn't return as of yet. It feels a bit too...scripted, too much like a fairground haunted house to me.

About SOMA: I'm a bit disappointed that it is going to be another one in that style. After those real-life teasers, I kinda hoped for an FMV adventure, like Tex Murphy or Ripper. I want it to explore the themes it invoked in the teaser: how the mind works, how you define a personality, if you can copy a mind; all those transhumanism themes. And I think you can do that better in an adventure game than a survival horror one.

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Quoting: dustinquickfireYou're living in a world where almost every website collects your data with or without your own consent.

Oh, the ever popular "But everyone is doing it" defense. It's bullshit, was always bullshit and will always be bullshit.

Or, in the wise words of my mother: "If everyone's jumping off a bridge, will you do it too?"

Nevermind that the information a website has access to is vastly less than what a damn custom binary that runs on my system has. Also, I'm running NoScript, AdBlock, FlashBlock, Ghostery, RefControl, Cookie Monster and BetterPrivacy for exactly this reason.

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