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Latest Comments by DrMcCoy
Free Valve Games For Debian Developers
23 January 2014 at 9:45 am UTC

Quoting: Quote from liamdaweSo because Steam doesn't make it super easy to do something the game developers haven't done (include the native ags) that makes Steam DRM does it?
I didn't say that. I don't care about the purely psychological distinction of whether it counts as DRM or not. I said that what you said, namely "It is as much a burden as logging into a website", is quite stupid, and demonstrated how it's more of a burden than that.

Free Valve Games For Debian Developers
23 January 2014 at 9:00 am UTC

Quoting: Quote from liamdaweIt is as much a burden as logging into a website to download rather than having a dedicated link to download.

I'm sorry, but that's stupid. On Desura, I can freely download even Windows-only games to play them with wine (as much as I hate the necessity). With Steam, I have to reinstall the whole Steam client in Wine because Linux-Steam won't let me download Windows-only games.
This is especially stupid when we're talking about AGS games: I can run them natively with an AGS build from the sources, but I would still have to install Steam in Wine to download them.

NOWHERE New Alpha Version, We Take A Look At This Odd Title
15 January 2014 at 12:45 pm UTC

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I have no idea what the hell I just watched.

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny RPG Now On Linux
27 December 2013 at 8:19 pm UTC

Quoting: Quote from mirrorThis game is no where near ready. I hope an update make it playable.
It was released back in July. It's been 5 months and dozens of updates, and people still hope that it's gonna be playable some day...

Realms of Arkania: Blade of Destiny RPG Now On Linux
27 December 2013 at 7:46 pm UTC

QuoteBlade of Destiny is a faithful remake of the 1992 original

It's even so much a "faithful" remake that the company that publishes the pen & paper roleplaying game officially distanced itself from the remake of the computer games (*).

(*) The rights for the computer game lie with a different company, for historical reasons. The current rights holder for the pen & paper system is also not the same company that held them when the original Realms of Arkania games were released.

Kickstarting Super World Karts GP, 16bit Style Karting For Linux
7 December 2013 at 11:34 pm UTC

Oh, reminds me of Wacky Wheels! :D

Steam's November Hardware Survey - Linux Still Mostly Holding Itself Up
2 December 2013 at 12:55 pm UTC

Wait, who doesn't use the beta?!? O_o

Welcome To The World Of Imagine Nations
21 November 2013 at 10:20 pm UTC

"that combines elements from all of your favorite games"

*imagines a game combining Discworld Noir, Planescape: Torment and The Settlers II*

Steam Dev Days Itinerary Now Live
19 November 2013 at 12:08 pm UTC

Somewhat relatedly, although not gaming-focused, there's also the 30C3 taking place in Hamburg, Germany from December 27th to 30th, 2013.
Talk schedules aren't posted yet, but it's the big annual hacker / FLOSS / security conference in Germany.

EDIT: Videos from last year can be found here, in English and here, in German.