Latest Comments by Hamish
Heavy Gear Assault heading to Linux
22 May 2013 at 7:42 pm UTC
22 May 2013 at 7:42 pm UTC
You want us to trust you again Epic? Actually pay Ryan Gordon to release his UE3 port. Then maybe we can talk. Sorry, do I sound a little bit jilted? :P
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
21 May 2013 at 6:47 pm UTC
21 May 2013 at 6:47 pm UTC
The over 8 GB download is also a little bit daunting.
Steam's April hardware survey shows poor Linux statistics!
21 May 2013 at 2:16 pm UTC
21 May 2013 at 2:16 pm UTC
I have a more academic question - what actually attracted you to this website? I am not asking to try and dispute your complaint by this, but I am genuinely curious why someone would go onto a website that honestly believes in Linux games just so you can try and write them off. You are entitled to express that opinion, but I am a bit at a loss why you bothered to be here in the first place.
Akaneiro: Demon Hunters is now in Open Beta for Linux!
19 May 2013 at 4:19 pm UTC
19 May 2013 at 4:19 pm UTC
Quoting: berarmaI'm amazed at the number of new games getting fullscreen right. Multimedia controls, Alt-Tab switch, activities overview, all working. Same with the Double Fine titles.Not with Psychonauts they don't. Still, do these titles use SDL2? I had heard that it has a lot of those kinds of fixes.
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
19 May 2013 at 4:14 pm UTC
19 May 2013 at 4:14 pm UTC
It would actually be interesting to see Halloween's adoption rate across the UK over time; one would suspect it would have been the English who would have adopted it before the others. Poor Guy Fawkes...
Here in Canada it has been around for ages, of course, due to its rather large presence to the south. Although, having it so late in the year is not a real advantage here in Siberia west, with there almost always being snow on the ground by late October. At least we had the sense to push Thanksgiving back.
Here in Canada it has been around for ages, of course, due to its rather large presence to the south. Although, having it so late in the year is not a real advantage here in Siberia west, with there almost always being snow on the ground by late October. At least we had the sense to push Thanksgiving back.
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
18 May 2013 at 4:31 pm UTC
18 May 2013 at 4:31 pm UTC
Quoting: SpeedsterStacking is very charming -- assuming I get around to the huge Brutal Legend download one of these days, I wish I had paid more for the bundle... but did have Psychonauts already and wasn't so sure about Costume Quest.Well, if you really want to you can up how much you give after you have payed - just go to the page provided by your Humble key and play with the slider.
Quoting: CheesenessI'll agree that if the Frozenbyte bundle had happened today, it would have pulled much more attention that when it happened, but find it hard to believe that it would have been on par with the "Indie" bundles simply because there are people (with poor taste) out there who don't find FB's work appealing.^_^
Quoting: CheesenessI imagine that Costume Quest is probably less appealing to audiences who don't celebrate Halloween (I gave it a try last night, and I feel like I'm missing out on a lot of references).So Halloween has not reached Australia yet? Because I know the Brits have basically adopted it now and I have heard it is making inroads into New Zealand. Although, I would still understand not grasping the full cultural lore behind it. Maybe it has just not reached Tasmania.
More games will be heading our way!
17 May 2013 at 11:34 pm UTC
17 May 2013 at 11:34 pm UTC
Looking at the Edge of Space page again, I realized it was one of the games that was being advertised by a Windows only banner back when they were popping up on my Linux Desura client, until Desura finally got their act together and fixed their banners. So the fact that it is now supposed to be coming to Linux somewhat amuses me.
More games will be heading our way!
17 May 2013 at 4:15 pm UTC
17 May 2013 at 4:15 pm UTC
My point was that Desura seems to be mostly being leveraged to get a game out in the wild to help improve it's chances of being Greenlighted. It is mostly being used as an initial marketing push, almost like a campaign event if one wishes to use a political analogy. My main concern with this is what would happen if some developers who do release their games on Desura and do get accepted on Steam then later forget about their Desura versions. At the moment this is just that, a concern, but it is something I could see happening.
Humble Double Fine Bundle launches, we were right!
17 May 2013 at 4:02 pm UTC
And it is true that things like the Frozenbyte bundle did not earn that much - but to be fair the Bundles were much younger then (personally the Frozenbyte one was my personal favourite, although I have unfortunately gotten a little wary of Frozenbyte themselves due to the fact that we have not seen a DRM free release of Goblin Menace yet, and they have not responded to any of my inquires on the subject, but that is a story for another thread).
When it comes to how much the game's appeal, I must admit that I have mostly played only one or two titles from a Bundle and then never got around to the others. I have only played one game out of HIB3 for any length of time (Steel Storm) and only very briefly dabbled with two of the games from HIB2 (and one of them I did only because I had won the game previously from a contest). The Introversion Bundle I was generously gifted gave me hours upon hours of entertainment, but that was just me playing Dungeons of Dredmor. HIB5 and HIB6 actually have better track records for me, with me having spent a great deal of time with at least two games from each.
When it comes to this one, Stacking is actually the one I am looking forward to playing the most - to get into Costume Quest you probably need to get over the whole "I am playing a kiddie game" aversion and the charm of Brutal Legend is probably lessened if you really do not have any particular interest in heavy metal music from almost thirty years ago, but since I received the Bundle as a birthday gift, I will definitely see what fun can be had with them.
17 May 2013 at 4:02 pm UTC
Quoting: CheesenessI think the notably high averages indicate that Humble's long time audiences and DF's hardcore fanbase are both at work, but some of the more opportunistic Humble contributors (who I speculate are the bulk that pull the averages down) are sitting this one out.That is actually a very interesting point - the average purchase price does seem to be rather higher than for the mainstream Bundles with it currently being around $8.00.
And it is true that things like the Frozenbyte bundle did not earn that much - but to be fair the Bundles were much younger then (personally the Frozenbyte one was my personal favourite, although I have unfortunately gotten a little wary of Frozenbyte themselves due to the fact that we have not seen a DRM free release of Goblin Menace yet, and they have not responded to any of my inquires on the subject, but that is a story for another thread).
When it comes to how much the game's appeal, I must admit that I have mostly played only one or two titles from a Bundle and then never got around to the others. I have only played one game out of HIB3 for any length of time (Steel Storm) and only very briefly dabbled with two of the games from HIB2 (and one of them I did only because I had won the game previously from a contest). The Introversion Bundle I was generously gifted gave me hours upon hours of entertainment, but that was just me playing Dungeons of Dredmor. HIB5 and HIB6 actually have better track records for me, with me having spent a great deal of time with at least two games from each.
When it comes to this one, Stacking is actually the one I am looking forward to playing the most - to get into Costume Quest you probably need to get over the whole "I am playing a kiddie game" aversion and the charm of Brutal Legend is probably lessened if you really do not have any particular interest in heavy metal music from almost thirty years ago, but since I received the Bundle as a birthday gift, I will definitely see what fun can be had with them.