Quoting: GuestHow is the fact they do porting work irrelevant? You can rip someone off in any exchange of wealth.

Because, as I explained, they do not own any of the game data themselves. They just have the legal right to port and resell it. I seriously doubt they could make such a unilateral decision.

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Quoting: GuestIdeally after the development is paid for, the artists would make the game free or at the very least take donations to the point at which they could be taken care of throughout the development of their next project, but no more than that. Otherwise, "profit" is immoral as it means you're ripping someone off.

Which is pretty much irrelevant to this topic, as Aspyr only owns the Linux and Mac ports, not the initial games themselves.

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Quoting: Blue's News, November 28, 1998I've received a couple of warnings from readers who've had the unfortunate experience of uninstalling Half-Life, or the Sierra utilities that install with Half-Life, only to find the uninstall deleted the entire directory structure where they installed the game. The results of such a deletion could range from the annoying (the uninstallation of the Half-Life OEM or other Sierra games if you installed in the default directory), to the really problematic (if you install games in a dedicated games directory) to the truly catastrophic (if you install the game in your program files directory), so until this is fixed (or it turns out these scary anecdotes are proven incorrect), I would suggest exercising extreme caution when removing Half-Life.

http://www.bluesnews.com/archives/nov98-4.html

Nothing ever changes...

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Quoting: ShmerlLooks like they are in talks with GOG about releasing their titles there as well

If this does happen I will very likely join the cause of making them profitable.

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When you put money into a Kickstarter campaign you are investing in an idea, not securing yourself a finished product. Like all investments these can go sour, and it really is shocking how many of the people who get involved in these schemes do not seem to understand this.

Even Ben "Yahtzee" Croshaw falls under the misapprehension that crowdfunding somehow allows a game to be successful before it is even out, even though under that same logic every single AAA title from EA or Activision can be said to have been a massive success just as soon as the publisher's initial cheques start rolling in.

Perhaps it is partly the fault of websites like Kickstarter for not elaborating on this enough, but it really is not that difficult a concept to understand.

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Yes, all jokes aside, I choose that answer as I have never seen the need for a gamepad. I really do not see what is all that sad about that.

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Another month, another survey where I was unable to answer most of the questions because I have not bought any new games since October.

I did buy myself a new faster graphics card in the interim though. That does kind of eat into my gaming budget.

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Well, to be fair, I have had something of a backlog ever since the Humble Indie Bundles started coming out, and that was over four years ago.

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Quoting: liamdaweSadly, this year I shall not be out getting merry on rum as I have my little one now living with me, but it does mean I am here to post stuff.

See everyone, GOL is on record as supporting responsible parenting. ;)

I can also certainly agree with the comment about having a large gaming backlog, although in my case it does also have something to do with the fact I am increasingly having trouble finding the time and inclination to play them.

Hopefully 2015 will allow me to further reconnect with my inner gamer once more.

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Remember that this is a beta release and that you should report your issues to either [email protected] or the official github.

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