First time in a long time I saw a Humble Bundle and just bought it. On the spot. Without hesitation. Yes.

I am nigh on incoherence right now. :woot:

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Talk to Bethesda. With Carmack gone the id name is just a lucrative IP pool.

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I have posted on the GOG.com forums to ask about if/when this will also appear there:
Shadow Warrior (2013) Linux and Mac - Coming to GOG.com? [External Link]

It would be nice if the new Rise of the Triad could also makes its way to Linux at some point, not that I am complaining mind. :)

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Quoting: StyromaniacThat is wrong to me as well as Ubisoft forcing Uplay onto Steam customers.

I always love this argument. Pot calling the kettle much?

Don't get me wrong, I certainly agree that Uplay deserves a far blacker reputation than Steam, but I always love it when denizens of one potentially walled garden complain about the need to frequent another due to a game they want being locked into another service.

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I am a Linux user first and a gamer second, and I have not dual booted since I was offered the opportunity to stop using Windows for my schooling back in 2007. I actually got more into games after I made the transition.

I personally rate being DRM free as being a heavier requirement than being Linux native though. While being Linux native means I can run the game on my system now, being DRM free makes it far more likely that I will be able to run the game on my system ten years from now, and so on and so forth. This is also part of the reason that I am so very much in favour of legacy source code releases, even though I do concede that it does not really affect my purchasing decisions.

I do still use WINE but not for any modern titles - I must admit to having bought a Windows game on GOG.com recently that I had previously played through WINE, mostly because I wanted a good digital copy. There are a few other older games on there which I might do the same on if I ever see them heavily discounted as well. Seeing as I am supporting GOG.com by doing so and that the vast majority of my purchases are still Linux native, I do not really feel the need to feel all that guilty about it, even though it is still a concession.

I can also say that being a Linux native gamer has actually broadened my horizons when it comes to genre. I would probably have never gotten into Dungeons of Dredmor or the Penumbra Collection if they were not on Linux, and now they are among some of my favourite game titles of all time. The genre which I do have the most affinity for is still classic shooters though, something that Linux happens to be fairly well stocked with.

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I actually had to admit to buying a Windows game for once in my life, but it was for less than $2 dollars and I bought two Linux supporting games with it on GOG for much more than that.

Still though. :|

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I must admit to being rather skeptical about this, actually.

When I first heard that there was to be a new Frozenbyte game, I was kind of hoping for something new. Trine only had so many more places that it could go, and Trine 2 was already mining the esoteric in an attempt to add variety. Sadly the trailer, for me at least, did not serve to really alter my views on the matter. Adding more perspectives just seems to be one more gimmick, one last attempt to breath new life into the franchise. I can also see it frustrating the rest of the game.

All that being said, I would be thrilled if Frozenbyte goes on to prove me wrong, and I do want them to succeed with this. There is a certain symmetry in having three Trine games that I can not deny. I also have to disagree with Cheese's assertion that Trine 2 was darker than the first though, what with it removing most of the horrific elements and embracing more camp.

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Could very well be the Indie Deus Ex.

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Shadow Warrior. Both of them. :P

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Quoting: aLlinux gaming might not hinge on steam machines specifically, but it does hinge on valve... If they stopped pushing it right now, the inertia would take us for a while, but dont fool yourself, not for very long

Valve has done a lot when it comes to proliferating Linux, but Linux gaming was growing by leaps and bounds long before SteamOS was even a twinkle in Gabe Newell's eye.

I have been using Linux as my primary operating system since Spring 2007, and have been gaming on it almost exclusively for the past eight years. So much has changed since then. I now have truly great FOSS drivers for my graphics card and more Indie games than I have the time or even the inclination to play. None of these things are specifically due to Valve. They were already falling into place long before they arrived.

The true strength of where we are now is that we are no longer reliant on a single vendor or developer. Unlike in the days of Loki Software where our success truly did hinge on the efforts of a single porting house, we now have an ecosystem of Linux friendly developers, support for Linux in most of the major game engines, and a large variety of distributors catering to a variety of demographics.

If Steam died tomorrow, let alone Steam Machines, Linux gaming would continue.

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