Quoting: ShmerlGOG are going to open the API for their client. Are Desura going to make their new client open source?

Well, the previous ones were, so it is very likely that the new one will be as well. Unless we hear otherwise I think it is fairly safe to be optimistic for once.

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I do actually have Desurium built and running on my Arch system after retrieving it from the AUR:

As you can see it works, but I still had to do some fiddling with my system's boost libraries in order to keep it up and running, alongside the few other oddities that it still sometimes expresses. A proper client upgrade would be very much appreciated.

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Quoting: HamishStill, I really hope one of the things they change is to stop selling Steam keys; all they do is sully their brand when they become nothing but a glorified Steam store front. If Desura is to succeed it needs to maintain its own unique identity, something it can only do as long as it is detached from Steam.

I guess I should clarify my point a little - I am fine with games like Postal 2 that offer Steam keys alongside the main DRM free downloads, but I do object to the game profiles that exist on Desura merely to offer up Steam keys and nothing else. It just seems pointless to me.

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They have now changed the Copyright claim on the website.

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This looks like it could be rather good. :)

Still, I really hope one of the things they change is to stop selling Steam keys; all they do is sully their brand when they become nothing but a glorified Steam store front. If Desura is to succeed it needs to maintain its own unique identity, something it can only do as long as it is detached from Steam.

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At this point Ryan Gordon is practically a Gaslamp employee...

Still, once Clockwork Empires is up and working hopefully he can then have some more time to devote to all of the other myriad items on his list, such as the Linux and Mac updates to Postal 2.

Clockwork Empires takes up five entries in "Doing" at the moment.

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So now they have gone and added Eldritch which I also recently purchased on its own separately.

All this is doing is making me disinclined to show any personal initiative when it comes to selecting my own games in the future... :whistle:

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Quoting: Ilya

Quoting: ZeitgeistAre the fish-man representing the American natives?

Oh the racists! We should start a change.org petition to demand they pull the plug on this game as soon as possible!

Might I suggest we just drop this right here please? Unless we all want to get cast in a bad light?

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Quoting: liamdaweShall we continue? DRM is not good for gamers, and anyone who thinks otherwise doesn't really know what DRM is.

Well, much as I agree with you, I would kind of prefer if people actually talked about my article. :|

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I would respond to the comment left by GoCorinthians if I could work out anything more than an inarticulate screed from it and a rather childish jab at my praising Frictional for their support of the DRM free gaming community.

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