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Latest Comments by Hamish
Basement - A Drug-dealing Strategy Game.
6 Nov 2014 at 6:10 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: IlyaNow on change.org: "Pull the plug on the Basement game project and apologize"
Again with this stuff Ilya?

Major OpenGL Performance Improvements Inbound For Intel, Thanks To LunarG
6 Nov 2014 at 6:06 pm UTC

Quoting: drmothI have an Nvidia card, but Intel Mesa drivers on my laptop are fast becoming a favourite. Having an open source driver makes a huge difference in terms of quality of integration and general out-of-the-box usability.
With Intel's work on stuff like LunarGLASS and AMD now backing a more unified driver strategy on Linux things should also only get better for the FOSS drivers in the future.

Postal 2 No Longer Being Worked On By Icculus, RWS Taking It In-house
6 Nov 2014 at 5:20 pm UTC Likes: 2

A little confusing since Ryan Gordon added it to "Doing" on his Trello page in September...
https://trello.com/b/y0wvS4ec/icculusboard [External Link]

Still, in many ways this is the best move - icculus is way overburdened at the moment and by doing this themselves RWS is in many ways just demonstrating their increased maturity as an Indie developer. Considering that the next game they do whatever it is will likely be built on UE4 anyway should also help matters greatly in this regard.

Considering this has been basically ready to go since May though, I will be very glad when the updates do finally arrive on our own fine, fair shores.

Ownership Of Desura Changes, Again
6 Nov 2014 at 5:26 am UTC Likes: 1

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.

Ownership Of Desura Changes, Again
5 Nov 2014 at 10:56 pm UTC

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.

Ownership Of Desura Changes, Again
5 Nov 2014 at 10:47 pm UTC Likes: 1

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.

Ownership Of Desura Changes, Again
5 Nov 2014 at 7:04 pm UTC

They have now changed the Copyright claim on the website.

Ownership Of Desura Changes, Again
5 Nov 2014 at 4:52 pm UTC Likes: 2

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.

Clockwork Empires City Builder Linux Build Due Soon
5 Nov 2014 at 2:29 am UTC

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.

Humble Indie Bundle 13 - Hits A Milestone As 100 Linux Ports Reached
5 Nov 2014 at 12:47 am UTC

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: