Quoting: n30p1r4t3Liam, I understand you're upset with people criticizing your system etc, but we're really just trying to demonstrate our experiences.

Did I miss something, or did Liam delete the comments?

At any rate, you all can come and laugh at my graphics card from 2008 if you want. I really wouldn't mind. ;)

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Quoting: FutureSutureMore good news for Linux gaming! I like that the whole series is coming over and not just the most recent game. That's dedication! Money will be spent! Will it just be Steam or will it come to GOG as well?

I'll just second this post then, although with a heavier emphasis on GoG or equivalent, because otherwise my money will not be spent unfortunately.

Still, good work on Leszek's and Nordic's part, as I do like the precedent that is being sent by porting the whole series.

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Quoting: GuestIn your case, maybe you're just more positive than you think, maybe you just didn't get that small push required to throttle you from negative to sad and from sad to depressed, in either case you are privileged indeed. It's a good thing not all human brains are the same so yours might be naturally resistant to the state of depression.

The fact that I am not all that depressive is something which I do hold myself really lucky for, no question. It is a privilege which far too many people sadly do not have.

Quoting: GuestBut ask yourself how much good negativity is really doing for you? Is it worth it? Does it assist you in any way to achieve happiness? Because positive thinking most certainly would.

In terms of informing my existence, not always looking on the bright side and going through bad things in my life has made me a better person in many ways - it makes me more aware, it broadens my experience, and as I say, a lot of my sense of humour comes from laughing at dark things. Humour comes from observing things that are out of proportion, even when that thing is pain.

Quoting: GuestJust think real hard, what good negativity is doing for you; chances are it's probably not doing you any good... Lower expectations so that you will enjoy movies more? Isn't that just a way to avoid negative thinking while you go to see movies to begin with? (for one example) ^_^

Your example is rather glib, but apt in someways as not placing positive blinders on myself (for lack of a better, more diplomatic term; I do not wish to seem standoffish) has allowed me to go through certain unpleasant events in my life with my eyes open. As long as that was the case, that I understood what was happening and why, I could get through them without shutting down, or being consumed by them. I am an intellectual being, and I demand understanding more than I demand comfort, as only through understanding can I overcome unpleasantness and conquer it, and without that there is no comfort.

Do not get me wrong here though; I am very glad you found something that works for you, and if such a thing really does help people alleviate their depression, then I am glad you are sharing it. There is a certain absoluteness about your worldview that unsettles me though, but I am speaking from a privileged position, and hopefully will remain so.

Still, to couch my understanding on the subject in terms I am more familiar with, not due to myself thankfully but due to others in my family, I suppose depression can be classed like addiction in that the depressive loses the control to regulate their negative thoughts to the point where their only option is to excise them, just like how an alcoholic needs to excise drinking while others can still partake in and find value in it. As I say, people have different tolerances, and what works for some does not seem to work for all.

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Quoting: GuestFighting depression although difficult is very very straightforward and simple. All you need to do is to deny yourself the right to be a pessimist and reject any and all thoughts that could be considered negative, they can be rejected by simply deciding to disagree with these thoughts and then conjuring positive thoughts on subject instead (ideally there should be 10 positives for every 1 negative, and the reason it took me so long was that I always only used 1 positive thought for every negative) ... Depression is normally a direct result of negative thoughts, they are our minds worst enemy and should not be allowed to exist. ^_^

Okay, I know I am wading into heavy waters here, so I apologize in advance if I seem insensitive, but this to me raises a question.

For me at least a lot of "negative" thoughts are deeply linked to my humour and personality - you mention pessimism for instance, something which for me at least is deeply in-grained as part of my personality and is a large part of my sense of humour. Being able to rely on that has gotten me through many a bad situation. You mention denying yourself the right to such things, but for me these apparently "negative" thoughts are something which I have managed to hold in great stead in my own way.

Granted, I do not think I have ever really suffered hugely from depression - I have had more than my fair share of stress-induced nervous anxieties, especially over the past few years, but that is different than clinical chronic depression which really does not even need to have a cause to inflict its damage onto people.

It could just be the case that I am privileged enough to have a healthy relationship with such things while you due to your situation can not - people have different tolerances, making it so no one reaction can really be expected from everyone.

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Quoting: ReveArekReleasing source code is not enought when there are no devs to work on it. There are many games with source available but no one to work on porting them :( Like this one.

Well, the usual argument applies that if you want to change that the source code is out there, etc...

Still, if there are no developers that are willing to work on it then all that really shows is that the game does not have enough to hold someone's interest long enough to keep it from being abandoned.

And it is a bit of a stretch to point to one example and then say there are "many games" like that.

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Also tinou, I have updated the article with most of your comments included.

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Quoting: EKRboiIf it really is a small studio who can't afford it then put your source out there (NOT the content) and let the linux community sort it out. If it's something that enough want then someone will port it for little to nothing. Then they will still get the game sale they might otherwise have not so the person can get the data needed to run on the native binary.

This. The true solution for old games are source code releases, wherever possible.

If there really are enough arguments to make this not happen (other than losing the code in question) then you just demonstrated the game is still valuable enough that you should be doing it properly with a native port rather than simply using WINE.

I can accept WINE and DOSBox for abandoned games, or even if it is done by people in their own time for a specific interest, but if you are a game developer and are still actually serious about your old games, please either release the code or do a native port.

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Quoting: ShmerlI didn't really see his other reviews so I can't comment on him as a reviewer, but this one sounded more like an uninformed rant to me.

The whole point of Zero Punctuation is Yahtzee's rapid fire and rather flippant delivery. Complaining about that is rather like your complaints about him not reading the manual to get into the game.

Although, there is very little point into getting into this argument further, so I digress.

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I know next to nothing about The Witcher or anything else related to it, but I do know I would not be so quick to discount Yahtzee there Shmerl. ;)

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Quoting: FutureSutureI am with Hamish on this one. Companies like Frozenbyte and Playdead that put what is seemingly considered above and beyond extraordinary effort for their ancient games may have my money, whereas the others may not. Simple.

Yes, and I do not think it can be considered entitled of us to expect this when we do actually support the developers that do give us the level of support we want. I was one of the harshest critics of putting a Crossover wrapper into a Humble Bundle, but here I am cheering Playdead on now and being very happy to be able to do so.

I can hear the counter that it is better to simply have more games on Linux and that we should just be glad of anything we get, but then again, this is Stronghold 3 we are talking about which to be honest is pretty much reviled even on Windows. Now, if they made a WINE wrapper release of the original Stronghold or Stronghold: Crusader, well, that might be a different matter...

Now, those games I would agree are old.

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