I am all for more female lead roles in games, but this hero looks a little over-sexualised for my tastes.

Well, the developer is trying to play it both ways apparently:
"Was it intentional for her to have a horrible flabby tummy?"
"Yes - totally was! It kind of mildly subverts the purpose of the skimpy outfit, simply saying she doesn't care"

That being said, I am still not quite sure what kind of message they are trying to send with it. :|

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True, I definitely do not want to downplay the importance of crowdfunding.

That begin said though, about the only game I ever purchased that was crowdfunded was FTL: Faster Than Light, and I have actually yet to play it, so it has not proven to be a huge part of my gaming life as of this moment. Maybe a few years down the line when more projects actually reach fruition.

But this is actually getting off topic now - not that this threads was ever really focused.

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Quoting: Quote from adolsonI gave up on Linux gaming a decade ago and jumped to consoles, despite owning a big stack of Linux game discs. But now I'm curious; what *were* you playing in the years before Steam? (Not counting Wine, of course.)

Much of the same games I played before I was able to switch to Linux full-time. I grew up playing id Software titles, so that was a natural switch, and I started playing other native Linux shooters such as the Unreal Tournaments and Prey. I first started getting into indie games around 2008/2009; the first time it really hit home to me how promising these were was when I played Penumbra for the first time, as well as Lugaru. This was all before even the first Humble Indie Bundle had been released, you understand.

I also played many of the older Linux game ports, tracking down Shogo and Soldier of Fortune, and I really got into Postal 2 upon first playing it in early January 2010. And that was just the shareware; there were so many damn amusing ways to pick up some milk. I did not get my hands on the full version until December.

I did use WINE for some things, following my eight year rule that says that after eight years it really did not have any significance anymore and counted as supporting retro gaming rather than modern Windows, but I also used Dosbox quite heavily. There were also plenty of source ports I spent my time with, and of course last but not least the myriad of free software titles that I did also enjoy, but were not reliant upon as some have speculated.

Those were frontier times, and we have grown hugely since then, but things were happening even back then. For me the big change was with the Humble Indie Bundle, as that is when things really began to pick up for me. Everything that came to follow was just additional growth; there was no revolution here, just a gradual evolution. A lot of people seem to be losing sight of that.

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I should really give Unqanquished a go now that is has bots.

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Desura does desperately need more hands working on it, something that the Linden Lab acquisition seems to be helping with. Desurium has also been getting better over time, and again Linden Lab seem dedicated to making it even better, and making some of these fixes more visible to regular Desura users.

That being said, a lot of your problems can also be blamed on Desura's more inclusive culture, which can be both a blessing and a curse. While it means that a lot of smaller developers can get out the door without all of the hassles that Steam and other distributors put them through, it does increase the possibility for errors as far as quality control is concerned. Still, this is only a real issue if Desura's refund policy is inadequate as far as I am concerned, something which I have never had to test as I have never demanded a refund as of yet.

Still, there is progress, and Desura has actually grown a lot over the past year. I still feel it is much too early to call them out as you have done, but to each there own.

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I do not think anyone cares whether or not SteamOS uses free software drivers. But they are relevant when discussing AMD's Linux graphics support.

Furthermore, I do not need to hold up hope for them. They are and have been improving almost every minute of everyday, and have been since long before Valve came onto the scene.

And frankly, based on the tone here, I do not think they are the ones that really need the PR help. 

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Quoting: Quote from gabsd84Also, AMD employee about 6-7 people to work on the open driver. These employees work on kernel, mesa, llvm and glamor among other components.

Can you point me to where you got that figure? I was under the impression it was less than that, but then that was just an impression.

Regardless, it is still an insignificant amount when compared to even the Linux Catalyst team, which makes what they have managed to achieve over the past few years (admittedly with a lot of community assistance) even more remarkable.

Red Hat also employs two people to work on the radeon driver as well as one employee that work full time on nouveau, last I heard.

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Quoting: Quote from Anonymousgot burned by Desura my self and will never buy from them again!  Welcome to the club.   I have been using Steam ever sense.

Did you hit a Desura specific issue, or did you just buy a bad game?

Because if it is the later, well, Deadly 30 is on Steam now...

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Quoting: Quote from n30p1r4t3Oh wow. Thanks for correcting me. Things have changed. I guess I should follow the OS driver updates for often. Kudos to AMD. Now only if they could improve the Non-Free driver as fast...

Take a look at Phoronix's year end review if you want more information on it:
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd_gallium3d_2013&num=1 [External Link]

And since you legitimately did not know, I will take back a little of the harshness from my previous post. Too used to discussing this on Phoronix. :|

Quoting: Quote from FutureSutureHamish did make a glaring mistake, though. He did not realise that by showing off all his knowledge on the matter, I will now seek him out for advice when the time comes to buy an AMD graphics card. GG, Hamish.

I am not that knowledgeable - but if you do have any questions, I will try my best to answer them. I did recently recommended a card to my brother who is reasonably happy with it.

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Quoting: Quote from n30p1r4t3I'm sorry about the past, Hamish.

You have nothing to apologize for, as far as I know. I just did not expect you to jump to my defence here.

I promise I will stop talking about this now. :P

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