I'm always a bit surprised to see so much effort spent, just to return to the status quo. How much further could the Linux Desktop be along if those people tackled unsolved issues instead of just re-inventing the wheel ... and especially Canonical seems to be quite infected by the "not invented here" syndrome.

Honestly, after having spent at least the last 10 years on Ubuntu, I'm actually contemplating switching to something else instead of upgrading to 24.04.1. And the main reason is Snap. I understand that there's the need for 3rd parties to package "universal" Linux binaries, and I don't think it's bad that there are several choices for that, including Snap. But why would the maker of the distro go that route, especially if it goes hand in hand with a degradation of the user experience!?

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Megacopter reminds me of Desert Strike. Quite the fantastic game on the Amiga (at least graphically). But not something I feel overly keen revisiting, though ...

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I liked Civ I and II and played them a lot, played perhaps one or two campaigns of both III and IV, skipped V, and played VI mostly in coop when the opportunity presented itself.

As much as I like the game's underlying concept, after more than 30 years, it all feels a bit worn out to me. I guess history holds no surprises anymore, and making the mechanics more convoluted every time does not necessarily make for better gameplay.

But if it came with native Linux support, I'd probably give it a try, though maybe not day one.

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I was sold on this, until I read "timeloop". While I don't want to jump to conclusions, games where you have to fail to figure out how to succeed do not appeal to me at all. I'm d'accord with a branching narrative where I might not get the best outcome if I decide wrong, but I no longer have the time nor patience to repeat the same story beats again and again.

Too bad, as I really liked Unforeseen Incidents, and this one gives me Disco Elysium vibes, too! I really hope timeloop in this case doesn't mean what I think it means ...

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Quoting: PyrateI've seen the criticism about GoG before, but I never got it. They're selling you the game, and once you download it, it's yours, truly. [...] If we want to be unnecessarily specific and explicit: yes, digital is never going to be as good as physical, but with GoG I think we're almost there, it depends on how much you really care about EULAs and whatever other crap designed specifically to fuck you over and protect their bottom line.

Agree. It's one point why I prefer GOG over Steam. Though lately I've been a bit lazy to download every game (not to mention every updated version), and if I would, I think I'd run out of space before even half of my current library.

So in the end, it's probably easiest even in GOG's case to just pass down the account credentials (or just the master password to the password safe).

As for GOG vs. physical media: when it comes to inheritance, I don't think physical media is ideal either. Would any potential heir really be able to still read or use my Amiga floppies? Or some CD-ROMs with DOS games? Or that disc with Civilization: Call to Power for Linux? Would they even care for that stuff or just throw it in the trash unseen? With GOG, at least there's the chance the games might still work, though who knows if that's still true in 20 or 40 years?

Though hopefully, it's still a bit early to worry overly much about all that. And if not, well, at least I won't have to worry about it!

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Saw some headlines and was hoping (against all odds) that Microsoft was finally recalling Windows. Bummer ...

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Quoting: tfkWho wants to play some Command & Coca Cola?

I'd rather go for Pepsi, Please

Quoting: pbI don't like the idea itself, but to be the devil's advocate: it *can* be done right.

The statement is a bit vague, but the way they talk about "many billions of hours spent [...] creating, watching [...] where much of that engagement happens [...] on the bounds of a traditional game experience, [...] advertising has an opportunity [...] of growth for us.", that sounds to me as if the ads will be shown to the people watching on Twitch, not to the guy or gal streaming the game.

But of course, once the viewers are used to it, might be best to give them the same experience when they turn to play the game themselves :-).

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Quoting: nwildnerWayland is being around for the last 15 years so, need to push it hard or it will never replace the already bloated and hard to maintain X11.

Sounds to me that it doesn't really have a benefit to the end user, otherwise it would have been adopted much faster. I understand it's a necessity for developers, because X11 is dated and the code is in bad shape, but for everyone else it's apparently doing the job just fine.

So to me the question is, is there anything I'm missing out on when using X11? HDR support, maybe? (not that I'd have a HDR-capable display). In short, what's the incentive to switch from a user perspective?

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Yeah, the game jam version was really well done, so I'm glad the full release is coming to GOG, Linux or not.

Not quite sure I see the benefit for GOG, however. If they just sell the game, they make some profit (perhaps), but if they invest into the game before selling it, I can't really see them making more profit (unless without investment there would be no game). And that in addition to the news we had some time ago that GOG wasn't that profitable to begin with.

The only thing I could imagine is that they want to get more indie devs to release their games on GOG as well. I've seen a lot of really good games that can be found on Steam only, and I don't think it's just because GOG is so picky.

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Quoting: PinguinoI was interested at first, but just watching the video got me so stressed I'm probably better off steering clear of this one.

Actual gameplay is a bit hard to read from the video, but I get the same impression.

The great thing about Mini Motorways is that you can pause any time you want, add or modify your streets, then resume and see things unfold. While traffic inevitably will collapse, until it does the game can be such a chill experience, with an equally chill and calming soundscape. And at the same time it's also highly addictive ... one of the "just one more round" variety.

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