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Latest Comments by Shmerl
The Longing is out today so you can begin your own 400 day adventure
17 Mar 2020 at 3:49 am UTC

The endless hall is interesting. The timer in it actually stops.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 8:30 pm UTC Likes: 2

It's a simple argument. Developers and publishers who are not pro DRM have no problem publicly saying so. And actions speak better even. So again, Feral will be seen as pro DRM, until we'll see their games in DRM-free stores.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 8:25 pm UTC Likes: 2

No one stops Feral from publicly saying they are not pro DRM. But they don't. They are scared to make a stand, because they are dealing with many DRM inclined publishers. That alone makes them pro-DRM already.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 8:15 pm UTC Likes: 1

I'm not the only one. I like to bug DRM proponents to release DRM-free, so you'll see me mentioning it again. Don't think Feral will get of the hook on this.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 8:06 pm UTC Likes: 1

They are pro-DRM, it was mentioned by many people already. Just because they aren't pro crazy DRM, doesn't mean they are not pro DRM in general.

Once I'll see their games in DRM-free stores, I'll agree they aren't pro DRM.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 7:31 pm UTC

Yes, it's likely a combination of those reasons. Feral being pro-DRM and not willing to handle their own site sales, GOG not willing to help such publishers get their cut and etc.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 4:42 pm UTC

Quoting: wvstolzingWhat exactly is there inside the 'goodie packs', esp. that of TW3? Anything interesting beyond (presumably) the soundtrack? TW2's 'extras' pack on GOG had the absolutely face-palm-tastic 'goodie' that was the topless playboy photoshoot of Triss; so I'm approaching it from a cringed angle already.
I didn't notice anything new (besides Thronebreaker stuff, since I never bought that game). There is the Witcher concert there, which you could be missing, but they already had giveaways for it.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 4:41 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: EhvisAs long as GOG are worse they have little to worry about.
They worry too much about their DRM, so GOG users don't need to worry about them. Once they get over it, then we'll see. They can start with offering DRM-free games like XCOM and XCOM 2 from their site. So far I didn't buy a single Feral game.

The GOG Spring Sale is on - giving away the 'Witcher Goodies Collection' for 48 hours
16 Mar 2020 at 4:12 pm UTC Likes: 3

As usual, Feral give GOG users the short end of the stick. And they refuse to explain the reason. I'd say they are not the heroes of Linux gaming like some portray them to be.

A sweet new build of 'Minigalaxy' is out for easy GOG game managing on Linux
12 Mar 2020 at 12:12 am UTC

That's why I said that it's most of the time. There are opposite cases (when libraries break ABI). But in my experience, they are more rare. Both can happen.

And then there is the topic of forward compatibility of libstdc++.