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Latest Comments by Shmerl
The Linux version of RUINER is now on GOG, with 50% off
29 Apr 2018 at 10:27 pm UTC Likes: 1

I wish that scene with riding through the tunnel (that plays at the end of each level, found in tunel-full.bik) would actually be a playable part. The best music in the game in it so far :).

The Linux version of RUINER is now on GOG, with 50% off
29 Apr 2018 at 10:21 pm UTC

FYI: updated Ruiner build fixes cutscenes problems.

Looks like you can now run Linux on the Nintendo Switch
29 Apr 2018 at 8:30 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Guestgetting...well, a bit boring and disappointing.
It's pretty much on topic. You can't run Linux on Switch, without breaking the DRM there first, which folks from fail0verflow did quite successfully to enable this. That's a good thing if you missed the point.

Looks like you can now run Linux on the Nintendo Switch
29 Apr 2018 at 1:07 pm UTC

It's just a Tegra tablet with some Nintendo DRM mess attached. So once DRM is broken, Linux should be runnable :)

You can now pre-order the SMACH Z gaming handheld
27 Apr 2018 at 3:50 pm UTC Likes: 4

Good to see them using DisplayPort and not HDMI.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 3:43 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DuncThat's a ridiculous circular argument that wouldn't last five minutes in court
Anti-circumvention laws themselves are really unconstitutional, so in normal court it would have fallen apart. But we are talking about the current messed up system and undemocratic policy making [External Link] attached to it. Courts are known to abuse such kind of laws [External Link]. So instead of whitewashing DRM practices with demagoguery, avoid those who use it.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 1:26 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeThe difference is they are trying to get away with it? Well... *shrug*
Use stores which respect the user, such as DRM-free ones. That's the whole point of the above discussion. I find attempts to whitewash crooked practices rather strange.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 1:19 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeYou didn't show a difference to the paperback.
The difference is more clarity. Physical goods have an instance to which you can apply common use cases such as first sale doctrine and the like. Digital case is more complicated and way less consistent. And various owners try to get away with messing up the rights of the user.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 1:13 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeThe makers don't want to you to, try to disallow it, but it's allowed by law in many countries.
Sane countries should allow breaking DRM too. That doesn't make such stores DRM-free.

Campo Santo, developer of Firewatch has joined Valve
27 Apr 2018 at 12:52 pm UTC

Quoting: EikeIMHO, that describes exactly the situation of DRM free games on Steam.
They are trying to take that away too. Exactly the difference with DRM-free stores that makes Steam not DRM-free :)