It's fun for some hack'n slay in between with a decent story, but it won't draw you in for a whole weekend nonstop. For that, there are too many compromises towards casual gamers.

In other words, it's too easy and simple. For example, if you're leveling up more than one or two character properties, you're doing it wrong.

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The problem with DRM, especially on Linux, is that it adds to the already virulent notion that unfree software is the legit norm, while free software is the abomination, possibly illegal.
That's no paranoid exaggeration. It's actually a widespread belief that Linux is illegal because it is libre, to a degree that people threaten to call the police if you promote it.

=> For example [External Link]

After confiscating the [Linux] disks I called a confrence with the student and that is how I came to discover you and your organization. Mr. Starks, [...] I cannot either support your efforts or allow them to happen in my classroom. At this point, I am not sure what you are doing is legal. No software is free and spreading that misconception is harmful.

That's what we're dealing with and it's a huge damage to society. Every DRM getting our "Legit-Stamp" add to this.

For me personally and practically, the main problem is that the software on Steam is linked to an account. I can't just lend it to someone else or resell it after I played through.
Especially here in Germany we have a problem with the censorship of any display of violence against humans.
Now if a gamer in the US wanted to "gift" me the uncensored US version, we'd better take care that Steam doesn't get wind of it or two bans will follow.

That takes off quite a bit of my freedom to decide what's happening in my computer.

All that said, like with lying, it's tolerable to a degree, for example to avoid cheating in multiplayers, but the principle ethics of it being inherently wrong stays untouched by practical considerations. Ethics always comes first.

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Quoting: Quote from scaineWow, Dima, that quote makes Stallman sound like a reasonable guy. And "reasonable" isn't a word I tend to associate with him. He's very, very black and white on most issues and I find a lot of his views extremely unpalatable. Check his website for examples, of which there are many.

What Stallman says usually sounds reasonable, in contrast to what other people say he said.
He also isn't black/white at all.
On multiple occasions he explixitly acknowledges the difference between the philosophical truth of an idea and its practicability.
He just doesn't accept some compromises, namely the notion that convenience was a criteria for practicability.

So you shouldn't accept tolerate Steam's DRM just because it is more convenient but because you weighted the good Steam brings vs the bad.
Boycotting Ubisoft or EA for example is a completely different decision although based on the same premises.

Also, as soon as you realize that RMS is just a pretty flawless logic machine, not accepting any social boundaries that might hinder the clarity of his thought-process, you'll like him a lot more

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However, if you're going to use these games, you're better off using them on GNU/Linux rather than on Microsoft Windows.

Richard Stallman [External Link]

The man knows the nuances.
And I think about an important difference betwee GoG and Steam;)

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@shmerl
Sure, same priority here.
All I'm saying is: Voting with your wallet has the great advantage of providing more fine grained answers than just "yes" and "no".

No freedom to lend it to a friend? Minus 5$.
(As long as DRM doesn't come as malware or has any negative impact on my system of course)

And Hey! No disrespect for Stallman please! :) He's right, it's unethical.

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@Shmerl
I see your point but really, it's not a question of life or death.
It's no rootkit, not even Ubuntuesque spyware and there are no starving children either just because some DRM'd games are available on Linux.

Honestly, it's a question of reduced value, nothing more.
I rent a game for as long as it takes me to get banned on Steam and that's exactly what I'm willing to pay for.

Nothing of that reduces my respect for them for the huge risk and effort they're dedicating to Linux.

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Again, I call BS.
There's a certain type of inconsistency in an argument that let's me know I'm not getting the true reason for a decision: A thesis and its antithesis are used to support one and the same argument.

a) Linux has to be seen as a monolithic block. You either support all of it or none (Including freaking Chrome OS!). There aren't anywhere near enough differences to justify supporting just one distro as an OS in its own right.
And btw, why are there so many distros all basically doing the same to begin with?


b) Linux is such an unholy mess of diversity. You can't possibly code a program that runs stable on all of Linux. (Given a) this is the reason there aren't any programs for Linux, as we all know).
And btw, why are there so many distros all doing some completely different shit, to begin with?


Linux user. Yeah, that makes sense. Really seems to be our fault. We really should abandon democracy because the Antidemocratic Alliance Party (AAP) believably assured us, there's some guy, Joe Sixpack, who couldn't figure out how to make a cross, let alone on which party.
They said they'll support democracy as soon as we abandon democracy to get this bloke on board of democracy!

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Yes, they moved to another one:
http://gamingonlinux.com/forum/topic/410 [External Link]

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