Quoting: ShroobsterI never said that open source games suck. Also I never said that people who play open source games shouldn't be allowed to play games.
I said people who only play open source games because they are open source and boycotting proprietary games shouldn't be allowed to play games.

Still an incoherent argument, particularly since I don't think anybody "plays a game because it's open source", at least not purely. Also, boycotting proprietary games is a perfectly valid stance, similar to boycotting proprietary software in general. There are perfectly reasonable arguments to hold that stance and I have no idea why you are being so hostile towards people who think that way.

Quoting: ShroobsterI just played Minetest again and it's still awful. And it will be forever bad. It doesn't matter if it wants to clone Minecraft or not. It's still trash.

You don't seem to be reading what others are saying and thus your comments come across bitter and unproductive. I'd suggest you drop it.

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Quoting: HoriAnd no, an open-source game doesn't provide freedom.

Thank you. You understood it. Open source in games has nothing to do with open source in software like a video editor or an operating system. People who (only) play open source games because they're open source shouldn't be allowed to play games.

Nothing about this is a coherent or a productive argument, it's just weird gate-keeping. We shouldn't judge games purely by whether or not they are open source, but arguing that it shouldn't factor at all makes no sense. And saying people who enjoy open source games shouldn't be allowed to play games is just being hostile for no purpose.

And in regard to Minetest, it's bare-bones but provides a decent technical base and people have managed to build decent games on top of it. I can't help but imagine that the people levying heavy critique towards it have only played it in its base configuration. Is it as good as Minecraft? Probably not, but that doesn't mean it can't be a decent gaming experience, if for nobody else than those not wanting to put up with Microsoft's nonsense.

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Quoting: silmethSamsai seemed to claim that MS would force id to use DX12 only if they aimed at complete XBox exclusives.

But DX12 also works on Win10 – so unfortunately I think they might push for DX12 with the argument that then it works both on PCs (actually only on Win10, but that’s PC for them, isn’t it?) and on XBox. They don’t need to aim for exclusivity to go the DX path.

That still assumes Microsoft wants to interfere in id's business directly. I would like to point out that although id uses Vulkan, Xbox and PS ports of their games still get done, so Vulkan isn't seemingly a major hindrance to them at the moment in terms of console porting. That's why I feel they would only be forced off Vulkan if Microsoft wants to turn them into an Xbox exclusive.

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Quoting: tonRLiam (or anyone). Is running Windows XP on virtualization software considered as dual boot? May need to run XP to use Nokia PC suite for set up old Nokia S40 phone.

I don't make the rules, but my opinion would be that day-to-day active virtualization should count as dual-boot but also you shouldn't count it as a dual-boot if you just briefly touch a Windows system. So if it's just a matter of setting up a phone and you aren't actually using that XP system for anything else, I wouldn't count it.

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Quoting: 14I've noticed similar with less precision by eye-balling the changes over the last year or so. I find it worth mentioning that the GoL folks who enter their system specs into the survey have a very different hardware base than Steam statistics.

People who register on gaming websites likely represent a very different consumer segment than all the people that click "OK" on the Steam survey. In the GOL surveys the more casual segment will naturally be absent and thus the survey trends towards people who are making very conscious hardware purchases.

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It doesn't matter much if the tech isn't really that cutting edge. I recall Amnesia looking pretty good, so you could still use this to make aesthetically pleasing things. The most important thing I can see, however, is that as long as someone is holding onto that source code and the data files can be gotten somewhere, Amnesia can be played far into the distant future regardless of how our computers, operating systems, graphics APIs and whatnot change.

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Quoting: ShmerlIs it using Vulkan?

It's built on wgpu-rs which uses Vulkan as the primary support platform on Linux.

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Quoting: scaineI'm completely sure why, but I think it boils down to this: in the previous titles (especially StS and Dreamgate) there's the potential for truly, exceptionally bizarre builds. Like, almost game-breaking builds. It's INCREDIBLY satisfying. Dicey doesn't have the same scope for this.

That is a very good point. StS is very satisfying when you get a silly build together, but the emphasis is on when. While game breaking builds aren't super rare, getting them is still a bit inconsistent and luck based. In Dicey luck plays a role in how your build turns out but generally the experience is a bit more consistent and tactical. I would just consider that a difference rather than a pro or a con. If flashy combos that reach into the realm of silliness are what you are after then StS side of things is obviously your pick.

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Quoting: JanneI love slay the spire, but eventually burned out on it a little. Is this different enough to be a good buy?

I would say yes. Superficially Slay the Spire and Dice Dungeons might look similar, but the gameplay experience is very different. In Dicey you always know (more or less) what equipment you'll have available on your turn and you are instead trying to roll the correct numbers to assign into each piece of equipment, with low and high numbers all playing their own roles. Not to mention every character's relationship to the dice rolls and equipment is vastly different.

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I've yet to see a person that consistently and universally applies a "separate the art from the artist" thinking. So, I don't think advocating for that stance is really helpful, particularly since the people on the opposite side of the argument are usually concerned with not supporting people they don't like. And support is voluntarily given, it is not automatically deserved, so equating people deciding not to buy a certain game with some sort of an unjust punishment is pretty weird, unless you believe people with some product to sell are always entitled to people's money.

This case is a bit more complicated in the sense that Sgt Mark IV says he apologized for his actions and vowed to do better. I would really recommend going over the response linked in the updated part of the article, and then making your mind up.

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