I absolutely agree, tuubi :)

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Easy on the crowdfunding boycott, folks! Even though I've been bitten by a few projects on KS, there are many others I wouldn't have had the pleasure on playing on Linux, if it hadn't been for KS. For every Carmageddon out there, there's a Wasteland 2, Satellite Reign, Fran Bow, Shadowrun Returns, Dropsy, The Deer God, Neverending Nightmares, Sunset, Warlocks, Zenzizenzic, Dex or FTL; all of which are games I've had the pleasure of getting, and following the development of, through Kickstarter!

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Yay, I got quoted! Less yay for the subject. At least, it's nice to see a whole page full of comments requesting the Linux version; we've been a fairly quiet bunch up until now. Hopefully, this will be enough of a kick that they actually either give an honest statement, refunds or release the damn port.

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Quoting: drmothI don't particularly like Mark Hamill as an actor, but he's seem really great as a voice actor, impressed.

Oh, he's a fantastic voice actor! Surely you know his performance as The Joker in Batman: The Animated Series (and its films) and the Arkham games.

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KHAAAAN! :D Awesome cast! I'm suddenly very, very interested in playing this!

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Quoting: ArehandoroThe design has won me. I'll put it on my radar!

Sonar, surely? :P

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Quoting: Caldazar[...] Problems arise if there's a conflict of interest about which they are not that open. Let's say between you as a citizen investor in Steam and some big money companies. Some small-printed rule that says that Steam isn't actually obliged to give you a game or even produce one in return for your money but might rather pay dividends to bank xy instead if those guys decide to liquidate the whole operation. [...]

Well, that's how crowd funding generally works, nothing new there. Kickstarter even writes the following in the F.A.Q., "Kickstarter does not guarantee projects or investigate a creator's ability to complete their project. On Kickstarter, backers (you!) ultimately decide the validity and worthiness of a project by whether they decide to fund it."
I'd say that Double Fine is more likely to deliver here than on Kickstarter, since the success and public image of Fig is much more closely tied to them.

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Quoting: BdMdesigN

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Quoting: BOYSSSSSI avoid buying from Bundle Stars, because it counts as a Windows purchase.

Got proof? The games are clearly marked as linux compatible, meaning they are at least intending to market to us.

They are indeed Linux compatible, but the keys themselves are registered as Windows sales. More info in a previous article.

No you are wrong again. [...]

Okay, I was wrong, sorry. I don't see how I was wrong again though?

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Quoting: Caldazar

Quoting: neffoThe video calls DoubleFine frauds. I think you are blaming the wrong person for the hyperbole!

The video claims that there is a questionable relationship between Double Fine and Fig who themselves allegedly operate in a grey area. If those claims hold any water, then yes, it's within my definition of fraud. [...]

But that information is right there on the front page of Fig! It was literally the first thing I saw when I checked the funding campaign: "Oh Fig, that's new; what's that? Ah, it's from some of the Double Fine guys and they're cooperating, cool."
That isn't fraud, they just found a way to ask for money that better fits what they need and what they think their audience is interested in. It's a bit like saying that Steam sounds like fraud because Valve is selling their own games on it.
If you think it sounds risky, you're have every right to not give them money, but they aren't doing anything shady or secret.

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Quoting: Skully

Quoting: BOYSSSSSI avoid buying from Bundle Stars, because it counts as a Windows purchase.

Got proof? The games are clearly marked as linux compatible, meaning they are at least intending to market to us.

They are indeed Linux compatible, but the keys themselves are registered as Windows sales. More info in a previous article.

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