How exactly will this stop scammers? Yes, they can't use Steam gift cards anymore, but there are a ton of other gift cards they will continue to use. So all this will do is a) harm legitimate users and b) shift the scammers to something else. Not a single person will be scammed less because of this change IMO. Or did I miss something crucial here? Please let me know.

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I really don't need more games, but for this, I have some money to spare. Thanks for covering this and for the Bundle Explorer link, that one's really handy.

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Quoting: puddingslavealmost sounds like the classic Playstation game Legend of Mana might be up your alley if you haven't played that. emulation has come a long way since I last played it and it was already near perfect. lots of quirky, deep (mildly obtuse) mechanics to dig into if you get really hooked.

Thanks for another recommendation. 😊 I've read a few reviews on Steam, and I'm unsure whether the play style will suit me. There's definitely some bias there from people who've played it in their youth. But I will keep my eye on it. Maybe they'll eventually put a demo out or make an offer I can't refuse. 😆

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Quoting: NezchanHave you tried Wildmender? It's pretty good, albeit not flawless, and the whole idea is re-growing a world.

I wish there were more games like it.

No, haven't had that on my radar, but it's now on my wishlist. Thanks for the recommendation! 😊

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Just a week ago or so I was thinking "wouldn't it be cool to play in a destroyed world and have the ability to gradually rebuild it and bring it back to life?". So. Yeah. Will check out the demo.

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I don't get the fuss about trend lines. The problem I have with that is that slapping a trend line on the data is assuming that there is one function driving the shape of the actual curve that stays more or less the same throughout. While I am not a statistics person at all, to me this screams "oversimplification". If you assume instead that there are several factors at play on how the Linux share develops, factors that may interact with one another, that become relevant and possibly irrelevant again at arbitrary points of time, I don't see how a simple trend line is supposed to appropriately model all of that.

I mean, do you plot a person's height from age 0 to 13 and then predict how tall they are when they reach age 90? So what are those of you expecting from a trend line to do for you? Predict how unknown future events impact the development? Because in all likelihood, there will be such events. Of course you can say, "If the Linux share develops like it has, X will happen in Y years", but what purpose does that serve?

I don't mean to rage bait anyone or discredit anyone's opinion on that matter, I'm honestly curious what you expect of a trend line to do for you. All I can see it doing for me is separating noise from the signal, but that isn't as easy as finding a curve that fits nicely, either. At least I don't expect it to be.

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Legend of Keepers is currently free to keep.

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I guess it's this: https://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/DRM/ [External Link]

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Quoting: CharlieTheMadHatterAlso, don't forget that Atari has the legal power to shut down OpenTTD completely.

Do they? On what basis? I'm honestly curious, because this is a different game, and while the origin or the spiritual connection is obvious, there are so many games out there with clones that coexist. Just look at all the Minecraft-like games.

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Can't they sue that former "dear friend" for damages or something?

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