Humble Bundle has a load of simulators ready in this bundle

I've never bought anything from Humble Store or even looked into it, i might now. Looks interesting. Do they have a native Linux client? Or how does the Humble thing work?

Quoting: Fester_MuddI've never bought anything from Humble Store or even looked into it, i might now. Looks interesting. Do they have a native Linux client? Or how does the Humble thing work?

It's mostly just Steam keys, occasional GOG and Epic keys. You buy, they give a key. Not much else to it.

Alright now that sounds pretty good for we who want to support Steam for all their efforts towards Linux. So buying a game with Steam key supports also Valve if i understood right.

Quoting: Fester_MuddAlright now that sounds pretty good for we who want to support Steam for all their efforts towards Linux. So buying a game with Steam key supports also Valve if i understood right.

As far as I'm aware Valve get no cut of third-party key sales.

Farming Simulator lol

I've got a funny story about that. We've got a Walmart Superstore here in town. The surrounding area is rural, with a lot of farms. Some bright minded exec sent shelves and shelves of Farming Simulator boxed games, yet no latest Call of Duty titles and stuff that people actually wanted. I laughed out loud when I saw literally hundreds of copies of Farming Simulator that they couldn't give away. (Games are usually behind glass, but not these lol)

Talk about being out of touch. They think rural kids are going to want Farming Simulator instead of those awful violent games. Guffaw...

(I don't mean to make fun of the game actually, it not for me and would be stupid to a local teen, but there are actual "International Plowing Matches" and it's a thing to a lot of people)

Quoting: GroganFarming Simulator lol

I've got a funny story about that. We've got a Walmart Superstore here in town. The surrounding area is rural, with a lot of farms. Some bright minded exec sent shelves and shelves of Farming Simulator boxed games, yet no latest Call of Duty titles and stuff that people actually wanted.

You just described my own rather small town here in Kentucky.

Our biggest claim to fame was a textile factory that closed down (and the jobs went with it, nearly killed the economy) years before finally burning down.

Walmart and Kroger's are literally the only places people can shop for certain things, and run any other prospective stores out of town. I hate it!

Quoting: redneckdrowWalmart and Kroger's are literally the only places people can shop for certain things, and run any other prospective stores out of town. I hate it!

We have actual grocery stores, but yes, Walmart displaced a lot of businesses. That's the only place in town that sells games (Xbox, Playstation, PC too for some titles, at least back then, but most people don't buy like that anymore). If you drive about 40 minutes, on the other side of a nearby city, there are EB Games and their sister store Gamestop, but it's Walmart or nothing in this town for a lot of goods.

There's a Canadian Tire store, but they don't carry the inventory that they used to. (It's right next to the Walmart Superstore lol).

Even "The Source" (used to be Radio Shack in Canada) is gone now. There's no place in town to buy all those connectors and things you'd have gone there for.

I don't leave the premises much anymore... if I need something, it's only an online order away. To blazes with those department stores. Any surviving little downtown shops need to have something to survive, but quite frankly I don't have a lot of time for the small town arrogance anymore either. I'm not a tourist (the main purpose of the town). A lot of places don't even stock a lot of inventory, "we can get it for you". Yeah, well, so can I, faster and cheaper than you.

I'm about to order friggen pizza from Pizzas Hut online. (The mom and pop diners, drive-ins and pizza joints are mostly gone too)

Quoting: GroganThe surrounding area is rural, with a lot of farms. Some bright minded exec sent shelves and shelves of Farming Simulator boxed games, yet no latest Call of Duty titles and stuff that people actually wanted.

"The game’s creator, Giants Software, estimates that as many as a quarter of its players are connected to farming in some way, and around 8-10% are full-time, professional farmers."
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2018/jul/24/meet-the-real-life-farmers-who-play-farming-simulator

The game is also apparently popular among farmers just for trying out equipment before buying the real thing:
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/25/flight-simulator-for-tractors-how-a-video-game-is-enticing-farmers-on-to-xbox

Quoting: whizseThe game is also apparently popular among farmers just for trying out equipment before buying the real thing:
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2023/mar/25/flight-simulator-for-tractors-how-a-video-game-is-enticing-farmers-on-to-xbox

Now there's something I didn't know, that the simulator was that nuanced with equipment that people would correlate it with the real machinery. Even with specs, if that's really apt, I'm impressed.

I really liked House Flipper, it's a good time-waster with a podcast in the background.