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Quoting: pbHeart of China... I have it on my must-play list since forever (ok, since 1991). Has the time finally come? It's on GOG, too.

I'm only familiar with a handful of the games on that list, kind of hard to separate wheat from the chaff, but thanks to your comment, and a quick skim on Wikipedia, Heart of China seems right up my alley. On the wheatlist wishlist it goes!

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I never had a problem with the newsletter. Give me free video games, I allow you to send me the occasional mail. Same rule applies to everyone, GOG, Fanatical, my moms...

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Road Rash was probably one of my first gaming loves, playing through endless hours of it on the Sega Mega Drive / Genesis back when I was young.

I too have a lot of fond memories of Road Rash. Split-screen multiplayer. Played it on the Sega Genesis with my coworkers whenever there were no customers -- or the boss -- in the store. Product knowledge, you know...

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Quoting: poiuz

Quoting: F.UltraBut his point wasn't that they where singled out, his point was that they where not alone in taking 30% and that both Apple and Sony did take 30% as well, something that you contended.

Just stop misquoting people. I was very specific on what I was contending - that's why I was quoting it.

Let me quote it again - this time only the part you haven't read:

Quoting: LupertEverett[…]
yet somehow it is only Steam who is constantly put on target for it.

Do you understand this now?

How one earth can you claim that I was misquoting people, this very quote below was your OP comment that I replied to:

Quoting: poiuz

Quoting: LupertEverett

3: Commissions commissions

The fee, that is... 30%...

You know... the same amount Sony and Apple also gets, yet somehow it is only Steam who is constantly put on target for it.

That's simple not correct.

As you can see there are two claims being brought forward and your reply is simply "wrong" so I checked to see if claim #1 was true and indeed it was. His second claims is bascially also true since the claims about Sony and Apple are not about the cut but about the ability to use another payment system.

Quoting: poiuz

Quoting: F.UltraThe DSA is not at all about the 30%, in fact the DSA says nothing at all about what cut you are allowed to make, all it says is that certain services have gone big enough that they are now designated as gatekeepers by the EU and as such they are now under different legislation, one of them being that they are not allowed to lock in customers to their in-house payment system. The App Store being designated a gatekeeper is thus not allowed to force apps to user the Apple payment system, whatever payment system they choose to use is however free to take a 30% cut if they want.

And yet, it's an ongoing process because Apple still claims the 30%. How can that be? Nobody cares about Apple's payment processing but the 30% attached to it. That the market power the DSA is fighting. Do you understand this now?

No the DSA is not fighting the power to take 30%, they are fighting the lock in, which is why they also have forced Apple to allow external app stores to be installed on iPhones in the EU. And ofc you can care about Apple's payment processing beyond the percentage that they take, perhaps you want to be able to sell in app items in countries where Apple does not conduct payments, perhaps you simply do not want to give Apple any money and might use another payment processor that takes an even higher cut (working in the Finance industry for 30 years I have seen many such cases so this is not as convoluted as it first sounds, some people/organizations simply are this way), and so on and on.

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Got it!

I remember the first one when it released back in the day. It was so revolutionary back then. Yet, for some reason I never picked it up. Well, I have the trilogy now.

As to the newsletters, I don't mind. They send a lot of exclusive offers and occasional freebies. As to the rest of their junk mail, I just use a filter rule in my email account to deal with them (marked read and moved out of my inbox - or deleted).

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Quoting: KimyrielleNot sure if you are working in the industry, but mandated AI tool use is pretty much the norm now.

Heh, I'm certainly aware of the zeitgeist, but I admit that I'm not really up on the kinds of requirements frequently popping up in job listings at the moment. Though I still maintain that, norm or not, the wording in that job posting points to a disturbing prioritization. CI/CD should be a requirement. AI Tools should be a bonus. If the tools are as good as they're supposed to be, they should sell themselves and people will just naturally use them. Requiring their use ahead of proven-useful development methodologies is just bizarre to me.

I'm fortunate enough to work at a company which is staying reasonably cautious about LLMs / generative systems. If a tool proves to be useful then it'll get used, for sure, but we're not mandating the use of something just because it's the current buzzword.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

I fear they will be getting massive government bailouts, like in 2008. "Risk" is for us little people.

Yeah, you're right :(

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Absolutely love the Atom Team devs ...! So this is instawishlist. Thanks for the recommendation!

I loved Trudograd, and right now waiting on the 1.1 to play Swordhaven. It's VERY difficult to not fire it up right now and get started though.

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Quoting: eev

Quoting: benstor214I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

Remember: When something is free, you're the product.

I did not forget that, sometimes I just like to complain about things.

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Quoting: benstor214I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

Remember: When something is free, you're the product.

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Quoting: objectActually they still do, when you click ”go to giweaway” in the second screen where you can actually add game to library. It says by doing so, you agree to get marketing letters from them.

[img]https://ptpimg.me/272l20.jpg[/img]

Thanks! I guess I need to log in again to uncheck checkboxes… *sigh*

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Kotaku has received a screenshot of a statement a GOG employee put out in the patron discord server where it's claimed that the image was used by mistake but of course we get no evidence that they'd use an actual human design and it's still making up excuses for its use anyway, you may read here:

https://kotaku.com/gog-ai-art-banner-ad-confirms-discord-message-small-team-slop-2000665056

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Free in the Dark still exists support the GOG version, but not too many people use it:

https://github.com/yaz0r/FITD

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Anyone notice any benefits with the optimisation and/or engine update? I can't try (yet) as my mods will implode 😆 (staying on "previous" in Betas).

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It'll be fun to observe their CCU. Their biggest competitors in the looter shooter space support Linux just fine (Warframe/The Division/Borderlands/First Descendant).

Arc Raiders supports Linux too.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: apocalyptechRight, but as I said earlier: a banner image on a site is just the tip of the iceberg. Their recent job posting for a Senior Software Dev required active use of AI Tools and internal advocacy to increase adoption of AI Tools across the whole organization.

Not sure if you are working in the industry, but mandated AI tool use is pretty much the norm now.

Well, I got mandated AI tools in the meaning of I'm not allowed to use other AI tools. "required active use of AI Tools" sounds quite different though.

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Quoting: VerglasNot sure I would play this again, but I love free stuff, so I will add it to my library.

This sums up so much about how I feel about a lot of things, and why I have so many games on steam and gog that I've never played.

I dont know how I've never played alone in the dark though. Every time I hear the game I think of Another World for SNES. No idea why. My neighbor had Another World when I was younger, and at some point those wires crossed in my brain and I can't uncross them.

Maybe I should actually play this one to help anchor the right game to the right name.

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Quoting: apocalyptechRight, but as I said earlier: a banner image on a site is just the tip of the iceberg. Their recent job posting for a Senior Software Dev required active use of AI Tools and internal advocacy to increase adoption of AI Tools across the whole organization.

Not sure if you are working in the industry, but mandated AI tool use is pretty much the norm now.

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Quoting: benstor214They no longer seem to sneak a newsletter subscription through the backdoor when claiming one of their giveaways. That’s refreshing.
I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

Actually they still do, when you click ”go to giweaway” in the second screen where you can actually add game to library. It says by doing so, you agree to get marketing letters from them.

[img]https://ptpimg.me/272l20.jpg[/img]

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Quoting: LucaAdded to my library 10 minutes ago, for some reason does not appear in my games list on GOG or Heroic.

This happens all the time with GOG freebies. They often are not added to your account immediately. It's an issue with their backend.

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The steam page says online and lan co-op, that sounds attractive to me

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They no longer seem to sneak a newsletter subscription through the backdoor when claiming one of their giveaways. That’s refreshing.
I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

I fear they will be getting massive government bailouts, like in 2008. "Risk" is for us little people.

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Added to my library 10 minutes ago, for some reason does not appear in my games list on GOG or Heroic.

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I was expecting this. If anything, the months of zigging up, up, up without a zag down were starting to make me irrationally nervous.

We still have to get the Chinese onto Linux.

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Alone in the Dark 1 was the first 3D game I have ever seen and I was blown away. I also remember the raving reviews in the game magazines when it came out, because in 1992 this felt like a jump 10 years into the future of gaming.

Not sure I would play this again, but I love free stuff, so I will add it to my library.

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Quoting: TechnopeasantIn this particular instance of a banner ad that goes up for only two weeks, spending ten seconds is objectively more productive than spending an hour, even if the results are worse and it is not great branding.

Right, but as I said earlier: a banner image on a site is just the tip of the iceberg. Their recent job posting for a Senior Software Dev required active use of AI Tools and internal advocacy to increase adoption of AI Tools across the whole organization. While only listing familiarity with CI/CD as a "plus." If it were just a banner image I'd just roll my eyes and move on, but IMO it's just another indication of more insidious changes going on.

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Quoting: Aaron SparksFascinating data for sure. I saw a different article by SteamDeckHQ that showed Stardew Valley at #1, but the data pull was dated January 4-February 2, as opposed to January 3-February 1.
As far as my preference through that time frame- Slots and Daggers, Dispatch, SilkSong, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, and Deep Rock Survivor have all consumed my gaming time on deck and desk.

Yeah, the data will change based on when you grab it, as Valve's charts are always up to date, so ours is actually a bit more true to January since we grabbed it earlier.

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Fascinating data for sure. I saw a different article by SteamDeckHQ that showed Stardew Valley at #1, but the data pull was dated January 4-February 2, as opposed to January 3-February 1.
As far as my preference through that time frame- Slots and Daggers, Dispatch, SilkSong, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, and Deep Rock Survivor have all consumed my gaming time on deck and desk.

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Dear lord I need this in my life. First time I have heard/seen this game, can’t wait!

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