Terraria was first; but Starbound was multiplatform from the start.
Aside from the fact that Starbound is in early access and very active development, which one should I play?

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The other game he's referring to is Wizorb, right? I got it with HIB6 (Linux average was 15$ or so), but it didn't hook me at all. It was a later addition to the bundle anyway. I preferred Jamestown and Rochard.
Looking at his Twitter bio (https://twitter.com/jfmaj0r), he's worked on way more popular games.

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They'd better have the Linux build ready from day one then.
If they have a single player able to die maybe that removes the trolling potential.
It sounds like they are aiming for something like Eve, where the metagame is more interesting than the actual gameplay; the time limited business model may be a blessing if game quality must not affect the player base (if the gameplay is good I'm sure they'll find a way to extend it). If neither the game nor the metagame are interesting, it will end up as just another inscrutable art project.

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I think there are a few more things that could be clarified:
- what happens if I play a game that isn't marked as Linux compatible in the store, but does have a Linux depot or a beta branch which I'm trying out?
- what happens if I buy, activate or play using steam-on-wine? Giana sisters twisted dreams, for example.

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Ooh, this is like one of the Braid worlds. It should make for some gnarly puzzles.

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Going back and forth between the two themes, the dark theme doesn't work for eyes-resting purposes because there are still large, bright blocks of white: forms (and list dropdowns), the commenting textarea, the Twitter area, and quotes.

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Quoting: AlzarathI like it, though I hate that whole 'excessive whitespace' thing. I'm sure there are people out there that do like that, but I don't. It reminds me of a mobile app. Maybe that's your intention, to make it easier for mobile users to browse the site. I'll probably crop it down with greasemonkey anyways.

The newline between 'quote' and 'like' is superfluous, pages are sprinkled with unnecessary <br/>, and there is unnecessary whitespace around the pagination area and before the comment box. The site has that irritating bootstrap feel.

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Could you not have a sticky navbar, or at least make it much less tall? I hate that it eats 8% of my usable screen.

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That pic didn't seem like they were eschewing any clichés:
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/topimages/1924956644id3441gol.jpg

(the second greenlight video does attempt to justify what they mean: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCnETE5XXD8 )

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Quoting: Maokei

Quoting: MamboA tip for downloading the beta: switch to the beta before downloading anything. I downloaded 700mb of non-beta, got a missing executable, and had to download 1,2gb again.

Read the post it's clearly stated that it's a beta filled with buggs.

Not my point, I posted a tip to save bandwidth.

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