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We have Ten Copies Of The Fantastic Victor Vran To Give Away!
27 July 2015 at 1:47 pm UTC
I'd make a great hunter, as nothing on earth would see me as a threat. Who am I kidding, they wouldn't be wrong. I feel bad if I have to kill a fly.

The only thing I "hunt" is bacon, and then proceed to pay the cashier. But I'll beat the crap out of virtual monsters any day.
Victor Vran Says Goodbye To Early Access, Hello To Being Awesome
27 July 2015 at 9:08 am UTC
Quoting: KimyrielleI think that a good writer can always adapt a given story to a custom character and make it fit regardless of whether the player picks a white guy or a black female.
A tall order, and often an expensive one. Any story-heavy game (the kind I prefer) would need a lot more work. Picking the lead is the prerogative of the author, I'd say, even if they do have a bias. The industry probably still has a rather small percentage of female writers and developers. Not much of an excuse, though.

Quoting: KimyrielleWhat is so off-putting to me is that when devs decide to go with a premade character, 99% of the time it will be a male one. Because apparently even in 2015, women gamers do not exist. At least not in the heads of the devs and publishers, who in this time and age are still reluctant to publish a game featuring a female lead at all.
Sad but true. Personally I fully support game character gender equality, even if I don't share your opinion on the importance of character customization.
Victor Vran Says Goodbye To Early Access, Hello To Being Awesome
26 July 2015 at 11:34 pm UTC
Quoting: skry
Quoting: Kimyrielle
Quoting: liamdawe
Quoting: BeamboomCan u create your character in this game, and is gender amongst the options?

No, you are Victor Vran. The game is about him.

And that's the only thing that keeps me from buying this game. It looks great otherwise. :S

Might be a bold statement, but I'm 90% sure you'll forget the lack of character creation and gender option if you just give it a chance. It's too good to miss out.
True. One would think you'd miss out on a ton of great games if you absolutely refuse to play anything with a male main character. Just seems a bit weird to skip games based on the sex of the protagonist alone. Not that it's any of my business what you play and what you don't play, I guess. :)
Volo Airsport, An Air Gliding Game Released For Linux, We Have Keys To Throw At You
25 July 2015 at 10:13 pm UTC Likes: 1
I want to fly like a bird... because it seems slightly more enjoyable than flying like a refrigerator. And a lot safer. But I definitely don't want to fly like an irate avian (trade mark deftly avoided, phew), as I hear they tend to smash into things and explode a lot.
Victor Vran Says Goodbye To Early Access, Hello To Being Awesome
25 July 2015 at 3:27 pm UTC
Looks fun. Wishlisted for now.

About the Steam runtime and GOG: Does Valve disallow use of the runtime outside Steam? I thought it was just a collection of custom built open source libraries. Can't Haemimont Games simply depend on the runtime in their GOG build or alternatively copy over the needed libraries from the runtime package?
SteamOS/Linux Version Of Gauntlet Cancelled
25 July 2015 at 3:11 pm UTC
Quoting: Mountain Man
Quoting: tuubiBut anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering and so on, young padawan.
You thought I was angry?
Nah, I guess the partial quote didn't quite fit. My point was that we shouldn't be dicks on the internet even if the other person is wrong. You won't get anyone to see the error of their ways by accusing them of stupidity or malice.

But enough about this. We're so far off topic it's not even funny. And I guess I'm starting to sound like a condescending old git. Sorry about that.
SteamOS/Linux Version Of Gauntlet Cancelled
25 July 2015 at 1:55 pm UTC
Quoting: Mountain ManI feel it's important to call people like that out, and when they throw a hissy fit over it, well, I can't help but laugh.
Yeah, he was wrong in blaming Linux as a whole for his hardware problems. Baseless bashing gets on my nerves as well. But anger leads to hate, hate leads to suffering and so on, young padawan.

It is undeniably true that Linux support for customized laptop hardware as well as other niche components and gadgets is rarely available. Expecially as most (consumer) hardware vendors do not feel any pressure to support Linux themselves. Then again, the same hardware will most likely be unusable in newer Windows versions as well.

Spoiler, click me
A good example is my wife's work laptop from Dell that came preloaded with an old Ubuntu LTS (12.4 or something, can't remember as I immediately swapped in an SSD with the latest Mint). Everything works great except for the integrated webcam. There are simply no working drivers for recent Linux kernels or Windows versions (according to Google). Apparently it works fine with older linux kernels and Windows 7, and that's it. I'm pretty sure the support will be fixed at some point in the open source Linux driver, but according to Dell there will be no drivers for Win 8 or newer.
SteamOS/Linux Version Of Gauntlet Cancelled
25 July 2015 at 10:05 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: Mountain ManLooks like I struck a nerve. Exactly as intended.
Your trolling was a success? Have a cookie.

Quoting: Mountain ManSeriously, dude, you're on a Linux site talking trash about Linux. What'd you expect?
He most certainly shouldn't expect conspiracy theories and flaming. This isn't a circle-jerk site for zealots and Tux fetishists, hopefully. We're here for news and discussions on Linux gaming, not on how much better we are than the heretics who are too blind to see the glorious superiority of our preferred OS. This might come as a shock, but your attitude is in no way beneficial to "the cause".
Tacoma From The 'Gone Home' Developers Is Looking Good
20 July 2015 at 2:09 pm UTC
Quoting: CybaCowboy
Quoting: BillNyeTheBlackGuyWill it be as bad as their last game?

Are you high?
Hey, be nice, even if his turn of phrase was quite trollish. I didn't think much of Gone Home either. It's entertainment, and not everyone finds the same stuff entertaining. Either the story appeals to you or not.

Tacoma seems more interesting to me though.
Alien: Isolation Looks Like It's Coming To Linux, Oh God, Don't Make Me Play It
18 July 2015 at 7:15 pm UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: skryDammit, what an awful system but I guess it makes some sense in a capitalist way. It would be nice to have a confirmation if this is indeed the case. Anyway, double buy it is then.
You could just ask for a refund as the game doesn't work on your system (yet). No need to buy twice, unless you absolutely want to.
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