With any luck, a bunch of indie studios will pop up releasing games built with passion and good game mechanics.

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Uh, and I just bought Arboria elsewhere.

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This game had a 8 hour try-it-out demo, and I had been wanting to try it. Then the demo got pulled in less than a week. Gutted.

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Think I'll just drop this here, heh:

https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/ubisoft-executive-suggests-you-become:d

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Not long ago, I was on the verge of buying Sprawl on discount. This gets me Sprawl for similar money plus a few more titles, and diverts some money to charity and GOL. Winning all round.

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If one was in the fortunate circumstance of owning both old LCD and refreshed OLED Steam Decks, I suspect a good use case for the old model would be: Permanent connection to the family TV.

The new Deck favours handheld use.

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Picked it up

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I gave it a try, and the game did certainly come across as a game-jam prodigy. I didn't "get" the play aspect of the title. Is the core mechanic to just choose a set of cards and then let the game auto-battle, because there didn't seem to be any meaningful choice after choosing the cards?

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Quoting: denyasisInteresting article!
I really don't like subscriptions, I think they are silly.... But I don't think it's fair to claim that's an "evil" that belongs just to Microsoft when that's literally the business model for almost every Linux OS company (support subscriptions).

There is a difference between making available permanent licences and then taking them away later - Microsoft, Adobe, etc. - Rather than offering a subscription deal from the start (i.e. You know what you're getting into.) It is manipulatory and predatory behaviour designed to extract money from customers' wallets because the customer is already locked in to that ecosystem.

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Microsoft do "evil" in other ways now:

- Pushing unwanted adverts into customers' faces.
- Collecting as much data as they can on their customers, i.e. a massive invasion of privacy.
- Taking away control from end-users, by making it more difficult to run Windows the way end-users would like.
- Pushing customers towards subscription software agreements, rather than permanent licences.
- Making EULAs that are detrimental to customers' rights.
- Buying up multiple games companies to take away platform choice (eventually).

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