jeremywc

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    Yea, it sounded like one of those precursor douchey comments you get from people who really don't have any interest in using $PLATFORM and just wade in to stir the pot. If that wasn't the intent, then I'm sorry.

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    Wow, Linux sounds even more fun than Windows!

    Man, if there's one thing the world was short on, it was snarky comments that start bullshit platform flamewars.

    Seriously, Linux isn't for everyone. But it scratches big geeky itches for me and a lot of other people too. You do have to put up with hacking things together a lot more, but I appreciate the flexibility I get from it.

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    It's coming along. Half of the games I own that are listed in the catalog as being available for Linux still don't download anything when you try to install them. I guess they're still working on that. I've mostly been playing Dungeons of Dredmor, but the Linux build is a beta, so it's a little buggy. I also picked up Unity of Command based on the recommendation from Three Moves Ahead and have been very impressed with that.

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    Although I could've sworn at some other point Valve talked about Episode 2 where they took out any hint of Alyx making fun of the player's driving ability when they crashed the car or anything like that.

    Not to discredit your point, but that would probably piss me off whether it was a female or male character. Driving around in shooters is usually a sloppy affair anyway, I don't know that I'd want to hear back seat driving while I was getting shot at or whatever.

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    How did other folks feel about Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery? I thought it was fun and had a nice Pendleton Ward-esque appeal and a really sick style, but, eh, when I actually beat it I felt kinda lukewarm. Maybe I didn't get it. Did other people feel the same?

    I've played through it a couple of times. I think you're right that it goes for style over depth, but I think it's also fair to keep in mind that it was first developed as an iPad game and then ported to PC later. My biggest complaint was that there seemed to be a lot of excessive back tracking through the world. Overall I feel like I got my money's worth.

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    Ick I used to. I can't anymore, not as sweet as it comes down here. Maybe once a week or so I'll go to McDonalds and get some but I always have it cut in half with unsweetened tea.

    I agree chain restaurants can overdo it a lot of the time. But we usually make a lot of it at home and keep it in the back of the fridge in a big ceramic pitcher. It keeps it so cold there are usually little ice flakes floating on the top. There is nothing more awesome than coming in from the outside during the summer and pouring a huge glass of sweet tea. <3

    I guess I should say that I've been starting to drink hot tea in the mornings with a little cream and sugar. Seems like its easier on the stomach than coffee.

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    Stay away from the sweet tea. That is the reason you'll see 400lb people in wheelchairs with missing feet.

    You're telling me you live in South Carolina and don't drink sweet tea by the gallon?

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    The quote sounds to me more like their previous statements they expect HTPC's to become more popular this year and they plan to support that with Big Picture mode. Apple's been hinting at doing something with TV lately as well, so I think the market is priming for it. I would go nuts if Valve does manage to release a Linux based HTPC, though.

    That said, I think they have a good bit of work ahead for them before they can really pull it off. I've been participating in the Steam Linux beta and pick up just about every Humble Bundle that comes out. Running games that require hardware acceleration is still hit or miss, especially if they were developed using any kind of middleware. I'm excited for the prospects of Valve bringing serious gaming to Linux, but I hope everyone tempers their expectations. The gaming community is going to have to exercise some patience to make this work, something it's not very good at.

    I remember the last big push for commercial Linux gaming in the early 2000's, when Red Hat was the dominant desktop for consumer Linux. I built out a Red Hat rig with a GeForce card and purchased Ximian Desktop, Q3A, and Jagged Alliance 2. I loved it. When Red Hat decided to retool their business and focus on the enterprise space, it left a big hole in the consumer Linux world and software companies didn't have a common denominator to work from. Only in the last few years has Canonical managed to finally fill that gap with Ubuntu.

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    So how does kickstarter work? Does kickstarter hold on to the money until the 30 days are over, and if it doesn't meet it's target it doesn't release the monies?

    If that is the case, i heard a game project missed it's target by $30 a while back...you would total just put the money in yourself

    poor old pete, godus just ain't happening...if only he never released that stupid cube game this may have reached its target?!?

    http://www.kickstart...us?ref=category

    The team that missed by $30 actually needed a lot more than the minimum they set, that's why they didn't kick in their own money in. And it was the second time they had tried to get the product launched. Gamasutra has a good article on it.

    EDIT: Bah, Nachimir beat me to it.

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    Pro-tip: If the boss has a habit of making you come in on Saturdays, he generally asks you at the end of the day, right? So all you gotta do is avoid him on the last few hours on friday, duck out early, turn off your answering machine and you should be home free, man.

    Fuckin' A, man!

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    P.S. I would appreciate it if the replied did not feature any rude remarks, snarky comments, trolling (blatant or otherwise) or swearing. It's clutter.

    I don't know if you count this as rude or snarky, but my general rule of thumb is to lurk a forum for sometime and gauge the general tone of the community before I decide that I want to commit to it. I think you should be able to tell by now that this community is generally thoughtful and leans towards having good, reasonable discussion and debate. If are worried that a community tends to have an abundance of trolls, my advice would be to find another community. Otherwise it's like shouting in the wind.

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    I skimmed through the thread and didn't see the Splitkick podcasts mentioned anywhere. I followed the Rocket Jump guys when they moved over from the Evil Avatar podcast awhile back and started listening to Fall Damage too. Not the most cerebral gaming podcasts in the world, but you can tell they just enjoy bullshitting about games with one another.

    The other podcast I listen to heavily is PaulDotCom Security Weekly, because I have made the unfortunate career choice of IT Security. If you're interested in learning more about computer security, this podcast offers the perfect lineup of alcoholics bringing you top notch interviews, technical segments, and dick jokes.

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    No, you're absolutely right, but ME1 was the worst offender. "Greetings, I'm an Asari. Let me tell you about the history of my culture. *drones on* Aren't the designers so amazing for creating such a detailed universe? Let me tell you some more. *drones on* It's funny because despite of all this detail I've completely ignored the fact that I speak perfect English and look like a sexy humanoid. Before you think about that, let me tell you how my culture has sex. *drones on*"

    Next conversation: "Greetings, I'm a Quarian, here's the complete history of my peoples..."

    It seems even more hamfisted to me when you consider that a "veteran" like Shepard probably would have encountered at least some of these races before. Or at least heard about them.

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    Dave Grohl should really quit his day job because he is a phenomenal rock drummer and yet he fronts one of the blandest rock bands in existence, even if the first Foo Fighters record was really great in a strange, hypnotising way.

    High school me just called. He's been watching a sweet Winamp vis while listening to Everlong. He said you're a jerk.