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• Will Wright's next game to be "built around the player's life"

• sharpkiddie 08/05/2013

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• Watch the Battlefield 4 trailer at 60FPS

• sharpkiddie 02/04/2013

  Those guys in the intro fall right into the uncanny valley for me, 60Hz or otherwise... Reply +1

• Steam on Linux released with a sale

• sharpkiddie 15/02/2013

  @Kalderyn I've never been called a hipster before! Reply +7

• sharpkiddie 15/02/2013

  'Linux' isn't a single corporate entity, and nobody really has any control over its usage or direction (not even Linus Torvalds). It's more just an assemblage of bits and bobs created by tens of thousands of different people all with different agenda.
  
  This is why it's so great :-) But also why it's not always suitable for companies wishing to turn a profit using traditional models.
  
  Things that achieve most traction on open source operating systems are usually either open source, or at the very least allow users as much control over their own software as possible. Where so many closed source projects have failed on Linux is when they don't allow the users to support themselves or each other. For instance, by dictating the kernel version or architecture required for the software.
  
  Contrary to popular belief, Linux users are not all Stallman fundamentalist types, and many (of us) are pragmatists who enjoy convenience as much as anybody. So far Valve are doing a good job with Steam. It installs using a widely used package management system (Debian's .deb format) which it also leverages for driver updates, has 32 bit & 64 bit architecture support, closes when you ask it to, and integrates well with common desktops (on Linux you have a few to choose from!). The fact Linux distros other than Ubuntu have got it working is really encouraging too.
  
  I for one hope they pull this off! The Humble Bundle guys proved it's possible to make money through this unpredictable, but quite exciting platform. (Although this does mean that right now most of the Linux games on Steam are ones I've already bought in a Humble Bundle.) Reply +10

• Steam for Linux beta opened to all

• sharpkiddie 20/12/2012

  TF2 runs like a charm already! Reply +7

• Mojang makes bespoke Minecraft for the scrumptious Raspberry Pi

• sharpkiddie 26/11/2012

  You can see it running an interactive Python interpreter in the screenshot - that's pretty cool. I guess this is 'Logo' for the modern era! Reply +14

• Acer Iconia Tab A700 review

• sharpkiddie 06/11/2012

  @Lolatron I popped recent CM10 nightly on a Tab 7 2.0 and it make a helluva difference - have you tried a newer build? Reply 0

• X-COM creator Julian Gollop has announced a sequel to Chaos

• sharpkiddie 02/11/2012

  I'm so excited i produced a gooey blob. Reply +7

• Valve wants you for Steam for Linux test

• sharpkiddie 29/10/2012

  Half the EG tech team run a linux desktop, so this is prrrretty exciting stuff! Reply +29

• Pay what you like Humble Indie Bundle 6 rakes in $2 million

• sharpkiddie 03/10/2012

  @persus-9 I'll keep my eyes on IndieGameStand, though unfortunately for me they don't seem as hardcore about Linux support as humblebundle. Reply +1

• sharpkiddie 03/10/2012

  @persus-9 well you only get the games originally announced in the bundle. Pay over the average and get 'bonus games', which often include older games/games from previous bundles. I think that's a nice incentive system. Reply +12

• Steam on GNU/Linux: Do non-free DRM games defeat the point?

• sharpkiddie 01/08/2012

  @Der_tolle_Emil it's not the paying, it's the absence of source code. His ideology is just all source code should be available because then you are 'free' to use it as you need, but it's ok to ask people to pay for it. It's often a useful ideology, and sometimes not. And you're right, the distinction between code and art is vague at best, and Stallman unhelpfully sidesteps it here. Reply +20

• sharpkiddie 01/08/2012

  Valve encourage a healthy modding community, so you could argue that to some small extent they take part on the open source movement. Sort of :)
  
  I'm a linux desktop user (as are half the EG dev team), and I do so because I like my work tools to be open source -- it's about trust and flexibility, and is therefore a practical choice. I couldn't really care less about my games, I'm just thrilled I'll be able to play (some of) them without messing around with WINE/VMs. Reply +16

• Photos from Rezzed: The PC and Indie Games Show

• sharpkiddie 09/07/2012

  @TheMillionDollarMan blimey, what time were you there? 1:1 staff to consumer ratio is manifestly not true. Reply +2

• Peter Molyneux's new game Curiosity has a £50,000 DLC

• sharpkiddie 07/06/2012

  @kangarootoo heh well I was being a little sarcastic - I would imagine that the actual experiment here is something slightly different, perhaps something we're already being observed doing. Who knows, eh? Reply -1

• sharpkiddie 07/06/2012

  By talking so much about it, he's ruined his experimental controls! Reply +168

• Final Fantasy real-time tech demo offers glimpse at next-gen

• sharpkiddie 06/06/2012

  @paulf we have! But you have some old code cached in your browser - stab CTRL-F5 a few times, or go here and do that http://static.eurogamer.net/scripts/Video.js Reply +8

• The Cunning Stunts of Stainless

• sharpkiddie 01/06/2012

  Stainless Games will be giving a talk at the Rezzed game show in July!
  
  Rezzed site.
  
  Should be good ;-) Reply 0

• Spectrum Made Me

• sharpkiddie 23/04/2012

  I'm sure I played Frank the Flea - was it given away on a YS covertape once? Reply +1

• Happy 30th birthday, ZX Spectrum

• sharpkiddie 23/04/2012

  I had a tape deck for my speccy which for some reason didn't disconnect the speaker when you plugged it into the computer, so we had to put pillows and duvets on the whole lot to muffle it while it loaded games.
  
  If you're too young to know how horrific that sounds:
  
  
  
  ...imagine that at full volume out of a hifi. Reply +4