Author Topic: I've got your Miscellaneous Links for ya, 2012! RIGHT HERE! (Read 38215 times)

Grefter · « **Reply #450 on:** November 07, 2012, 06:55:21 AM »

http://store.steampowered.com/news/9289/

So Linux version of Steam is in beta. There is a list of games that work in Linux.

http://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=linux#os=linux&advanced=0&sort_order=ASC&page=1

Not a bad short list of neat little indie games and B-List games as well. Pretty cool.

Talaysen · « **Reply #451 on:** November 07, 2012, 11:48:03 PM »

I guess it's not downloadable yet? Oh well. Glad to see this is happening though.

Grefter · « **Reply #452 on:** November 08, 2012, 02:26:18 AM »

Closed beta. The client is available but you need your account authorised for it.

Idun · « **Reply #453 on:** November 10, 2012, 12:35:37 AM »

http://www.cnn.com/2012/11/09/tech/gaming-gadgets/console-gaming-dead/index.html?hpt=hp_c2

CNN says console gaming is dying.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #454 on:** November 10, 2012, 01:16:34 AM »

Isn't that a conclusion you come to AFTER you have hard sales data for the next generation? You don't point to the last four years of a ten-year console lifespan in an industry generally built around a five to seven year window before it's totally outmoded when you want to make that conclusion.

Idun · « **Reply #455 on:** November 10, 2012, 03:47:16 AM »

Right. Should have placed this in the idiots thread. My initial response was a firm facepalm. That said, I wonder what his incentive was for writing this.

AAA · « **Reply #456 on:** November 10, 2012, 04:35:47 AM »

pageclicks

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #457 on:** November 10, 2012, 04:37:10 AM »

It's on par with a Kotaku article, so I assume the motivation is the same: Oh fuck I have a deadline coming up.

http://youtu.be/bFdzA2wI6c0
Whoops, looks like all other Minecraft texture packs are unnecessary. Any day now this will replace the default.

Fenrir · « **Reply #458 on:** November 13, 2012, 03:30:39 AM »

http://www.talesofgames.com/2012/11/barkley-2-announcement-kickstarter-coming-soon/
Chapter 2 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa.

metroid composite · « **Reply #459 on:** November 13, 2012, 07:49:22 PM »

http://www.geeks3d.com/20121108/the-butterfly-effect-unity-4/

A rather...interesting tech demo

NotMiki · « **Reply #460 on:** November 14, 2012, 12:31:16 AM »

https://petitions.whitehouse.gov/petition/deport-everyone-signed-petition-withdraw-their-state-united-states-america/dmQl1bXL

Speaks for itself

Lance · « **Reply #461 on:** November 14, 2012, 02:32:20 AM »

http://www.riumplus.com/mystbook/

Replica of a linking book from Myst. It has a computer inside that allows you to play several Myst games with a touchscreen. Awesome.

NotMiki · « **Reply #462 on:** November 16, 2012, 08:50:38 PM »

http://www.salon.com/2012/11/16/melbourne_metro_psa_dumb_ways_to_die/

Mellbin government: the best?

Grefter · « **Reply #463 on:** November 16, 2012, 09:54:02 PM »

Really not, especially the Metro rail system. Still neat little ad! Singer is very Sarah Blasko.

SnowFire · « **Reply #464 on:** November 21, 2012, 04:45:21 AM »

This was on Kotaku already, but this is strangely fitting for the FF13 cast.

http://textsfromffxiii.tumblr.com/

NotMiki · « **Reply #465 on:** November 21, 2012, 11:38:18 PM »

Thanks for destroying an hour of my life, SnowFire.

Dahlia Lithwick - an excellent Supreme Court scholar - offers the best take on the state of affairs in Israel I have read.
http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/dispatches/2012/11/israel_gaza_fighting_what_s_it_s_like_to_be_in_jerusalem_as_the_conflict.html

Jo'ou Ranbu · « **Reply #466 on:** November 22, 2012, 12:08:07 AM »

That article just cut my heartstrings loose, Jim.

Grefter · « **Reply #467 on:** November 25, 2012, 09:43:12 PM »

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/11/25/technology_at_the_museum_of_old_and_new_art/

Register had a link to send in Idun's direction? Well that is different. Neat article on private Museum in Tasmania.

It also mentions a festival in January that I find out about too late to probably go to. Sigh.

Grefter · « **Reply #468 on:** November 28, 2012, 10:21:23 AM »

http://dgaider.tumblr.com/post/36214913229/the-female-perspective-in-game-development

Dave Gaider on benefits of having plenty of women on the writing staff at Bioware.

Fenrir · « **Reply #469 on:** November 28, 2012, 10:57:07 AM »

I could have told the Xenosaga 1 and Ar Tonelico teams that they are wrong and should feel bad, and I'm not even a woman!!!!!

Lance · « **Reply #470 on:** November 28, 2012, 07:30:43 PM »

http://www.buzzfeed.com/summeranne/50-amazing-photos-from-cat-heaven-island-in-japan

#16 is my favorite.

Fenrir · « **Reply #471 on:** November 29, 2012, 12:51:39 AM »

Barkley Shut up and jam 2 kickstarter.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/talesofgames/barkley-2-an-rpg-sequel-to-barkley-shut-up-and-jam
It's pretty much already a guaranteed success now fortunately. I hope they have good lawyers. I guess Charles Barkley and Square Enix Goya won't be mentioned again.

I read an interview where the main dev said he still hasn't played the original Barkley Shut up and Jam; he just thought it would be funny to add "Gaiden" at the end and make that game.

Shale · « **Reply #472 on:** November 29, 2012, 07:30:40 PM »

THQ has gone from "in bad shape" to "really desperate." They're the new Humble Bundle, which means they're giving away Saint's Row 3 and a bunch of games that don't have a shark shotgun, for the combined cost of a Subway lunch.

AAA · « **Reply #473 on:** November 29, 2012, 11:18:15 PM »

Note that if SR3 isn't your cup of tea Metro 2033 is definitely worth the dollar or so they're asking for it.

Anthony Edward Stark · « **Reply #474 on:** November 30, 2012, 12:11:27 AM »

Speaking of games on the cheap, Endless Space (which I have extolled the virtues of at length) is the free-play game on Steam this weekend. It's 50% off if you want to just buy it outright, too.

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Author Topic: I've got your Miscellaneous Links for ya, 2012! RIGHT HERE! (Read 38215 times)

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