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Is there any legal way to purchase GTA 2 for PC?
Is there any legal way to purchase GTA 2 for PC?
It got de-listed from Steam, it's not on GoG either.
- buy exclusives or studio? most big publishers do that.
In the case of studios or intellectual property owned by a publisher, you can (unfortunately) expect that to be exclusive to the publisher. When games don't have the funding to make it past development, taking publishing deals are a necessary evil that often come with similar provisions.
Epic has a habit with inserting itself in projects that don't need its funding, however. They have a track record of finding indie games that were funded by Kickstarter and offer up a loan in exchange for timed exclusivity to their storefrontโbackers who already paid for GOG or Steam keys be damned. They even bought out Rocket League and delisted it from Steam, even though it was already published and had been on the platform for years.
I can't criticize Epic for making their own properties exclusive, but I can absolutely criticize them for being anticompetitive and consumer-unfriendly. Their publishing deals aren't made in good faith as an investment in the game or future profits, but as a means to remove the consumer's choice and funnel prospective consumers into their own storefront.
- give free games out? It's consumer friendly.
This is the one thing I will give them credit for, actually. It is an excellent business model for creating growth and getting users invested in their ecosystem, and it doesn't actually hurt the consumer.
- drive Valve or other store front out of business? lol
That would be the goal of a monopoly, yes.
- make EGS/EOS so good and free that no one wants to publish on Steam? lol, any advance in that 2 department Steam as platform will respond way before they take foot hold.
Sorry, I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at with this. Are you saying other storefronts/platforms on PC aren't free, or that Epic Games Store currently does a better job?
anything I missed?
- Bought and subsequently gutted Bandcamp.
- Used dark patterns to trick consumers into making in-game purchases in Fortnight, getting nailed for a sum of $250M as a result.
- Is 40% owned by Tencent. [Source]
- Is run by a CEO who sees astroturfing as a legitimate form of speech, and not manipulative marketing. [Source]
- Attempts to gain market share by subverting competitors rather than offering a better product. [Source p. 151]
I'm not saying Steam should be the only platform; competition benefits us as consumers. But Epic is shady, and there's plenty of evidence to suggest they aren't doing what they are doing for the good of anybody but themselves. Any action they take needs to be looked at critically and analyzed for long-term consequences.
With their win against Google, it's entirely within the realm of possibility that they create an Epic Mobile Games Store to siphon a large chunk of the massive and extremely profitable mobile gaming market. It's better than Google having 100% of it, but you can be pretty sure that they would try everything in their power to pull the ladder up after they climb it.
It's fascinating how flawed the (https://mas.to/tags/games) we played as kids were; (https://mas.to/tags/programming) was primitive, and they couldn't do updates.
It's fascinating how flawed the #games we played as kids were; #programming was primitive, and they couldn't do updates.
In #SuperMarioBros3 the card matching mini-game only has 8 different layouts because of a bug in the shuffling #algorithm
https://youtu.be/QGeLzCmUDDk?si=nwfDRrkCLYgPkUZ
nes #nintendo #gaming #videoGames #mario #marioBros #superMarioBros #programming #software #bugs @gaming
(https://mas.to/tags/Disney) makes a kart racing game called "(https://mas.to/tags/SPEEDSTORM)" (Mickeyo Kart)
Disney makes a kart racing game called "#SPEEDSTORM" (Mickeyo Kart)
It's not great, but my favorite part is how it's all these cartoons like Mickey and Donald Duck and then Jack Sparrow's there like "Wait, I'm in this too!?"
Playing a lot of RDR2 for the first time. The minigame "Five Finger Filet" annoys the hell outta me. So wrote an AutoHotKey script for it. It goes about 12 fillets(?) per round.
Playing a lot of RDR2 for the first time. The minigame "Five Finger Filet" annoys the hell outta me. So wrote an AutoHotKey script for it. It goes about 12 fillets(?) per round.
`๏ปฟ#NoEnv ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
; #Warn ; Enable warnings to assist with detecting common errors.
SendMode Input ; Recommended for new scripts due to its superior speed and reliability.
SetWorkingDir %AScriptDir% ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
keys := ["s", "d", "a", "s", "a"]
SetKeyDelay, 0, 50
^a::
While !(GetKeyState("x", "P"))
{
for key, val in keys
{
Send {w down}
Sleep 50
Send {w up}
Sleep 100
Send {%val% down}
Sleep 50
Send {%val% up}
Sleep 100
}
}`
Read Dead Redemption 2
Five Finger Fillet
AutoHotKey script
(change the keys array every round).
Edit: Just realized hashtags work!
RDR2
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Somnipathy - Point and click horror adventure
Somnipathy - Point and click horror adventure
Did you like tell tales walking dead series, but wanted more 'gameplay'?
Miss exploring the strange and colorful worlds of old school #adventuregame like monkey island?
Miss old school #survivalhorror like the original #clocktower series?
Then this #wishlistwednesday take a look at #somnipathygame! This #pixelart #horror comes out this September, so try the demo on Steam!
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2069260?utmsource=fediverse
indiegame [#godotengine](htt
One of my favorite (https://mas.to/tags/Steam) games (by hours played) is (https://mas.to/tags/TerraTech)
One of my favorite #Steam games (by hours played) is #TerraTech
It's like #Legos but in #videogames form
It's had #crafting for a while but not in #multiplayer until now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNHp4QRQyQ
I've been revisiting it and I'm sad to see that the Twitter feature seems to have stopped working ๐