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Gyaruson
05/20/09

In reply to Braid Comes To The Mac
Mike, that is the best tag ever.
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Mister Jack started the Save The Lombax Foundation
05/20/09

In reply to Braid Comes To The Mac
I'm gonna get lynched for this, but I played Braid and I was a little underwhelmed, especially by that ending everybody was talking about. I understood it, sure, but...I wasn't really wowed by the manner in which it was presented. I'm sure I'm in the minority with this opinion.
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ph15h
05/20/09

In reply to Braid Comes To The Mac
Great. Good games like Braid need to be available to as many people as possible. It let's people revel in their awesomeness and have a whole diverse group of people enjoy it... Still wish it came to PSN or WiiWare though =/
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Kyolux (Corsair)
05/20/09

@ph15h: now knows what it feels like to be Archaotic: I'll take Castle Crashers over Braid on PSN, if anything.

The only challenge I had with Braid was to figure out a comfortable way to play it on my laptop while being at my aunt. Though I guess I could try the timed modes. But meh, I don't feel compelled to.
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ph15h
05/21/09

@Kyolux: True. Castle Crashers is a fun game, and it needs to be on more platforms.
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Fernando Paramo
05/20/09

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What is a Mac?
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Kobun
05/20/09

@Fernando Paramo: It's like a purse from the future. :p
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Erwin
05/20/09

@Fernando Paramo: This is why I actually love the Facebook commenters. Thank you for making my day.
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the7k
05/20/09

@Fernando Paramo:
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Kobun
05/20/09

In reply to Braid Comes To The Mac
Currently, Braid for Mac is available at Greenhouse, but will soon be showing up at "a lot of places."

Lime Wire? Blow does love his green.
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WhaleMenace
05/20/09

@Kobun:

Who the hell uses limewire anymore? Do you even know how to use the internet?
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SS Ymer
05/20/09

@WhaleMenace: I still get my tunes there but let's not turn this into a huge thing now.
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Kobun
05/20/09

@SS Ymer: It was a terribly lame, poorly thought out joke anyway. My kingdom for an edit button.
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the7k
05/20/09

@WhaleMenace: Seriously - get on the bandwagon.

All the cool kids use Napster.
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tsathoggua
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
From a technical perspective, for an indie game which isn't concerned about pushing the graphical envelope, it's really not very hard to develop cross-platform code. Penny Arcade Adventures, for example, is built on the Torque engine, which is cross-platform. And there are cross-platform libraries available, too, like Allegro for C/C++. If you start from a cross-platform base, it's relatively trivial to stay cross-platform. Of course, for developers building on top of Windows-only platforms (e.g. GameMaker), it becomes nearly impossible to port the game to other platforms (note: platform emulation notwithstanding).

However, writing for multiple platforms does require extra time for platform-specific bug fixes, compiling issues, maintenance, support, etc. For a small (or one-person) development team, it might be more trouble than it's worth.
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zoesch
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
This thread deserves a good:

[www.threadbombing.com]

But back on track...

It is true, the Mac and Linux communities are more loyal and rewarding to those developers who take the plunge.
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DaiMacculate - impotentnerdrage.com
01/11/09

@zoesch: Yeah...its why you see so many people playing Halo 3 or other bungie games on 360 even if they're Mac users primarily, we still have some residual loyalty to Bungie, even now, even with half the people who made Marathon and Myth since departed.

Speaking of which, anybody wants to hit me for some Marathon: Durandal on XBLA should send a message to KingBullitTrain, I'm up for it.
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okenny :) ...building bridges (to hide under)
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
Who's going to waste their time and money to make a case for Mac gaming? You have a stadium full of people fighting for market share on windows platforms and these guys are going to tell me the dog house out back only has two dogs in there so come join the fun. No thank you, keep your bones. I'll take my chances where there's clear success stories.
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Ted
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
Ignorant question here.

Can you even upgrade a Mac? I mean, games are getting more power hungry by the year and an avid player wants to keep on top of that. I know Linux is an open source OS which can be installed on pretty much any PC, but would Macs be able to keep up with the standards?
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d_r_e
01/10/09

@Ted:

Sure, you can upgrade a Mac.
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yoshinatsu
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
Yeah, I actually think he's right. I'm a Mac user, and people think that the Mac community doesn't really support gaming, cause they are no gamers. That's really wrong. Those few native games we have, like Unreal Tournament 2004, Command & Conquer 3, The Sims, Spore, Age of Empires III (and so on), we've been supporting them for years and years, and not just because they're the only games on the Mac platform, cause now there is Cider for Mac and Cedega, for Linux, where an individual can port Windows games into Mac OS X or Linux, respectively. There are a lot of unofficial Cider ports out there that work really good, and people don't even know about it.

Did you know that Oblivion, San Andreas, Red Alert 3, Half-Life 2, Counter-Strike Source and Left 4 Dead have been unofficially ported to the Mac through Cider?
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d_r_e
01/10/09

@yoshinatsu:

Yeah, there's a ton of unofficial Cider ports these days. It's freaking crazy. There truly aren't that many indie games for the Mac these days. The last one that I played was called "Feist", and it's still in beta.

[www.indiegames.com]
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xenothaulus
01/10/09

@yoshinatsu: Did you know I can build a PC for $650 that would cost me close to 3k if it were Mac hardware? And I don't have to run any sort of emulator or anything like that, the games (in fact, almost every single game *ever*) runs natively in the OS without having to fiddle with anything.

*Ed. note: my spell checker wants me to change natively to naively. :|
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fanboyish
01/10/09

@xenothaulus:

"Did you know I can build a PC for $650 that would cost me close to 3k if it were Mac hardware?"

Seriously? Do you think a person with half a brain doesn't know that what you just said is pure Windows fanboyism? The difference between a Mac and a similar spec PC is a couple hundred dollars, tops. That's why I bought one, because the difference is really small.

You get great customer service, great hardware, high quality materials and, if you're a design, video (like me) or audio artist, great software that can only run on Mac OS X. Also, the Mac OS is a lot less of a resource hog than any Win OS.

This comes from 15 years of Microsoft OSs and 2 years of having a Mac.

Also:

Did you know Intel Macs have BootCamp that lets you run Windows natively on Mac hardware? Did you know that running Windows via BootCamp is usually faster than on a similar spec PC?

Why is it that people that probably never even handled a Mac think they know everything about the platform?
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Ad-hominem
01/10/09

@henri1kk: Here, simple numbers.

Identical spec laptops, $1000 price difference.

Cold, hard numbers.

And, yes, I own a Mac. I'm just well-aware that I paid a massive price difference than if I had bought a PC, instead of lying to myself.
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Revival
01/10/09

@xenothaulus: You've already been told wrong but let me say a few more things. First, go build a Dell m1330 with the exact specs of a new Macbook 13 aluminum. Notice that the Macbook should come around 100 dollars cheaper if you did it right.

Second, I have a home built PC about six months old that cost $1700 so I am no Mac fanboy. I also have a new Aluminum Macbook.

Third, Macbooks are generally better hardware, better customer service, and sexy as hell. Nothing is unnecessary on a Macbook. They are clean from aesthetic to OS and have really great cheap tools that would cost a fortune on PC. Plus with bootcamp you can do anything on a Mac that you would want on a PC. Tired of people arguing over this. They are really not that different from eachother.
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Ad-hominem
01/10/09

@ReVivAL: Really, now? Because, I went and tried it. And, what you're saying is a load of bullshit. The Mac price was significantly higher. With maxed-out options wherever available(as long as it's available on both systems), the Dell was $2,077. The Mac? $3,347. This was with no software.

Now, considering this might not have been the configuration you were considering, I decided to try again, this time going with the cheapest system parts for both. No frills, whatsoever. This was as crappy as you could possibly go, as long as it was identical on both systems. Final price? Dell- $1,148. Mac- $1,649.

You lose.
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EnigmaNemesis
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
I think that 5% chunk should be on the other side of the pie.
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d_r_e
01/10/09

@EnigmaNemesis:

Mmmmm, pie.
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Caveat
01/10/09

In reply to A Case for Indie Development on Mac and Linux
Not as creepy as Crecente....
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Ad-hominem
01/10/09

@Caveat: I know I should just ignore you, but dude, what the hell? How do you manage to stay on here, when all you do is go onto every article and say "Not as creepy as Crecente"? You're just retarded.

I mean, this is a fascinating article on independent gaming on non-mainstream platforms, and you're spouting nonsense.
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d_r_e
01/10/09

@Caveat:

Trolling will earn you a ban sooner or later. Mark my words.

@Ad-hominem:

Now that SpoonyBard is no longer the comment moderator, things have seemingly gone to shit (not that it was that great when he was holding the hammer. Truly, no one will ever do as great as a job as Witzbold). The writers themselves are now handling the comments, so if you catch any trolls like Caveat, just send a tip into:

tips[at]kotaku.com
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/10/09

@dead_red_eyes: What happened to Spoony?!?
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Ad-hominem
01/10/09

@NeVeRMoRe666: Spoony was fired by Gawker, not Crecente, due to heavy budget cuts, because ad revenue is down.

@dead_red_eyes: It's not that Witz was any better with the hammer. It was that he was given more freedom. When Spoony got the job, a lot more restrictions were placed upon him. And, you guessed it, those restrictions were placed courtesy of Gawker.
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Bialia
01/10/09

@Ad-hominem: So that's the story.

I didn't always see eye to eye with Spoony, but he really kept the idiots in check around here. Now it feels like the inmates are running the asylum and a lot of my favourite commentors are disappearing. Too bad.
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/10/09

@Ad-hominem: That's so effed. Spoony only made $200 a month for doing what he did and it improved the site tremendously. If Gawker can't even afford $200 a month, we're in for some hard times ahead...
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/10/09

@Ad-hominem: Also, I'm sure theres some out there who are more than willing and capable of doing the job for free. IrishNinja, EnigmaNemisis, Witz (again?) and other storied and popular commentators, I'm looking at you!
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NeVeRMoRe666
01/10/09

@dead_red_eyes: Maybe even you dead_red_eyes, if you could afford the time. I'm sure you would be great with the hammer!
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Harrison is playing FFVIII
01/11/09

@dead_red_eyes: Actually, it looks like the job of Comments Moderator was outsourced. Check out the left side bar. =/
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d_r_e
01/12/09

@Harrison-H:

Comments Moderator: Shiraz Malik

That's SpoonyBard.

;)

@NeVeRMoRe666:

You're too kind!

@Caveat:

Enjoy!
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RtFusion
12/01/08

In reply to When EVE Online Textures Go Wrong
Wonder if this will be in next weeks episode of The Universe on the History Channel xD

The Jugs Nebula are greeted by the gravitational shock waves from the central star that gently jiggle them in all directions. What a site to behold. Just 100 light years away is the Clitoria Supernova.

xD
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Paladin58
12/01/08

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Imagine what would happen if you tried to open windows Task Manager with EVE open? Total madness. o.0
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CmdrBladeHearts is replacing his perfectly good screen name to express desire for a The World Ends With You sequel. Get on it!
12/01/08

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This could reak havok for someone hiding a porn stash...
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CmdrBladeHearts is replacing his perfectly good screen name to express desire for a The World Ends With You sequel. Get on it!
12/01/08

@CmdrBladeHearts: *reek havoc*, sorry! Gotta mind my p's and q's!
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MrBionic
12/01/08

@CmdrBladeHearts: It's actually wreak, but who's counting?

Hrrm. As for the OP, this could open up all kinds of law enforcement opportunities.
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ZinkO: high-performance lubrication
12/01/08

@CmdrBladeHearts: It's "wreak havoc". Play again next time!
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MrBionic
12/01/08

@ZinkO: Tekken a dump: HAH! I win.
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