Comments on: Interview With Frictional Games – Amnesia

By: T_U

T_U — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:56:33 +0000

I really do appreciate the way Frictional Games makes use of humble resources (manpower + hardware). I’m glad I bought the Linux version twice ; though a bit annoyed they barely earnt enough to survive financially.

I got definitely much more hooked than by any big budget game and hadn’t been so scared by a videogame since… 1997 (Fallout 1).

By: qubodup

qubodup — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 14:49:19 +0000

I’m very interested in this game, because I love the atmosphere of Penumbra. Also the details about Linux use and Linux sales are very interesting (and able to influence porting decisions of developers).

By: Maxim Bardin

Maxim Bardin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:57:29 +0000

Thanks.

By: Maxim Bardin

Maxim Bardin — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 07:57:17 +0000

A good interview depends on :
1. The questions
2. The answers
3. How much are you interested in the game

In my opinion one of the best interviews I’ve made was with Konrad From Bitgap – The Xenocell Developers – his answers were long and detailed – but not many people knew about the upcoming game so there was not enough interest in it.

The Amnesia interview was also very very good – and as the developers are known in the GNU/Linux gaming community many people where interested in it.

By: qubodup

qubodup — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:55:12 +0000

PS: slashdotted (I think.. I'm always confused by their submission form) Sorry for the typo, I should go sleep...

By: qubodup

qubodup — Mon, 21 Dec 2009 05:47:42 +0000

This is definitely the most interesting interview I have red on this blog so far! I’ll finish reading it later but thumbs up already

By: Vadim P.

Vadim P. — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:55:39 +0000

That’s a great interview you scored there.

I only buy Linux games (and play). Don’t see a place to pre-order this one tho.

By: Patrick

Patrick — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 13:52:22 +0000

@ #1 with a bullet:
That’s why I hate WINE. A lot of Linux users don’t buy native Linux games, because they can play the (often much cheaper) Windows version through WINE. Those are only sales for the Windows platform. WINE really has to die, so people buy the Linux versions, instead of the Windows versions and without WINE people will start asking for native Linux versions. Nowadays the developers and publishers just say: “No, there won’t be a native Linux release. Just buy the Windows version and use WINE.” Without WINE they have to do a native Linux release and what’s the result? No more Linux users buying software for Windows, so sales for Windows will decrease and because more native Linux software will be released sales for Linux will increase.

By: #1 with a bullet

#1 with a bullet — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:48:45 +0000

The problem with looking at OS numbers and sales is that if you bought the Windoze copy to play through Wine it will still count as a +1 for M$ which is a problem. This pretty much goes for all games, of course.

By: uberVU - social comments

uberVU - social comments — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:54:13 +0000

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