Flatfingers, that sounds quite promising, though obviously a lot seems to hinge on LuaJIT working out for performance issues. The protracted development of the game has lead to a disconnect between its technical completion and the evolution of its gameplay mechanics. Have you discussed anything abou...

I have to say: Josh's long return post didn't really do it for me. In fact the purple prose (the terrible RAM analogy, the whole "FPLT" designation, the different kinds of Josh, etc.) left me with an impression that LT would never be finished. But an actual demo that he's willing to show to people a...

backers are somewhat underrepresented here. I'm curious -- not disagreeing, just curious -- why you think this. How are you measuring representation? You don't need to qualify your curiosity. I made no real measurement -- it's common sense. But I see why you're curious. I made a mistake when using ...

Whatever else he decides to do with the news update, I would strongly suggest that he post it to Kickstarter before he does so here. This place is more or less an echo chamber driven by a dedicated few, and backers are somewhat underrepresented here. Yet Josh's true responsibility lies with them. I ...

Good to hear he's doing well. I was actually worried about his well being.

Yeah, the outlook does look kind of grim right now. Definitely feels a bit tragic.

As an uninterested observer (i.e. I am not an American citizen) I would rather have a Trump victory than a Clinton one. Not least because I have significant populist leanings myself, but mostly because the argument that Clinton is the lesser evil is a complete illusion. I'm sure it sounds great to w...

Kotaku UK has posted a lengthy and fantastic article on Star Citizen's development process; I'd say it qualifies for actual journalism. Now there's an assocİation I never thought I'd make. Don't read into the clickbait title; it's very fair.

If Victor, or anyone else, is interested in playing the original Deus Ex in 2016, and wouldn't mind an additional level of polish and refinement, there's a strong case to be made for waiting until December 2016 to do so, when the mod GMDX hits version 9.0 with a bunch of improvements. (You can of co...

DWMagus' load times video is about in line with what you should expect, Flat. I say "about" because his times are actually somewhat slower than mine, but that's explained by the curious CrystalDiskMark scores. His drive is either a SATA2 drive, or it's connected to a SATA2 port rather than a SATA3, ...

I have the same SSD as Flat (only 1TB) and 2 minute loading times definitely seem off. 383MB/s seq reads aren't too bad, but I'd also recommend CrystalDiskMark benchmarking just to make sure -- you should be getting 500+. Note that you simply aren't supposed to be getting speeds like 3768 MB/s on th...

stuff on DX politics That seems to be a very reasoanble line of thinking, and I'm in agreement. And it's just about what I meant when I characterized Eidos Montreal as infantile -- the new games do lack the subtlety and the even-handedness found in the first game. The Radio Guy definitely made me t...

My approach was similar to yours, Flatfingers, and I finished the game in about 35 hours. And I did a lot of save-scumming and still missed the no-alarm achievement somehow. :( Verdict? 8/10. I'm happy with the time I spared the game, and the core formula still works, and works very well. I spent ab...

#3989. I don't actually remember how I discovered the project. I did not back Elite or SC, and this is the first and so far only space game I backed. I probably came across it while browsing the Games section.

Reviews (and PC port!) are looking good, though general sentiment appears to be "It's more of Human Revolution", which, while perfectly acceptable, carries the slight pang of disappointment when one considers the five years between the two releases. That said - I did pre-order it and I will be playi...