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[Baron_Calamity]

Oh, today is the last day of GMG Bethesda sale if you want to grab Fallout New Vegas to check out the mod hub bub,

https://www.greenmangaming.com/games/fallout-new-vegas-ultimate-edition/

 

[Rhaknar]

No?
Was DOTA owned by Blizzard or by the actual mod dev team?

Blizzard most certainly owned everything related to dota, it was a mod for their game using their assets. Are you actually claiming the modders owned dota, like really dude?

 

[Parsnip]

Unfortunately no it does not. In order to use that functionality like some extensions do, Enhanced Steam would have to have a "background page" running, which is something I've otherwise never needed.

I've thought about implementing one using other methods - like having the code retrieve/cache an API call that gives the current version, and then checks to see if the client has that version, then checking to see if they've dismissed the popup, but it's something I've not yet gotten around to doing. It would be nice though. I do post the changelogs in the official Steam group, and they're available in the "news" section of the options page - but I suspect a lot of the average users don't typically go looking there.

Yeah, I would like to think that if people knew about a feature like that they would want to opt-in, but getting the info out there would be another challenge if you ended up implementing it.

No?
Was DOTA owned by Blizzard or by the actual mod dev team?

There was a legal thing about that after Valve tried to trademark Dota, they ended up settling it.
Don't remember the exact details.

 

[Annubis]

Are you guys excited for アイドルマスター プラチナスターズ! Its coming out later this month!

Sure, when's the English version coming out?

Spoiler

;_;

 

[kagamin]

Sure, when's the English version coming out?

Spoiler

;_;

Well look on the bright side, if you can learn Korean or Chinese by September 28th, you can play one of those versions!

 

[bjaelke]

There was a legal thing about that after Valve tried to trademark Dota, that they ended up settling it.
Don't remember the exact details.

All you need to know is they went from calling it Blizzard DOTA to BALLS.

 

[Blu(e)]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

 

[jshackles]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

The Wolf Among Us is great, don't listen to the haters. Probably my second favorite TellTale game after Tales from the Borderlands.

 

[Lomax]

Blizzard most certainly owned everything related to dota, it was a mod for their game using their assets. Are you actually claiming the modders owned dota, like really dude?

You can't trademark a game structure. So the dota gameplay concept is owned by no one. The name was a more nebulous matter. But you can't trademark quests or the structure of a quest, or a derivative mod in that sense. But the ownership of the writing is more nebulous. Bethesda will argue the entire mod was created in their game, meaning they had the right to the content. But the creators could probably argue the writing was just delivered in the game, so they still own it, just like Amazon doesn't own the content of the books they sell. So if Bethesda wholesale lifted text from someone else, even if it was a mod, that could be a copyright violation. However, there's probably something in the EULA that says if you publicly distribute a mod based on their game they have the right to use any of that material.

Edit: looking at that page, Bethesda is fine. I could go make a game right now exactly the same as that and be fine. As long as they didn't copy the writing there's no violation, you can't steal an idea about quest structure in any legal sense. Plus, to be a violation you have to show actual damages, and the creators of the mod obviously would have none.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

TWAU is great.

 

[Mavromatis]

legally allowed to? isnt everything you make in their own game...theirs?

not that its not shady to use a mod questline, but im just talking about your use of the word legal

So if everything was the property of Bethesda why did they try that mod market by paying mod creators? To save on support for those mods? Also can we ask Bethesda for support on mods if they have all the rights on them?

 

[Creamium]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

I started Wolf too because of TftB, and even though you can't compare the two because they're in different genres, Tales was a more memorable experience for me. Characters, the comedy, soundtrack... Tales was really special.

 

[Lomax]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

TWAU is great because the decisions change your character instead of pretending to change the world. Which makes the way you play feel like it has more genuine impact than some of their other stuff.

 

[Crimsonclaw111]

Dark Souls might be coming to GOG.

Oh man if it does double dipping

 

[Buraindo]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

The Wolf Among Us is a fantastic game. I can't say how it compares to Tales from the Borderlands as I have yet to finish that one but really you can't go wrong with TWAU.

 

[Granjinha]

I hope you were wearing a condom at least.

lol

Yeah I beat it around 4 hours ago and I'm still digesting that ending. There are so many layers in this games, so many possible interpretations, honestly I felt like replaying it as soon as I got done with it. And the technical aspects only help the narrative to shine, the use of colors and sound design in this game are some of the best I've seen. Definitely one of my GOTYs if not the best game I've played this year.

Yeah, it's incredible. The gameplay is spot on, too. One of the best games this year, easily.

 

[bjaelke]

Obsidian doing a play through of their Tyranny E3 demo in a few minutes: http://player.twitch.tv/?channel=paradoxinteractive&html5

 

[Tizoc]

The Wolf Among Us is great, don't listen to the haters. Probably my second favorite TellTale game after Tales from the Borderlands.

There are people who dislike Wolf Among us ?
I was under the assumption it was very positvely recieved and seen as TT's best work until Tales from BLands.

 

[Sinatar]

The Wolf Among Us is great, don't listen to the haters. Probably my second favorite TellTale game after Tales from the Borderlands.

What haters? Hell I can't stand TellTale games, or super narrative focused stuff in the same vein (Life is Strange, David Cage crap, etc...) and I still enjoyed the hell out of TWAU.

 

[Blu(e)]

The Wolf Among Us is great, don't listen to the haters. Probably my second favorite TellTale game after Tales from the Borderlands.

TWAU is great.

The Wolf Among Us is a fantastic game. I can't say how it compares to Tales from the Borderlands as I have yet to finish that one but really you can't go wrong with TWAU.

Awesome. Really looking forward to it.

TWAU is great because the decisions change your character instead of pretending to change the world. Which makes the way you play feel like it has more genuine impact than some of their other stuff.

This sounds really cool. I always enjoy the choices but they usually amount to nothing. If the choices have some more impact in TWAU I'm sure I'll really enjoy it.

 

[jshackles]

There are people who dislike Wolf Among us ?
I was under the assumption it was very positvely recieved and seen as TT's best work until Tales from BLands.

When it was released there were a lot of the usual "sucks. choices don't matter." people and "sucks. more of the same telltale garbage." people even here on SteamGAF. I assumed that's what Blu(e) meant by saying "Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong".

 

[Wok]

INSIDE is way stronger than I expected. There are some

Spoiler

Amnesia-like scary

moments.

Remember these little guys when you were a kid? You will never see them in the same way after playing this freaking game.

 

[Deques]

I am getting an error message about not finding vrpathreg.exe when starting Steam. What is it, and how do I fix it?

 

[Nzyme32]

The Wolf Among Us is great, don't listen to the haters. Probably my second favorite TellTale game after Tales from the Borderlands.

Shit, I need to play TftB. Good thing I caved to the peer pressure in here to get it in the sale.

When it was released there were a lot of the usual "sucks. choices don't matter." people and "sucks. more of the same telltale garbage." people even here on SteamGAF. I assumed that's what Blu(e) meant by saying "Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong".

I feel like people using that argument miss the point. Much of these games is based entirely on the onus of choice and the lack of knowing whether they will or will not matter. When you are engrossed in the narrative and have that uncertainty, it tend to work extremely well for the most part.

 

[The Dear Leader]

Does anyone know if Vulkan is in the Doom demo?

 

[chronomac]

Does anyone know if Vulkan is in the Doom demo?

Not yet but it looks like the demo might get an update.

 

[QFNS]

It is impossible for me to get into TWAU the same way I can't get into any of the Fables Universe stuff. After going to a panel with some of the creatives behind the Fables stuff at Comic Con one year, one of the people on stage ranted for about 5min at the other fans in the room for not liking his stuff. It was really horrible. Any time I see Fables-verse stuff I just remember that old guy yelling and instantly put it down.

That said, lots and lost of people love that universe and think the books and game are great. So if you are into it, it sounds like the game is good. And there is a metric ton of comics in that universe as well if you're interested in that.

 

[Backlogger]

Does anyone know if Vulkan is in the Doom demo?

It makes a huge difference for me. I have an AMD card. I know some nvidia cards it doesn't make as big of a difference but I got a huge performance gain.

 

[woopWOOP]

Bought bundles for those few games, dumping the remaining keys here

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Dub Dash -- MB-5EFA45DD255F36D7 - Taken by ThirtyFour
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[Snakethesniper]

Awesome. Really looking forward to it.


This sounds really cool. I always enjoy the choices but they usually amount to nothing. If the choices have some more impact in TWAU I'm sure I'll really enjoy it.

Also has a fantastic opening https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_htfCzTjCpA

 

[The Dear Leader]

Not yet but it looks like the demo might get an update.

It makes a huge difference for me. I have an AMD card. I know some nvidia cards it doesn't make as big of a difference but I got a huge performance gain.

Cool, I hope it does get updated, I'd like to see how my 7850 fares.

 

[Dragon1893]

Finished Tales of the Borderlands last night and man what a ride. Really likable cast all around which is kinda crazy when we're talking about the Borderlands universe. Kind of a in a mood for some more TellTale so I'm probably going to start on The Wolf Among us. Too bad that I hear the story isn't really strong as I really love the look of it.

I think the story is pretty good.
Just don't expect your choices to matter a lot, not like you have any reason to anyway.
But yeah, great art style and characters, I loved it.

 

[Lain]

To the surprise of not very many people, Ghostlight's next game is Mugen Souls Z.
http://blog.ghostlight.uk.com/post/mugen-souls-z-is-coming-to-steam-soon

Ghostlight needs to go after Falcom games next and do a port of their own of Ys VII.

I'll grab Mugen Souls Z if it isn't too expensive.

 

[illusionary]

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Reus -- MB-FDA78A06D486CE7E - Taken by GaussTek. 5 entrants total.

 

[derExperte]

Push Me Pull You: Joined at the waist, you and your partner share a long, wriggling body as you wrestle your opponents for control of the ball.

Also GB got QLs of Videoball, Ghostbusters and Song of the Deep.

 

[chronomac]

Push Me Pull You: Joined at the waist, you and your partner share a long, wriggling body as you wrestle your opponents for control of the ball.

GB did a Quick Look of this and it looks pretty fun.

 

[inky]

Had a look at that Orcs Must Die Unchained Open Beta page. What did they do to this (previously) awesome game?

 

[Shalashaska]

Transistor / Bastion 80% off and Undertale 30% off are the midweeks

is there any word on Song of the Deep lenght, more or less?

Transistor totally bought.

 

[jshackles]

Which looks better?

or

 

[Knurek]

Which looks better?

Why Cancel in the second picture?
Are you implying not donating will revert the update?

 

[The Dear Leader]

Which looks better?



or

I like the second one, with the change log included.

 

[jshackles]

Why Cancel in the second picture?
Are you implying not donating will revert the update?

Haha good point - I was just using Valve's pre-existing popup dialog construct, guess I'll have to localize the word "Close" to replace "Cancel".

 

[Lomax]

Why Cancel in the second picture?
Are you implying not donating will revert the update?

Haha good point - I was just using Valve's pre-existing popup dialog construct, guess I'll have to localize the word "Close" to replace "Cancel".

Yeah that's what I was going to say, the cancel is odd. I'd just put in the change log automatically, no reason not to unless somehow that is resource intensive.

 

[Nabs]

Which looks better?



or

#2 looks nice.

 

[jshackles]

Maybe something more like this?

 

[Annubis]

Which looks better?
or

Second.

Why Cancel in the second picture?
Are you implying not donating will revert the update?

Windows 10 logic; pressing the X donates 10$ to jshackles.

 

[Lomax]

Windows 10 logic; pressing the X donates 10$ to jshackles.

DO it.

 

[jshackles]

Reposting for new page: How's this?

This gives users the option to "not show again" aka it won't pop up every time ES updates. Most of the text here would be localized, except for the actual list of changes.

 

[Glitchesarecool]

Reposting for new page: How's this?

Best of the three.