You are the one complaining about remastered versions. But they are exactly working as they are supposed to!

Maybe you should spare your energy for games where it really matters (e.g. Loom). Not games which actually contain the original ones in some way. Just extract them and be happy (if you don't like to invest in hardware then you have to make up for it in software :-).

Yeah... that is what I don't understand here. Yes, it would be truly great to have the original sold alongside the Remastered edition, I'm all for it, and I somewhat understand Chris' anger that this isn't the case, but... dumping on the Remaster because of that... I don't see how that's sensible.


There are some projects that are delayed (like Broken Age) and then there are projects that are capital letter DELAYED. I haven't backed any of the latter, thankfully. I was very close to backing Jack Houston and the Necronauts... very thankful I didn't. I mean, the developer has all my sympathy, he seems to be as enthusiastic about the project as ever, but with what he has planned and what he will be able to achieve, we won't see his project complete in 20 years. :p

i can find them now. Thank you :D

You are right in some way, but it would be better if you added some text to this line:

" (if you don't like to invest in hardware then you have to make up for it in software :-). "

the added text should be:

" or are not able (financial)...."

Its not always a fact that all users who dont upgrade are doing because they dont want to, many times it is just to expensive, default was 2-3 years a brand new pc............

Times have changed (for the bad not the good) which will allow many users to upgrade once in the 5 , 6 or maybe more years, and please dont let your govt fool you by telling things are going great, the economy is great and more bull like that, things are not great, and economy getting stronger does not mean all people will benefit from it.

I was able to upgrade frequent in the good old days, since the arrival of EURO things went bad.
The dutch adapted the pricetags only for a while, they had 2 tags: one in guilders and one in euros, after less then a year (govt will clame otherwise but our govt can only lie (most if not all govts lie) , they are the pinoccio's of goverment.

So after the period they replaced the HFL with euro sign, the bad thing was that wages were divided by 2.

2.20371 Dutch guilders (NLG) for 1 euro (EUR).

Monthly salary of lets say 1700 guilders would be: 1700 / 2.2037
And thats why things went down the toilet, not the drain but down the toilet, or better straight down the sewers, the holes are larger so the money floats way faster.

One solution would be : revert to old currency and print 2.5 times as much money, this will make things worse, but face it:

paper money is worth nothing, its only worth the paper that its printed on, so silver and gold coins keep the value, and paper is worthless.

The negative meaning is where the name was derived from, see:

Where does the name "Double Fine" come from?

It comes from a sign on the Golden Gate Bridge that, until recently, said "Slow to 45 mph – Double Fine Zone." I ingeniously selected the name Double Fine so that when people drove over the bridge they would see the name "Double Fine" and think, not just that we had purchased ad space on what must be the most expensive billboard in California, but that we owned the city and all of San Francisco had been declared to be a "Double Fine Zone." I believe it did work for many years, confounding and intimidating our many, many foes. But for absolutely no good reason, the old sign is now flashing the less awe-inspiring message, "Speed limit 45 mph – Auto toll $5." I mean, how are you supposed to name a game company after that? Don't people even think these things through?

Source: http://www.doublefine.com/about/

Edit: Added picture.

Apple devices don't play FLAC, but they do play ALAC just fine. (Yes, this is stupid.)

iTunes music can be lossy or lossless. It depends on how the artist/label wants to sell it. I have a few albums from iTunes - I had some gift cards to burn. Half are in ALAC lossless, half are 320kbps .m4a files.

None of them have any DRM.

(iTunes does use DRM on movie files, but not on music.)

Apple just hate free codecs, but had to make ALAC to compete with FLAC. Just for that reason already (sabotaging free codecs), besides many others, I wouldn't touch anything Apple.

Absolutely, I feel for you, the eurozone leadership is totally incapable of handling an economic slump...

wut

wut

WUT
Do you also think the earth is flat and vaccines cause autism?
Amyway, I have an offer: your 100'000 EUR for my one gold coin. I'll even throw in a roll of Japanese archival paper.

Since I am a great fun of lucas arts games I cant help but wonder why we don't get any more new great and wonderfull games that shaped our childhood such as Full Throttle and instead we have to remaster the old hits ! it is a pity !! really what makes the old games special for me is the simple fact that they are old time graphics and the story that unfolds now days games forget to have a strong story that makes you live the adventure and fully experience tha game !!

I agree with you, but haven't you heard of Thimbleweed Park? :O It's a new game by Ron Gilbert, Gary Winnick and David Fox! ;D

https://blog.thimbleweedpark.com/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/569860/

These remasters aren't only targeted on old farts like us, but especially for those generations who've never heard of those games and never had the chance to play it (since often they can't even be bought or run on modern hardware without modifications / additional tools; and since you are praising story etc.: why wouldn't you want them to experience it too!).

Also I'm pretty sure Tim has nothing against a FT2, Grim Fandango 2, Broken Age 2 or even a new IP in t his direction (gameplay wise). But creating new games costs (even more) money than remastering. If those remasters sell well publishers with money could be more easily persuaded.

Yeehaaw! You forget this link: https://www.gog.com/game/thimbleweed_park

You know what i mean about the silver and gold and its a welknown fact.
And if and when i would win some lotto and get 5 million euros or usd i rather had them in gold or other valuables that will keep their value incase economy collapses.

No, I don't now what you mean. The well-known fact is that paper (and purely electronic, like ~90+% of money in the world) money is valuable. People trade goods and services in exchange for it. People also steal it and kill for it. If you think it's not valuable, you're nuts.