What the hell Amazon?
I purchased Lords of Xulima on Amazon last fall when it was on sale for $1.99. I did not play it all that much but was happy with the deal.
I found out a week ago thank to Qt3 that this was a pirated version. So I messaged Amazon and told them I do not buy pirated software. They gave me a $3 credit and I have since uninstalled the game.
There are two million sellers on Amazon so it is not possible for Amazon to vet every product. However, now that this has come to their attention I hope they promptly crack down on it. If not they will get sued by one of the developers or publishers because they are selling pirated/stolen goods.
I buy that it’s not possible for Amazon to vet every physical product being sold via their marketplace, but I didn’t even realize they offered the ability for third parties to sell digital goods directly, much less without their vetting. Doesn’t seem like a great idea, frankly.
Yeah, this seems like something some Amazon lawyers who specialize in digital rights are looking over right now and probably getting ready to rip into the Amazon legal team who handles consignment/marketplace selling. It’s pretty clearly a recipe for pirate-fueled disaster.
Tyranny for free on Twitch Prime tomorrow reminder being inserted here.
A Bestätigung is a confirmation in a very broad sense. It can be both formal or informal. That’s correct here.
A Zusage is a positive replay to an offer or invitation. The negative equivalent would be an Absage. Both nouns are pretty formal, (the similar verbs are less formal). You would use them if the topic is important enough that you want to avoid any risk of a misunderstanding, or if your mails and letters are filed away routinely and might be used for something official years later, for example in court or to prove something to your boss.
Approval isn’t a correct translation of Zusage. The perspective is different. Genehmigung would be a more correct translation of approval, but that’s as broad a word as approval. It needs further context. Possible context for meaning “approval” would be:
I agree, your planned course of action is legal (or okay for us). Proceed if you want to.
Niiiiiiiiiice. Thanks for the heads up. That’s a steal on Shadow Tactics!
Does anyone who’s done recent gaming work care to weigh in on this?
Yes, indeed…Shadow Tactics is well worth $6 all by itself.
I took a quick look at it, not a good first impression. Typos in the ad. No listing of who the instructors are. There aren’t any names at all on their website. Videos seem to be fairly basic stuff about Game Salad & Unity 3D.
I got it on Twitch for free myself–well “free” with Amazon Prime.
Appreciate it, thanks :)
Yeah until you can read reviews be careful about the Stackskills content. They often sell fairly cheap classes at PCWorld shop. So I picked up a Python bundle. Jeebus. It’s a collection of videos, clearly not all of the same course. And the first one has you download and install the Python package (a monkey could have done this with a blindfold on) and the first command the guy tells you to do doesn’t work because his install directory is different. Ugh. I could probably muddle my way through the videos but I might instead use one of those digital books I got in one of the Humble Bundles.
Then again another class (intro to Ruby, I think it was) from that same publisher was much better. The speaker spoke English well and the audio was clear, much better than the Python course.
I really wish there were more reviews available for these things.
Hey all, Overload (Descent 4 without the license, basically) is on sale for 20% off! Sooo tempted…
In case you missed it during the Steam Sale, the $3 Spintires : Mudrunner Deal is back for owners of the original Spintires. If you have Spintires in your Steam library, you can pay $2.99 to upgrade to Mudrunner, which is a much improved version of the game. Mudrunner also has two free DLCs, The Valley and The Ridge.
I hate that review structure. I see “Very Positive” and think, “Shit… something is wrong with it because it is not Overwhelmingly Positive.”
Wow, I wish this was more obvious. I had no idea.
And these reviews must be “pure” reviews to count - in other words, they were bought directly through Steam. No bundle or external key giveaway.
https://steamcommunity.com/discussions/forum/7/282992646970262011/
Hey nice, I actually bought Overload through Steam, for once. That means I can give it a “pure” review once i’m finished. I used my kickstarter copy to get the Xbox version, whenever they eventually release that.
Dragon’s Dogma : Dark Arisen for the historic low price of $8.39 as the daily deal on Fanatical today. Going fast…
Also at Fanatical, the Nemesis 8 Bundle - Three tiers:
Pay $1 for Steam keys to:
- ARES Extinction Agenda EX
- Awe
- Black and White Bushido
Pay $4.99 and also receive:
- Windward
- Dungeon Souls
- Deployment
- Super Mutant Alien Assault
- Original Journey
- Nightmare Boy
- FIM Speedway Grand Prix 15
- True Fear : Forsaken Souls
Pay $5.99 and unlock:
- Dreadout plus Soundtrack and Manga DLC
- Dreadout : Keepers of the Dark
I’m not a huge horror game fan, but Windward and Dungeon Souls are absolutely worth $5…and for only $1 more you may as well own Dreadout if it at all interests you.
And in case you missed it a few months ago, the Fanatical Anthology Fantasy Bundle has made an encore appearance. $2.99 for Steam keys to:
- Blood Knights
- Lichdom : Battlemage
- Demonicon
- GemCraft : Chasing Shadows
- Rune (Classic)
- Two Worlds II : Velvet Edition
- Sudeki
- Blades of Time Limited Edition
- Drakensang
- Heroes of Annihilated Empires
- Wizardry 6 & 7
- Etherlords I & II
- Knights and Merchants
- Inquisitor
- Numen : Contest of Heroes
Even though they are all older games, that’s an amazing value for $3.
Great deal over at Humble Bundle if you like the Sniper : Ghost Warrior series or were curious about Lords of the Fallen (which is decent).
Current QT3 darling Slay the Spire is the daily deal at Humble for $10.07 for monthly members.