Random Gaming Thoughts

[marurun]

I wonder if there's some previous owner information cached somewhere that just isn't clearing out.

[Note]

That's a good point Maru and is probably an issue in some cases, but I actually purchased this Xbox 360 console new back in 2008, so I've been the only owner.

[Nemoide]

I tried buying something on my Xbox 360: same problem! I guess the store's gone buggy after years of neglect.

I found a pretty simple workaround to to buy things though: I just bought a digital Xbox gift card in my browser and redeemed it into my account. With that I was able to get a game (although it took two tries, which is odd to me).

I gotta say: I'm not a fan of the end of life for all these online digital-download type consoles!

[Note]

Nemoide, thanks for letting us know you had this same issue! I thought it was something I did wrong or an issue with my account. Also, I appreciate the tip on that workaround. I'm not familiar with how to redeem a gift card code, but I'll look into that and give it a shot in the next few days.

I've only bought a handful of games through Xbox Live Arcade, with the last being in 2019, but I totally agree -- it sucks when these services become neglected and these digital only games get lost in the matrix.

[ElkinFencer10]

Play Muv-Luv.

[Nemoide]

I actually just ordered both Muv-Luv games as I work on trying to get as many Vita games as possible before the service ends!

[o.pwuaioc]

Play Muv-Luv.

Definitely no thanks.

[ElkinFencer10]

I actually just ordered both Muv-Luv games as I work on trying to get as many Vita games as possible before the service ends!

You will not be disappointed.

Play Muv-Luv.

Definitely no thanks.

[RCBH928]

Did you hear of this WineHQ stuff? For a long time I thought it was a half working dreamy amateur programers trying to sell the idea that you can run Windows apps natively on Linux/Mac so I never tried it. I thought only some specific software will work that has been heavily customised to work with it and even then it will half work. I heard some games like SiN work with a WINE wrapper but I always had my doubts.

Between not owning a Windows Machine, low specs to run VM, and not wanting to dualboot on a Macbook I gave it a shot. This thing is black magic, not computing. I tried Blood because this Doom clone probably runs on a calculator, it worked flawless. It seemed to work better than if it was native Mac game. I thought maybe they had a custom wrapper made for the more popular games so I will fool it. I played an obscure game called Death Trap Dungeon. It gave me few runtime error pop-ups and something about missing var memory during installation. I launched the game none the less it works butter smooth. My machine was even running cooler than when I plauyed Shadow Warrior(original) for Mac IIRC.

They even have modern games like Dishonored II and Metro 2033 but I did not dare to try those. I was told this is what Valve and Lutris use to run games on Linux. I don't understand how an emulator is different from this but I am completely dumbfounded.

[Ziggy]

Yeah, WINE is pretty awesome.