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OnLive thing is deeply shady.

 

They filed for a sort of bankruptcy (it's more complex than that but in layman's terms it works). That meant they could get rid of all the staff with a stake in the company without having to pay out any equity since the company was worth effectively $0.

 

Then some of the original investors, the ones who think that only they deserve to cash in on a sale of OnLive, bought the company out of administration using another company they set up.

 

They are now rehiring some of the people they sacked, but this time, the re-hires get a salary, but no shares in the company they helped build. So when it is sold the few people who set up the purchasing company get to keep all the money.

 

I've also heard rumours that some people may be hired back on an equity only basis. That is that you work for a percentage of the company if / when it is sold and get no salary, which helps make the company look profitable, but given what just happened you'd have to be an idiot to work for potentially worthless shares in a company.

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http://www.gog.com/news/indies_invade_gogcom_this_weekend

 

GoG has Legend of Grimrock and Tiny Big: Grandpa's Leftovers for half off. I'm tempted since I've been waiting to get these DRM-free and not through Steam. I'm broke though. =(

 

Torchlight, Darwinia, Space Chem, and Geneforge 1-5 also have deals along with the Ultima series which was already on sale earlier in the week.

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_2012_08_27_SeasonendSale?feature=banner#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDIwMSwibnVsbC10b3BfZmVhdHVyZWRfYXBwc19HQl9fMV9wcm9tb18xMzQ2NDQzMjI3MTkxIl0.

 

End of summer sale on Google Play. Not much beyond Swiftkey to recommend. Crystal Defenders is okay price but a run of the mill TD with the Square brand. I'm tempted to get Lorax for wee one but I'm only hete for two weeks so wouldn't get much use.

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I'd just like to warn you guys that the camera while driving is absolutely uncooperative. You either look straight ahead or jerk your view around like a crazy meerkat. Probably doesn't ruin the game for most people, but it did for me.

Controls & Camera

• New option added! Aim Soft Lock: Lets the player enable or disable aiming assistance from the game

• New option added! Mouse Free Look: Enables/disables camera auto-centering behind the player when using the mouse and on foot

• New option added! Mouse Raw Input: When enabled, input is sampled directly from the mouse which improves responsiveness and accuracy on supported mice

• New option added! Mouse Sensitivity: A modifier that determines how much speed is recorded from mouse movement

• Mouse camera logic has been reworked for improved precision (independent of the raw mouse input option)

• The Action Hijack binding is now independent of the Sprint/Parkour key value

• While driving players can now use the mouse to look up and down

• While driving the camera no longer immediately auto-centers when you stop moving the mouse

• The high-speed camera shake while driving has been reduced

• Mouse sensitivity no longer differs when Wei is and isn’t carrying a gun

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Ubisoft Classics is £4.37 on Amazon UK. It includes:

Assassins Creed

Beyond Good & Evil

Prince Of Persia The Sands Of Time

Rayman 3

Far Cry

 

It's a DVD, as they don't do downloads in the UK yet, but pretty god bargain, I'd say.

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Saints Row: The Third

Warhammer ® 40,000®: Space Marine ®

Metro 2033

Warhammer® 40,000: Dawn of War® II Chaos Rising

Warhammer® 40,000™: Dawn of War® II

Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II: Retribution

Homefront

Darksiders™

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. - Shadow of Chernobyl

Company of Heroes Gold

Titan Quest Gold

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£31.51

 

http://impulsedriven.com/products/ESD-IMP-W3519

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