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09:06
Whenever I hear a song about the weekend these days, I amuse myself by assuming it's about The Weeknd.
 
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22:01
Hey, @trogdor, Wizardry 8 is $2.50 on the Steam Sale (compared to $10 on GoG). Thoughts?
I know we'd talked about getting it and playing together.
what are the major differences between getting something on Steam and GoG? I have only ever gotten stuff on Steam itself
@BESW yeah, and I would love to do that, I just don't know what the difference between buying it on either site would be besides price
Steam, you have to play it through the Steam app. Means you've gotta have a decent Internet connection to log in, and the app is kinda clunky. Updates are pushed through automatically, there's a customer support service (its effectiveness varies).
GoG you get the game on your computer and it's yours, not rented from the service.
ah, ok, pretty much what I thought it was
22:05
Generally I'd go with GoG, all other things being equal.
I mean, I think I would honestly pay the 7.50 extra to not mess with Steam every time I wanted to play this XD
I am annoyed a lot of the time that most of the games I own are on Steam, so GoG seems like a better choice
Yeah. But for newer games that aren't available on GoG, or ridiculously cheap Steam sales..
yes true
I imagine those are the main two reasons Steam is still doing so well
Although [browsing] GoG seems to no longer be limiting itself to old stuff.
because they don't bother to curate aaaaaaaaanything on Steam, alongside the other drawbacks
22:12
[makes GoG wishlist that's exactly the same as Steam wishlist]
Still, some of these are games I'd never buy at full price but am willing to give a shot at Steam-cheap.
yeah
(I'm looking at you, The Vanishing of Ethan Carter.)
Steam has it's uses for sure
if I thought that wasn't the case I wouldn't even have a Steam library
I mean, I picked up Terraria a long time ago for pretty cheap because I wasn't sure how much time I would spend on it
but I definitely have at least like, a hundred hours of actual entertainment I got out of it
and you know, doesn't hurt that they actually do refunds now, even if it isn't the best refund policy ever, at least they do it XD
22:28
Yeah.
And, well. 90% off a $10 game, I can go for that.
If I had any interest in Talos or Super Hot, I'd be considering the "First Person Puzzle Bundle." But no.
yeah superhot looks cool, but it also seems like it just doesn't have any depth
one admittedly cool, but also gimmicky mechanic does not make a game all on it's own
and Talos looks like something I would have played before I experienced Portal XD
22:44
I played the Talos demo and was extremely underwhelmed.
It's like someone made a cheap knockoff version of The Witness... before The Witness was released.
23:16
I watched a short playthrough of the demo myself, this is why I put it the way I did
it looks like it is another puzzle game trying to dazzle you with the hidden story,.. which has less than great mechanics put in as an afterthought
I think I'll prefer The Witness, which doesn't appear to really care much about an imposed narrative.
yeah I don't know if that is the case or not
does the game decide what happened based on how you arrange the scene, or is there a specific way it happened that you are trying to guess?
err wait that is Ethan Carter XD
@BESW what is the Witness?
The Witness is a puzzle game for the sake of itself.
Your reward for solving puzzles is getting more puzzles to solve.
The things you discover about the world as you play will change how you interact with and understand the world, rather than revealing some story.
23:51
@nitsua60 You said you had practical questions about visiting the temple?
@BESW yes, I did. Are they typically open to the public? Do we just self-guide, or would you expect there to be a visitors' center? Do we cover heads or bare heads or whatnot?
bahai.us/bahai-temple is the one we'd be visiting.
It seems from the site that it's pretty-open to people who wish to respectfully visit, but I wasn't sure if there were any unspoken norms I should be aware of.
I haven't been in more than 15 years, so things may have changed a little, but:
It's open to the public pretty much all the time. There's a visitor's centre, and you can get a guide, but I'm pretty sure you're also allowed to self-guide.
So long as your dress is modest and respectful, there's no particular code. (Shirt, shoes, probably not shorts but that shouldn't be a deal-breaker.)
If you can go when the welcome center is open, I highly recommend it; I think that's the only time you can see the cornerstone.

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