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Suspension of comic relief.



<span class="bold">The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendon&ccedil;a and Pizzaboy&reg;</span>, an offbeat tale of supernatural mystery, is available now, DRM-free on GOG.com with a 10% launch discount.


You may know Lisbon as this picturesque, historical city at a three-hour driving distance to excellent wine. What you probably didn't know is that Lisbon also happens to be kind of an international hub for supernatural beings, living incognito among us. Overweight werewolf Dog Mendonça is one of them but he is also a professional problem solver, as is his strikingly unremarkable apprentice Eurico, the ex-pizzaboy. Or so he claims.

Regular folk may be unaware of the monsters living in their midst but that doesn't mean that the strange disappearances of supernatural citizens have gone unnoticed by these brave investigators of the occult. Under the dispassionate guidance of his hairy mentor, Eurico will once again team up with a millenia-old demon trapped in the body of a small girl and a whacky gargoyle that just can't seem to keep its head attached to its body. Together they will scour the Lisbon underworld for clues, persons of interest, and items not nailed to the ground in this point'n'click entry to the noir-ish comic book universe. Before they can crack this case open, however, they will have to crack some skulls and perhaps even the perceived boundaries of the material world.


Navigate Eurico through the monster-filled underbelly of Lisbon and unravel <span class="bold">The Interactive Adventures of Dog Mendon&ccedil;a and Pizzaboy&reg;</span>, DRM-free on GOG.com. The 10% discount will last until March 11.
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Gede: I kind of feel tricked when they say they now support Linux. They say they do, but I don't see much of an effort in doing so.
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eiii: Look at their own product, Galaxy, to see how serious their claims of Linux support are. Galaxy is available on Windows for more than a year now and there are still no signs of a Linux version.
Very true. But here is how I look at it, and see these two cases as different.

Making Galaxy for Linux depends only on GOG. Maybe they will work on it and make it available at some point in the future. Or someone on the community will make some free semi-equivalent thing that will break every now and then, as I think it happened with the GOG Downloader (we only ask for the specs to make that happen). Ultimately, it is their choice alone.

Providing a Linux version of games probably depends on a renegotiation between GOG and a third party. In the case of Age of Wonders, it may pre-date GOG's Linux support (I'm unsure, I was not around back then). GOG may prefer not to touch those contracts. With newer games, I don't really know why a Linux version is not provided. Does it cost extra for GOG? Is it not packaged the way GOG wants it packaged, and it takes too much work to fix it? Or maybe (maybe) it is the publisher who does not want to supply GOG with the Linux version for sale. I don't know how these things work out behind the scenes. I really wish someone would provide some insight related to this problem.

It really makes me think that Linux support is walking the same path the movies endeavourer took. Without a proper effort, it will die, and GOG will take it as an effort that was not really worth it. I understand that Linux on GOG is a niche within a niche. But I, personally, do not feel much motivation in purchasing a Windows version of a game I know to have a Linux version available, and pay for a second-rate experience when a first-rate option exists at the same price elsewhere.

In short, I would consider more game purchases here if there were more Linux versions available, and I think GOG should take into consideration that more people may feel this way. I wonder if they do.

Edit: I think the difference is not that big after all. They both make GOG look bad.
Post edited March 09, 2016 by Gede
For the backers, I have just received my Gog key today! So if you want a Gog key I can confirm that you just need to send them a mail! It tooks 4 days for me.
It's awesome but I still don't know if I can give the Steam key or just throw it away.
Well, the Linux (and Mac) version is finally here!