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Golf for Workgroups is a very weird golf game that's now on Linux


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A very serious Golf game, absolutely no fun allowed. This is so you and your work colleagues can go hit some holes and talk about work. Okay, not quite.

Move or Die could quite easily be my new favourite game, it's absolutely nuts


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Move or Die was sent over by Samsai during the first part of the birthday livestream today (GamingOnLinux is 8 today!) and it's quite an incredible game.

Fending off monsters in 'Colony Survival', some early thoughts


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Colony Survival is a new Early Access mix of a strategy game and a survival game with a voxel style, but is it any good?

Playing though XCOM 2 Shen's Last Gift gave me high hopes for War of the Chosen


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I finally found the time to play through the XCOM 2 DLC Shen’s Last Gift and what an experience it was. This has me really excited for more XCOM 2 with the huge War of the Chosen expansion due later this year.

A few thoughts about Rocket Wars, a hectic local multiplayer experience


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If shooting at bots or friends while controlling spacecraft is your idea of a good time, there’s good reason for you to take a look at this action game.

A look at 'World of One', the creepy world-travelling puzzle platformer now on Linux


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World of One is a cleverly designed and rather creepy puzzle platformer that you should consider taking a look at.

Paradigm, probably the strangest game I've ever played is now on Linux


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Paradigm is, and I don't say this lightly, possibly the strangest adventure game I think I've ever played. It starts weird, then it gets weirder and it doesn't let up.

Some thoughts on AereA, the colourful & musical action RPG, a case of how not to make an RPG


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AereA is a new musical action RPG that recently released for Linux, the developer kindly provided me with a key so here's what I think.

Serious Sam's Bogus Detour released with day-1 Linux support, some quick thoughts


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Serious Sam's Bogus Detour is a new top-down action game from Hammerwatch developer Crackshell. The developer was kind enough to send me a key, so here's some quick notes on it.

Scrap Garden, a pretty simple and beautiful platformer about a lonely robot


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Here's one from my inbox, Scrap Garden, a platformer about a lonely robot who appears to be the last remaining bot after some kind of event left the world in a post-apocalyptic state.

Gemstone Keeper, the very cool ASCII shooter is now on Linux, some thoughts


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Rarely do I like ASCII games, but Gemstone Keeper is one that stands tall as a game you need to check out.

Some thoughts on LandTraveller, the rather sweet top-down RPG


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LandTraveller released into Early Access recently and it looked promising, so I decided to take a look at this cute top-down RPG.

Europa Universalis IV: Third Rome released, some thoughts


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The first of what Paradox is calling an “immersion pack” has been released for the sprawling grand strategy game. I gave it a go, exploring just what they changed for the Russian region and powers.

Riptale, an incredible satisfying & challenging 2D roguelike action game


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Riptale is a very satisfying and quite challenging 2D roguelike action game where you can pull off some sick combination moves with your trusty sword.

Another look at 'Fumiko!', the gravity-defying 3D platformer that has engrossed me


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I was pretty harsh on Fumiko! previously, so with the latest patch I aimed to take another look at this gravity-defying 3D platformer.

A look at ‘Solaroids: Prologue’, an evolution of the classic Asteroids


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Solaroids: Prologue has the same basic gameplay as the classic Asteroids with a focus on surviving as long as you can, while you face new threats as the game gets longer.

An early look at Geneshift the top-down shooter with vehicle action


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Some early thoughts on Geneshift, the new top-down shooter with vehicles that’s been in development for a long time. It's had eight long years to craft an interesting experience, but it still launched into Early Access to continue this.

Some thoughts on Renowned Explorers and the experience of discovering the mysteries of the world


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Solving mysteries, traveling to faraway lands and making a name for yourself is all in a good day’s work in this adventure game that combines strategy elements with plenty of charm. I gave the game and its expansion a look and have a few thoughts on it.

A look at Cublast HD, a simple but interesting platformer


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A port of a formerly mobile-only game, the game combines basic puzzle solving with a minimalist style and precise gameplay. I played the new HD edition and have a few thoughts to share.

StarCrawlers, a gritty spacepunk dungeon crawler has released and it's looking good


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StarCrawlers is a game I covered quite some time ago back in March of 2015, years later it's now released in full. It's a fresh take on the 3D dungeon crawlers set in a spacepunk themed universe.
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