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Some thoughts on The Original Strife: Veteran Edition


By Hamish
Strife: Quest for the Sigil was both a critical and commercial disappointment for Rogue Entertainment in 1996, and the source code to the game was mislaid by its developers. Years later work begin on reverse engineering Strife using the released Doom code. Night Dive Studios would later use this community project to craft The Original Strife: Veteran Edition.

Some thoughts on Blueprint Tycoon, the resource management sim


By Liam Squires-Hand
I was gifted a copy of Blueprint Tycoon by a GOL follower a little while ago, so it's about time I took a proper look at it.

Hidden Folks, a fantastic and relaxing 'where's wally' game


By Liam Squires-Hand
Hidden Folk is a hand-drawn interactive 'find the character' game. Think of it like an animated 'where's wally' (that's Waldo to you Americans).

I finally completed Half-Life 2 on Linux and it was quite the experience


By Liam Squires-Hand
With all the games we have on Linux now, let’s not forget some of the defining classics like Half-Life 2 which I have finally finished.

Torment: Tides of Numenera, early port report and thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
A smaller article about the new RPG Torment: Tides of Numenera after spending a little time with it to make sure it works, he's a little report.

Pictopix, a very clever logic puzzle game involving counting squares


By Liam Squires-Hand
I'm never very good with logic games like this, especially when I need to manually count stuff, but Pictopix is very clever.

Heroes of Arca, a turn-based strategy and RPG released for Linux, some thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
Heroes of Arca was emailed in by the developer, an somewhat interesting looking turn-based strategy with RPG elements that claims to have an 'unorthodox combat system'.

Some thoughts on Realpolitiks, a real-time grand strategy game now on Linux


By Liam Squires-Hand
Realpolitiks is a new real-time (with pausing) grand strategy game from Jujubee S.A. and I was sent a key to be able to take a look.

Angels with Scaly Wings, a visual novel that's actually not bad at all


By Liam Squires-Hand
If you need to know something about me, it's that I usually hate visual novels with a passion. They thrust boobs and other bits in your face constantly, but Angels with Scaly Wings is different and it's quite interesting too.

Wells, a steampunk run and gun game released for Linux and I took a look, it's not good


By Liam Squires-Hand
Today I tried to play Wells, a new steampunk run and gun action game, but sadly the experience wasn't great.

A look at Bleed 2, the crazy action game from Ian Campbell


By Liam Squires-Hand
Thanks to the developer for sending in a key, I've had a chance to put some time into Bleed 2. It turns out that it's damn fun and it is a little insane.

Fumbling around with tanks in War Thunder on Linux, some thoughts


By Liam Squires-Hand
One title I never had the chance to actually get into is War Thunder, so I teamed up with Samsai to check it out. Here’s a video and some thoughts.

I Am The Hero, a surprisingly great beat 'em up has Linux support


By Liam Squires-Hand
I Am The Hero is an indie beat 'em up that I've actually been having quite a bit of fun with and I think you should check it out.

Rencounter, a turn-based roguelike RPG adds Linux support, a quick look


By Liam Squires-Hand
Rencounter, a reasonably good looking turn-based roguelike RPG has recently added Linux support. The reviews are a bit mixed, but it still might be worth a try.

Colony building sim ‘Maia’ huge update released featuring Lava and colonist relationships


By Liam Squires-Hand
Maia, the colony building simulation from Simon Roth has a huge update which includes Lava and colonist relationships. It’s sounding more and more like a heavily simulated version of ‘the sims in space’.

Fumiko! Possibly one of the weirdest platformers I've ever played was developed on Linux, lots of bugs


By Liam Squires-Hand
Fumiko! An incredibly strange platformer was sent in by the developer, it was developed on Linux so I was keen to take a look.

HITMAN released for Linux, initial port report and two gameplay videos


By Liam Squires-Hand
HITMAN is the brand new Linux port from Feral Interactive and what a game it is! This is some serious fun to keep you occupied for many hours!

Nyheim, a single-player digital board-game about rebuilding after a pandemic


By Liam Squires-Hand
Nyheim is an indie single-player digital board-game, you're tasked with rebuilding after a deadly pandemic has swept the globe, but is it any good?

Alwa's Awakening is a pretty decent NES-inspired adventure game with a very retro feel


By Liam Squires-Hand
In Alwa's Awakening you are a stranger who has been summoned to help rid Alwa of evil! A very retro throwback at the NES era and it pulls it off pretty well.

Typoman: Revised released for Linux, a puzzle platformer with some word puzzling mixed in


By Samsai
An indie puzzle platformer, where you must control the world around you with words, by the name of Typoman: Revised has made its way onto Linux via Steam.
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