Reviews & Initial Thoughts

GOL Plays: The Culling, a look at how this battle royale survival game runs on Linux

By Liam Squires-Hand, 5 May 2016

I finally managed to get The Culling to play nicely and recorded a video of me butchering someone, wondering around and making an awesome shot with the bow on Linux.

Void 21, a procedurally generated, arcade style, fast-paced runner and shooter now on Linux, it's fun

By Liam Squires-Hand, 4 May 2016

1

I had a chance to play the Linux port of Void 21 before release as the developer sent in a preview build. It's actually a pretty nice game.

Losing my mind to stress in the Darkest Dungeon, some thoughts on this brutal Linux game

By Liam Squires-Hand, 4 May 2016

2

I was sent a key to Darkest Dungeon by the developer as I was itching to give it a go. I've been playing quite a bit of it and found out just how brutal it is.

A look at Solar Division, a newer Tower Defence game on Steam

By Liam Squires-Hand, 3 May 2016

1

I managed to grab a key to Solar Division thanks to the publisher, so I decided to check out this interesting looking Tower Defence game to see if it's worth your tux bucks.

Destroying the enemy team in FootLOL: Epic Fail League, some thoughts on this comedy Football game

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 May 2016

4

FootLOL: Epic Fail League looked pretty funny from the trailer, so I managed to get in touch with the developer to grab a key and here's what I found.

Some thoughts on Doom & Destiny Advanced, an Early Access comedy RPG

By Liam Squires-Hand, 2 May 2016

0

Now that I am feeling better I am going through my backlog. Today I took a look at the comedy RPG Doom & Destiny Advanced to let you know if it's worth your pennies.

Discord chat app updated, now has game detection

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 May 2016

9

Quite a fan of Discord myself, makes setting up chats really easy and the new native client is coming along nicely. The recent update now correctly detects you playing games.

Initial Thoughts

First chapter of Bolt Riley, A Reggae Adventure released DRM free and on Steam

By flesk, 1 May 2016

3

Chapter 1 of developer Adventure Mob's point-and-click adventure has been released on itch.io, Humble Store and Steam.

Tomb Raider video from my livestream is now on Youtube, more thoughts included

By Liam Squires-Hand, 1 May 2016

16

The video export from my Twitch to our Youtube has finally finished, come see how it ran and I have a few more thoughts for you.

Murdering folks in The Culling, early Linux & SteamOS port report and some quick thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand, 29 Apr 2016

8

Now that The Culling is available on Linux I have taken it for a spin, and here are some quick thoughts on it.

Tomb Raider released for Linux, thoughts & port report included, the first Linux game to use TressFX

By Liam Squires-Hand, 27 Apr 2016

113

Feral Interactive have done it again! Tomb Raider is now officially available for Linux, and I have some thoughts and a port report available for you. It’s also the first ever game on Linux to use TressFX.

Playing with food: thoughts on Stephen's Sausage Roll

By BTRE, 26 Apr 2016

3

The newest game from the developer of English Country Tune is now out. After a few days of playing and rolling dozens of sausages, I’ve got a few thoughts to share about this game and its puzzles.

Star Ruler 2 has a big update and a new DLC, some thoughts

By Liam Squires-Hand, 25 Apr 2016

4

It has been quite some time since I took a look at Star Ruler 2, so it's time to take another look with a big new patch and DLC release.

Satellite Rush, a sci-fi top down shooter (video and thoughts)

By Liam Squires-Hand, 21 Apr 2016

0

Today I checked out Satellite Rush, you're an office worker abducted by aliens and you need to please the audience by blowing stuff up in randomly generated rooms.

Among the Sleep updated to Unity 5, my final thoughts on this unique horror experience

By Liam Squires-Hand, 20 Apr 2016

3

Among the Sleep is the first-person horror adventure where you're playing as a toddler—it's freaky. The developers have updated the game to Unity 5, and now it's all fixed up for Linux I could take a proper look.

Super Cane Magic ZERO, a comedy action RPG in Early Access for Linux (video and thoughts)

By Liam Squires-Hand, 19 Apr 2016

3

I finally decided to check out Super Cane Magic ZERO, a game I purchased on a whim back in January. The game is rather silly and I actually quite like it.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare on Linux with the Steam Controller (video and thoughts)

By Liam Squires-Hand, 18 Apr 2016

8

A user requested after the second part to my overall thoughts on the Steam Controller that I check out Chivalry: Medieval Warfare, so I did. I captured it on video, and you can now watch my failure.

Steam Controller on Linux part 2, more thoughts & more issues

By Liam Squires-Hand, 18 Apr 2016

14

A while ago I did a write-up of the Steam Controller on Linux, and now I’ve had a few more months with it, I’ve tested out the gyroscope some more, and some games not really meant for a gamepad.

Saints Row: The Third Linux port report, better than SR2, but still needs improvement

By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Apr 2016

16

With the Saints Row 2 report out of the way and performing terribly, I have also taken some time to look at Saints Row: The Third.

Saints Row 2 Linux port report, not good

By Liam Squires-Hand, 14 Apr 2016

33

Now that I've had a chance to play some Saints Row 2 on Linux, here are some thoughts on the performance.