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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 Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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 Dawe,
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.

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

By Liam Dawe,
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!

Civilization VI released for Linux, video and port report (updated)

By Liam Dawe,
Aspyr Media have officially released the Linux port of Civilization VI and after testing it here’s some thoughts.

Some thoughts on 'imprint-X', the button pushing puzzle game that had day-1 Linux support

By Liam Dawe,
imprint-X is a rather different puzzle game to what I’m used to. Your one and only mechanic is to push buttons and that’s really it. It’s really weird, so here’s some thoughts on it.

Kick Ass Commandos is absolutely nuts, violent and really damn fun

By Liam Dawe,
We had a post before about Kick Ass Commandos from another editor, but now I've given it a go in the full version and here's some thoughts.

Some thoughts on the Shadowrun series

By Hamish,
Shadowrun was not only the first CRPG series I found compelling enough to play through all the way to the end, but one that I also found myself invested in enough to purchase additional instalments soon after playing the first.

Exploring a floating island in 'Pocket Kingdom', a very well done throwback to Amiga games

By Liam Dawe,
GOL follower hardpenguin sent over a copy of 'Pocket Kingdom' for me to take a look at, and as a fan of the Amiga I had to give it a go.

Some thoughts on Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, the real-time tactics game

By Liam Dawe,
Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun, a top-down stealth game from Mimimi Productions released with day-1 Linux support. I have fond memories of games like Commandos, so is it any good?

My thoughts on the MMO Albion Online on Linux, many months later

By Liam Dawe,
I’ve been playing Albion Online on and off since November 2015 and since then it has evolved into something much bigger.

The Little Acre adventure game released for Linux, some thoughts

By Liam Dawe,
The Little Acre, an interesting cartoon-like adventure game was recently released for Linux. I gave it a go to see if it’s worth your money.

Best Buds vs Bad Guys, the retro indie action-platformer released for Linux

By Liam Dawe,
Later than I had originally hoped, but Best Buds vs Bad Guys has officially released for Linux. I actually Kickstarted this game, so I was hoping it would be good.
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