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I am the owner of GamingOnLinux. After discovering Linux back in the days of Mandrake in 2003, I constantly came back to check on the progress of Linux until Ubuntu appeared on the scene and it helped me to really love it. You can reach me easily by emailing GamingOnLinux directly. Find me on Mastodon.

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Liberated Pixel Cup

By Liam Dawe, Apr 15, 2012

Liberated Pixel Cup is a two-part competition: make a bunch of awesome free culture licensed artwork, and then program a bunch of ...

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Cheese talks - Humble Bundle

By Liam Dawe, Apr 14, 2012

Cheese our resident forum member talked to himself (he does that a lot..just kidding) and a couple other big names like Notch (Minecraft creator) about the Humble Bundles. Cheese is the creator of the amazing

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Humble Bundle Home

By Liam Dawe, Mar 27, 2012

Looks like the folks over at Humble Bundle have finally created a way for everyone to access their games in one place (something that was needed for them to come out with the

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Project Zomboid updates and a howto

By Liam Dawe, Mar 25, 2012

My favourite zombie survival game of the moment Project Zomboid has had multiple new releases recently. They have also now included a multi platform launcher (Java) which allows Linux and Mac g...

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Gameoliths newest titles!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 23, 2012

Not to be completely trumped by Desura, our next favourite website to buy games from Gameolith has recently added a few new titles!

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Ensign 1 new footage!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 22, 2012

[ATTACH=full]333[/ATTACH] Only Human Studios second game Ensign 1 the currently in-dev space shooter has seen a new video released showing off their recent work on the game, this ti...

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0 A.D. Alpha 9!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 17, 2012

0 A.D. the open source and beautiful Real Time Strategy coming from Wildfire Games has reached it's 9th Alpha!

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Hostile Takeover updates

By Liam Dawe, Mar 10, 2012

Another on my "you should really be watching this" list is Hostile Takeover by Laserbrain Studios has had some more screen shots and videos released since I last posted about it, s...

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Deep Black: Reloaded coming to Linux

By Liam Dawe, Mar 9, 2012

As our friends Ubuntu Vibes have pointed out and something which I also found out but didn't get time to post, Deep Black: Reloaded have confirmed they are porting to Linux and Mac!

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Defenders Quest

By Liam Dawe, Mar 8, 2012

A game I only found out about recently called Defenders Quest which is available for Linux. The game itself is a tower defense game by nature which incorporates a story and RPG elements, i had a go at the demo and i must say for any fans of tower defense ...

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Three Dead Zed & Tropical Stormfront, new on Desura!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 5, 2012

Two new games are available for Linux on Desura! Three Dead Zed QuoteThree Dead Ze...

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To the websites copying our content...

By Liam Dawe, Mar 2, 2012

While it's nice to see GOL has become reasonably popular i won't stand for people taking our posts without permission. Hotlinking our images - it uses up our bandwith, shows you used us as a source for your news and not crediting i...

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More Tomes of Mephistopheles updates!

By Liam Dawe, Mar 1, 2012

Okay the up and coming dungeon crawler Tomes of Mephistopheles from Kot-In-Action (Makers of Steel Storm series) has had a few updates including a new video and a new version for pre-order custom...

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Bobby now open source

By Liam Dawe, Feb 29, 2012

Bobby is now not only free, but open source too! QuoteSource code for Bobby is

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FTL: Faster Than Light

By Liam Dawe, Feb 28, 2012

Introducing Faster Than Light a game that is coming for Linux, Mac and Windows and it's, err, hard to describe really - they describe it as a Spaceship Simulation Real-Time Rouge-Like (now that&...

The Humble Bundle Mojam!

By Liam Dawe, Feb 19, 2012

Ok so a little late to the party here (been busy) but the next Bundle is upon is and it's a short one, a weekend long with ~7 hours left.

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Beans Quest

By Liam Dawe, Feb 18, 2012

Introducing Beans Quest Emilio has been cursed and his girlfriend kidnapped! Transformed by dark magic into a jumping bean, Emilio must bounce his way to victory through 5...