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Just finished playing and recording for YouTube Mafia the definitive version. That was played in Cachy OS Xfce Edition. I've just recorded two parts of Mafia The Old Country, missed out Mafia 2 and three, as Mafia 2 the Definitive edition is not as good graphically nor gameplay wise as the first game. Mafia 3 Definitive Edition has copyrighted music, even when you switch off music in the settings.

Currently playing and recording Mafia Old Country in Xubuntu 24.04, which I am dual booting with Cachy OS Xfce Edition and Linux Mint Xfce 22.2 Zara is my main everyday driver. I still have Alone In The Dark 2024 version to complete, which I'll probably get around to finishing sometime next year.

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Mods for Quake 1 and Blood 1 mostly.

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I looked at new The Boglands DLC for my favorite action-roguelike survivor-like game, Halls of Torment. I was surprised when I saw that the user reviews were "Mixed" with 101 reviews (70 positive, 31 negative). Some of the English reviews talked about bugs, game crashes and balancing issues. There is also a couple that mentioned problems with "growth traits." Since I did not own the DLC, I could not confirm or deny any of these claims.

Here is one of the more interesting/popular negative reviews:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561197972499706/recommended/3919420/

All of this lead me to the conclusion, "I need to check this out", so I bought the DLC.

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there is indeed some stuff to claim if you bought VTT in the past
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/store/claimRewards.php

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Recently:

Battlefield 6

Played more than 110 hours just after the release. It was a really nice experience despite being a game from the likes of EA. And yes I had to dual-boot just to play this game.

Now:

Jotunnslayer: Hordes of Hel
Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader

Have been enjoying myself alternating between these two for the past days.

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Games I'm playing at the moment:

* [Command Deck](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3084740/Command_Deck/) (Slay the Spire in space)
* [Elsewhere](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1271150/Elsewhere/) (Something like Minecraft with mods baked in)
* [Elemental: Reforged](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3796960/Elemental_Reforged/) (4X fantasy game by Stardock)
* [The Karters 2: Turbo Charged](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2269950/The_Karters_2_Turbo_Charged/) (game inspired by Crash Team Racing and with hundreds of mods)

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ARC Raiders - just bought it recently so just over 3 hours atm. Love it!
Flatout Ultimate Carnage - just for nostalgia, havent forgotten how to drive with a keyboard
FUMES - decent little indie car combat game.
Warhammer Online: Return of Reckoning - my go to PvP MMORPG.

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This two weeks I've been playing Arc Raiders, it is an amazing game. Started skeptical because I didnt like escape from tarkov 2 years ago, but Im so hooked with Arc. I played Dispatch too, for now one of my favourites of this kind of game (and played honkai star rail).

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For me, I've been playing:
Xonotic
Counter Strike 2
Beyond All Reason: One of the best RTS games out there, and it's open source, which makes it even greater.

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Thanks to WiVRn and the SteamVR beta, I've finally been able to comfortably play VR on Linux. I've sunken some time into Batman: Arkham VR, Beat Saber and Half-Life: Alyx as a result.

Outside of that, I've been playing Crysis 1 Remastered and plan to focus on Jedi: Fallen Order after that.

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I'm a bit embarrassed to say, but Avatar Frontiers of Pandora.
It's total Ubislop (people call it Far Cry Pandora), but it looks really good on my system and the repetitive "base capping" gameplay is actually pretty fun.
Sometimes I'm flying around floating islands on my dragon dragon in 4K HDR and Avatar film officially licensed euphoric world music comes on and the whole experience really hits.

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Not that much time for games sadly, so I've been mostly playing "short-ish sessions" titles.

• [Drill Core](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2821800/Drill_Core/) - fun mix of management and tower defence with dwarven humour


• [GODBREAKERS](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2687400/GODBREAKERS/) - scratches my risk of rain 2 itch (and actually works unlike ror2)


• [Day Of The Shell](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008340/Day_of_the_Shell/) - turn-based puzzle shooter? (disclosure: I know some of the people who worked on it)

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Incredible to see the sheer variety in styles both artistic and in gameplay!
I remember when I first watched these and almost everything was a 2d, pixel-art, side-scroller. Amazing to see how far it's come

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I recently picked up WH40K: Darktide on sale, so I've been enjoying replaying that. I used to have it on Gamepass when it first came out, but thankfully I was able to actually buy it this time, and for half the price of a monthly Gamepass subscription. It's basically Left 4 Dead in the Warhammer 40K universe, with some extra RPG-style character progression.

Other than that, I'm still trying to catch up on Vampire Survivors DLC, and have also been mixing in some Megabonk here and there. I have been hearing a lot about Arc Raiders lately though (and not just on here lol) so maybe I'll give that a shot next payday.

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Bloody Spell - Not a bad game for the price.
Young Souls - Coop game I can play with my wife.
CHAOS;CHILD - VN for killing time

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I started Coffee Talk for November's Fedi [Video Game Club](https://mstdn.games/@GaymerGeek/115442632276544760)

It's a very chill, cozy game about running a small late night cafe in a fantasy world.

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I've been playing the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and am enjoying it immensely. Straight up the best cars game since Midnight Club 3 and Gran Turismo 4.

I also just finished the first Mass Effect. I wrote a lengthy piece on it elsewhere, but the bottom line is I have mixed feelings. Ultimately, I was more disappointed than impressed. I felt that the game did not fill out the outline it has drawn for itself at the start.

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Personally I have been playing a decent bit of World of Warcraft recently. I have also been diving into the new Path of Exile update. Both games run great under Linux. I can even easily set up addons on WoW.

As for why I haven't played Ark Raiders yet; it looks fun, but I don't have any friends that are interested in trying it. I have played Tarkov a little in the past, so I would probably find it fun.

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D-pad in the wrong location. Pass.

That's the XBOX360 location, which I was quite used to... about 20 years ago. It's got the XBOX markings though, so it makes sense.

But then I got a PS2 and became sony-fied, all the way to the PS5 today. So every controller I've used since has the d-pad at the top-left. So yeah. Pass.

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I've had a pretty crazy month for games.

[Elder Scrolls Online](https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/) - bought in a bundle. Deeply disappointing. Already un-installed.
[Monster Train 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742830/Monster_Train_2/) - absolutely loving this. It's taken over from Noita right now as my "fill an hour" game.
[Biped](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071870/Biped/) - silly two player co-op where each thumbstick on your gamepad controls your robot's leg. Quite fun. Hard.
[Gloomhaven](https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven/) - slow-paced adaptation of the tabletop version. Incredibly buggy, but quite fun.
[Path of Exile 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694490/Path_of_Exile_2/) - with the new Abyssal League starting last month, I started a new character. Amazing game.
[Cataclismo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/) - bought it on recommendation from friends, but really isn't my cup of tea. City builder / tower defence.
[Abiotic Factor](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/) - bought in the hope my friends would buy. But didn't recommend it, not their cup of tea. Not sure what the fuss is about on this one.
[Unrailed](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016920/Unrailed/) - ancient co-op about building a railway through various biomes. Really hard, lots of fun!
[Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2273980/Orcs_Must_Die_Deathtrap/) - basically a remake of Dungeon Defenders. It's great, 4-player co-op. Love it.

I've also got [Rage 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548570/RAGE_2/) and [Quake 4](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210/Quake_4/) waiting in the wings from an earlier bundle I bought. And I managed to spend more time with [Moonsigil Atlas Demo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590810/Moonsigil_Atlas_Demo/), but not as much as I'd like.

All of this bought on sale, and in bundles, and still spent over £100 this month. Oof.

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So, what have you been playing lately (and why isn't it ARC Raiders?).

I don't play online multiplayer games. Not my thing.

I have been modding and now playing a fully modded TES IV: Oblivion Classic/2006, with lots of OBSE mods that improve the QoL in the game.

(I'm not all that impressed by what I've seen of the remastered version, especially the character faces. They look worse than the original game's faces.)

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So, what have you been playing lately (and why isn't it ARC Raiders?).

Because still no regional pricing in MENA, neither on Steam nor on Epic

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Took a chance and decided to buy this despite the flaw noted in the review. I have an 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G and it works well but I like the look of the D-Pad on this with it being 8 directions. I'm also hoping it could be firmware but also wondering if it's a per-unit issue perhaps? And for the price, I don't mind giving it a try and sending it back if I have that issue.

Thanks for spotlighting this! I'm always interested in checking out new controllers.

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I spent most of the past two weeks playing The Outer Worlds 2, since I pre-ordered and had early access. Now that the hype train has long left the station, I'm returning to the games I've put on hold.

I intend to wrap up Super Robot Wars Y and Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (the remake). After that, I'd like to give Elder Scrolls another shot. I played Skyrim briefly years ago, and I intend that revisit that. However, I'm going to start with Morrowind (using OpenMW), followed by Oblivion Remastered. I already had Oblivion in my library, but I heard the remastered version had several good QoL improvements.

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Details for any installed driver would be great, especially Mesa.

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Please do not talk about dgvoodoo2, it's closed source and his dev is not friendly with open source

For those of you that are curious about the background to this matter, please follow these links:

https://github.com/lutris/dgvoodoo2/issues/5

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=104797

At first it seems that the dev is being reasonable in his concerns until you read on further and discover that his most recent version is having problems in Linux and he doesn't seem to care. It is made worse by the fact that, two months later, he locked down his GitHub site and put the project into read-only mode.

@legluondunet, I can certainly appreciate your frustration in having to deal with this individual. Strange that he cannot comprehend that forcing absolutely everyone to do your beta testing is the wrong approach. Hopefully, someone will step up to produce an alternative to his project. A shame that they will likely have to reinvent the wheel.

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GTK feels like 2005 but that the corners are rounded emoji

It's customizable. If you want hard angles with millimeter thick bevel, you can :)

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Currently playing Duet Night Abyss (so far it works like a charm on Linux) and Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Sometimes doing meta or two in Guild Wars 2.

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Been playing the new CK3 DLC, All Under Heaven, Linux native.

I started as an unlanded Adventurer in what is nowadays Korea. Bought a treasure map that took me all the way to the Black Sea. The treasure didn't amount to what I thought it would, but taking on contracts and visiting plenty of landmarks along the way still paid off. Upon return, I seduced one of the king's daughters, but failed to run away with her. After some time (and a few bastard children), a change in leadership allowed me to invite her to my camp, and after taking care of her betrothed, was finally able to marry her, in the hope that possible offspring inherits her claim to the kingdom. By now, I turned in some fame in exchange for an Estate, to actually experience more of the DLC content, but compared to life as an adventurer, attempting to climb the ranks of the Meritocracy is fairly boring. So I'm still hoping for plan A to come to fruition.

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Nice! Would be quite useful for Trails in the Sky FC.

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