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They no longer seem to sneak a newsletter subscription through the backdoor when claiming one of their giveaways. That’s refreshing.
I was always wondering in what world 'I want this free game' meant 'Yes, I DID change my mind: I now DO want to receive spam'.

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

I fear they will be getting massive government bailouts, like in 2008. "Risk" is for us little people.

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I was expecting this. If anything, the months of zigging up, up, up without a zag down were starting to make me irrationally nervous.

We still have to get the Chinese onto Linux.

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Quoting: TechnopeasantIn this particular instance of a banner ad that goes up for only two weeks, spending ten seconds is objectively more productive than spending an hour, even if the results are worse and it is not great branding.

Right, but as I said earlier: a banner image on a site is just the tip of the iceberg. Their recent job posting for a Senior Software Dev required active use of AI Tools and internal advocacy to increase adoption of AI Tools across the whole organization. While only listing familiarity with CI/CD as a "plus." If it were just a banner image I'd just roll my eyes and move on, but IMO it's just another indication of more insidious changes going on.

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Quoting: Aaron SparksFascinating data for sure. I saw a different article by SteamDeckHQ that showed Stardew Valley at #1, but the data pull was dated January 4-February 2, as opposed to January 3-February 1.
As far as my preference through that time frame- Slots and Daggers, Dispatch, SilkSong, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, and Deep Rock Survivor have all consumed my gaming time on deck and desk.

Yeah, the data will change based on when you grab it, as Valve's charts are always up to date, so ours is actually a bit more true to January since we grabbed it earlier.

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Fascinating data for sure. I saw a different article by SteamDeckHQ that showed Stardew Valley at #1, but the data pull was dated January 4-February 2, as opposed to January 3-February 1.
As far as my preference through that time frame- Slots and Daggers, Dispatch, SilkSong, Warhammer 40k: Space Marine 2, and Deep Rock Survivor have all consumed my gaming time on deck and desk.

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Dear lord I need this in my life. First time I have heard/seen this game, can’t wait!

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Making excellent things in Godot is always going to be swell in my book.

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Wow, yes! Hours spent on Road Rash on PC, I can still hear the thunk of the police baton as you wallop the competition. No motorcycle emoji available but here's a donut for no particular reason at all. 🍩

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I actually took part in this survey (Nobara Linux) most likely the first one in several years.
Besides the small drop, one interesting fact relating to linux on desktop.. i noticed over at globalstats, that from the period of december 2025 to january 2026 linux the marketshare of linux desktop rose from 3.86 to 4.01 percent worldwide.
So even with this drop i think linux as a whole is moving forward as a viable OS.

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Lol, Mosin rifle...
I wonder how many real ones does Finland still have?

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No crafting from looks at the demo, which i just got. No "crafting" buttons.
No unique RPG like skills or anything. But looks like game will be based around customization of weapon/character items/attachments. I hope single player will be good. Cause for multi player i got arc raiders.

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Alan Wake, Quantum Break, Control (until it got the best of my patience)... See the patern? 😊

Now I'm playing Moonlighter... Nice casual game to kill some time.

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looks really interesting, and I say it as russian(sort of), who lived next to finland :D
Finns dont do much cool, but when they do, its REALLY cool. Perkelle Poikka!
I am really curious about gameplay. graphics already have me.
I hope there is some good crafting there.

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This is why I RSS subscribe to gmaingonlinux. Thanks Liam, my amazement, seeing this game. I had no idea it existed. Wishlisted immediately!

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Didn't they readjust the numbers a few days later, last month?

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Nice.
I really liked the very "out there" storyline of the first one.

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GOG has made another [youtube video](https://youtu.be/qKgGB-P4fk8) e-begging for patrons and the thumbnail reeks of AI as well, here's a [direct link](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qKgGB-P4fk8/maxresdefault.jpg) to the image as it is now. Maybe it'll change as there's already comments talking about it, I have saved it locally just in case.

I hate that I can't be sure but the style on it ain't looking great and they've already shown their hand with this, very disappointing that I have to cast doubt even more than before.

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Quoting: TheSHEEEPThat flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.

It was rumoured to be the difficulty of how to count internet/gaming cafes.

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I've been playing DOOM (via uzdoom) recently. This is still a very refreshing game.

Only addon I'm using is voxeldoom (As mentioned on this very site).
Graphics: Classic setting 320x200 with 4x3 aspect ratio.

However control is a bit more modern via trackball and keyboard.

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Hmmmm no multiplayer? Such a shame

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That flow of +Chinese -Linux is fairly normal by now.
I wonder what is it that makes Chinese rise and ebb so sporadically - you'd think it would be a more or less constant chunk.

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Just a reminder that [Luxtorpeda](https://github.com/luxtorpeda-dev/luxtorpeda) makes it super straightforward to use ScummVM (and DOSBox, and various engine reimplementations) with Steam games.

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Quoting: Tethys84Theres going to be a massive flood of hardware being dumped onto the 2nd hand market when the bubble bursts and the companies are liquidating.

...or will hold hardware for decade till obsolescence, dump/shred/brake so only for electronics waste/recycling...

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When I moved to the UK I only had a tiny notebook with me, which I couldn't upgrade for some years, with Linux on it. Back then, there weren't many games on Linux, and much less that my laptop could run. ScummVM was my saviour, allowing me to play all the great LucasArts classics again. And for that, I'm super grateful.

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Quoting: Arehandoro

Quoting: suchHardware will be the least of our concerns when this bubble bursts.

As long as I can get shelled roasted sunflower seeds to sit on a bench and look at rich people jump from big buildings, I'll be alright.

I'm afraid it's not the rich who will be jumping at that stage.

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I think FF8R is the one version not to get out of the two - it looks atrocious, and it still has the same technical limitations the previous version had.

So, I maintain that if we're talking compromise (given we're discussing the PC ports, and modern FF8 ports in general) the emulated PSX version is the single best, easiest to obtain, set up and engage with... compromise. Popular games as well, so you can snag those discs easy off ebay. No Pocketstation support in software emulation AFAIK, but that's truly nothing to write home about - I own a couple, I know - and statistically not something someone interested in getting into FF8 in 2026 would be into, certainly not over the rest of the game not being... a sub-par, unresponsive experience relative to the smoothness you get on the PSX, emulated or otherwise.

Now, if we're not talking compromise there's the original hardware route or FPGA, which has the benefit of not requiring a scaler for HDMI output. Pocketstation support included.

I can't for the life of me decipher what you meant by the reading Japanese snarkiness, though :)

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Heart of China... I have it on my must-play list since forever (ok, since 1991). Has the time finally come? It's on GOG, too.

Gigeresque Dark Seed is also something I've been meaning to play one day, but I don't see it on sale anywhere...

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This project keeps on giving, I simply love it. Big thank you to all the contributors and maintainers.

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Love me some Valheim although I feel I pretty much unlocked everything there is in this game after spending couple hundred hours in it 😋

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