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Steam 'Remote Play Together' is now in Beta, allowing local multiplayer games over the net
22 Oct 2019 at 4:24 am UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: Linas
Perhaps if Valve keep doing interesting features like this, more developers might consider the 30% cut Valve take as worth it?
Nobody actually thinks that. Just running the infrastructure yourself can cost as much, not to mention development and maintenance of the software. It's all about grabbing the free cash that's being flung around lately. I doubt it will last.
Not entirely sure what you're saying? No consumers think it or no game developers think it's worth it? Or are you saying the opposite, that no developer truly thinks Valve's 30% isn't worth it?
No developers (should) think that 30% is too much, because of the cost involved in maintaining their own infrastructure.

Steam 'Remote Play Together' is now in Beta, allowing local multiplayer games over the net
21 Oct 2019 at 9:03 pm UTC Likes: 3

Perhaps if Valve keep doing interesting features like this, more developers might consider the 30% cut Valve take as worth it?
Nobody actually thinks that. Just running the infrastructure yourself can cost as much, not to mention development and maintenance of the software. It's all about grabbing the free cash that's being flung around lately. I doubt it will last.

The completely silly fighting game Foreskin Fury is out in Early Access
14 Oct 2019 at 5:07 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: razing32I'm more surprised this is allowed on steam considering they have been censoring anime titties
They are not doing that anymore. Anime tiddies are A-OK now. :whistle:

The completely silly fighting game Foreskin Fury is out in Early Access
14 Oct 2019 at 1:29 pm UTC Likes: 10

Not sure I can recommend the game. A lot of players are dicks.

A developer from Epic Games adds an offscreen video driver to SDL 2
25 Sep 2019 at 4:19 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: RCL(P.S. I work for Epic, although here I'm just another Linux gamer speaking privately).
If you meet Tim next to the coffee machine, I have this idea I'd like to share with him. :wink:


A big new release of the RTS Warzone 2100 has finally made it out the door
3 Sep 2019 at 7:23 am UTC Likes: 1

Warzone 2100 is a great game, that can still compete with modern titles. There are a few caveats though:

The timer. If you like to take your time building your army and chipping away at the enemy, the timed missions will frustrate you endlessly.

Transport missions. Some missions required you to load a few units into a transport ship, and go to a remote location away from your main base. You can then get reinforcements from your existing unit pool, but you cannot really see which specific units are you taking. So you will end up accidentally breaking up groups, or removing units from locations you did not intend to.

But it is a definite classic that deserves much more credit than it gets. Go play it. :)

A look at how Steam Play is doing, based on the ProtonDB reports from July
6 Aug 2019 at 7:23 am UTC

Quoting: Comandante ÑoñardoProton Gold is when you have to edit some game file or manually run winetricks for to install this or that library for to run the game without issues.
Is there an official definition of what criteria needs to be matched for a game to be rated silver and bronze?

Debian 10 "Buster" has finally been released
7 Jul 2019 at 2:09 pm UTC Likes: 5

And if you do like to live on the edge, there is Debian Testing, which is a perpetually rolling release.

Valve may be working on a new version of the Steam Controller
4 Jul 2019 at 8:11 pm UTC Likes: 5

I literally have not used a mouse and keyboard for gaming ever since I got a Steam Controller. I think it really shines in first person and third person games. Twin stick shooters are a bit more tricky, but work ok.

The only thing I struggle with is strategy games. Somehow I find marking units accurately very hard. Which is weird, because that is what it is supposed to be good at...