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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...

Valve are asking for help testing "ACO", a new Mesa shader compiler for AMD graphics
3 Jul 2019 at 7:51 pm UTC Likes: 8

Quoting: KristianI am afraid that I have a very very hard time with giving AMD another chance after the "hardware malfunction error" on my Mobility Radeon X1800. Even though that was on Windows. Even though that was 10 years ago.
Don't let this ancient experience discourage you. I have had my share of pain with AMD as well, but that is in the past. AMD is a solid choice nowadays.

Planet Explorers goes free as Pathea Games lose the multiplayer code
3 Jul 2019 at 6:40 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: GuestTo be fair though, even "professional" software development mistakes happen.
As a professional software developer I can tell you that there is no such thing as professional software development. There is only deadlines, managers, investors, deadlines, workarounds, hacks, deadlines, cut corners... Did I mention deadlines?