Frozenbyte was an early adopter of Linux, first through the porting house Alternative Games and then later through their own in-house development starting with Trine 2.

After 14 years of using Linux, and at least a decade of starting Windows only for gaming (and work), Trine 2 was the first professional game I bought and played on Linux, in late 2012 [External Link]. When I started it, it took quite some seconds to come out of a black screen, so I thought it wouldn't work. I wasn't vastly disappointed at that moment, because I had that feeling, trained in a long time, that Linux just isn't a gaming system. So it was a pleasant surprise when it left the black screen and I could play it. So, still thanks, Frozenbyte!

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Quoting: Power-Metal-GamesI can guarantee that the best thing to enter virtual reality is a giant 4K screen. Not some idiotic thing on your head.

This might qualify as the greatest nonsense about VR I've ever read. There's lots of qualified critics about price, weight, cable, lack of big games, nausea, maybe even fundamental problems making "real" games with VR.

But there's nothing a flat screen can offer that's comparable to turning around - your head, not pressing some controller stick - to see what's lurking behind you. It's something that fucks with your inner ape in a way a monitor just cannot and never will.

("fucks with your inner ape", is that something a native speaker might say - if he's in a somewhat colloquial mood, of course?)

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How would this compare to AER?

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Quoting: SirLootALotSo we got the bethesda games, that use Vulkan anyway, RDR2 and ferals Linux ports of the TR series to use Vulkan, right?
I was hoping for more Vulkan adoption outside of Stadia but we'll have to wait how this develops in the future.

Feral confirmed on Twitter they didn't do the Stadia ports. Can't find where they said it in reply to someone now though, but I saw it.

My favourite website has it in the comments:

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/shadow-of-the-tomb-raider-definitive-edition-arrives-on-linux-on-november-5th.15217/comment_id=166987

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Quoting: JarnoShoulnd't Metro Exodus be EGS exclusive?

Guess someone had some money in his hands...

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Quoting: TheRiddickA good example of old arcadic business models are Unigine and Cryengine

Nice typo. :-D

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Quoting: tmtvlWithout downloads?! What is this, play-by-post?

My first Steam game was Skyrim. When I had installed it from DVD, Steam insisted on downloading such a huge "patch" that I couldn't play the game this evening. (I wasn't aware automatic downloads can be disabled.) I had a full DVD and all I needed to play, but still couldn't.
I guess that's what they're talking about. In the end, probably more data crosses the line than with a preinstalled game, so it doesn't help people with "data plan".

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This is the first game coming to my mind when someone talks bad about gaming.
Do play it.
It's no fun.

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Quoting: ShmerlAnother interesting position is from Valve for SteamOS developers: https://www.valvesoftware.com/en/jobs?job_id=36 [External Link]

Though CodeWeavers one is better, since it's a firmly FOSS option, which is not so common.

Is that a current offer?
Because... "Working with OEMs throughout the hardware product cycle from design through production and maintenance"...

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Quoting: PhiladelphusSpecialized gaming PCs, or a cheap laptop? Connected with how fast internet? Using a high-quality gaming-oriented router, or the cheap crappy one that your ISP provides? Were these avid gamers, or more casual? What kind of games were they playing? :)

I don't think I can answer all your questions from the article [External Link]. But some. They tested a mediocre laptop and a gaming PC, e.g. with Shadow of the Tomb Raider. They used a 1000 fps camera (Sony RX100M6) to measure the time from mouse click to change on the screen, locally and with a streaming service.
They measured 25 to 40 ms locally on the gaming PC and 70 to 100 ms on the notebook. The streaming services added: Parsec/Paperspace 5 to 60 ms, Parsec/Amazon 15 to 50 ms, Shadow 10 to 90 ms. (Worst was Liquidsky, 80 to 270).

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