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Latest Comments by Jarmer
October 25 reminder - GamingOnLinux needs your support
3 Oct 2025 at 4:20 pm UTC

Liam I know you're probably sick and tired of hearing this, so it's the last time I'll ever mention it, (and sorry in advance please forgive me lol)

I really do think you're leaving money on the table by not having a subscription option built into the site itself. People may not have a patreon account, or an account on any of the other options as well. The friction of having to go to another site, and sign up there and input payment details and connect to here is nothing to dismiss.

I know it'd be more work for you, but I feel like it'd generate a lot more income and the extra work would be worth it. You could do all the different levels bronze silver gold (whatever) and have them have different prices and different rewards, etc.

That's it! I've said my piece. I'll never bring it up again.

Dwarf Fortress gets some more fixes, a preview of the Siege Update due soon and a modding jam
3 Oct 2025 at 4:12 pm UTC Likes: 1

If you all feel the same, I do recommend that you check of Caves of Qud... It's got a normal "rpg save mode" option that basically disables the roguelike nature of things (I wouldn't have played without this option) - and it's REALLY fun in Caves of Qud to just run around doing crazy shit having no effing clue what you're doing. Sometimes it's the funniest game on earth BECAUSE you have no idea what you're doing and OOPS morph into a sentient brick wall or some crazy shit. LOL. I've played a ton of Qud and I feel like I have a low level understanding of the base systems, but nowhere near even a medium understanding of all the insane combinations, but still have an absolute blast playing it.

From all I've seen / read / watched from DF, I feel like it'd be a little bit the opposite. I feel like I'd be VERY frustrated in that game running around having no idea what I'm doing, with all my little people dying from lava flows, or drowning, or whatever.

Steam stable update brings end of life notice for 32-bit Windows and lots of bug fixes
3 Oct 2025 at 4:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

No, I think it IS still 32 bit, at least the steam application itself. Others can confirm that? Liam?

The app itself is still 32 bit, but it won't run on any os' that themselves are 32 bits. Macos steam app is 64 bit since apple phased out running any 32 bit apps, but on windows linux the app is still 32 bit.

... at least, I think all that's right? ...

Green Man Gaming launch their first game bundle to support SpecialEffect’s One Special Day
3 Oct 2025 at 3:58 pm UTC Likes: 4

Any fans of the fps genre should definitely check out Robocop Rogue City. I picked it up on sale for $5 the other day and WOW it's blown me away how good it is. It's pretty simple and basic actiony, but that's kind of the point, and the shooter aspect of it is so cool.

Warhammer 40,000: Mechanicus II gets a first demo live now
3 Oct 2025 at 3:57 pm UTC Likes: 1

SUPER high on my most-anticipated list. LOL this comes one day after I just wrote a little blurb praising Mechanicus 1.

I will definitely skip this demo though and just wait for full release. I wanna go all in!

The Crazy Hyper-Dungeon Chronicles (TCHDC) is for fans of dungeon crawlers with roguelite replayability
3 Oct 2025 at 3:55 pm UTC Likes: 2

lol that preview pic: ANGRY FACE RAAAAWWWRRRRRR

and man alive, I absolutely LOVE the ui in-game. Going to have to check this out for sure. Reminds me of Caves of Qud which I also love.

Steam Survey for September 2025 is out and here's the Linux / SteamOS details
2 Oct 2025 at 8:28 pm UTC

I've been running cachy on my main desktop for probably close to 6 months now with zero issues, so I can say from personal experience: it is very stable.

I just love how simple and easy it is. And cutting edge for my hardware is also nice. Highly recommended!

Get lots of Warhammer games in the latest Humble Bundle
2 Oct 2025 at 6:24 pm UTC Likes: 1

W40K is one of my all time fav media franchises (up there with Shadowrun), so I love these games! My favs:

Mechanicus: holy shit so much fun. The end game gets a little stale since they didn't limit the power of some of the tech priests, so combat becomes completely meaningless (you wind up being able to wipe entire encounters without the enemy even taking a turn). And for a tacticts game that is pretty much nothing but combat, that's no good. BUT that said, 100% still worth playing. They absolutely NAILED the vibe. The music, visuals, effects, storylines, tech priests, SO well done. Mid-game combat is also crazy fun, it's right where you start to get super powerful but aren't op yet.

Inquisitor: a MUST PLAY for any fans of the genre (arpg diablo-likes) ESPECIALLY with the recent (like a year ago maybe?) add on that included the controllable 4 pack of characters to join you in-game. Man I had so much fun clearing maps with those additional characters. They rebalanced it too to make it a lot more fun and a lot less one-shotty.

I don't do pve/pvp/coop games, so several of the others aren't interesting to me personally, but also, where's Boltgun!??!?!?!

Amazon Luna cloud gaming will get a refresh with a new social game system - and an AI powered game
2 Oct 2025 at 6:23 pm UTC Likes: 3

Also to pile on: the recent nvidia openai 100 billion deal is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO bad. Like collapsing house of cards people are going to lose their retirements due to the market crashing bad. This is bordering on corrupt market manipulation IMO, but whatever. WHEN the crash happens its going to be so bad.

I for one welcome it with arms open.

Dwarf Fortress gets some more fixes, a preview of the Siege Update due soon and a modding jam
2 Oct 2025 at 6:12 pm UTC Likes: 6

This is one of those games that on paper I love following, and reading about, and watching videos about, but just could never get into due to complexity. But I absolutely love that it exists and people play it!