Quoting: gbudnySimilarly, Linux has many applications and games that we can use. We can accept them with all the issues or jealously look at Windows versions.

Or we can use all of the format-shifting tools at our disposal alongside native content, and appreciate how we've actually got more options than Windows and MacOS. :smile:

Quoting: gbudnyWe overestimate Linux with Wine/Proton as a replacement for Windows.

I haven't seen anybody around here do so, and everyday people don't actually look at it that way, anyway. For most people, it's just about getting things done and having it work, regardless of how. They're not looking for a replacement for something that they're actively trying to get rid of - they're looking for a way to preserve workflow and move that into a different environment.

I'm currently helping someone look into moving some (non-gaming) tasks over to Linux in order to move away from MacOS, and I can say from experience (and I'm sure that others here have similar tales) that the first question you'll get asked in a case like this is if there's any way to keep using what's already in place via some sort of tool. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Quoting: whizseWell, I wouldn't recommend it, but negging [External Link] does seem to work for some people.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyUgh.

I'd never heard of that until now, and now I wish that I hadn't. :sick:

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Quoting: whizseNow you got lawn clippings all over the place, and have to clean up with PowerWash Simulator [External Link]!

OH NOOOOOOOOOO! :shock:

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI dunno..... Automatic Blowing Robots sounds more like a robot-army for the red light district....... :wink:

Goddamnit Spider! :tongue:

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Oh nooooo, Liam, no! :tongue: I still need to get started on Lawn Mowing Simulator [External Link] which I discovered thanks to a few mentions on GOL and which my other half gave me after he got it in a bundle since he knew I had my eye on it, and then I've always got Placid Plastic Duck Simulator [External Link] ready to go, and now you post about this?!

automatic leaf blowers that travel around the screen like little robots

Welllllll, I could always use more troops for my robot-army... :wink:

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bachelor and upper class twit, Cummerbund Bandersnatch

Considering that Benedict Cumberbatch is responsible for my username because he can't say "penguin" [External Link], I approve of this amusing character-name spoofing him. :grin: :tongue:

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumIf Valve or any other company started pushing for too much control over my Linux system I would give up gaming again and go back to purely FOSS.

Yeah, I'd go back to console-gaming if that happened, as much as I don't like the idea. I've never seen Linux + Proton as some sort of replacement for Windows or MacOS, though - Proton is just a format-shifting tool, like how we have emulators and engine source-ports on Linux, too, but I started out using Linux with no gaming on it whatsoever.

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There's some good stuff in this Play on the Go bundle, as always, though I'll be passing this time since there's only one game in there that I've had my eye on!

If you want to take a bit of a gamble they also have a VIP Mystery Bundle that gives you 3 games for £4.99 that all have plenty of Steam reviews rated Mostly Positive or higher.

Unfortunately, this one was the first Fanatical mystery-bundle I've ever gotten that was, for me, almost totally duff - only one title that fit my tastes out of the three. Like, sure, I know these bundles are a gamble, but I've usually done way better out of them, haha! :tongue:

Also, it's worth noting that their wording suggests that there being over 1000 reviews or the ratings being Mostly Positive and up doesn't apply to 2023 releases or "blockbusters", for some reason;

All games feature 1000+ Steam reviews or are new releases from 2023.

Steam games rated Mostly Positive or higher, with exceptions for blockbuster titles.

I had much better luck with the Birthday Mystery Bundle [External Link], personally.

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But more importantly than that - survive the longest you can, while shooting anything moving that crosses your path!

I initially misread this as "without shooting anything moving that crosses your path", which would've made it an entirely different game! :shock:

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Quoting: Linux_RocksDon't forget to wishlist Jazz Jackrabbit [External Link] too.

I still have my old CD-ROMs for both Jazz 1 and 2 (the original version, not The Secret Files), but I bought both of GOG's Jazz offerings in a previous sale just to support these games being kept in circulation. I'm quite certain that this is more down to GOG and their understanding of their audience than it is to Epic, though. :tongue:

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderSoooo......... You bought a knockoff Bomberman game???...... I think the nice men in white coats will come and collect you later........

I want more, and we're not likely to see a new game for a while - it's not like the old days when they were released more often (the two-year span between 1996 and 1998 saw about 17 games in 7 different genres, whereas over the last seven years we've only seen 4 games in 1 genre). :tongue:

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI had no idea you were into Bomberman.........

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI did not expect that at all...... Not at all...... No siree....... Not one bit....... Totally unexpected........ :whistle:

Hahahahahahaha! :grin: :tongue:

Anyway, I might go back for the Commander Keen Complete Pack [External Link] for £1.59, as well, but that'll most likely be it for me until the Winter Sale.

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Only a few small titles for me this time, because I've got some Bomberman 40th Anniversary merch pre-orders that're due to ship later this month. :tongue: Less than a fiver got me;

BomberZone [External Link] (44p)
Capcom Arcade Stadium: Pirate Ship Higemaru [External Link] (£1.06)
Chop Goblins [External Link] (£3.19)

And, of course, this is thoroughly expected of me, but I just have to give a shout-out for my beloved Super Bomberman R 2 [External Link], which is currently on sale over on Fanatical for £24.74. :wink:

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