I don't recall this game and I thought I knew all the crappy doom clones from back then. This screenshot makes it look like the Build engine, but Duke 3D didn't come out til later.
Simpler times. Remember when Duke Nukem was 2D ONLY? (Whatever grandpa) ((Duke who??))

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It's a pity this isn't cheaper...

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Discord was a revelation when it launched. It's just a shame that it's neither open-source, or improved in any meaningful way since its launch. IPO may well kill it, tbh.

IPO will lead to enshittification which will lead to a less-bloated open source successor to slowly take the reins. However, Discord will still be the most common integrated chat app for a decade or so.

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My assumption is Arm laptops are going to become the norm for reasonably powerful and cheap school aged users. Therefore Epic wants to support Arm devices simply to retain access to children with a parent's credit card.

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Now that it's out of early access I can buy it, thanks!
There's also a 2.5D Starfox-like called Ex-Zodiac -- https://store.steampowered.com/app/1249480/ExZodiac/ [External Link]

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It's been a blast hasn't it? Very, very exciting. That initial media blitz around it, then the sale page going up and immediately submitting an order while my wife encouraged me to splurge and get the top end Deck. Following the subreddit and all the memes and worries and hopes around it. Finally getting my Deck and playing Doom and Quake and modding Witcher 3, installing emulators and playing 150 hours of Breath of the Wild. Playing Sea of Thieves and other online games. I even sold my deck to my friend and upgraded to the OLED model.

Kudos Valve! And kudos GamingOnLinux too for the constant stream of Linux gaming news to follow.

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@Linas

I am sometimes tempted to redeem all those games on Epic. But then again, it's Epic.

As long as I'm not spending a dime on the store I'm game to take the freebies. I may even buy Alan Wake 2 some day.
FWIW GOG don't support Linux either. It's to their detriment sadly - all they need to do is announce official partnership with Heroic Launcher and provide better API access and they'd win many more buyers at minimal cost. Put up a sign on each store page "Linux has provisional support via Heroic Launcher but do not ask GOG for after sales support if you're playing on non-Windows devices."

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@d3Xt3r

So I ask the D1 fans here, do you know to any compatible mod which adds running (or fast walking)? And please don't say Belzebub or Tchernobog mods, because they alter the game way too much. I just want a vanilla+ experience, with running.

Asking for running in D1 is like asking for unlimited select in StarCraft. But I agree it's quite jarring how you can't run, and it's what's kept me from returning to the game for all these years. Even when it was new I recall being slightly irked that your guy walks everywhere!

It's probably a hold over from before the A in the RPG emerged. Wasn't the game was going to have turn based combat before the designer played it one night with real time combat and discovered how much better it was?

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@doktor_mandrake

Those talking about htpc, I've been using my pc on a sofa in front of a TV for about 3 years now.. I use a keyboard/touchpad combo (logitech k400) and honestly never used my controller to navigate or launch games, and works great.. though you might have to run a usb extension cable so the receiver can actually pick it up

I set my wife's PC up as an HTPC in 2016ish with a K400 as the main driver, and it's been great. A wireless Xbox controller lets her play all her games. It's tied our living room together ever since.

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Pffffft, an AAA Yakuza pirate game? The world already received it's very first AAAA (quad A) pirate game from Ubisoft last year!

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