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The Talos Principle updated again, new public beta improves their Vulkan support some more
11 Nov 2016 at 1:04 pm UTC

This is great i haven't yet done a Talos Principle Vulkan MESA-Git video on my RX 480 tests [External Link]

I'll be sure to use the new beta when I do, thanks for the turn on.

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild
11 Nov 2016 at 10:32 am UTC

Quoting: elmapul
Quoting: slaapliedjeI don't know how one could even gauge whether or not Steam Machines have failed. Companies are still making them, right? How have they failed in that case?

Having lived through the life of the Atari Jaguar (as short as it was) and the fact that it lives off of homebrew titles still, I'd consider that a failure in the mainstream, but people still love it. Steam Machines are still being made, more games are being released for it, and the library is getting larger every day. So really, how are they a failure? Have they sold millions of units? No because they have various versions. We'd have to count every machine that has pre-installed SteamOS to count it, and I don't see Dell, Zotac, Syber, etc releasing sales numbers yet.
every steam machine includes an steam controller, and steam controller are sold separately, also, every console have support at least 4 controllers and steam controllers work on Pc too, valve stoped marketing steam machines, or featuring it on their store, but they do with controller, they arent planing ship it world wide or exapand their market to other countries but they do with the controller and link.
and steam controller sold less than 1 million of copies
Good observation. The next logical followup question is...... Why?

Why have have Valve done this. Begin speculation.

The Humble Store is having a huge birthday sale, tons of stuff for insanely cheap
11 Nov 2016 at 3:53 am UTC

Quoting: SchattenspiegelDirt 3 complete edition for Free currently - not exactly a linux game but runs under wine afaik.
I also saw this on /r/gamedeals [External Link]

Quoting: GuestVertiginous Golf is actually really fun. Me and a buddy picked it up when it was free on Steam a while back. If you like mini golf and have someone to play with, it's worth the price.
Disagree, the level select 3D room feels really shoddy and other Quality Control seems lacking in other areas.

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild
10 Nov 2016 at 11:16 pm UTC Likes: 2

The study I was referencing in my comment is located here:

Just because you learned a few things in college doesn't make you a "know it all", "better than everyone else" smart fuck who immediately knows how to run Valve, Inc better than Valve, Inc.

Rome wasn't built in a day. If you're angry that things have not gone according to your timetable then you may want to analyze that you had inappropriate expectations which led to your disappointment.

Youngling Padawan, you have many years and days to suffer to learn why your ideas about Success, Failure and traditional workplace structure will fail - and I sincerely hope you don't learn the hard way and listen to the smarter people who have researched this shit.

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Edit:
☑ Steam & Linux are going to hit nearly 3,000 games
☑ I have more AAA games than I have time to play
☑ I play on X360, PS4, and Steam Controller
☑ my FPS on RX 480 MESA on most games is usually 80 - 300 FPS
☑ I know my games will work for decades on Linux
☑ I have no CD's to Scratch
☑ Updates to the game and bug fixes are free and digital
☑ I don't have to dedicate storage space to a DVD Game Library Bookshelf
☑ My Game Console is Upgradable and Portable because it's self built
☑ I can play my games in Vulkan, the future of cross-platform GL.
☑ Linux is destined to conquer all other systems because of it's versatility, free, and open nature
☑ Linux shares commonality with Android, PlayStation 4 and macOS making game porting between these platforms easier meaning it will eventually win.
☑ New Job listings suggest Nintendo NX is running Linux

Jesus, the list goes on and on and on and on... given some time I could give you the whole shotgun list of reasons but this list should suffice as starting reasons why Linux will conquer and succeed as a permanent installment, and eventual king of the future of gaming.

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild
10 Nov 2016 at 11:10 pm UTC



How did this article get a pass to be featured on GamingOnLinux.com

The author clearly is some college English student who is whiny, angry, and doing his best to tear down Gaming On Linux & Valve.

He is a judger who has already written Steam Machines and SteamOS as FAILURES.

He doesn't understand how PURPOSE, AUTONOMY, and MASTERY are powerful things that Valve Infrastructure weild's to create amazing games and products.

There are numerous spelling mistakes and missing words it's like this article hasn't even gone through a spell checker, but what's worse is the author is missing a few screws too.

Also if you could keep your fucking 6 page essays to to fucking 1,200 words max this article wouldn't come off as such a assault to the eyes.

There are even no fucking images on this post. WHAT THE FUCK?

Genius Simplifies and Ignorance Complicates. This article didn't need to be fucking 3,600 words or 6 fucking pages long in my word processor - I HOPE I NEVER SEE THIS KIND OF TRASH ON GAMINGONLINUX.COM AGAIN.

User Editorial: Steam Machines & SteamOS after a year in the wild
10 Nov 2016 at 10:11 pm UTC



Reserving the space for my comment - gonna read now.

Time to read 3,621 words.

Space Jammers, the roguelike shooter that works well on Linux needs funding on Kickstarter, possible source release
10 Nov 2016 at 12:06 am UTC

Maybe when it comes out, I dunno about loosely formed games anymore. I'll bookmark when it comes on steam.

Planetary Annihilation: TITANS lives again, about to get a lot more multi-threading
9 Nov 2016 at 10:38 pm UTC

They're really doing everything they can to be Infamous huh?

I guess good and bad attention are both attention huh?

There was a part of me that wanted to try the new one but could never justify it after trying the first and having the mechanics not be the RTS I hoped it was.

Black Mesa, the fan-made remake of Half-Life is rather unstable on Linux right now
9 Nov 2016 at 10:24 pm UTC Likes: 2

I do about 280 FPS on average in Black Mesa.

AMD RX 480
i7-6700k
MESA-Git + Gallium
Arch Linux

I played all the way to chapter 2 with next to 0 glitches. Here's the video of me playing chapter 1 showing off Black Mesa on MESA-Git Performance @ 1080p.

I've opened a YouTube Channel for RX 480 on MESA Performance Previews including OpenGL vs Vulkan, etc...

Subscribe here if you wanna be in the loop: https://www.youtube.com/user/ElectricPrism [External Link]

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