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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
20 years later, DnD classics Demon Stone and Dragonshard are getting upgraded Steam releases
28 Jul 2025 at 4:03 pm UTC Likes: 3

Interesting. I've reached out to a press team to see if they can get clarification.

Game store itch.io has "deindexed" adult content due to payment processor scrutiny
25 Jul 2025 at 3:28 pm UTC Likes: 5

The problem is the payment processors don't want to be associated with any of it, paid or not. If the platform / store has what they don't like, even if free, that's a problem for the platform.

Splitgate 2 is "going back to beta" with the original shutting down as 1047 Games have layoffs
22 Jul 2025 at 10:28 pm UTC Likes: 8

It’s not about it being a “meme”. Even the most basic marketing would tell you it was a bad idea due to how polarising it would be. And it was, it generated a storm of negativity towards the game. It was an utterly braindead thing to do.

Steam Beta upgrades the in-game performance monitor for Linux
21 Jul 2025 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

Not sure why you think it may replace MangoHud, since MangoHud has always been external open source software. This is just expanding Steam's own built-in options.

According to one source Linux hits over 6% desktop user share
21 Jul 2025 at 9:01 am UTC Likes: 6

He's not wrong, distro wars long plagued Linux communities in the past.

Old School Rally gets hit with a DMCA and taken down from Steam
18 Jul 2025 at 8:30 am UTC Likes: 11

Sketchfab is not unique in this, and the same could happen to any site, including opengameart.

The Alters gets patched to replace AI generated bits, fix a Steam Deck crash and more
15 Jul 2025 at 2:22 pm UTC Likes: 3

Fair enough! It's a weird one, I hope Valve can find the cause and get a workaround in Proton for it. Frustrating when this stuff happens only on Desktop Linux.

The Alters gets patched to replace AI generated bits, fix a Steam Deck crash and more
15 Jul 2025 at 1:54 pm UTC Likes: 1

Apparently Windowed mode helps stop it crashing, you could try that or make it a full-screen window with Gamescope?