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Quoting: Liam DaweSo people having another way/option to play games, while on Linux, is now not good news? Madness. I get not wanting to use it but it's an option and for many, a good one to play games that were previously impossible.

If you don't like it, don't read it or just filter it out in your profile settings. It's as if people just want to moan at this point and it's not productive for anyone.

It's not that I couldn't get behind the reasoning "If it can be played on Linux we'll cover it." I don't think that's the issue why some people find covering Stadia here a bit odd. It's more because covering Stadia but not other streaming services avaialble for Linux and not great new Windows games that have, say, at least a Gold rating on ProtonDB seems to be a very arbitrary decision. If playing on Stadia is gaming on Linux, so is playing Windows games on Linux with Proton. I don't get why one is covered and the other is not.

I get the idea that GoL is your blog and you can write about whatever you and whenever you want, including writing about the weather if you so chose. But you can't really be surprised that if your selection criteria are that arbitrary, people might wonder why?

I'm repeating myself now: Stadia is supported, games are specifically ported and supported onto Stadia by both the developer and Google - and that's an important point. You can't even remotely say the same about Proton (yet? we don't know what the end goal is for Proton). That said, I do cover every single Proton update without fail and only just recently talked directly about Streets of Rage 4 and Street Fighter V got a dedicated video.

As I also stated earlier, I have previously covered other streaming services and I will continue to do so as and when they come up. Currently though, there is no other major streaming service that's supported on Linux.

And yes, some of it is an arbitrary decision. I cover things based a lot on personal interest, hence very little visual novel coverage here for example.

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Quoting: DerpFoxFreshly added to the client, already removed from it. I wish I could do the same with the news one.

I really have difficulties with the new design. Some part of it are brilliant, some others are questionable. For me The client is all empty and grey as I removed all the "shelves" that I don't care for. I'd love to have some sort of landing page with all my installed games a bit like in GOG Galaxy 2.

If you just remove all shelves except All Games, then hit the button to only display those ready to play, does that not do exactly what you're asking for?

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Quoting: RoosterOne thing I don't understand though, why does Stadia get a special treatment? There are other streaming services which don't get nowhere near the same amount of coverage on GOL as Stadia. Wouldn't it be fair to cover all of them in the same amount? Or is it because the other streaming services aren't build on Linux like Stadia is? Just wondering.

A mixture of reasons, and to be clear we have covered streaming in the past and again here and there's also this one too, it's not like it's entirely new on GOL.

On top of that there's not that many streaming services that are actually high quality though. The difference here, compared with other similar services, is that Stadia is actually supported on Linux with it being click and play. GeForce Now is not, xcloud is not, Apple Arcade is not, playstation now is not and the list goes on.

Itself being Debian Linux + Vulkan in the cloud is also very much icing on the cake since I'm a big believer in Vulkan as a cross-platform API.

I'm just here to talk about Linux + Gaming, and showcase interesting stuff you can play on a Linux machine through what interests me and what I think may interest others. I refuse to be put into a box of "you can't cover this".

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Quoting: LinasI used to hate binary wrapped games, then I tried it and saw that it was good. I used to hate Proton games, then I tried it and saw that it was good. I still haven't tried Stadia, but I try to keep an open mind. This site and Liam have changed my mind many times before, and for that I am grateful.

Can't ask for more than an open mind :)

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So people having another way/option to play games, while on Linux, is now not good news? Madness. I get not wanting to use it but it's an option and for many, a good one to play games that were previously impossible.

If you don't like it, don't read it or just filter it out in your profile settings. It's as if people just want to moan at this point and it's not productive for anyone.

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We cover Stadia and it's not up for debate. If it bugs you, filter it out, I'm not going to keep repeating myself each time I write about Stadia.

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Added a note about the Humble Asmodee Digital Play With Friends Bundle.

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Quoting: velemas@Liam please do not associate Stadia with Linux gaming, there are a lot more of Linux fans outside of 14 lucky countries where Stadia is available. Currently Stadia means nothing to me and likely in foreseeable future if at all.

In any case i wonder how Logitech g29 will be managed in Stadia.

It's playing games, on Linux. I will cover it and I shall continue to do so. Don't like it? Don't read it. Filter it out if you must in your profile settings.

As a reminder to all: This website is Gaming On Linux, don't put us in a box of your own making. We cover everything.

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Quoting: PolozoffI found that Steam page of Yakuza: Like a Dragon, has a SteamOS+Linux

Indeed, we're waiting on SEGA press replying to us to talk about it.

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Quoting: SergeyWhat server do you use on screenshot image and how you run into graphical map? Is there any configs or custom settings to do mudlet client in such colors? I think I know how these done...maybe these is server scripts? So what kind of the game represented on the screenshot?

It's Carrion Fields, included in the new release, which has a map button included.

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