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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
New Linux Gaming Survey For March
1 Mar 2015 at 6:05 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Segata SanshiroI put the Steam Machine question in the very first survey, the idea is to then compare the results to this one.

And then have the same question again next month after GDC when more details are announced to see if things change on the results :)
Love it, can't wait to see the results of that!

Mussel, A Free Underwater Shooter, Synced To A Single Killer Chiptune Track
1 Mar 2015 at 4:17 pm UTC

Quoting: barottoNice little game.
Though the fact that it's not open sourced is beyond me...
well, I think it's a Unity game, so the source wouldn't be all that useful.

I don't see why you would comment that on this anyway?

Ars Technica On The State Of Linux Gaming
1 Mar 2015 at 1:18 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: maodzedunObviously it always boils down to personal preference, but I cannot imagine how gaming can be your hobby and you'd lock yourself out of 90% of the great titles that come out for the PC. Hopefully in the coming years more of you guys will get a taste of that AAA goodness that us dual booters get to experience.

PS I know I always seem to bash on Linux in my comments but it's actually tough love and this place sure needs a devil's advocate ;)
What has gaming being someone's hobby got to do with AAA games? By that thought pattern, why doesn't every "gamer" own all consoles? I mean you can't seriously tell someone how to do their hobby ;), it's a hobby, it's what people like to do, and not what they should do by other people's thoughts.

Most AAA games coming out are terrible.

Personally, I have a PS3 and PS4 and every time I pick up one of these AAA games I am shocked at just how many bugs they have, and most of them are re-hashes of a previous game. Yes, there are also a few really good AAA games, but really not as much as people think.

I considering web programming my hobby, but I don't go out and learn every possible web language around. It's about what you like to do, and a lot of us love the games we have already.

Oh we have plenty of negative nancy's here as well, you're not the only one.

‘VULKAN’ Could Possibly Be The Official Name Of The OpenGL Successor
28 Feb 2015 at 6:31 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: toniWow, nimoy's death make them give the api that strange name in his honor?
I directly address this in the article if you read it:
Quoting: meIt would have been nice if it was a tribute, but it was filed before the reports of his passing.

Ars Technica On The State Of Linux Gaming
28 Feb 2015 at 6:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: crunchpaste
Quoting: maodzedunNot to be a Negative Nancy but how is the Borderlands 2 port good, if it only works properly with Nvidia hardware.
Works quite decently on an Intel HD4400. Medium settings 30+ FPS.. I think that's good enough for a cheap laptop.
I've also seen reports of 30FPS+ on Intel HD 3000, so Intel works pretty well for Borderlands 2.

Ars Technica On The State Of Linux Gaming
28 Feb 2015 at 12:01 pm UTC Likes: 3

@mao, speak to AMD about their drivers. Every developer says the same thing, the closed source AMD drivers are trash for OpenGL support and performance.

Look at every Phoronix benchmark. It is not Aspyr's fault.

Insurgency FPS Finally Gearing Up For A Linux Release
27 Feb 2015 at 9:14 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: MaelraneStill waiting for Contagion :/
I've tried contacting them multiple times, falling on deaf ears right now it seems.

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Exits Beta For Linux, Some Thoughts & A Sale
27 Feb 2015 at 3:26 pm UTC

Seems there's a 2.3GB patch, and no patch notes, really helpful :/

Chivalry: Medieval Warfare Exits Beta For Linux, Some Thoughts & A Sale
26 Feb 2015 at 9:26 pm UTC Likes: 2

Sadly guys, I'm going to re-do my final verdict to: Buy it if you don't mind constant crash to desktop bugs.

Dungeons 2 From Kalypso Media Due Out For Linux In April, First Game-play Shown
26 Feb 2015 at 9:39 am UTC

Quoting: xavi2
Quoting: pb"We don’t really have anything in the class of Dungeon Keeper on Linux"

What about this? http://store.steampowered.com/app/230190/ [External Link]
Just asking, I didn't try it personally.
What about KeeperRL?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/329970 [External Link]
They are really nothing like each other.