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Latest Comments by Liam Dawe
Desura Announce A New Embeddable Widget, Accounts No Longer Needed To Buy Games
6 May 2014 at 2:13 pm UTC

Quoting: DaVinceThe only thing I'm worried about is that there's no links in the widget to the actual game page on Desura. So you have to do a manual search if you really want to know anything more about the game.
Yeah, that also bugged me a little bit, but it's meant for the developer site directly, so all the info you need is supposed to be on the page it's in.

Torque 2D Game Engine Offers Full Linux Support In New Update
5 May 2014 at 3:28 pm UTC

Quoting: gbudny
Quoting: liamdaweThe latest id engine is probably capable of supporting Linux, but they chose not to port Rage as Carmack claimed Linux doesn't sell.

Trouble is they never actually sold Linux versions just offered them as a download, so he was talking out of his ass.
I hope that is a joke because I know that you are a founder of this website.

I remember that three games created by id software were published as box versions:

Quake: The Offering
Quake II: Colossus
Quake III Arena
It's called an oversight, me being the founder of GOL doesn't mean anything.

Besides the Quake 3 games where released for Linux and sold in 1999, you really trust a company who uses sales from 1999 to justify stuff?

Quake Live is also an old title revamped into the browser, so again not a good way to judge Linux interest.

Torque 2D Game Engine Offers Full Linux Support In New Update
4 May 2014 at 7:02 pm UTC

The latest id engine is probably capable of supporting Linux, but they chose not to port Rage as Carmack claimed Linux doesn't sell.

Trouble is they never actually sold Linux versions just offered them as a download, so he was talking out of his ass.

Project Zomboid Survival Game Has A New Major Update, Our Video & Thoughts Included
4 May 2014 at 6:53 pm UTC

Quoting: berarmaI've written in the Desura forum in hopes they take Desura customers more seriously. I shouldn't have bought it until completed.

http://www.desura.com/games/project-zomboid/forum/thread/sun-jdk-fedora-19-64bit-d0cog-project-zomboid-java-version-java-version-170-45-openjdk-runtime-environment-f/#970155 [External Link]
The Desura version is really old due to Desura not supporting multiple branches of releases.

They are hoping to put the latest test up as stable on both Steam & Desura.

Codemasters Looking At Supporting Linux, GRID Autosport Possible
4 May 2014 at 4:24 pm UTC

Quoting: wleoncioAwesome! But what AAA racers does Linux already have?
Right now none I can think of, but we have the ones mentioned at the bottom of the article coming.

Steam Hardware Survey For April 2014, Linux Rises From The Ashes
3 May 2014 at 3:28 pm UTC

Quoting: ChazzaAbout distros being hidden, I don't think they are being hidden. I think it's just that steam can't detect them. I've found that if you have linux standard base (lsb) installed then steam will detect your distro correctly. I'm on Arch and without lsb installed my os is detected as Linux 3.10 (64 bit) but with lsb installed my os is detected as "Arch Linux" (64 bit). Try installing lsb and checking System Information in steam. In Arch the package is called lsb-release. Presumably it's called something similar in other distros.
No, they are being hidden: http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/steams-hardware-survey-now-shows-many-distros.1845

They had the ability to show them before, they now don't.

The Wine Development Release 1.7.18 Is Now Available
3 May 2014 at 8:17 am UTC

Quoting: sobkasI would like to know what everyone thinks about new image used in wine related news. Is it fit for that purpose?
It's excellent!

Desura Announce A New Embeddable Widget, Accounts No Longer Needed To Buy Games
2 May 2014 at 8:52 pm UTC

Quoting: Abhishek chatterjeePetition for Rockstar Games to Bring Games to Linux

I'm currently running a petition on Change.org for Rockstar Games to bring their games over to the Linux platform. Any Linux users who like GTA should take a look at this.

https://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/rockstar-games-release-pc-games-for-the-linux-operating-system [External Link]
Stop spamming, this is your only warning and this is the only one being left up here to show you the warning.

Edit > Banned from commenting.

Let it be known we do not tolerate someone spamming on gol comments.

Ku: Shroud of the Morrigan Continues To Sell Well On Linux
2 May 2014 at 6:59 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: AnonymousI find these numbers really interesting! Games need to be sold for a bright future of Linux gaming. If you've got more of these numbers, good or bad, an overview article would be nice as well.
I actually did that twice already:
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/linux-game-sales-statistics-from-multiple-developers.2963
and
http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/linux-game-sales-statistics-from-multiple-developers-part-2.3015

Nekro, A Beautiful Action Game Released On Steam's Early Access For Linux
2 May 2014 at 6:37 pm UTC

I've added a HS link, kinda pointless since it's Steam only ;) but happy to act on feedback.