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Latest Comments by FredO
What have you been playing and what do you think?
8 Oct 2017 at 6:15 pm UTC

Steamworld Dig 2
Hyper Light Drifter (local co-op)
Overlord 2
Dawn of War 3 campaign
Laser Squad in a Spectrum emulator

Edit: Also Dirt Rally - never gets old.

Battle for Orion 2, a game where galactic domination meets real time strategy has a Linux version
6 Oct 2017 at 12:53 pm UTC

I totally agree that valve need to showcase games like this when they get support for a new platform. This game went well under the radar, and I'm sure there's many more like it.

Hand of Fate 2 to release on November 7th with Linux support
5 Oct 2017 at 6:37 am UTC

The first one was a blast, so this is on the wishlist for sure. I never did beat that dealer though... :><:

We have a review of XCOM 2: War of the Chosen, Commander
20 Sep 2017 at 1:14 pm UTC

This does sound like a really great expansion. For various reason my gaming budget for this month just flew out the window, but this baby's wishlisted.

...but Feral Interactive - Where's F1 2017? (nudge, nudge, wink, wink, say no more...)

Valve makes adjustments to user reviews due to review bombing with 'histogram' charts
20 Sep 2017 at 11:28 am UTC Likes: 2

This brings up the question about the purpose of user reviews - are they there to assess the game itself, or also to rate Developer/Publisher behaviour? Take GTAV as an example, they shutdown the OpenIV Mod site and Steam reviews got bombed hard. The game itself was unchanged, but suddenly it had mixed reviews.
For me, Steam user reviews have sadly become a lot less trustworthy than they ever were. I can't imagine Steam without them though, because without them you are blind to how good the game really is from a user perspective.

The situation of 'RUINER' coming to Linux is so very strange, developers now asking for requests
15 Sep 2017 at 2:48 pm UTC

It seems like the MacOS version has also been put on hold, so it sounds like the money-man may have started closing some taps. Let's hope it has a successful release!

http://steamcommunity.com/app/464060/discussions/0/1485482132156965785/ [External Link]

SteamWorld Dig 2 to release on Steam with Linux support on September 22nd
14 Sep 2017 at 9:09 pm UTC

SteamWorld Heist was really good, but I never got the first Dig. This one however looks awesome!

The Infectious Madness of Doctor Dekker is now officially available for Linux
14 Sep 2017 at 12:39 pm UTC

It was the Redhead, in the kitchen, with the candlestick! Ah whoops, wrong game.

This does look interesting though - nice acting. Wishlisted.

Feral Interactive have put back the "West Norwood" Linux port teaser
5 Sep 2017 at 8:50 pm UTC Likes: 3

F1 2017 - it must be!

Economic Tires of West Norwood are selling a Pirelli P Zero tire which is "utilising the same processes as in the production of Formula One™ tyres". What greater proof do you need?

http://www.westnorwoodtyres.co.uk/TyreSearch/Details/5559/Pirelli+P+Zero+(Silver)+23535R19 [External Link]

Linux desktop market share has hit another all time high above 3%, according to netmarketshare
1 Sep 2017 at 4:44 pm UTC Likes: 7

I made the comment last month about the German Linux market share reaching 4% according to Statcounter. Now one month later it's at 4.9%, so something moved last month. Statcounter also count ChromeOS separately.

http://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/germany/#monthly-201608-201708 [External Link]