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Latest Comments by walther von stolzing
The next update for the tricky biking game 'Descenders' is due on October 29th
24 Oct 2018 at 2:26 pm UTC

The bike looks a little floaty in the trailer; I wonder how it plays in person. I'd love to have something like Trials natively on Linux.

Play It Now - PixelJunk Shooter
17 Oct 2018 at 12:41 pm UTC

Quoting: kirkgunThis game appeals to me, but I shouldn't bother since I only have keyboard/mouse. Is that correct?
I played it with KB/M as well. (Actually it was more confusing to me to try to do it with the controller.)

Play It Now - PixelJunk Shooter
16 Oct 2018 at 12:33 pm UTC

I also love this game.
It's like a 'spiritual successor' to a much simpler Apple ][ game, though the name eludes me now.

Linux hardware vendor System76 has begun teasing their new 'open-source computer'
27 Sep 2018 at 3:21 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: wvstolzingIs it going to be a RISC-V system?
I hope so, that'd be great! Problem is no games or anything binary will work on it, but then again... open source computer! They didn't really say if that was going to go into laptops as well, did they?
Even if it's as functional as a Chromebook, that would be a huge deal; though as of right now, I believe only one RISC-V dev board that is able to run Linux exists (the 'HiFive Unleashed [External Link]' ), and it costs $999 [External Link]. Also, the expansion board that turns it into something more capable costs $1999 [External Link]. So maybe it's not feasible yet commercially?

DXVK 0.80 is out with a new cache to reduce stutter and further CPU overhead improvements
23 Sep 2018 at 8:55 pm UTC

Quoting: LeopardThere is no need for seeking meaning in numbers.

Just enjoy it , that's what i do.
That might be true in this case; though in general (including anything mission critical), you do have to think twice, or take precautions, before using zero-point software.

DXVK 0.80 is out with a new cache to reduce stutter and further CPU overhead improvements
23 Sep 2018 at 6:54 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: F.Ultra
Direct3D Feature Level 11_1 is now supported.
So I take it that DXVK is now DX11 feature complete, this is incredible news!
I wonder when they'll bump the release version to 1.0 -- when they reach D3D10/10_1, maybe? The wiki page isn't very explicit.

System Shock reboot to have a 'Retro Mode', also System Shock: Enhanced Edition 'soon' for Linux
7 Sep 2018 at 11:57 am UTC Likes: 3

I wonder if the Linux version of the Enhanced Edition will be available on GOG.

Feral Interactive are teasing a brand new native Linux port
24 Aug 2018 at 8:11 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: ExpalphalogThe most obvious thing to spring to mind is Starforge (Star from the picture, Forge from the description) but considering that game is old, everyone hated it, and I think it's even free now, I doubt that's what they are teasing.
'Starforge' brings to mind KotOR 1 -- which is long overdue for a native version on Linux.

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