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It's hard to believe Selaco is running on GZDoom in the latest 3 minute trailer
22 Aug 2021 at 2:56 pm UTC Likes: 2

This shooter actually looks good enough to play it by myself (no co-op), so wishlisted!

Prodeus is set to get co-op support and shows off the character art
22 Aug 2021 at 2:46 pm UTC

Yeah, no reason to get it in Early Access then. Cool news about co-op for sure though!

Debian 11 "bullseye" is officially out now
16 Aug 2021 at 1:56 am UTC Likes: 2

I like seeing news of big changes to the popular distributions. Keep them coming!

I agree that I would not recommend Debian to a newbie Linux gamer. That doesn't mean more experienced individuals can't make it work for them. Also, Debian is a great server operating system, and some of us like hosting dedicated game servers, too. Not to mention it's really impactful in the Linux ecosystem. I'm starting to wonder why you _wouldn't_ want distro news. Larger PC gaming sites may not talk about Windows or Mac too much because a lot of gamers don't care what their OS is. It's different for us. We game on Linux for a _reason_, not just by default. So, I'll go out on a limb and say Linux gamers care more about their operating system than the typical Windows gamer.

Unity acquires streaming service Parsec for $320 million
14 Aug 2021 at 4:50 am UTC

I don't really understand what they're going to do with this.

elementary OS 6 Odin is an absolute beauty and it's out now
14 Aug 2021 at 4:44 am UTC

Quoting: GuestAlso, does anybody find it strange that they ship with epiphany(and not Firefox) as the default browser? they show this off on all their screenshots.
I wonder if maybe they are shipping non-free codecs or extensions with it, and so they have to rebrand. I didn't look into it; just a guess.

I liked Elementary for a little while for the kids' computers. I wanted them to be familiar with a Mac-like experience rather than Windows. Well, I only kept eOS on their systems for less than a year because I use Arch btw and was too frustrated trying to get programs installed into their Ubuntu-based ecosystem. This was a couple years ago and before Flatpak stuff. So, I switched them to Manjaro (and then later to EndeavourOS). I hope Endeavour doesn't get really opinionated down the road because I want the Arch creep to stop in this household. I don't want to install more Arch systems from scratch. But they give me the most freedom and least frustration I feel like.

All in all, I am glad eOS exists and hope they and their users enjoy working with it. Probably not the right choice for gamers (generally speaking of course).

Don't Starve Together: Waterlogged is out adding a new ocean biome
14 Aug 2021 at 4:24 am UTC

They've added quite a lot of free updates to this game over the years. Wow.

Space station building sim Starmancer has entered Early Access
7 Aug 2021 at 3:20 am UTC Likes: 1

I bought the game because I've been waiting for it for a long time. Unfortunately, I can't start a game. The main menu loads, but I can't get past character and base names. It's a pity. Since I have a fondness for this game for some reason, I will probably try to submit bugs... whenever I have time play a game again. :tongue: Busy Summer.

EDIT: I later discovered that the game worked on my laptop but not my tower. Now, a few weeks later, I noticed that there was an update to the GOG version. I am happy to say that I can play it on my tower now. :smile:

Silicon Dreams is a pretty rad cyberpunk interrogator sim out now
4 Aug 2021 at 4:35 am UTC Likes: 1

I came back here after seeing a review in a magazine and knew it looked familiar. The review I read said that there is a concept (or more) that is similar to Blade Runner, which is very timely as I recently watched it for the first time. They said that the script is really good and rated the game pretty high. So, while I'm often a bit of a graphics snob, it sounds interesting in a book-reading way. I think I will pick this up on Itch now.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT announced and launching August 11
30 Jul 2021 at 10:44 pm UTC Likes: 2

I like how Valve is combating scalpers of the Steam Deck. With GPU's sold by many distributors, I can't easily think of a strategy against crypto-miners and scalpers.

The System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard is tiny, sturdy and very slick
28 Jul 2021 at 1:54 pm UTC

I want to like it, but the price is too steep considering I already have an RGB mechanical keyboard. I might want a split keyboard though....