I love everything Frictional Games has put out and I love that they've supported Linux with each one. I look forward to whatever they put out next.

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I didn't pay enough attention. I was so excited by the news that I immediately bought it. I "installed" it, which of course only installed a text file with a smiley in it, lol.

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The latest Elite. That would be fantastic. Oh, well. There's still the X series.

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I've always loved adventure games. Hidden object games are simpler than most adventure games, but they do scratch the itch a bit. Plus, I get serious laughs out of the often terrible voice acting and scripts. I just got the bundle after seeing this because there are a few I don't have.

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Linux, as always, has come a very long way. There have never been a lack of people saying that it was going to die and it still keeps gaining share. I don't know about anyone else, but as a home user of Linux, I'd like to eventually see it gain a larger share of that market. We're far from it, but not as far as we once were. A whole lot of sacrifices were made and a whole lot of risks were taken getting to this point, and a whole lot more will get us further. It's not impossible. In fact, the hegemony of Windows is destined to break down at some point. They got to where they are by exploiting ignorance, but people are becoming less and less ignorant about technology. (I'm not saying that Windows will completely go away, either. That's not the point. It can continue to have overall market dominance, yet have to share more of that market with larger shares for other viable platforms, which for now is down to two.)

Speaking of those sacrifices and risks, I've seen quite a few of them come from commercial developers. For many of them, the risk taken did not pay off (I miss you, Lokigames), but there are always more wanting to take that risk. Some of it might be personal affinity for Linux, but I think at least some of it comes from smart people hoping that their effort will help to push Linux into being a more viable alternative where, down the road (knock on wood and keep your fingers crossed), it could not only be a viable alternative, but it could be one without 'gatekeepers' like Microsoft and even Apple making unreasonable demands and limitations on them, which could even force Microsoft and Apple to act better.

But how to do it? Some companies want to take the chance, but they look for ways that they can be met partway. Well, Linux is fairly well populated by a large number of "I'll do it myself" individuals who are even eager for the chance to help the situation. An example of this is the individual mentioned in the article. Like it or not, Unreal is one of the biggest engines out there and the better it works on and with Linux, the better it is for all of us... if, of course, we want to reach the point where this kind of thing will no longer be necessary/expected. For those who have been Linux users and gamers for a while, think of all those nifty games made with Unreal Engine 3 that we didn't have a HOPE of getting. (I know there were a few examples to the contrary, but those engines were heavily modified by the developers who used it and there was ultimately little monetary gain for the amount of work put in.)

Basically, when I can budget for it, I'll see about tossing a few bucks this guy's way. He's cool. I want to thank him. (Man, that's two Patreons I gotta budget for now.) If in ten years Linux ports have become a standard thing, I'll think back to this and remember that he was one of the folk who got us there.

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I've gotten quite a few crashes, but beyond that, it works and looks fantastic on my GTX 750 Ti. And playing it has been the most fun I've gotten from a video game in years. At first, I only did several exhibition matches, thinking I'd be way behind other players in an online game. I just played a few, though, and it turns out I'm not that bad. Seriously, what is with players knocking the ball straight back toward their own goal? Maybe they're not realizing what team they're on at first?

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I got DeadCore a while back, but due to a certain issue, I didn't play it. The issue has been resolved and I'm friggin' loving it. I really want to suggest it to more people; it is fantastic.

I started on Life is Strange, but an odd thing happened: that thing makes me more nervous than any horror game I've played. Every damn time that little message comes up, like, "This action will have consequences," I freak out a little bit. Like, I'm screwing up this young girl's life!! I'll get through it eventually. It really is a neat game.

I'm going to start on Near Death a little later. I've been looking forward to that one.

Oh! And Pac-Man 256. Finally, an updated Pac-Man based game, on Linux, and I actually find it worth playing!

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Man, this game reminds me so much of an old, old arcade game with vector graphics. It was also top-down like this. I'm having trouble remembering the name of it.

*edit* It was called simply "Warrior", from Vectorbeam in 1979.

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Always The Binding of Isaac: Rebirth. Fall back to Left 4 Dead 2 when I just want to waste a little time without too much commitment. Started playing Masochisia and I'm interested to see where this deviant little game goes, so some of that. Recently got Kona and The Long Dark and have been checking them out and will probably do so some more. If I have a lot of time, I need to get back to Shadow of Mordor. And if I could get the friggin' sound to work for DeadCore, that'd be awesome.

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I look at the discussion of number of games people have on their wishlist. I look at the 463 games on my wishlist. I bow my head and walk away.

(Total games is 326 playable on Linux - the rest probably coming from bundles.)

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