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Latest Comments by hardpenguin
No Time To Explain Coming To Linux By The End Of This Year
9 May 2014 at 6:03 am UTC
That's just cool! I own the game already (it is available for Linux DRM-free, but not on Steam), but original one runs on Flash which made it quite unplayable to me. Porting to Unity will definitely be a smooth move :)
SuperTuxKart Open Source Racer Is Going Graphical With A New Engine
6 May 2014 at 5:52 am UTC
I actually liked the game pace before... The pace shown in the video seems too fast to me, I hope it won't be what will represent the official version.
The Dungeoning A Vibrant Roguelike Platformer
1 May 2014 at 6:43 am UTC
What I actually thought was 'hell yea another bloody platformer!' :D
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
23 Apr 2014 at 6:37 pm UTC
Quoting: P4R4D0XHow does a pirate archive his files?
He TAAAARRRRs them!
This one's brilliant :D
Pixel Piracy Sandbox Game Linux Video, Thoughts & Keys To Give-away!
23 Apr 2014 at 6:17 pm UTC
Where do pirates supply their alcohol storage?

In RUMania! :S: :woot: :D
Jagged Alliance Gold Released On Steam For Linux
23 Apr 2014 at 1:57 pm UTC
Yup, DOSBox title (you can get it on GOG too). I love the sequel from 1999, to me it is one of best games ever created. It even was (is?) available on desktop Linux (and Android) thanks to fan-made project Stracciatella. Playing it with Wine was much easier though :)
The Wine Development Release 1.7.17 Is Now Available
19 Apr 2014 at 11:13 am UTC
Quoting: XodetaetlEr... there's a truckload of bugs fixed for Team Fortress 2 and other Valve games... ??? Those games have been ported to Linux, why did someone loose so much time making them work through Wine ?
We can only guess the reasoning behind that...

Often fixing a Wine bug for one game fixes same or similar one for another one. Also, Wine works for some platforms Steam isn't available for (unpopular Linux distribution families, FreeBSD and such).

Wish they would work more on games that are not available for Linux, though.
Interview With Pasi Kainiemi Developer Of Running With Rifles & Linux Game-play Video
9 Apr 2014 at 9:04 pm UTC
pasik is the coolest dev ever. Go all buy his game NOW!
Are More AAA Games Waiting For Steam Machines?
8 Apr 2014 at 3:53 am UTC
Quoting: Guest
Quoting: hardpenguinI really dislike this border being set between AAA and indie. It is constantly changing to the favor of indie games, however how can one be this limited to play only AAA games? Because superior graphics?
This is not only about graphics, but also the amount of content, polish, playability… It’s the difference between Ravensword and Gothic, for example.
Exactly! But to me it often works in the other directon. There are plenty of high-budget games which are easy to finish in like 4 hours. And so many low-budget (indie?) games with tons of content and/or good replayablity (like Dungeons of Dredmor, FTL)
Are More AAA Games Waiting For Steam Machines?
7 Apr 2014 at 4:01 pm UTC
I really dislike this border being set between AAA and indie. It is constantly changing to the favor of indie games, however how can one be this limited to play only AAA games? Because superior graphics? Even if patterns of those games are all repetitive? You can grab nice 2D title instead and have really looong hours of fun.

Games are games. People should choose fun ones instead of those that are most visually appealing.

But I guess GOL readers already know it :)