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Latest Comments by oldrocker99
Magicka 2 Officially Released For SteamOS & Linux
10 Nov 2015 at 2:59 pm UTC

Interesting that no Steam Machine is on the main page, nor that Magicka 2 is on the "new" section, and it's not even in the Discovery Queue.

It is available. Just like Universe Simulator, it was a game I missed from my dual-boot days, and now there is a new version for us! There are, however, a lot of negative reviews, 33% of them :S: .

No complaints here, except for Steam defaulting to GOL for me to know it's even available. As usual, Thanks, Liam!.

City Builder 'Banished' May See A Linux Release Soon
8 Nov 2015 at 3:53 am UTC

Oh, it's a great game all right; I played it (some) when I was dual-booting :whistle: . Yet Another Game I had already bought for Windows...

Three Years Ago Valve Put Steam Into Beta For Linux, A Look At It All
7 Nov 2015 at 10:37 pm UTC Likes: 5

I have :O over 500 Linux games in my Steam library. Yes, they're mostly indie, and some are fantastic, and many less so. Nonetheless, we have Bioshock:Inifnite, X-COM, CIV V, Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis IV, Age of Wonders 3, Borderlands 2, Don't Starve, Empire:Total War, Icewind Dale, Grim Fandango, Pillars of Eternity, Torchlight II, Star Wars KOTOR 2, War for the Overworld, Witcher 2, Terraira, ME: Shadow of Mordor, Victor Vran, Tabletop Simulator, and let's not forget the Half-Life 1 set, the Orange Box games, Portal 2, DOTA 2, Left4Dead 2, Team Fortress 2, and Planetary Annihilation:TITANS.

Quite a list of AAA games there :woot: , which I never thought would ever, ever come to Linux.

Steam is one of the best things to happen to Linux. Linus :wub: thinks so, even if RMS doesn't :whistle: .

AMD Radeon Software Crimson Driver Announced, Completely Redesigned From The Ground Up
6 Nov 2015 at 4:39 pm UTC

I've been an exclusive nVidia user since before my Linux days, lo these 7 1/2 years ago. I was very glad indeed that I was using nVidia once I saw the Linux AMD users' woes.

This announcement does not change my mind.

Borderlands 2 & Borderlands The Pre-Sequel Updated
30 Oct 2015 at 1:10 pm UTC

I know I suck at FPS, but I can't even kill the very first boss :'( . It'd be nice if I could see the rest of the f*cking game...

Digging Up A 1999 Fossil With Freespace 2, Have You Tried It? It’s Excellent.
26 Oct 2015 at 3:35 am UTC

I tried running it, and got this:
oldrocker99@oldrocker99-MS-7693:~/FreeSpace2$ ./fs2_open_3.7.2 
./fs2_open_3.7.2: error while loading shared libraries: libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory


Of course, the Wily repos do not have libsdl1.2...is there anyone who can point me in the right direction?

Shallow Space Strategy Game Released For Linux In Early Access
25 Oct 2015 at 5:03 pm UTC

I do miss the con trails from the ships in Homeworld, but you can't have everything. It does indeed look good.

Organ Trail: Director's Cut Big New DLC
25 Oct 2015 at 4:17 am UTC Likes: 1

The game has been amazingly upgraded, and what a nice surprise :woot: . Steam game developers have maintained my admiration for their attitudes and content , Well, there's Eador's devs :><: to hate, but I have gotten some first-rate customer service, including a phone call from Axis Game Factory's developer :wub: in attempt to get the game running.

Even some dead programs (Psychonauts, which came out in 2012 in a Bundle) have eventually gotten the proper update and run just great. Yeah, I bought it twice.

Endless Sky, An Open Source & Open World Space Sim Inspired By Escape Velocity
24 Oct 2015 at 10:38 pm UTC

And, as I said, it works very well, and it's a great little game too. Big thanx to Liam for noticing it!

Endless Sky, An Open Source & Open World Space Sim Inspired By Escape Velocity
24 Oct 2015 at 10:23 pm UTC

Looks great, but there are no Wily packages :'( .

However, the portable version works like a champ, and thanks, Avehicle7887!