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Steam Deck OS 3.4 Preview adds support for 8BitDo Ultimate Wireless controller dongle
3 Dec 2022 at 2:11 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: 1xokOn this occasion, do any of you have experience with the 8BitDo Pro 2 and the Steam Deck?
Yes, I do. I have two of them, and have used them with my Steam Deck. They pair correctly via Bluetooth and seem to have quite low latency, or at least low enough that I don't notice any input lag. I quite like them as controllers, too.

Vampire Survivors started a craze and the 1.0 release is out now
20 Oct 2022 at 6:45 pm UTC Likes: 2

I put quite a lot of time into it at the beginning of the year, but Gunlocked captured my interest when it came out - marrying the horde mechanic to a vertical SHMUP works great for me. I should go back to Vampire Survivors, though, since I have no idea what a lot of the new mechanisms are.

itch.io has another Creator Day live with 100% going to developers
29 Jul 2022 at 5:11 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Whitewolfe80best name for a game award this Turnip Boy Commits Tax Evasion name alone means am going to check this out
I beat it recently. It's very funny, and the story takes some surprising turns. It's short, only 3 hours or so, and worth it. The ending theme song is good, too.

Return to Monkey Island gets a first gameplay trailer
14 Jul 2022 at 2:45 pm UTC Likes: 5

(I realize this thread had died down - mods, please feel free to tell me if I should have left it alone.)

I was just trying out Broken Age last night, since I had never played that one. I was struck by the similarities between the graphics style, and especially the animation style, and what we see in the Return to Monkey Island trailer. Characters move almost like marionettes, or shadow puppets. It works -- fits -- for Broken Age, I think. And given that the Monkey Island games resemble silly stories that you can share with your kids, that seems suitable, too.

Still looking forward to Return.

Pocket Wheels looks like a fun toy-car playground that will support Linux
28 Jun 2022 at 3:39 pm UTC

Watching the trailer, I thought it was by the same developer as Snakeybus [External Link] - the physics seem very similar. I'll keep an eye on this.

Return to Monkey Island gets a first gameplay trailer
28 Jun 2022 at 3:36 pm UTC Likes: 8

I like the art style - it has an interesting "impossible papercraft stop-motion animation"-look to it. I think it fits the storytelling idea of the trailer, and it's distinctive.

Gravitar: Recharged released from Atari revamping another classic
6 Jun 2022 at 1:18 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: hardpenguinFor more Recharged games from Atari as well as other fun arcade titles supporting Linux:

https://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Adamvision%20Studios [External Link]
Thank you for that link. I wasn't aware that this is the same developer who made Bit Blaster XL - they have a good retro arcade track record.

They also have a revamped Breakout, which I will not be purchasing until after I've completed my current deadlines.

Super Hexagon is getting a big overhaul available in Beta now
16 May 2022 at 6:22 pm UTC Likes: 7

I am terrible at this game, and it is such a good game. I've never made it more than about 75 seconds, and I still keep it installed on my computers and phones.

Also, the soundtrack is by Chipzel, and her work is awesome.

Classic Sonic games being delisted to make way for Sonic Origins
27 Apr 2022 at 4:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: WMan22The worst part about this is that I sang praises towards SEGA for the Sega Megadrive Collection everywhere I could for how much of an example it is of how I wish older games could be sold in the modern era,
I did the same - I'm sad to see they're going this route. It doesn't make any sense from a piracy-prevention standpoint, that cat is long out of the bag.

Wii U emulator Cemu getting closer to Linux and Steam Deck support
27 Apr 2022 at 4:17 pm UTC Likes: 4

I actually own a WiiU - I'm really pleased that Cemu is going this path, it'll make sure that my library of games is playable long into the future.