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Latest Comments by scaine
Vertebreaker, a new pixel-art side-scroller from former Sonic Mania developer Headcannon
5 Nov 2019 at 4:34 pm UTC

Looks absolutely superb. I'll be waiting for this one.

Godot Engine continues advancing Vulkan support, adopts new Code of Conduct
5 Nov 2019 at 4:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: TheSHEEEPThe lead developer himself clarified some things [External Link] - which all sound fine to me.
I asked if they should maybe add a tl;dr of that to the statement itself, which he said "might be a good idea".
Juan is awesome and is the reason I Patreon Godot as well as GOL. As Mirv points out, it's a shame that all the focus on this thread is on the CoC when Godot 4.0 is just around the corner and IS GOING TO BE AWESOME! And I don't even use it. I just see guys like this [External Link] developing, in Linux, on Godot and I know it's special and deserves support.

So, my advice - go support it [External Link]. Incredible project, allowing other, incredible projects to exist. $5 a month to help make that happen? Hell yes.

Proton GE has another new release out with patches for GTA V and lots of updates
4 Nov 2019 at 2:03 pm UTC

I've started using the Glorious Eggroll stuff quite a bit. It's a really nice alternative to the official branches - it seems to do a better job with titles that need the mono runtime. It's a great project. And downloading a tar, unpacking it into a directory is the kind of "install" I can get behind. Really simple, really effective.

Our Wine release day puns are always in pour taste so none today for Wine 4.19
1 Nov 2019 at 11:32 pm UTC Likes: 2

Funnily enough, I've just sank a beautiful Cabernet Sauvingon tonight, despite my drunken antics on yesterday's 7D2D stream. Good timing! Also, I should probably drink less. Probably.

There's tons now on sale for Linux gamers so let's take a look
30 Oct 2019 at 10:46 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: EikeDon't know if there are enough such games, but I gave it a try:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/wiki/Hidden_Linux_ports_on_Steam
Please add what you're aware of.
Nice! I added The Swindle, then thought it would look nicer as a table. Feel free to revert, of course.

There's tons now on sale for Linux gamers so let's take a look
29 Oct 2019 at 1:21 am UTC Likes: 2

There's probably some real gems to be found, but since I own all but two of your recommendations and since I'm abroad and mobile phones are slightly rubbish, I buckled like a cheap belt and bought a wishlist recommendation that popped up that was SteamPlay only. I'll be playing A Plague Tale Innocence this weekend when I get back from Dublin.

Oh, and just before I left for Dublin, I discovered that there's a tiny hack to get Space Marine working working on SteamPlay too - I purchased that in early 2013, about a month before I ditched Windows forever. Now, 6 years later, I get to play! Result!

Not a great 'native gaming' story, but still important, I think. I suppose I would though...

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
26 Oct 2019 at 1:45 pm UTC Likes: 1

It's been Ubuntu led for as long as I remember, but I might have been thinking of 'ubuntu-based' which is still leading by a decent margin, rather than a specific distro.

Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
26 Oct 2019 at 10:26 am UTC

Haha - there are still 4 participants rocking a 32-bit architecture! Wow.

Also, how long has Arch+Manjaro been more popular than Ubuntu+Mint? I find that quite surprising.

Humble Monthly will be changing to Humble Choice later this year
20 Oct 2019 at 2:06 pm UTC Likes: 2

Better for us Linux gamers, of course, because now we get to see what we can actually play, instead of taking a gamble each month. I'll be pausing this month, for example, because the main reveal is COD:WWII which is "borked" on ProtonDB, and I've no interest in the other two reveals. But I'll be gutted if the remaining games are games I'd buy.

The price increase is tough to take, but I guess it won't affect me for a while anyway since I'm a current subscriber.

What have you been playing recently and what do you think about it?
12 Oct 2019 at 11:09 pm UTC

I've been playing a lot of 7 Days to Die obviously, both on stream and single player. The new A18 build is just fantastic to play, despite a few frustrations. Great to have some challenge back in the game.

I also bought Steamworld, Hand of Gilgameck. It's a slow starter, but my team has just gained an interesting new member and the tactics are beginning to really show. Looking forward to more of that.

I might buy Noita for SteamPlay. It's getting a lot of attention from streamers right now and looks like a lot of fun. Maybe after SteamWorld.