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Latest Comments by scaine
Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road is easily going to be my next complete obsession
3 Sep 2025 at 11:00 am UTC Likes: 1

I love the look of this, will be picking it up for sure!

ChimeraOS dev announced Kazeta, a new Linux OS aimed at recreating a classic console experience
1 Sep 2025 at 8:51 pm UTC Likes: 2

For the folk saying put multiple games on one card - I think that largely defeats the point of this. They're trying to recreate that one-game-one-cartridge experience. You can get a pack of five 8Gb cards for £25, and I think that's the idea here.

But I get it. £25 for 5x8Gb, or £23 for one 512Gb card... you'd have to be pretty committed to the idea to go all in on this!

I get the impression the dev doesn't care. They note:

Kazeta is definitely not for everyone. It requires a bit of work to get started, but I have been using it quite a bit the last few months and it has brought me a lot of joy. I hope it can bring joy to others as well.
And the comments here seem to agree with that!

ChimeraOS dev announced Kazeta, a new Linux OS aimed at recreating a classic console experience
1 Sep 2025 at 3:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Yep, agree with other comments. Kazeta would need something like Heroic Game Launcher that shows, perhaps when you boot it without an SD Card in it - something that logs into GOG for you, presenting a list of games, then when you click on one, you get the option to "burn" the game to an SD Card.

They already do a bit of this:
If you boot a Kazeta system with no cartridge inserted, it will boot into a retro-style bios menu where you can manage your game saves, just like the gaming consoles from the latter half of the ‘90s.
I love the idea of this. The execution needs a bit... more. Would love to see it develop, even into hardware, or at least "recommended" hardware. It's just a very cool idea!

Basalt: The Cursed Vein is an upcoming freaking looking roguelite match-3
1 Sep 2025 at 12:51 pm UTC Likes: 1

Inscryption meets match three, huh? Sign me up!

Helldivers 2 will send you deep underground in the next major update on September 2
28 Aug 2025 at 9:39 am UTC Likes: 1

Anyone complaining about how HellDivers 2 looks, maybe just hasn't played it. The graphics are genuinely stunning. Perhaps it's how seamlessly the physics and ragdolling works along with the environments, to pull the curtain over the simpler elements, but there's something about wading through fire on a distant planet, smoke floating through the distant mountains, as the sun goes down and you toggle on the gun's flashlight... you won't get this atmosphere in any other game. The sound design too is incredible.

Helldivers 2 will send you deep underground in the next major update on September 2
27 Aug 2025 at 4:29 pm UTC Likes: 2

Graphics look like complete garbage though
Suspect you need to check your internet, or YouTube settings or something. HD2 is one of the more beautiful games you can play today.

Atari acquires the rights to five classic Ubisoft titles
27 Aug 2025 at 12:28 pm UTC Likes: 4

Sorry (not), but couldn't resist after having been bashed here for "negativity" and "sarcasm" before that thing's release.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2018/08/the-latest-linux-powered-atari-vcs-update-gives-a-small-behind-the-scenes-look-at-their-progress/?comment_id=132799

That was nearly 8 years ago! You need to let it go... :grin:

Only joking - I think quite a few of us harboured some dread at the way the whole console debacle was handled. You might have been on the negative side, sure, but with good reason, and in the end, justified.

Helldivers 2 will send you deep underground in the next major update on September 2
27 Aug 2025 at 12:12 pm UTC

That entire video is immensely cool. Bit of a shame that they've bumped the ODST Warbond up 50% in price, but there is a fair bit of content in it. Not sure if I'll pick it up (never played Halo), but it might be worth it for the SMG alone, since I play a lot of ballistic shield, which forces a one-handed weapon.

But the caves! They look amazing. And I love that since you can't see your super-destroyer when you're in there, you can't call down any strategems without finding a section of the cave that is open to the sky!

Mystery delivery game Truckful is getting a demo next month, will be "100%" Steam Deck compatible
21 Aug 2025 at 1:45 pm UTC Likes: 3

Really looking forward to this. Still. It's been over a year, goddamit!! :grin:

Mesa 25.2.1 released for open source Linux graphics drivers
21 Aug 2025 at 1:19 pm UTC Likes: 9

I think I understood maybe one bullet point in those release notes, so I continue to be amazed by the people who deal with low level graphics stuff. Legends.