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The Humble Crusader Kings II Bundle seems like an amazing deal for strategy game fans
31 Jul 2019 at 5:34 pm UTC

Quoting: EverLinuxI only own the base game in steam and wonder are the DLCs listed apart & can be redeemed individually?
If it's not the case, I'm afraid of a blocking from steam telling that I'm trying to add an already owned game!
I can confirm that there were separate keys for the base game and each DLC. If anybody wants a key for just the base game, and doesn't want to spend the measly $1, send me a PM, and I'm happy to share. ;-)

NVIDIA have three new Linux driver releases out today
30 Jul 2019 at 5:17 am UTC

Quoting: subI guess Luke was referring to Nvidia+Wayland.
Didn't they (Nvidia) struggled over some stream support that was refused and then reworked?
Is it supported at all by now?
No personal experience, but:

KDE 5.16 is supposed to work (new release):
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=EGLStreams-Merged-KWin-5.16 [External Link]

RedHat added XWayland support over a year ago (dunno if it's in an official release yet):
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=XWayland-Auto-EGL-NVIDIA-Patch [External Link]

GNOME has supported it since 3.24 (late 2016):
https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=GNOME-Mutter-Mainline-EGLStream [External Link]

A look over Steam's top releases for June 2019, plus a look at the top games by player count
25 Jul 2019 at 4:59 am UTC

Quoting: kaimanGames by release date and platform
What is NDS? Nintendo DS?

Comedy adventure game "Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure" is now available on GOG
24 Jul 2019 at 5:12 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: MrNilssonThanks for your detailed recommendations. I put the most games on my wishlist.
If you are interested in a Steam key for Deponia: the Complete Journey (essentially the first 3 games rolled together), send me a PM.

On a side note, I wish there were an easier way to trade Steam keys; steamtrades.com seems so cumbersome. At least steamgifts.com is easy...

Comedy adventure game "Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure" is now available on GOG
24 Jul 2019 at 12:44 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: EikeThe Journey Down
Oh, how did I forget that? FYI, there are 3 parts to that one.

One of these days, I'll get around to Thimbleweed Park; made by a former LucasArts developer, so I'm sure it's good. ;)

Comedy adventure game "Demetrios: The BIG Cynical Adventure" is now available on GOG
23 Jul 2019 at 6:06 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: MrNilssonIf you're up you can tell me some must plays on Linux. Doesn't have to be only point-and-click adventures.
Doesn't have to be, but will be for my list, lol!

Book of Unwritten Tales (there are 3)
Deponia (there are 4)
Broken Sword (there are 5 total; the bad ones are not Linux native)
Dreamfall Chapters (not quite point & click)
Life Is Strange (not quite point & click)
SOMA (not really point & click)

Bendy and the Ink Machine & Prison Architect going cheap in the new Humble Very Positive Bundle 3
17 Jul 2019 at 4:26 am UTC Likes: 1

Steam said I already own Bendy and the Ink Machine (probably some prior bundle). However, it says the executable is missing; in fact, installing it just yielded an empty directory here. Is it working for anyone else?

Edit: verifying integrity in Steam says everything is good, so it must be an empty depot or something.

Edit 2: maybe I just had the demo, and they screwed up when they merged everything together:
Apr 27, 2017 Bendy and the Ink Machine Complimentary

RetroArch, the front-end app for emulators and more is heading to Steam
16 Jul 2019 at 4:47 am UTC

Quoting: HoriBut I'd much rather have Steam with this functionality built in, like Steam Play.
The steam-dos project has shown it is possible integrate with the compatibility tools, but that's only useful if there are games sold on Steam with ROMs. Are there many, besides the Sega Classics that already come with an emulator?
https://store.steampowered.com/sub/102625/ [External Link]

I suppose having an alternative to the bundled emulator is useful sometimes. After all, steam-dos is nicer than using SteamPlay for the various Doom games (native DOSBox instead of Windows version of DOSBox through WINE).

A guide to Steam Play Proton, Valve's tech for playing Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck
13 Jul 2019 at 12:26 am UTC Likes: 3

Also worth mentioning, if you enjoy any of the classic DOS games that are only "supported" on Windows, is steam-dos, which hooks nicely into the Steam compatibility tool selection:
https://github.com/dreamer/steam-dos [External Link]

A guide to Steam Play Proton, Valve's tech for playing Windows games on Linux / Steam Deck
13 Jul 2019 at 12:16 am UTC Likes: 1

There's also a nice GreaseMonkey script, which adds the ProtonDB ratings on the Steam game pages:
https://openuserjs.org/scripts/DanMan/Steam_Play_Community_Rating_Notice [External Link]