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Latest Comments by kf
Something for the weekend: The X Franchise on Steam is free for a few days and on sale
7 Dec 2017 at 9:52 pm UTC Likes: 3

If you're not familiar with the series, X Rebirth is an ok game, just a terrible X game.

Minecraft's 'The Update Aquatic' is set to overhaul the rather boring ocean
20 Nov 2017 at 6:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

Am I a bit strange for finding the new water physics to be the most exciting part?

OpenMW, the open source Morrowind game engine continues advancing
16 Oct 2017 at 8:45 pm UTC Likes: 10

Finally we get the Morrowind the way the developers intended it. As a industrial shipyard!

Wine 2.18 is now officially available
29 Sep 2017 at 9:22 pm UTC Likes: 12

Do the Wine devs even sleep?

City-building strategy game 'Banished' is no longer having a Linux port
13 Sep 2017 at 6:07 pm UTC Likes: 7

Quoting: cybercystI bought it hoping for the port.
Have you learned your lesson yet?

The co-op, action RPG 'Dauntless' may see Linux support in future
8 Sep 2017 at 12:56 pm UTC

Dauntless is one of those games that I've been following for some time. I was hoping someone might find a way to run it in wine. This is amazing news, even if nothing comes of it!

Minecraft: Story Mode for Linux never got released, even though it was “ready”
4 Sep 2017 at 5:13 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: melkemindIf Microsoft were really that concerned about Linux gaming, why would they continue to support Minecraft itself on Linux? Why are there games pulbished by Microsoft Studios on Linux?
If I remember correctly, one of the agreements between Notch and Microsoft was that Microsoft had to give total freedom to Mojang and let them continue doing their own thing. So it's not that they are supporting it as much as it is that they can't kill it.

Developers of We Happy Few have started working on the Linux version
2 Sep 2017 at 8:20 pm UTC

Quoting: BeamboomOh come on, that's like saying Bioshock would be "just another shooter".
I don't wanna seem like a dismissive asshole, but Bioshock was marketed at some point as a spiritual successor to System Shock 2. The setting is cool, sure, but compare it to SS2, and it really is just another shooter.