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Sky Gamblers: Storm Raiders Air Combat Game Released For Linux, Our Thoughts
11 Jan 2015 at 5:27 am UTC
11 Jan 2015 at 5:27 am UTC
A pity it's another Steam only release.
GOG to remove archive protection from their Windows installers
9 Jan 2015 at 1:23 am UTC Likes: 2
9 Jan 2015 at 1:23 am UTC Likes: 2
This one is potentially resolved (let's see what their new solution would be). What's still pending is their TOS problem.
See here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/please_fix_your_user_agreement_to_allow_reverse_engineering_and_tinkering_when_its_fair_use_to_ret/post1 [External Link]
See here: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/please_fix_your_user_agreement_to_allow_reverse_engineering_and_tinkering_when_its_fair_use_to_ret/post1 [External Link]
Play Old DOS Games In Your Browser
8 Jan 2015 at 5:53 am UTC
8 Jan 2015 at 5:53 am UTC
There a lot of good games there, but the problem is - they are all in one pile, without any way to sort them by genre.
By the way, to enable better interface in archive.org, open this link: https://archive.org/v2 [External Link]
By the way, to enable better interface in archive.org, open this link: https://archive.org/v2 [External Link]
Play Old DOS Games In Your Browser
6 Jan 2015 at 3:02 am UTC
6 Jan 2015 at 3:02 am UTC
I tried a few - they work pretty well! In general I've heard that DosBox in Emscripten is still WIP, but a lot of games work well.
New Desura Client Available For Linux, Open Source Again
31 Dec 2014 at 6:03 am UTC
31 Dec 2014 at 6:03 am UTC
Good to see them opening it. Let's hope they'll also maintain it going forward.
GOG's Installer Encryption Proving to be Difficult for Linux Users
30 Dec 2014 at 8:59 pm UTC Likes: 2
30 Dec 2014 at 8:59 pm UTC Likes: 2
The password method was already discovered by the community. This doesn't make it any better however. Tomorrow they can easily change that method without warning. This is DRM in some way.
Windows Games On Linux, WINE & PlayOnLinux
19 Dec 2014 at 3:50 am UTC Likes: 1
19 Dec 2014 at 3:50 am UTC Likes: 1
A correction, PlayOnLinux doesn't use a different installation of Wine for each game, it uses a different Wine prefix. I.e. binary installation of Wine is the same, but environment of each game can be isolated in order not to affect other games. And PlayOnLinux allows easily switching Wine version for each game prefix (for example when newer Wine comes out) as well as using different versions of Wine for different games when that is really needed.
Essentially PlayOnLinux is useful as Wine manager which allows decoupling prefix from the Wine version and isolating games from each other. I practically never use those installation scripts, and prefer manual installation in PlayOnLinux (since those scripts usually use older Wine than the most recent available in PlayOnLinux). But they are useful to look up some specific settings if default installation doesn't produce useable result.
Essentially PlayOnLinux is useful as Wine manager which allows decoupling prefix from the Wine version and isolating games from each other. I practically never use those installation scripts, and prefer manual installation in PlayOnLinux (since those scripts usually use older Wine than the most recent available in PlayOnLinux). But they are useful to look up some specific settings if default installation doesn't produce useable result.
The Darksiders Linux Port Has Switched Hands
20 Nov 2014 at 7:40 am UTC
20 Nov 2014 at 7:40 am UTC
Quoting: toniREDengine has unreleased games - Witcher 2 and Cyberpunk 2077. CDPR just didn't show any eagerness to add Linux support to their engine yet.Quoting: ShmerlCD Projekt Red should hire him to work on porting REDengine to Linux ;)I'm pretty sure he would love to work on an engine "with linux in mind", and not only porting, even when it was on a not yet released game :)
The Darksiders Linux Port Has Switched Hands
20 Nov 2014 at 5:39 am UTC Likes: 1
20 Nov 2014 at 5:39 am UTC Likes: 1
Quoting: CheesenessWhen I spoke to him last week, he said he was looking forward to working with creative people on new projects. I imagine he'll help out with Linux stuff, but it sounds like he's keen to sink his teeth into something that isn't digging through other people's code for existing projects.CD Projekt Red should hire him to work on porting REDengine to Linux ;)
Monkey Island Creator Ron Gilbert Is Making A New Point-And-Click Adventure Game
19 Nov 2014 at 2:38 am UTC
19 Nov 2014 at 2:38 am UTC
Is it going to be DRM-free? KS page doesn't mention it. I'd confirm that before backing the project.
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