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Watch the video Samsai put together that utterly roasts me
28 Feb 2017 at 8:02 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: catskinsoxFunny. He missed one "obvious joke is obvious," though. When you were on the bridge, "Where's the hole? Oh, there it is."
Dammit. Well, I guess I'm not perfect.

Join me for the livestream tonight at 20:30 UTC
18 Feb 2017 at 8:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

Like two thirds of this article makes me sound like an abuser. Fake news!

Ballistic Overkill adds voice commands, Polish language and more
17 Feb 2017 at 1:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: silmethI know you just copy-pasted their changelog, bso it’s rather their fault, but anyway – It’s Polish language, not “Polish” language. You know, it doesn’t pretend to be Polish while not really being, nor is it atitle that needs quotation mark. Like, you know, English language, and not “English” one. ;-)
Obviously "Polish" language is not real. :P

The Dark Mod 2.0.5 has been released
16 Feb 2017 at 7:34 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: PhiladelphusIs this a standalone game, or a mod? I'm confused.
It used to be a mod but these days it's a standalone game, thanks to id Software open sourcing the idtech 4 engine.

Join me on Twitch tonight at 8PM UTC for some gaming fun
11 Feb 2017 at 10:43 pm UTC Likes: 4

Just a reminder for everyone: Liam will be livestreaming Sakura Spirit next week. Don't let him forget!

Valve have three new VR games in development
10 Feb 2017 at 10:56 am UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: Eike
Quoting: thelimeydragon"three" games? don't you mean "two" games?
Heading of the linked article:
"Newell: Valve in development on 3 new VR games"
I'm afraid you missed the joke.

The Dark Mod, the free stealth game inspired by Thief is looking to get on Steam
9 Feb 2017 at 4:43 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: yartissHi Liam,
First time caller, long time listener! :)

I just noticed that this is a mod for Doom III. Does it require a license to Doom III, or is it stand alone?

-Yartiss
This used to be a mod for Doom III but now it's completely standalone since the id Tech 4 engine is open source.

The Dark Mod, the free stealth game inspired by Thief is looking to get on Steam
9 Feb 2017 at 12:17 pm UTC Likes: 3

If people want to try out this game and want a really good experience immediately, get the Requiem custom mission and enjoy. It's quite an amazing mission with some length to it, along with some very Thief-like twists and turns. Basically contains the best The Dark Mod has to offer.

Also, I will shamelessly plug my playthrough of that mission in particular: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGlqd_QVO2Q [External Link]

Quetoo, a free and open source FPS is looking to get on Steam
8 Feb 2017 at 1:18 pm UTC Likes: 1

Doesn't look like much of an improvement over Xonotic but the Steam factor might give it some popularity.

Threaded OpenGL in Mesa will not help Feral's Linux ports and probably others too
7 Feb 2017 at 7:31 pm UTC Likes: 5

Reading some more replies, it seems like they might go for a whitelist of applications and games known to work with it which does sound like a reasonable solution to me. However, some are not happy with the idea of having any kind of application profiles or specific lists, even just to get the ball rolling.
I do understand why some people are negative about such application profiles because in recent times these have been brought up multiple times and it seems that the Mesa devs are increasingly interested in using such profiles. As far as I'm concerned, if they really want to implement these profiles they should at least be kept properly separated from the main logic to keep the code clean in the long run. I would really hate to see Mesa become a mess of case-by-case optimizations on top of other case-by-case optimizations. I'm much more in favour of developers doing those optimizations themselves.