Coming up on Linux GameCast Weekly: Steam brings the control! A developer tells critics to STFU. Humble does a thing, and Shadowrun Returns. Then we throw the chairs at Bionic Dues. All this, plus your hate mail.

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PSA:

Bionic hack

http://linuxgamecast.com/discussions-2/#/discussion/682/for-the-4-of-us-who-play-bionic-dues-

Colour key – Venn Jordan Pedro

Steam News :

Steam crushes X-bros …faggot

http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/30/5045830/steam-65-million-active-accounts-6-million-concurrent-users

“PC gaming’s dead, Jim!”

Our glorious PC gaming master race is expanding!

Wait a tick! The mainstream press says PC gaming is teh dead!

Steam control

http://steamdb.info/app/241100/#section_info

The more I see of the Areola Controlla the more I want to twiddle with it. Doug, why you no reply to my e-mail?

Just make mah Distance Alpha work!

100 New games Greenlit, 39 claim Linux support

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=188949082

This time I went through the list, one by one. Shitty ports of shitty android games More Rogue clones than I care to admit At least 10 Unity games that the devs didn’t feel like clicking export. Looking forward to After Reset, Estranged, Festival of Magic, Pulse and You Are Not The Hero.



Steam is now in RPMFusion

http://negativo17.org/steam-is-now-in-rpmfusion/

Does the spot repo still work? It was discontinued when Steam went out of beta

Fixes a stupid bug I was having about it asking me to install Ubuntu packages on Korora. Thumbs up from me!

A nice nice to have

L4D2 is a real boy

http://store.steampowered.com/app/550/

No more stupid FPS hitching, everything on 11 using the Open Sauce drivers and it works swimmingly! About goddamn time!

No linux system requirements as of 10/29

Runs the same NTTAWWT

FORCED v1.03

http://steamcommunity.com/games/249990/announcements/detail/1677882912774399262

Fixed some issues preventing players from proceeding past the starting screen.

Fixed some issues with the mark system not working on Linux.

1.4 GB update

Ohey, Linux updates!

The Anniversary 1.3.3

http://gunsoficarus.com/community/blog/update-1-3-3-release-notes/

I say it again, if they had a publisher like EA or ActiBlizzion this would be called DLC and cost $20. Still doin’ it right!

Good to see that they’ve been putting work in improving their game

A number of graphical and AI fixes, enhancements and new features.

Shadowrun Returns has moved from Beta to release

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1613260297/shadowrun-returns/posts/646403

WHAR keys?

As of this recording, you still need to opt in to the beta to play it on linux

A little disappointed, it’s not what I had hoped for. Basically it’s ARMA Tactics with a Fantasy/Sci-fi do over. Which is great on its own merit, just not what I had hoped.

Its like a little retarded up version of actual shadowrun

Eat a bag

http://i.imgur.com/VLbw3Qc.png

I may not like the game, but I like the devs a whole lot more after this.

Indeed. Kudos for sticking to your guns.

News:

HumbFAIL

https://twitter.com/humble/status/396073129874702337

See what happens when you go full Windows?

At this point it’s like Obi-Wan screaming at Anakin

Just die already.

Really, sometimes I buy a bundle for the extra keys. You know, for away of gives.



Once Upon An Apocalypse

http://zombie-apoc.com/

The Walking Dead council simulator with pixels.

Interesting little browser game.

Leadwerks BETA

http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/blog/41/entry-1146-leadwerks-31-enters-beta-heading-to-steam-dev-days/

The “A Machine For Penguins” competition is now over too. You can find all the entries here: http://www.leadwerks.com/werkspace/files/category/19-games/

iRacing claims Linux support, packs .zip containing a .deb with a WINE wrapper

http://www.iracing.com/iracing-adds-linux-to-existing-mac-and-pc-platforms/

As if the WINE wrapper wasn’t bad enough, it’s a subscription based MMO racing game.

Their Alpha repos: http://alpha.iracing.com/zip/

I bet their gamepad support works I’d say so and not just the XBone controller either: http://www.iracing.com/membership/system-requirements/



Scale:

– Nooope

– Not sure if want

– Check it out

– Shutupandtakemymonies

Game: Bionic Dues

Webzone: arcengames.com

Devel: Arcen Games, LLC

Engine: It starts with a U and ends in nity

Price: $9.99

Makes with the working

V-

J-

P-

On both the calculator and my 8 year old Valve recommended steam box. (Yes I’m running Xubuntu 13.10 on it)

Total-

Shiny / Sounds

V-

Honestly, it looks a bit simple but hella nice for a rougelike

J-

They’re good for what they are.

Too busy listening to slayer to judge the soundtrack

P-

Graphics… Those don’t really matter much on a top down roguelike. If they did Bionic Dues would have to get 5 chairs.

I lowered the volume of my mp3s and sat listening to the menu BGM for a good 10 minutes. Very nice job.

The NPC quips may get old after awhile, but I’m 21 hours in and they still haven’t.

Total-

Control

V-

Everything was tight but figuring out the targeting was a bit obtuse.

J-

P-

It’s a roguelike, the control scheme is intuitive to anyone familiar with the genre and stupid easy to learn by the new players.

Was originally going to give it three chairs but they’ve since removed the camera control issue I was having. They literally nuked it out of the game. Thumbs up!

Total-

FUN

V-

Hey, I enjoyed it and rougelikes are not my dice.

J-

Fun little roguelike. Reminds me of Doom the roguelike a bit.

It grew on me

Why…Why was I programmed to feel pain?

P-

Fun? FUN!?

Freakin’ time vampire is what it is, respekt!

Total-

Verdict –

Is it worth $10? Yes it is! There are plenty of games out there being sold for $60 that don’t deliver anywhere near as much fun as this little game.

Feedback:

Maths

http://slexy.org/view/s20O0zyLgQ

Its called dyscalculia and its a damn real thing

abba zabba

http://slexy.org/view/s261aEQEB9

That’s just like…your opinion maaaaahn

A couple of games

http://slexy.org/view/s2rGEsuAJ6