LinuxGameCast Weekly EP25 — WINE-ing About Carmack

Coming up on this… Linux Gamecast Weekly, a Steamstravaganza, Carmack wines, Blow says that Linux sucks, Unvanquished is unplayable, and a fun Little Codpiece

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Key: Venn Jordan Pedro

Steam News :

Steam Client Beta Update – Feb 5
http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements
All platforms:

– Beta change notes should appear in-client when a new update is available
– (Big Picture) Users can now add wallet funds and authorize microtransactions
– (Big Picture) In-game overlay now moves back on ESC when appropriate rather than closing directly
– (Big Picture) Fixed left/right navigation of game related sbut

Big Picture
– Fix crash when exiting
This includes Tray Icons on Fedora 18
And Fuduntu

Wargame: European Escalation closed (50 person) Steam beta
http://www.wargame-ee.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=113&t=24491&e=0

Goddamn right I was invited
It looks fun but have no idea how to play it. Could use a tutorial

Shank2 beta launches along with Counter-Strike: Source
http://steamdb.info/linux/

Controller support works out of the box
Borked my Steam install (had to start clean) could have been from the Windows download bug.
No El worko for mois just yet

WFT Valve! 32 and 64 bit HIB shank work fine, yours don’t!
What fuck the

Both work fine ootb my end, the gamepad support is still flaky, it wouldn’t register some of my strokes with my cheapo Trust Force
- Heh, “strokes”

Psychonauts now works in Steam
http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/

Very loud at the beginning
I cannae alt tab captain
- Indeed. Needed to Shift tab to release ze mouse
Runs pretty good though
Weird default mouse configs, up and down worked right but left and right were reversed (gamepad-friendly settings probably)

Linux Sale planned (including Tux item for TF2) according to steam translation site

Flood of games.
This shite is going down.
Another bullet hole through my wallet fired from Valve’s .45 SfLC

Linux-Friendly Mini PC Fast Enough For Steam Games
http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/13/02/06/229219/linux-friendly-mini-pc-fast-enough-for-steam-games?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=twitter

Use a few of those guys at work. Eeeh….

Valve co-founder Gabe Newell: Linux is a “get-out-of-jail free pass for our industry”
http://www.geekwire.com/2013/valve-cofounder-gabe-newell-linux-getoutofjail-free-pass-industry/

He said that Steam for Linux gives people freedom to innovate on an alternate operating system.
He mentioned that Valve is developing console form-factor PCs — a.k.a. the Steam Box — much like the one shown off at CES last month.

News:

Carmack: F Linux
https://twitter.com/ID_AA_Carmack/status/298628243630723074
then (post shait storm)
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/17x0sh/john_carmack_asks_why_wine_isnt_good_enough/c89sfto

Ooh! I smell raging debate
Couple people in the reddit thread I agree with, saying emphasis should be on using cross platform toolchains for games

GetDeb.net, PlayDeb.net return
http://blog.getdeb.net/2013/02/sites-getdebnet-playdebnet-and.html

Both users reportedly excited.

Braid developer on the drawbacks of open source OS. Linux is a 20% productivity drain
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2013-02-05-blow-current-linux-is-a-20-percent-productivity-drain

…or just used to the windows tool chains?
icculus https://twitter.com/icculus/status/299255674557317120

DRM on Linux
https://twitter.com/icculus/status/299358101264547840

My favorite kind of DRM
Unreal Tournament ’99 skipped the CD check for the Linux version

Games :
Livalink, New First Person Shooter Game for Linux
http://www.ubuntuvibes.com/2013/02/livalink-new-first-person-shooter-game.html

Reminds me of Killing Floor with a Futuristic Vibe to it.
- It does play quite a lot like it
The Upgrade System, if done right, could be used to fight that monotony Killing Floor suffers from… Problem is doing it right.
Single player :/
- He does say it needs some funding… sorry: “Id love to work on cooperative gameplay but he project needs support. At the moment it would not be worth the investment.”
Pew pew pew….Reload…Pew pew pew

HON 3.0
http://rootgamer.com/news/heroes-newerth-3-0-introducing-botplay