LinuxGameCast Weekly EP95 — Unicorn Racist

Steam is mobile! Civilization V hits the Linux, Metal Slug 3 goes DRM-free, and AMD polishes the Mantle. Then Secret of the Magic Crystals – The Race faces our chairquisition! All this, plus your hate mail.

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https://icculus.org/isgoatsimulatordoneyet/

Colour key: Venn Jordan Pedro

Steam News:

Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat?

http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/135381-SteamBoy-Aims-To-Be-The-Handheld-Steam-Machine-Update

Assuming it’ll actually come out, this would be an awesome St’r’eam Machine!
That would explain all of these android games in the steam store

Not so Steamy

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2360739/meet-alienwares-alpha-console-a-steam-machine-without-steamos-for-now.html

Hey guys! GUYS! We released a small form factor PC.
“the chip allows the Alienware Alpha to offer performance comparable to the Xbox One and PlayStation 4”
- This is not something you want to be advertising to PC gamers…
- B-b-but 2GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory! #yoloswag
- For $550 it damn well better outperform next gen consoles.
“Alienware Alpha will ship with Windows 8.1 preinstalled” Oh, look at all the nope.
“Alpha is fully upgradeable, other than the graphics chip,” Sir, can I have an extra serving of nope?
- Venn, you fanciful slut, you can just buy a new one if the GPU can’t handle your games
  - They called it Alpha, that way they can avoid all criticism by claiming it was in fact AN alpha for their Steam Machine. Shrewd little fuckers that they are!
“We’re fuckin’ gamer pro Alienware, we ain’t got time to wait for Valve!”
Of note is that Alienware is preconfiguring the computer to boot straight to steam.

Valve Funds Glassy

http://lunarg.com/glassymesa/

Its a good step forward. Glad that valve is shilling out the bucks for Open Source development
Improvements to intel and open source AMD performance are always more than welcome
As a user and advocate of the Mesa driver strack, this tickles me in a special place.
Their goal is to remove the frame latency issues which have plagued the AMD/ATI environment since the dawn of time. They say they’ve already achieved a 15-22% frame time decrease in L4D2.

TurbospaceGandhi now on linux

http://store.steampowered.com/app/8930/?snr=1_7_15__13

Protip: These guys only get wet stinky if you buy/play the game under Linux for the first week.

From the store page
- IMPORTANT NOTICE: Don’t meet the above requirements? Running on Ubuntu? That doesn’t mean your configuration wont run Civ V, it just means we have not tested and vetted your configuration. Visit the Civilization V community page to share your experience with other Linux players and learn about how to send bugs to Aspyr. Your feedback will help us improve Civ V Linux and future AAA Linux releases!
- Good on Aspyr for at least attempting to engage the community
For 24 hours (Tuesday-Wednesday) you could have bought Civ V and it’s kajillions of DLC for $16.49
The disparity between Windows & Mac minimum requirements and Linux is worrisome. Maybe I’m just jaded at this point, but that’s not a good sign!
One point of concern is that Aspyr is notoriously bad with delivering patches on OSX. I wonder if that’ll hold true for steamos
I for one welcome our third second AAA Linux title.
It starts off in “I’m poor” mode.
This may actually be good news?
- http://steamcommunity.com/app/8930/discussions/0/540743757970224608/#c540743757978588631
And someone’s already got it running a chromebook: http://goo.gl/xKpMJf

Beasts of Prey

http://store.steampowered.com/app/299860/

Jeff Goldblum Simulator 2014! Now with less body horror :(
Turok is disappoint
Unity Turok?
- Oh no, wait! it’s a Unity clone of ORION: Dino Horde. Carry on!

The Talos Principle

http://store.steampowered.com/app/257510/

http://www.pcgamer.com/2014/06/10/serious-sam-studio-croteam-announces-the-talos-principle-a-first-person-puzzle-game/

Another reason to throw your spacebucks at croteam
“written by Tom Jubert (FTL, The Swapper)”
Really want to see what Croteam’s Serious Engine 4 can throw in my face organ.
- I’m a big fan of the Linux minimum requirements. I got at least double that on my current laptop (except processor)
Serious Myst? Uru: Ages Beyond Sam?
- As long as there are T-Rexes with minigun arms smoking cigars, I’ll be alright

Antichamber

http://store.steampowered.com/app/219890/

Not listed for Linux on store page
Downloads and runs.
Bills itself as an M.C. Escher Simulator
- Trailer gives it a portal/stanley parable type feel
$20 Seems a bit steep

Monocontrola

http://steamcommunity.com/games/265830/announcements/detail/1335629717839251356

~~Not very controlling yet. The PS2 Dual Shock works, except when it comes to pausing the game and navigating the menus.~~
- They fixed it!

Tex Murphy Dump

http://store.steampowered.com/sub/45894/

Because we need more ancient adventure games
- Especially 90’s FMV green-screen-fest ones.
Coming next week, Windows XP pinball for SteamOS

News:

NVIDIA 340.17 BETA

http://www.nvidia.com/download/driverResults.aspx/76396/en-us

Added initial support for G-SYNC monitors.
- For the 0 monitors out on the market that support it.

Mantle and Linux on the same sentence from an AMD representative

http://community.amd.com/community/amd-blogs/amd-gaming/blog/2014/06/10/more-mantle-games-are-on-the-way

“With DirectX 12 games still over 18 months away and no alternatives in sight for Linux gamers, Mantle’s future looks bright.”
- Looks like Phoronix’s “source” was actually a former Aspyr Media representative who now works at AMD:
- https://twitter.com/michael_marks/status/455425658949083136
- Because OpenGL just plain doesn’t work

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻)

http://hexus.net/tech/news/peripherals/70957-roccat-unveils-product-help-pc-gamers-reclaim-sofa/

I have a sneaking suspicion this will result in many informercial style blunders
Whar keyboard on the right version? Fuck left-handers?
WHAR
- Deluxe model

Upgrade the Distance

http://survivethedistance.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=681

Lots of problems upgrading reported by filthy trash people who did not originally back the Kickstarter.
Pay the difference between your tier and the $55 tier for access.
I know someone looking for 40 extra wet stinky.
- Would gladly throw it at them, but I’ll be needing to buy furniture very, very soon.

Blender 2.71 brings improvements for Game Developers

http://code.blender.org/index.php/2014/06/supporting-game-developers-with-blender-2-71

Support for Exporting objects to unity, UDK and unreal 4
Still a fair list of “What doesn’t work” for each but good on them.

Of Guards and Thieves – Open Beta

http://www.ofguardsandthieves.com/

http://www.subvertgames.com/community/t/5259927731830784?p=1

Everyone can join in during the Open Beta with a free account
- Remains to be seen whether or not they’ll keep a free to play option once the game is “finished” (as much as any game is finished nowadays)
In the meantime you can also support the game through their very own Kickstarter rip-off page: http://www.ofguardsandthieves.com/store

Metal Slug 3 DRM-free

https://twitter.com/humblesupport/status/476400977889603585

Was part of Humble Bundle dontfknrememberorcare
SDL control goodness.
No online multiplayer until Steam release
No mention of a Steam (Linux) release.

OpenXcom 1.0

http://openxcom.org/2014/06/openxcom-1-0/

Spreadsheet sim 1994 – Now with more day/night cycles!
Hey, good on them for reaching 1.0

Scale:

– Nooope

– Not sure if want

– Check it out

– Shutupandtakemymonies

Game: PONIES!!111!!! Secret of the Magic Crystals – The Race

Webzone: http://www.artery-studios.com/

Devel: Artery Studios

Engine: Unity

Price: $3.99

Wazzat: The Race is a multiplayer expansion for the original game which allows to race with your favourite horse against players around the world or the computer.

Makes with the working

V-

How can we review DLC? It’s not like we had a choice.
It practically installed itself.

J-

P-

Well… If the original game worked, a piece of DLC for it oughta as well!

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Shiny / Sounds

V-

Yeah, it can be a bit sluggish at times but that’s the fault of my 770s. They are simply unable to cope with the awesome sauce that it this masterpiece
Really, sell your car, house, whatever and buy a pair a Titans so can truly enjoy this magical experience. .

J-

P-

Ponies!
Really, it’s MOAR PONIES on screen at any given time!
My ears were left bleeding after the race because of the constant clip-clopping of pony hooves.

Total-

Control

V-

The system automatically adjusts braking and speed it’s …magical!
All you have to do is steer left and right and that’s a good thing.
Any more contact /w such an revolutionary control scheme would simply melt your entire body organ.

J-

Brilliantly simple. Inspired

P-

It’s like an android game that you can play ON YOUR PC!
Everyone loves playing racing games on a tablet, right? Right? Guys!?

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FUN

V-

ZO-my-FKN-GOD! At the end of the day Secret of the Magic Crystals – The Race is failed attempt at recapturing the ZOMGPONIES craze of the original.
With controls worthy of the name “suggestion buttons”, Graphics that only a console player would love, and no ability to invite the mates for some online mockery; all I can say is meh!
At the end of the day, save your 3.99 wet stinkys unless you have little ankle biters of your own.
This bit-o-DLC should grab their attention for a few hours allowing you the time to reflect on the horrible life choices you’ve made that have led up to this point.

J-

P-

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Final –

Hate Mail:

Do you speak it?

http://slexy.org/view/s21pZZhm1q

Spate Linux review

http://slexy.org/view/s2EFTHs4RX

Everytime I read “annoying” all I hear is “it made my groin organ tingle and that’s not right and that annoys me!”
Another mans voice can give you a chubby. It’s okay bro. We don’t judge here on L.G.C.