LinuxGameCast Weekly EP58 — Areola Controla

NVIDIA gives back to the community? Dolphin 4.0 brings the emulation, Gabe counts to three, and Carmageddon: Reincarnation might be a real boy. Then we throw the chairs at Legend of Dungeon. All this, plus your hate mail.

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Links

PSA

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999069&highlight=linux

Steam

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamController/

http://store.steampowered.com/app/202652/

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=113109277&searchtext=

News

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation/posts/610822?ref=email&show_token=8a9638a2c04459ea

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2013-September/014480.html

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1mtew8/torque3d_for_linux_finally_gaining_ground_needs/

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2013/09/22/dolphin-40-release-announcement/

http://battle-worlds.com/

Review

http://www.robotloveskitty.com/LoD/

Feedback

http://slexy.org/view/s20A9UgVQy

http://slexy.org/view/s2iqAfBNXm

http://linux.softpedia.com/get/GAMES-ENTERTAINMENT/TBS/Action/Parasite-102404.shtml

http://slexy.org/view/s28frFtmjW

http://www.desura.com/games/neonxsz

Colour key: Venn Jordan Pedro

PSA:

Nexus unlocker

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1999069&highlight=linux

Steam News :

Valve announces SteamOS for realsies

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamOS/

I know an online columnist having a “shit, they knew what they were talking about” moment.
Will Netflix FINALLY come to Linux?
Oh, bwahahahahahahaha! Suck it, Ubuntu!
WHAR download?! I wanna dick around with it.
I might toss it on the ol’ steambox and give it a shot. Very interested about the streaming feature

SteamMachines! + controller

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamMachines/

http://store.steampowered.com/livingroom/SteamController/

What I want to know is, how many firstborns do I have to sacrifice to get a Steam Machine in the beta?
- And finally be relieved of your calculator
Also, how many gallons of Hyland’s Cramp Ointment will I need to counteract the cramps I’ll get on my right hand from using that controller?
- Between that and the lube your deskspace will be reduced to naught.
The buttons are labeled “Aim,” “Trigger” and “Crowbar”
Called it
The controller looks weird, but I’ll reserve judgement for when I actually get my hands on one

Steel Storm: Forgotten Prison DLC

http://store.steampowered.com/app/202652/

OLD friend of the show.
Claims this is how the original game should have been
Includes shtuff from previous DLC and doesn’t have Mac requirements on the Steam Store page

Boo Bunny Plague

http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=113109277&searchtext=

From the creators of Curse of the Nordic Cove
- Good to see more stuff coming out from those guys
A musical…with plenty of blood and gore to lighten the mood!
Well, we could use some more musical games
Sounds like a lovely tea party
I’m all for blood and gore, but from the trailer alone it didn’t peak my interest.

Stainless is Listening!

http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stainlessgames/carmageddon-reincarnation/posts/610822?ref=email&show_token=8a9638a2c04459ea

How I guess it went down…

Stainless: Kickstarter: Yay we were funded
Outside Investors: HAR FK load of wet stinky!
Stainless: FK Kickstarter! We’re funded! Hookers and blow! No updates!
Outside Investors: Seems you created such a negative shite-storm that we demand a time-frame.
Stainless: See above.
Windows version for Q1, Linux and Mac for Q4. Something tells me it’s going to be shitty port.
- ^Translation: We’re building this shite for Windows. If you’re really lucky we might hire someone to do a one-off port.

News:

Tartarus freezes over

http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/nouveau/2013-September/014480.html

Baby steps.
The first step was releasing docs on shite the community already figured out.
Bah humbug. They have no interest in supporting open source, they’re just trying to make it easier to install their drivers.
Jump on the money train NVidia, jump on it before it leaves the station

Torque3D for Linux finally gaining ground, needs donations

http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/1mtew8/torque3d_for_linux_finally_gaining_ground_needs/

I’m glad to see another engine on Linux but Torque3D is old.
Needs a lot of work.

Dolphin 4.0 Release Announcement

https://dolphin-emu.org/blog/2013/09/22/dolphin-40-release-announcement/

Beta support for the Wii official online multiplayer
Alpha support for ARM/Android
New look
Fastmem support for Linux and OS X
OpenGL video backend rewrite
Breaking LTS support
I mean this fkr will not build without really futzing up some packages
- Builds fine on my fedora boxen. Awww yeah smash bros
Ubuntu x64.debs only… Really?!
- Be a real man and build from source

Battle Worlds: Kronos coming soon

http://battle-worlds.com/

29.95 for closed beta access
Single and online multiplayer

Big thanks to Jan from King Art Games for giving us preview access, that said…

Ubuntu .debs only aka DOIN’ IT WRONG!
Can’t get it to work on Korora
I have brain cramps now:
- sudo yum install quazip qtwebkit python3-setuptools xdelta
- sudo ln -s /usr/lib/libquazip.so.1 /usr/lib/libquazip.so.0
- sudo cp /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/bwk_lib.py /usr/lib/python3.3/bwk_lib.py

Scale:

– Nooope
– Not sure if want
– Check it out
– Shutupandtakemymonies

Game: Legend of Dungeon

Webzone: www.robotloveskitty.com

Devel: Robot Loves Kitty

Engine: Unity

Price: $10

Makes with the working

V-

Confirmed on the 12.04 LTS boxen

J-

P-

Total-

Shiny / Sounds

V-

Another hipster pixel game ..le yawn
The only thing saving this? Bitching soundtrack.

J-

There is such a thing as awesome pixel art. This is not it.
The soundtrack is alright, albeit repetitive

P-

3D Pixels are still pixels!
Sound effects fit, could be better though.
Jasper Byrne on the background music is all kinds of awesome
Even though I wanted to give it two chairs, I can’t. The lighting effects they pull off with the shader are amazing and deserve the lawn trio.

Total-

Control

V-

Hate dungeon crawlers, loathe hipster pixel games, but love solid controls.
One of the few games that not only worked OOTB but had a sane default layout.
Controls are tight, yo.

J-

No real issues with the crontrols
dinging it a chair because inventory management is a wee dumb

P-

PS2 Dual Shock works perfect outhabox
Good thing too, since this is one of those games people will be playing on the Steam Machines beta.

Total-

FUN

V-

From the “key features” section on Steam.
“Hats, hats, hats!”
It might be fun with local co-op but I have fk all idea how you could figure out who’s who.
Terribly unoriginal.

J-

It gets repetitive and boring kind of quickly
Attempted local co-op with roommate.
- It basically becomes a race to the doors to see who gets first grab at anything in the next room
- Death and resurrection is annoying. You can be brought back if the other players kill enough things but you’re brought back with next to no health\
Hahaha…. The pen is mightier than the sword

P-

I had high expectations for this game and in the first 10 minutes they were crushed
I wanted to hate it… But after the initial disappointment faded away it surprised me
Even though a game that can put me through an emotional rollercoaster is deserving of 4 chairs, the lack of online multiplayer made me ding it a chair.

Total-

Verdict-

Feedback:

Cactus Review

http://slexy.org/view/s20A9UgVQy263+10