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After many years of floating through space on the back of a missile, following a successful career in beating people up for not playing Sega Saturn, the missile returned to earth. Upon returning, I discovered to my dismay that the once great console had been discontinued and Sega had abandoned the fight to dominate the world through 32-bit graphical capabilities.

After spending some years breaking breeze blocks with my head for money and being mocked by strangers, I have found a new purpose: to beat up people for not playing on Linux.

Find me in these places:

Steam

Dear Valve and Steam Machines OEMs, you have it all wrong

By Segata Sanshiro, Jul 11, 2016

Most of us reading this site want Steam Machines to do well. Not all of us will be interested in buying the hardware, but we're aware that its success is also tied to the success of Linux as a gaming platform, which is why I'm pretty miffed that the OEMs and Valve have messed it up.

Editorial

Possible Paradox grand strategy livestream in the works, community input wanted

By Segata Sanshiro, Jul 5, 2016

We've been kicking around some ideas about doing a livestream of one of Paradox's grand strategy games. There's a pretty big fan base among GOL readers, so it would be interesting to see how much interest there is and what people would want.

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Paradox posts pictures of Hearts of Iron IV development on Linux

By Segata Sanshiro, Apr 17, 2016

It’s no secret that Paradox Interactive has been on the forefront of Linux gaming as both a publisher and developer of games. However, it’s still exciting to see screenshots of Linux on official development posts, especially when the contents of the posts themselves are pretty interesting.

Deponia Doomsday: initial thoughts and early review

By Segata Sanshiro, Mar 1, 2016

Out of nowhere, Daedalic decided to release a sequel to their most popular (and often divisive) point-and-click game series Deponia, announcing it just a week before release to the surprise of many. This will be spoiler-free for both Deponia Doomsday as well as the original trilogy, since some might still be intending on playing that.

Firewatch: first impressions

By Segata Sanshiro, Feb 11, 2016

Since I first found out about Firewatch, I was intrigued so when it was released, it was an instabuy. A narrative-driven game with some mystery to get you hooked in one the plot is exactly the kind of game we need in games. As of now, I have played just over 2 hours of the game, so I shall provide some spoiler-free first impressions.

Looks like Republique is no longer getting a Linux port

By Segata Sanshiro, Dec 24, 2015

We announced back in February that the developers of Republique were working on a Linux port, but needed some middleware to add Linux support. However it seems like this never happened, and the efforts to bring the game to Linux have been abandoned.

Dreamfall Chapters review

By Segata Sanshiro, Dec 7, 2015

Dreamfall Chapters Book 4 has been released, accompanied by a major engine update and the time seems apt for a review. I previously covered the game’s performance improvements, and thanks to those, the game can now be discussed on its own merits rather than get bogged down in the numerous performance issues.

Dreamfall Chapters Book 4 Released Along With Engine Upgrade

By Segata Sanshiro, Dec 5, 2015

Norwegian developer Red Thread Games has released Book 4 of Dreamfall Chapters, and along with it a massive engine update from Unity 4 to Unity 5 which intends on fixing many of the performance woes suffered by the game.

New Linux Gaming Survey For November

By Segata Sanshiro, Nov 3, 2015

It's that time of the month again Linux gamers! The new GOL survey for November is now available, so please make sure to fill it in if you have the time.

GOL Survey Results: October

By Segata Sanshiro, Oct 19, 2015

It’s time to get your monthly fix of stats now that the results for the October (and September) survey are available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months.

Co-Op Stealth Game Clandestine May See a Linux Port

By Segata Sanshiro, Oct 6, 2015

A developer from Logic Artists has shown renewed interest in porting their Early Access stealth game to Linux, though still being careful not to make any concrete commitments.

New Linux Gaming Survey For October

By Segata Sanshiro, Oct 3, 2015

It's that time of the month again Linux gamers! The new GOL survey for October is now available, so please make sure to fill it in if you have the time.

GOL Survey Results: August

By Segata Sanshiro, Sep 13, 2015

It’s time to get your monthly fix of stats now that the results for the August survey are available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. This also marks the one-year anniversary of the GOL survey!

New Linux Gaming Survey For September

By Segata Sanshiro, Sep 2, 2015

It's that time of the month again Linux gamers! The new GOL survey for September is now available, so please make sure to fill it in if you have the time.

GOL Survey Results: July

By Segata Sanshiro, Aug 13, 2015

The results for the July survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. There's a bit more analysis this month about why game sales are in decline.

New Linux Gaming Survey For August

By Segata Sanshiro, Aug 3, 2015

It's that time of the month again Linux gamers! The new GOL survey for August is now available, so please make sure to fill it in if you have the time. There's quite a few changes this month!

GOL Survey Results: June

By Segata Sanshiro, Jul 7, 2015

The results for the June survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. Many thanks to the 838 people who took the time to complete this survey!

New Linux Gaming Survey For July

By Segata Sanshiro, Jul 2, 2015

It's that time of the month again Linux gamers! The new GOL survey for July is now available, so please make sure to fill it in if you have the time. We had a lower number of respondents last month, and it would be great to keep the number above 1000.

Community

Fallout 4 And Steam Machine Release Dates A Coincidence? Yes, Probably.

By Segata Sanshiro, Jun 15, 2015

In case you've been living under a rock recently, Bethesda have announced Fallout 4 with the release date on 10 November. Some observant people out there may have noticed that this is also the release date for Steam Machines.

GOL Survey Results: May

By Segata Sanshiro, Jun 8, 2015

The results for the May survey are now available for you to take a look at and compare with results from previous months. Many thanks to the 1508 people who took the time to complete this survey!