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Hamish Paul Wilson is a free software developer, game critic, amateur writer, cattle rancher, shepherd, and beekeeper living in rural Alberta, Canada. He is an advocate of both DRM free native Linux gaming and the free software movement alongside his other causes, and further information can be found at his icculus.org homepage where he lists everything he is currently involved in: http://icculus.org/~hamish

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The Dark Descent of Frictional Games: Part Two

By Hamish, Nov 2, 2014

In the second of a two part opinion series, I will offer up my own personal conviction that the Amnesia games do not actually live up to the full potential demonstrated by their predecessors.

The Dark Descent of Frictional Games: Part One

By Hamish, Oct 21, 2014

In the first of a two part opinion series, we will explore how the Penumbra games through a process of gradual evolution created a solid design template for later Frictional Games titles to follow.

Yet Another Postal 2 DLC Is In The Works

By Hamish, Jun 12, 2014

While Linux, Mac, and non-Steam players are still waiting for the arrival of the already released free updates to Running With Scissors flagship title, the Tucson based developers are already working on their next project, one which promises to revitalize the already eleven year old game in new and surprising ways.

Paranautical Activity Cancels Co-Op And Draws More Ire For Early Access

By Hamish, May 9, 2014

I assume I am not alone in seeing the hate that Early Access has been getting from some sources recently. Well, the latest game to stoke the fire has been set off by CodeAvarice, developers of Paranautical Activity, a game that we have featured previously that combines both FPS and Rougelike gameplay features.

GamingOnLinux Reviews - Stacking

By Hamish, Apr 30, 2014

Rating: 8/10 After two previous forays into mainstream console gaming that left Double Fine Productions out of cash and almost out of options, following the release of Brütal Legend (2009) Double Fine had to take a double take and chart out a new course for the then mostly auteur focused developer....

Postal 2 DLC progressing

By Hamish, Dec 12, 2013

Developer Running With Scissors has committed to an initial release of the new Postal 2 expansion content on December 13, 2013, but unfortunately Linux, Mac, and DRM free players will have to wait a little bit longer before receiving the updates.

Double Fine Productions is now on Desura

By Hamish, Dec 11, 2013

Double Fine Productions has started releasing their game titles on Desura. Most of their games have been available on both Steam and the Humble Store for quite some time already, but this is the first time that the studio notably headed by video game auteur Tim Schafer has turned their attention to Desura.

Chuck's Challenge 3D released on Desura

By Hamish, Nov 10, 2013

Chuck's Challenge 3D is a new puzzle game by Chuck Sommerville, creator of the classic title Chip's Challenge. His latest creation has just been released on Desura as a result of a successful Kickstarter campaign.

Spooky Range - A new Unity3D FPS for Halloween

By Hamish, Oct 26, 2013

Spooky Range is a new Unity3D powered first person shooter that is currently available for pre-order on Desura and will be released the day before Halloween.

GamingOnLinux Reviews - Trine 2: Complete Story

By Hamish, Oct 24, 2013

Rating: 8.5/10 The original Trine (2009) first became notable to me after I had discovered that its developer Frozenbyte had given full permission to redistribute certain screenshots of the game under a Creative Commons license as long as an attribution back to them was preserved...

Developer Of Salvation Prophecy Answers Fan Questions

By Hamish, Oct 1, 2013

Sean Lindskog of Firedance Games recently took the time to answer a variety of fan questions on the Desura profile page for his game Salvation Prophecy. Included here is an organized review of what he had to say.

Iesabel - A new Unity3D powered Hack 'n' Slash released on Desura

By Hamish, Sep 17, 2013

Madman Theory Games and Forever Entertainment S.A. have released their Unity3D powered Hack 'n' Slash game on Desura .

GamingOnLinux Reviews - Psychonauts

By Hamish, Jul 16, 2013

Game Information: Name: Psychonauts Released: April 19, 2005 Developer: Double Fine Productions Rating: 8/10 Hardware Specifications: Processor: AMD Phenom II X4 955 BE 3....

Desura to more clearly label third-party DRM

By Hamish, May 24, 2013

With the arrival of Steam on Linux many gamers have latched onto Desura as being the designated DRM-free alternative - it offers many of the same features as Steam including automatic management and updates of someone's game library, a similar game key sy...

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Star Wars Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast and Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy Source Code Released

By Hamish, Apr 4, 2013

We are a little late at covering this, but following the less than cheery news that Disney had closed down the venerable LucasArts in favour of licensing out their famous franchises to other developers instead, Raven Software has decided to actually m...

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Soul Capture 2.0.0 has now been released

By Hamish, Mar 31, 2013

The 2.0.0 release of Soul Capture, a free software utility developed by Piga Software which can be used to capture both the video and audio playback of OpenGL applications such as games, has now been released. Quote...