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I've been playing the new Tokyo Xtreme Racer, and am enjoying it immensely. Straight up the best cars game since Midnight Club 3 and Gran Turismo 4.

I also just finished the first Mass Effect. I wrote a lengthy piece on it elsewhere, but the bottom line is I have mixed feelings. Ultimately, I was more disappointed than impressed. I felt that the game did not fill out the outline it has drawn for itself at the start.

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Personally I have been playing a decent bit of World of Warcraft recently. I have also been diving into the new Path of Exile update. Both games run great under Linux. I can even easily set up addons on WoW.

As for why I haven't played Ark Raiders yet; it looks fun, but I don't have any friends that are interested in trying it. I have played Tarkov a little in the past, so I would probably find it fun.

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D-pad in the wrong location. Pass.

That's the XBOX360 location, which I was quite used to... about 20 years ago. It's got the XBOX markings though, so it makes sense.

But then I got a PS2 and became sony-fied, all the way to the PS5 today. So every controller I've used since has the d-pad at the top-left. So yeah. Pass.

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I've had a pretty crazy month for games.

[Elder Scrolls Online](https://store.steampowered.com/app/306130/The_Elder_Scrolls_Online/) - bought in a bundle. Deeply disappointing. Already un-installed.
[Monster Train 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2742830/Monster_Train_2/) - absolutely loving this. It's taken over from Noita right now as my "fill an hour" game.
[Biped](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1071870/Biped/) - silly two player co-op where each thumbstick on your gamepad controls your robot's leg. Quite fun. Hard.
[Gloomhaven](https://store.steampowered.com/app/780290/Gloomhaven/) - slow-paced adaptation of the tabletop version. Incredibly buggy, but quite fun.
[Path of Exile 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2694490/Path_of_Exile_2/) - with the new Abyssal League starting last month, I started a new character. Amazing game.
[Cataclismo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1422440/Cataclismo/) - bought it on recommendation from friends, but really isn't my cup of tea. City builder / tower defence.
[Abiotic Factor](https://store.steampowered.com/app/427410/Abiotic_Factor/) - bought in the hope my friends would buy. But didn't recommend it, not their cup of tea. Not sure what the fuss is about on this one.
[Unrailed](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1016920/Unrailed/) - ancient co-op about building a railway through various biomes. Really hard, lots of fun!
[Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2273980/Orcs_Must_Die_Deathtrap/) - basically a remake of Dungeon Defenders. It's great, 4-player co-op. Love it.

I've also got [Rage 2](https://store.steampowered.com/app/548570/RAGE_2/) and [Quake 4](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2210/Quake_4/) waiting in the wings from an earlier bundle I bought. And I managed to spend more time with [Moonsigil Atlas Demo](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590810/Moonsigil_Atlas_Demo/), but not as much as I'd like.

All of this bought on sale, and in bundles, and still spent over £100 this month. Oof.

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So, what have you been playing lately (and why isn't it ARC Raiders?).

I don't play online multiplayer games. Not my thing.

I have been playing a fully modded TES IV: Oblivion Classic/2006, with lots of OBSE mods that improve the QoL in the game.

(I'm not all that impressed by what I've seen of the remastered version.)

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So, what have you been playing lately (and why isn't it ARC Raiders?).

Because still no regional pricing in MENA, neither on Steam nor on Epic

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Took a chance and decided to buy this despite the flaw noted in the review. I have an 8BitDo Ultimate 2.4G and it works well but I like the look of the D-Pad on this with it being 8 directions. I'm also hoping it could be firmware but also wondering if it's a per-unit issue perhaps? And for the price, I don't mind giving it a try and sending it back if I have that issue.

Thanks for spotlighting this! I'm always interested in checking out new controllers.

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I spent most of the past two weeks playing The Outer Worlds 2, since I pre-ordered and had early access. Now that the hype train has long left the station, I'm returning to the games I've put on hold.

I intend to wrap up Super Robot Wars Y and Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter (the remake). After that, I'd like to give Elder Scrolls another shot. I played Skyrim briefly years ago, and I intend that revisit that. However, I'm going to start with Morrowind (using OpenMW), followed by Oblivion Remastered. I already had Oblivion in my library, but I heard the remastered version had several good QoL improvements.

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Details for any installed driver would be great, especially Mesa.

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Please do not talk about dgvoodoo2, it's closed source and his dev is not friendly with open source

For those of you that are curious about the background to this matter, please follow these links:

https://github.com/lutris/dgvoodoo2/issues/5

https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=104797

At first it seems that the dev is being reasonable in his concerns until you read on further and discover that his most recent version is having problems in Linux and he doesn't seem to care. It is made worse by the fact that, two months later, he locked down his GitHub site and put the project into read-only mode.

@legluondunet, I can certainly appreciate your frustration in having to deal with this individual. Strange that he cannot comprehend that forcing absolutely everyone to do your beta testing is the wrong approach. Hopefully, someone will step up to produce an alternative to his project. A shame that they will likely have to reinvent the wheel.

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GTK feels like 2005 but that the corners are rounded emoji

It's customizable. If you want hard angles with millimeter thick bevel, you can :)

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Currently playing Duet Night Abyss (so far it works like a charm on Linux) and Umamusume: Pretty Derby.

Sometimes doing meta or two in Guild Wars 2.

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Been playing the new CK3 DLC, All Under Heaven, Linux native.

I started as an unlanded Adventurer in what is nowadays Korea. Bought a treasure map that took me all the way to the Black Sea. The treasure didn't amount to what I thought it would, but taking on contracts and visiting plenty of landmarks along the way still paid off. Upon return, I seduced one of the king's daughters, but failed to run away with her. After some time (and a few bastard children), a change in leadership allowed me to invite her to my camp, and after taking care of her betrothed, was finally able to marry her, in the hope that possible offspring inherits her claim to the kingdom. By now, I turned in some fame in exchange for an Estate, to actually experience more of the DLC content, but compared to life as an adventurer, attempting to climb the ranks of the Meritocracy is fairly boring. So I'm still hoping for plan A to come to fruition.

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Nice! Would be quite useful for Trails in the Sky FC.

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I’ve been playing No Man’s Sky, Utopia Must Fall, Kingdom Hearts Chain of Memories, all on the Steam Deck. I love NMS but this Kingdom Hearts entry is probably skippable. Utopia Must Fall is beautiful and a lot of fun for a game to play for a few minutes at a time. Love the art style and steam deck support sold me on it.

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About dgvoodoo2, it's closed source and his dev is not friendly with open source project that uses his tool.
He recently asked Lutris team and other open source projects to no more use his tool.

[https://github.com/lutris/dgvoodoo2/issues/5](https://github.com/lutris/dgvoodoo2/issues/5)

We need a dgvoodoo2 replacement and open source. DXVK (directx 7-8-9-10-11), DxWrapper (DirectDraw/Direct3D 1–7 to Direct3D 9 and more;..), cnc-draw (GDI, OpenGL and Direct3D 9 re-implementation of the DirectDraw API for classic 2D games) replaced a lot of dgvoodoo2 features, but what about open source solutions for 3DFX games on Linux?

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This month I've exclusively been playing Hades on the Deck.

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I’ve been bouncing between Hell is Us and Silent Hill F, which has been enjoyable, though this week I’m going to try and get some more time into the System Shock 2 remaster.

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It's been a lot of getting stuff working on my Steam Deck in recent weeks, as my laptop is now on the fritz. So I've got:

* Guild Wars 2
* Serious Sam 2 & 4
* Elite: Dangerous
* X4: Foundations (this one surprised me; the secret is apparently disabling Volumetric Fog?)
* Factorio (I keep bouncing off it and keep trying anyway)
* Stardew Valley
* Starsector

I can't seem to sit on one game for very long at this time of year. But at least they're all working to my liking!

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ARC Raiders, Palworld, and Megabonk

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I dumped almost 80 hours into Megabonk somehow (a great Native Linux title), but mainly I've been achievement hunting retro games on RetroAchievements; some via RetroArch (regrettably) on Steam, but mostly going after GameCube titles and preparing to play some Wii titles. I even got a DolphinBar, and an official Wii Remote and Nunchuck in preparation for going after Super Mario Galaxy achievements with my partner (Wii Remote needed a tweak to work, but I even played some Sonic Racing CrossWorlds with my Wii Remote and it worked flawlessly).

I haven't been playing ARC Raiders because I avoid games with invasive Client-Side Anti-Cheat (afaik it's userspace on Linux, but I don't want to support developers who use kernel anti-cheat).

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Last month:

- Heretic + Hexen (only finished Heretic so far)
- No One Lives Forever
- Quake 2: Call of the Void add-on
- Expendable
- Giants: Citizen Kabuto
- Midnight Club 3 (PCSX2)

This month:

- Unreal 2: The Awakening (it's a lot more fun with doubled player speed)
- Bulletstorm: Full Clip Edition (with Duke Nukem DLC)
- The Talos Principle 2
- Crysis Warhead (had to stop because it constantly crashes during gameplay, unfortunately)
- Ratchet & Clank 3 (PCSX2). I've already played this one when I was young, but it's fun to replay it ~20 years later.

Plus the usual rotation of "forever games": Trackmania, Smash Bros. Melee (Slippi), QuakeWorld, Toontown: Corporate Clash.

Patient gaming at its finest.

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I finished two games last week:
Rack'n'Slay, it was pretty cool.
Gris - while I appreciate the art style, the gameplay was pretty boring.

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A pointless, amateur, project.

This almost sounds like amateur would be something bad.

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I've been playing:


(steam links)

[Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2321470/Deep_Rock_Galactic_Survivor/)
[NGU Idle](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147690/NGU_IDLE/)
[Hades I & II](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1145360/Hades/)

Lately I've been considering trying to find some kind of longer form game... like "World of Warcraft" but without being World of Warcraft? If that makes sense? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Looks like it's by the author of D8VK? I could be remembering incorrectly though. Either way, pretty neat to see! I wonder if it'll stay standalone long-term or if it'll get merged in. I guess that would depend on interest upstream and how cleanly it could be merged in.

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I've played a lot of House of Necrosis last month, and some Tokyo Xtreme Racer this month.

Oh, and I've been playtesting the next major update for Project Silverfish.

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A pointless, amateur, project.
Besides, if your rig cannot handle anything 7 or less in software rendering mode, then it will unlikely run dxvk.

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D-pad in the wrong location. Pass.

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d3d7 is a land of highly cursed API inter-operability, and applications that for one reason or another mix and match d3d7 with older ddraw (not ddraw7) and/or with GDI are not expected to ever work

dgvoodoo2 (converts old DirectX into newer DirectX) is closed-source, so couldn't be included directly, but the author of that tool has likely worked through those quirks for many games already; it's probably worth having a conversation.

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