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GOL On Advert Blocking, I Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It
By , 3 June 2014 at 10:42 am UTC
This website is on my Whitelist on my AdBlock Edge since i registered on GOL.
GOL On Advert Blocking, I Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It
By kalin, 3 June 2014 at 10:37 am UTC
I use addblock only because youtube and even I don't achieve desired result. I still have pop ups in player.
GOL On Advert Blocking, I Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It
By Half-Shot, 3 June 2014 at 10:35 am UTC
I left adblock on by accident for ages D:.
Good thing the supporter badge redeems me.
Highlighting A Blog Post For Developers Using Unity To Publish On Linux
By , 3 June 2014 at 10:30 am UTC
Quoting: Anonymous
Quoting: DrMcCoy2) chmod 777 is very bad. chmod 700 should suffice
That would mean that only the owner would be able to update the game, which might be a problem for some people.

and it should stay a problem. it would be much better if steam worked like package managers and simply provide ipc to its client where client could request update at any time. that way all files could stay protected full time and every legitimate user would be able to update it

thing only works because steam is checking integrity if file that was launched really is file that was copied. but, 777 opens whole sh1tstorm of bad karma
GOL On Advert Blocking, I Don't Hate You, But Please Don't Do It
By , 3 June 2014 at 10:29 am UTC
ok, won't block it :)
Pandora: First Contact Now On Steam For Linux With Big Content Update
By addisaden, 3 June 2014 at 10:05 am UTC
Quoting: Purple Library GuyI bought it on Steam, and have been playing it some the last couple nights. Mixed impressions. So far it's actually a fairly tough game. I miss some Alpha Centauri things, like the social/political system dimension. There is a lot that's very Alpha C-ish.

Some that's different is not so much in concept as in how things play out--like, both have dangerous native life, but in this the dangerous native life multiplies, is at first distinctly tougher than you, and once it starts to notice that you're there it has your address and comes after you. So far I've seriously worried much more about the bloody aliens than I have about my rival factions; they keep wiping my cities out, or killing my new colonists before they can get one started. Plus there's formers just like in Alpha C, but they're almost useless a lot of the time. The way it goes is, you build a former, you send it out to do terrain improvements. It does a few, then aliens come and kill it, then more aliens scrag the mines and farms it made and you're back at square one. Until you can get some military forces badass enough to go wipe the hives off the map, they're a major limiting factor on both expansion and city improvement, and have sometimes threatened to flat wipe out my budding civilization.

You should start not on such an difficult level. I love that this game is not so easy to win the game. But there are ways to win and there is a lot to explore. All in all an awesome game.

If you have Problems to start the game fix the resolution in the config ~/.config/Proxy\ Studios/config :)
Earth 2140 Gold Edition Now Supports High Resolutions
By , 3 June 2014 at 9:31 am UTC
Waiting for Steam version,

Looks like StarCraft 1 - a genre needing new life & breath.
Earth 2140 Gold Edition Now Supports High Resolutions
By WorMzy, 3 June 2014 at 9:22 am UTC
Quoting: kamilkoEh... waiting for steam version :(

Same. Or rather, I was. I've lost interest now. :|
Earth 2140 Gold Edition Now Supports High Resolutions
By , 3 June 2014 at 9:14 am UTC
Eh... waiting for steam version :(
Paranautical Activity FPS Big New Release, Comes With Issues
By , 3 June 2014 at 9:12 am UTC
This game is horribly broken in linux. My hi-dpi mouse won't work well even at lowest sensitibity. I think it's the cause also to very laggy gameplay.
The Funding Crowd 33 (May 13th - June 1st)
By muntdefems, 3 June 2014 at 8:52 am UTC
Quoting: SpeedsterHm... that may have been jumping to a conclusion based on it being developed in Unity. Is there any way to contact the project creators like the "contact me" link on kickstarter...

There's no such direct way of contacting the creators on Indiegogo campaigns. What I always do is post a comment that, if you're not a backer, will remain private and only the creators will be able to see it. 99% of the time they notice it and answer, either with a public comment or with a personal email.

EDIT: I would do it myself, but I can't since my Indiegogo account got "restricted" (whatever that means) and any attempt to contact their support has been fruitless. :><:
Paranautical Activity FPS Big New Release, Comes With Issues
By muntdefems, 3 June 2014 at 8:48 am UTC
I have the same Godzilla issue on Ubuntu 12.10 (@1080p), so I guess it's not a distro-specific problem. I wonder if it happens the same on Windows, though...
Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months
By muntdefems, 3 June 2014 at 8:40 am UTC
Quoting: pbThanks for that info! I loved Lost Vikings and also played the sequel in DosBox. Now I really can't wait to play Trine. ;-)

Wait, what?! Is there a sequel to The Lost Vikings? I'll have to find it and play the hell out of it, then!
Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months
By hardpenguin, 3 June 2014 at 8:39 am UTC
I hope they will fix game performance :>
Highlighting A Blog Post For Developers Using Unity To Publish On Linux
By , 3 June 2014 at 8:38 am UTC
Quoting: DrMcCoy2) chmod 777 is very bad. chmod 700 should suffice
That would mean that only the owner would be able to update the game, which might be a problem for some people.
Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux
By , 3 June 2014 at 8:34 am UTC
Paying for anticommunist propaganda? They should pay us for play this s**t.

North Korea invading EEUU.. WTF Is the USA the country invading others (Iraq, Afghanistan, Libia), seriously this is ridiculous. The empire is the victim now LOL
Steam Hardware Survey For May 2014, Linux Falls Short Of Last Month
By , 3 June 2014 at 8:00 am UTC
I duel boot between Mint 16 and Windows 7. I will do until I have finished up on any games I cant run on wine. As of yesterday the Steam survey pops up when I start steam on Windows, but not on Linux Mint! Why is that? It's hardly a fair survey if I can only do it on Windows.
Highlighting A Blog Post For Developers Using Unity To Publish On Linux
By rustybroomhandle, 3 June 2014 at 7:37 am UTC
Quoting: DrMcCoyThere's quite a few mistakes in there.

2) chmod 777 is very bad. chmod 700 should suffice
4) Don't use getconf LONG_BIT (that will also output 64 on a lot of non-x86 architectures). Use uname -m
6) "en" is not really a valid locale. A valid locale consists of a language, a region and an encoding. For example: "en_US.UTF-8". Just "en" might work, but it might not

Good tips. A thing to note that I learned recently is that when publishing to Steam, Steam will a+x dang near every file in the install directory. I am guessing it's for people who want to store their SteamApps in a shared location, but still doesn't make sense for most file types.
Highlighting A Blog Post For Developers Using Unity To Publish On Linux
By DrMcCoy, 3 June 2014 at 7:29 am UTC Likes: 1
There's quite a few mistakes in there.

2) chmod 777 is very bad. chmod 700 should suffice
4) Don't use getconf LONG_BIT (that will also output 64 on a lot of non-x86 architectures). Use uname -m
6) "en" is not really a valid locale. A valid locale consists of a language, a region and an encoding. For example: "en_US.UTF-8". Just "en" might work, but it might not
Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months
By pb, 3 June 2014 at 7:18 am UTC
Quoting: L4LinuxTrine is a worthy successor to the great game "Lost Vikings"

Thanks for that info! I loved Lost Vikings and also played the sequel in DosBox. Now I really can't wait to play Trine. ;-)
Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months
By Sabun, 3 June 2014 at 6:58 am UTC
I've finished both Trine 1 and Trine 2. It's best to play in chronological order, as there is a story.

If you do play the 2nd one, play it in co-op. You'll get a lot more laughs out of it, and it'll make the experience last longer!

P.S: I played Trine 2 co-op beginning to end with my only other Linux friend in real life (The rest all use Windows). Worth it at full price, no joke.
Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux
By Beamboom, 3 June 2014 at 6:24 am UTC
Quoting: killxdenHomefront 2 was pretty linear and had a lot of scripted events, I hope they will change that a bit.

Since this sequel will be open world(!), no less, it definitely will change from the traditional linear shooter formula.
GOL Cast: Being Part of the Bug Community in Hive
By Samsai, 3 June 2014 at 6:07 am UTC
Quoting: GuestCurrently on sale for 3€ on the Humble store. I bought it, works fine on Arch Linux 64 bit / Xfce / alsa / nvidia. Not really interested by the game though, I prefer simpler games, but who knows I might change my mind one day.

Something the article does not mention is there is an online play mode.
Thanks for reminding me about the Humble version. I completely forgot it and believed it was a Steam-only release. Added the link for it in the article.

I mentioned the online support on the video. I usually offer only the most important aspects of the game in the article and the video has all the details.
Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux
By killx_den, 3 June 2014 at 5:46 am UTC
Quoting: HadBabitsNot to kill the mood, but wasn't the original known for being... well, kind of sh!t?

yes :/

Quoting: Xpander
Quoting: killxden
Quoting: JoshI hope this makes my 660 Ti struggle to run on ultra. This looks amazing and I will definitely look into playing this.
No need to wait, just play the Witcher 2 Linux port xD
nop.. have 660 Ti, no issues.. im one of the few who doesnt have problems with this.

Lucky you :) I have a 670gtx gainward phantom and get like 20fps, doesn't even matter if i put it on high, middle or low settings :/

Quoting: barlas
Quoting: HadBabitsNot to kill the mood, but wasn't the original known for being... well, kind of shit?
The developers have changed, and Crytek has a good reputation in FPS, I don't think it should be compared with the original.

P.S: Nice nick :P

With the open world thing maybe it will be a bit like Far Cry 3?
Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux
By barlas, 3 June 2014 at 5:18 am UTC
Quoting: HadBabitsNot to kill the mood, but wasn't the original known for being... well, kind of shit?
The developers have changed, and Crytek has a good reputation in FPS, I don't think it should be compared with the original.

P.S: Nice nick :P
The Funding Crowd 33 (May 13th - June 1st)
By Speedster, 3 June 2014 at 5:03 am UTC
Hm... that may have been jumping to a conclusion based on it being developed in Unity. Is there any way to contact the project creators like the "contact me" link on kickstarter...
Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months
By , 3 June 2014 at 4:13 am UTC
This games good enough to play them, not only for buy them. (Have both on Steam and HB)
Personally I'd like Trine 2 rather than Trine.
Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux
By Xpander, 3 June 2014 at 2:17 am UTC
Quoting: killxden
Quoting: JoshI hope this makes my 660 Ti struggle to run on ultra. This looks amazing and I will definitely look into playing this.
No need to wait, just play the Witcher 2 Linux port xD

nop.. have 660 Ti, no issues.. im one of the few who doesnt have problems with this.
Major Trine Update Should Be Released In The Next Few Months
By , 3 June 2014 at 2:12 am UTC
Trine is a worthy successor to the great game "Lost Vikings"
Crytek's CRYENGINE Powered Homefront The Revolution FPS Coming To Linux
By HadBabits, 3 June 2014 at 2:06 am UTC
Not to kill the mood, but wasn't the original known for being... well, kind of shit?
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