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Oh...Sir!! The Insult Simulator is now available DRM free on GOG
14 December 2016 at 3:08 pm UTC Likes: 3

Your goat gave birth to a tree and your car is blooming.

AMD 'Ryzen' is the official name of the Zen processors, more details released today
14 December 2016 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 2

About 2 years ago, I was buying Core i5 CPUs for work, and after the first few it dawned on me that Intel were locking them to No. Threads = No. Cores, so you buy a 4 core Core i5 and you don't get 4 cores / 8 threads which I'd been expecting. Pretty unhappy with Intel about that. The alternatives were pay a big chunk more for Core i7, or jump ship to AMD FX processor (8 cores ~ 8 threads) for *less* money than a Core i5.

So, I jumped ship and now 70% of the PCs at work are running AMD FX processors.

Sure, single core performance is better at a given clock-speed with Intel chips, but AMD makes the best value processors, and for multi-core work, AMD FX are pretty effective.

Hoping AMD get "back on top" with their new Ryzen.

Inner Chains, an incredibly brutal looking UE4-built FPS that's coming to Linux shows off some gameplay
4 December 2016 at 4:13 am UTC

Wow. Fantastic level design. Love the art style. All the little details. Not much to go on for the combat, so far. A game I'm interested to follow.

Open source RTS game 0 A.D. has a new project leader, continues towards next Alpha version
4 December 2016 at 3:51 am UTC

Xonotic (based on Nexuiz) has pretty decent graphics. Used to play loads of Nexuiz a few years back.

What one game would blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?
2 December 2016 at 1:55 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Guest
Quoting: IvancilloLegend of Grimrock 2.

Such a shame about LoG2. Can't believe indy developers who released the first one didn't bother with the second. Going in the wrong direction!!!

Yes, it is a shame about LoG2 and not bothering to release for Linux. I got it on GOG (DRM free) for Windows, and have played it under Wine, but as a paying customer this is not what I want to do.

Another similar indie title, The Banner Saga - has a Linux version on Steam and GOG. But the follow-up The Banner Saga 2 - is out on Windows and Mac, but not Linux :(

My own status when it comes to Windows games / Linux games....

If I *really* want the game and it is only on Windows, then if the price is good enough, I'll get it. Noting that ideally I get the Windows game DRM free, so I don't have to mess around with Steam client under Wine.
(Recently bought Skyrim: Legendary Edition for £4.24 - steam key for Windows)

If I *really* want the game, but the price is high (e.g. The Witcher 3 GOTY at £20.99 on sale) then I will hold off buying it, until either the Windows version is really cheap or they get around to releasing the Linux version.

Finally, if the game is on Linux then I'm happier to spend more money to get it. So, if that Witcher 3 GOTY was £20.99 AND on Linux - No problem, I'd buy it immediately.

What one game would blow your mind if it came to Linux & SteamOS?
1 December 2016 at 3:31 pm UTC Likes: 2

My choice is for Witcher 3.

However my top few choices also include:
Skyrim, DOOM, Shadow Warrior 2

A bit further down, but still near the top of my list:
All the Fallouts, Dragon's Dogma, Watch Dogs 2, Dragon Age, Oblivion, Dishonored I+II

Noting that I already own DOOM, and I'm suffering to play it under Windows.
Also, I'm expecting SW2 will be on its way to Linux soon. (Please hurry the F up)

The GOG winter sale has begun, you can get Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition free
1 December 2016 at 1:24 pm UTC

Well, good to know what that teaser was about. Shame that my guess was incorrect (i.e. NWN Enhanced Edition release). Agreeing with Liam, it's a bit soon for another sale. It'll be yet another - the January sale - a couple of weeks after this one.

As someone who follows sales a lot, there aren't many discounts any different to previous discounts - "Same old, same old"

Crypt of the Necrodancer 'DRM free' - currently on GOG for £3.69 (66% off).
- I bought the Steam key version from Steam for £2.74 a couple of weeks ago (75% off).

If there were sufficient discounts on these games, I'd buy them (discounts not good enough for me):

Darkest Dungeon, Soma, Wasteland 2

Also, while observing the discount level on GOG, and sharing my observations:

Enter the Gungeon 'DRM free' - currently on GOG for £9.89 (10% off)
- That game was 50% off in recent sales on Steam.

Finishing off with... I'd be all over Witcher 3 and Shadow Warrior 2 .... if the Linux ports were out.

GOG have something mysterious planned for December 1st
30 November 2016 at 12:45 am UTC

I would hazard a guess, based on what people have observed so far, that there will be released a new Enhanced Edition version of Neverwinter Nights (and maybe NWN II as well). Earlier this year Beamdog released Enhanced versions of Baldur's Gate, BG2, and Icewind Dale. Noting that when the enhanced versions of the BG1, BG2, IWD games came out, they made very amenable discounts to existing owners of the older games on GOG ( and so I grabbed them =P ).

Feedback needed for our 'Linux Game Of The Year Award' that will start soon
29 November 2016 at 6:03 pm UTC Likes: 1

Thing is, like a couple of others who've mentioned in this thread, I haven't played (or even watched youtube game-play videos) sufficient number of the 2016 releases to be able to make comprehensive nominations.

Owing to being a frugal character, I buy stuff when it is really cheap on sales. So unless it is a brand new, top AAA game that has been 75% off in a sale, then it is doubtful to be in my collection.

Most of my gaming this year has been with "Dying Light: The Following Enhanced Edition (2015)", "FTL: Faster Than Light (2012)", "Serious Sam 3: BFE (2012)", "Mad Max (2016)", "Crypt of the Necrodancer (2015)", "Rocket League (2016)", "Sky Force Anniversary (2015)", "Chaos Reborn (2015)", "Overlord (2016)", "Space Run (2014)", "Desktop Dungeons (2014)", "Iron Snout (2016)", and plenty of other odds and ends.

Although I own "Alien Isolation (2015)", "The Talos Principle (2015)", "Tomb Raider (2016)", "Bioshock Infinite (2015)", "Company of Heroes 2 (2015)", "Warhammer 40000: Dawn of War II Retribution (2016)", "Pillars of Eternity (2015)" and plenty of others (some of which are very recent), I've never played them so I can't really make any comments on those titles.

I take my time over stuff. I've put over 100 hours into Dying Light and Mad Max this year, and nearly that into FTL and Serious Sam 3. Also, games I'd nominate for my own "game of the year" awards, are not necessarily games that have been released this year.

Okay, laters.