Quoting: ziabiceBig question: the Steam Controller is on sale too, I never used a gamepad in my life and a lot of games I own needs one, should I buy it or the Logitech F310? I want a plug'n'play experience with Steam, Proton and/or Wine, and Gog.

Thanks in advance for the advices! ;)

Based on your "plug'n'play" wish, I'd recommend the Microsoft XBOX 360 usb controller. It often works with no setup or minimal setup required. I remember my first ever game of Rocket League. Plugged the XBOX 360 controller in and it was detected, all the game controls automatically mapped perfectly, ready to play immediately.

Saying that, I'm not a massive fan of gamepad use in my games (preferring keyboard and mouse wherever possible). As such, even though I own a Steam Controller too, I rarely consider using it.

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My Humble Fall Sale pick-ups:

XCOM 2: War of the Chosen DLC including Tactical Pack (Yay, support Feral)
Darkwood
Battle Chasers: Nightwar

And got some bundles too:

Dystopian bundle - highest tier - Observer, Orwell: Ignorance is Strength, 60 Seconds, others
Jumbo 12 bundle - lowest tier - Rise and Shine, Pinstripe, others

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I have played Super House of the Dead Ninjas on Steam Play/Proton prior to this bundle, and it was working great for me. Not only that, but I really liked it as an action platformer. Certainly think that the lowest tier of the bundle is worth grabbing.

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Does anyone have familiarity of jumping around on versions of 7DTD ? I quite like the idea of trying out the new experimental build but don't necessarily want to lose my current game state on the stable build.

Looking at the relevant directories on my system, it looks like this is where the Save Games sit:

 ~/.local/share/7DaysToDie/

And then my main (stable) game application files are here (this is a non-default location for the Steam Library Folder):

 /home/games/steam/steamapps/common/7\ Days\ To\ Die

Would you suggest copying/archiving both of those and then installing the experimental? If I want to restore the stable version, I'd delete and over-write those folders with the stable copies?

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I wonder if this means that the next time Feral announces a Requestinator then they might have another title sitting in the pipeline.

As much as the Feral Radar clue is looking 100% for SotTR - I still remember the time that it looked like another clue was 100% Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice.

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Quoting: stretch611I can barely imagine what insignificant portion you have played... (Or how did you get so wealthy to afford them all and have the time to play them :D )

Slightly joking - My "game" is online bargain hunting (as well as picking up freebies). But, more recently I have slowed down. My favourite recent FREE pick-up was Shadow Warrior 2 - It was zero cost on GOG (for a couple of days) and adamhm put together a nice WINE script to get this Windows title easily running on Linux.

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Decided to load up my Humble games Wishlist, and of the 69 titles wishlisted, I have needed to remove 11 of them due to purchase in the last few months. Good to keep one's housekeeping up to date ;)

Thinking to get Observer (in the Dystopian bundle) and Conarium (in the store sale). After I have bought 1 more game, I'll own 1.5k titles on Steam.

EDIT: Just noticed that Turok is incorrectly listed on Humble store as Windows only (recently ported to Linux).

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Future titles:

Metro: Exodus
Cyberpunk 2077
Doom Eternal
Wasteland 3
Phoenix Point
Witchfire
Dying Light 2

Current titles:

Shadow of the Tomb Raider
The Elder Scrolls Online
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Middle-Earth: Shadow of War
Divinity: Original Sin 2
Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Hitman 2
Wolfenstein 2
(Into The Breach)

Older titles:

The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim
Fallout 4
The Witcher 3
GTA V

I can fairly safely say, I'd purchase any of these titles as soon as a Linux version was available. I put brackets around "Into The Breach" because I'm expecting the original studio, Subset Games, will build for Linux, and I'm certainly hoping that Techland builds Dying Light 2 for Linux too.

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I've tried out a full range of VR headsets, and here are my thoughts on VR tech:

Yes, you require a decent GPU to get the required level of performance, e.g. GTX 1080 or better (or a PS4 Pro console or equivalent)

I find them somewhat uncomfortable, and I wouldn't want to wear one for gaming for longer than 30 minutes at a time.

They are an interesting and different experience from regular gaming, that is very immersive.

Both the cost and the lack of appeal hinders me from making a purchase.

Lack of appeal:
- I anticipate that I wouldn't use it much.
- There aren't many compelling, quality games that I'd want to play on it.
- I'd only want to use it in short stretches, e.g. 30 minutes at a time.

On top of that, as already mentioned, it is good to have a VR "space" - i.e. dedicated room for moving around, rather than sitting at a regular desk doing VR.

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For the miniscule amount of losses, instead see the gains...

https://www.statista.com/statistics/761434/number-linux-games-steam/

Meanwhile, I have worked in a technical role in the games industry for 10 years - Indie and massive corporation.

Reasserting the fact that it was hard to find high-calibre staff with these credentials: Lead Unity programmer, DevOps/Server programmer, Business Intelligence/Data Scientist expert. Many people interviewed were not suitable candidates, due to inexperience or lack of ability (i.e. Couldn't complete the on-boarding tests). Ever tried applying to Google? ;)

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