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Steam Tower Defense Fest 2024 has begun
30 July 2024 at 5:10 pm UTC

In your case Liam, everything is forgiven any day of the year... Happy Birthday!

Happy Birthday to GamingOnLinux - 15 years old today
5 July 2024 at 3:23 pm UTC Likes: 3

Happy Birthday to GoL.
GoL is my GoTo source for Linux gaming. Thanks to you, Liam, I am a well-informed Steam user.
Time to celebrate!

Zelda-inspired dungeon maker 'Quest Master' arrives May 29th with a new demo live
8 May 2024 at 5:31 pm UTC Likes: 3

Apogee!
I know they are only the publisher of this game, but I remember when they were developers. I have fond memories of playing hours of Duke Nukem and Duke Nukem II on MS-DOS. They also did the publishing of one of my favorite games, Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure. I played more of Cosmo's Cosmic Adventure than I did of the Duke Nukem series. If time allows, I will be downloading the Quest Master demo this evening to give it a spin.

Microsoft closes Tango Gameworks, Arkane Austin and others
7 May 2024 at 6:05 pm UTC Likes: 1

Interesting to Note:

I just noticed that Hi-Fi Rush is a game in the Humble Choice for May.

Pixel-art sims game Tiny Life now allows multiple-floor building
26 October 2023 at 2:39 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: SparhawkLittle Computer People

Thank you for reminding me of Little Computer People. I played this game with my children on the Commodore 64.

One interesting thing mentioned in the Wikipedia article is:

QuoteCopy protection
In pirated copies of the game on the Atari ST (and possibly other platforms) the game would load, but the character would simply stand knocking on the screen and wagging a finger at the player disapprovingly.
I know this was not the case on the Commodore 64 version... Not that my copy of the game was pirated, of course.

One Special Day 2023 is here with a Steam Event to support disabled gamers
6 October 2023 at 9:30 pm UTC Likes: 4

Liam
Thanks for alerting us to this sale. I likely would have missed it. I have worked for decades for an organization that serves people with disabilities. I would have been very disappointed if I had missed the opportunity to support this charity. In addition, I picked up a copy of No Mans's Sky for 50% off. Win-Win. This game has been on my wishlist for years.

Snap store from Canonical hit with malicious apps
2 October 2023 at 2:00 pm UTC Likes: 2

When I think of Snap, I immediately think of the American military acronym SNAFU.

Prism Launcher for Minecraft Java has a nice bug-fix release out
27 July 2023 at 2:51 pm UTC

A couple questions for those more knowledgeable than I on the subject of Minecraft launchers...

For years I have been using MultiMC. Prism Launcher has a very similar interface. I have never used ATLauncher, GDLauncher or Prism Launcher. Since MultiMC is also open source, I was thinking that perhaps Prism Launcher is a fork of MultiMC or vise versa. Is this a valid assumption?

Every few months I invite all the grandchildren over to play Minecraft. I have eight laptops that use MultiMC as the launcher for Minecraft. We have one of the laptops as the host and the rest of the kids connect over the LAN. It is a great time! What (if any) are the advantages to using Prism Launcher over MultiMC?

Top-down paper-folding puzzle adventure Paper Trail talks up Steam Deck support
26 June 2023 at 7:40 pm UTC

Thank you Liam for bringing this game to my attention. My favorite demo on Next Fest was ViewFinder. After watching the YouTube video, I decided Paper Trail has the same vibe.

Check out the demo of Full Void, a dystopian cinematic puzzle-platformer
10 February 2023 at 2:20 am UTC Likes: 1

This game is quite different from the other PC games (racing, football and mobile) published by OutOfTheBit Ltd. The fact that protagonist is a young boy, he is being hunted and the are puzzles and platforming; I was reminded of INSIDE. I enjoyed the 30 minutes I played the demo. Of course, I got stuck on one of the puzzles, but hope to get back to it at some point and have Wishlisted the game.