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Duke Smoochem 3D is turning into a hilarious look at Britain
18 November 2021 at 10:44 am UTC

Excellent! Just need more gore when blowing Blobby up (with the rocket launcher preferably).

Valheim gets another small release fixing up crashes, a little optimization too
9 November 2021 at 2:25 pm UTC

Quoting: scaineAre you definitely running it in OpenGL mode? The Vulkan mode is still under development and the performance is terrible. I couldn't believe the difference when I swapped back to OpenGL.

I never even would have thought to try that. Unfortunately for me, Vulkan is much better. This is with a GTX970 though (I really need to upgrade!)

Valheim gets another small release fixing up crashes, a little optimization too
8 November 2021 at 3:13 pm UTC Likes: 1

Any already discovered Mistlands will remain as they were. I think this is for people who have built there.

Just watched an hilarious video pitting tameables vs bosses and the follow up - enjoy

9 years ago Valve put out a Beta of Steam for Linux
6 November 2021 at 2:49 pm UTC Likes: 5

How time flies when you're having fun

12th Gen Intel Core processors announced with the 'world's best gaming processor'
28 October 2021 at 8:37 am UTC

I'm afraid my cynicism is here to stay.... "The performance hybrid architecture of 12th Gen Intel Core processors is an architectural shift made possible by close co-engineering of software and hardware that will deliver new levels of leadership performance for generations" ....what black magic is hidden by that gobbledygook I wonder.

I'm going back to AMD (for my CPU at least) next upgrade.

Iron Gate tease the upcoming Mistlands update for Valheim, plus updates for Mountains
25 October 2021 at 9:28 am UTC Likes: 2

I wandered into "Mistlands" the other day and had no idea what it was, I'd never heard it mentioned before. I actually didn't wander far in though, the massive cobwebs put me off - until I looked it up! If it's as brutal as the Plains I'll be very cautious exploring, those damn Deathsquitos are a pain when there are multiple of them at once.

I had to take the boat to find Bonemass' summoning skull altar thing and the island it's on has a very thin slice of Black Forest between the Swamp and a Plains Fuling base with four Berserkers and a herd of Lox - oh the fun of leading Trolls in there or running round the swamp until I'm followed by a small army of skeletons and Draugrs and leading those in for a punch up

Looking forward to more content, to an already fantastic game.

AMD Radeon RX 6600 launches today aimed at high-refresh rates and 1080p
14 October 2021 at 10:07 am UTC

Same here... stuck on a GTX 970 for the foreseeable future. You know what though, it's still good enough for the games I play. Just finished Metro Exodus, no problem whatsoever, looked fabulous on lower settings. Valheim is pushing it hot but still decent frame rates and very smooth.

I wanted to do a full system upgrade a year ago but who knows when that'll be (reasonably) possible.

Valheim adds a Jack-o-turnip and tweaks melee weapons to use less Stamina
6 October 2021 at 10:11 pm UTC

Quoting: woox2k
Quoting: fabertaweIt's currently moved up to fifth on my all time played list (Steam)
4th on my list with 323h! At the moment it's still going strong but slowly running out of new things to do.

Updates have been good and no negative things to say about them. That's quite unusual with EA titles. Developers seem to have their plans sorted out and the game evolves in a logical way.
I just cannot wait until they do something with the endless greydwarfs that constantly annoy you day and night. In later game they pose no threat but fill your inventory with useless stuff you don't need and always bug you the worst possible time.

I'm well past 100h already

I've only jumped in since the Hearth & Home update, so can't compare it to previous iterations. As for the (yes, somewhat annoying) greydwarfs...

Quoting: AnzaI also use them now and then in order to improve my kung fu skills.

I sometimes just punch them too. They're good candidates for coming up with fun ways to interact... I built a pit, covered it with flooring, opened the gate and got a load in there then hopped out, shut the gate and removed the flooring. They were piling up on top of each other in the end!

Valheim adds a Jack-o-turnip and tweaks melee weapons to use less Stamina
5 October 2021 at 9:00 am UTC Likes: 2

I did wonder what all the hype was with this game. Then I bought it a couple of weeks ago. I absolutely love it, it's almost (is?) the perfect game for me

It's currently moved up to fifth on my all time played list (Steam) and will be securing number one spot eventually! And that's saying something, as I've put a lot of hours into Mindustry.

Sir, You Are Being Hunted gets a huge upgrade with a 'Reinvented Edition' coming in 2022
6 September 2021 at 10:57 am UTC Likes: 3

One of my all time favourite games. I've not replayed it with this update, I'm going to wait until the remastered version is available.