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Just a regular Linux user (not even a programmer at the moment of contributing) who used to mostly write about obscure but still interesting games with native support, in an effort to help them gain a bit of deserved exposure.

Guest Writer
February 2016 - September 2016
June 2019
December 2019 - April 2020

Contributing Editor
September 2016 - July 2017

Opinions at the moment of writing the articles were mine, though in some cases contents were edited or critical information was added by GOL Editors before approval.

If you want more gore in the GZDoom and Zandronum engines try the 'Bolognese Gore Mod'

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Made by Brutal Doom’s developer, the Bolognese Gore Mod can enhance a lot of the gore effects available for the GZDoom and Zandronum game engines.

Add crazy effects to your images with 'PhotoMosh', a powerful but easy to use free web app

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
We interrupt your regularly scheduled gaming news to mention PhotoMosh, a fun and quite powerful free web application to mess around with your images. It's actually pretty cool.
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'Suits: A Business RPG', a small indie comedy RPG has been updated with better Linux support

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Suits: A Business RPG is a mysterious comedy game that was released more than four years ago. Recently it had a big update, which should improve the Linux version.

Struggling with regular expressions? Then visit 'Regex Crossword', a site to learn them through a Sudoku-like game

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Regular expressions are often difficult for anyone to get their head around and so Regex Crossword turns learned them into a bit of a game.

'Tilesetter' is a program for developers that aims to optimize the tileset generation process; demo available

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Tilesetter seems to be a very handy tool for game developers, allowing you to focus on making the perfect tileset.

Try out 'Critters for Sale', an exhilarating short horror visual novel with two episodes out now

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
The absolutely exhilarating short horror visual novel Critters for Sale, which was originally released the first day of 2019, had its second chapter ("Goat") available for some time (Jun 2019, actually) and it's worth a look. Note: The article may cause issues if you have photosensitive epilepsy.

'Discover my Body' is a 10 minute long free body-horror minigame about transhumanism and social alienation

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Discover my Body takes place twenty years in the future, in a dystopian society where a strange medical procedure was developed to enhance human consciousness, which is being used by people to escape their miseries and existential despair.

Indie short FPS 'Monument' has an overhaul update almost five years after the original release

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Monument is an indie FPS that was released in June 2015 to meet 'mostly positive' reviews on Steam. It also got a massive revamp nearly five years later.

Explore a mysterious structure in 'Meteorite', a colourful and densely pixelated free short metroidvania FPS

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Meteorite is a colourful and densely pixelated metroidvania FPS, made in Godot Engine for a Game Jam back in 2018 that's worth a look when you have a few free minutes.

"Doosk" is a crossover mod that brings the weapons and gameplay from "Dusk" to "Doom"

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
It was only a matter of time until someone combined Dusk and Doom together and now they have, we give you - Doosk.

Check out 'Aseprite' a popular cross-platform pixel-art tool to create 2D animations and sprites

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Aseprite is a useful tool for artists, game developers and anyone interested in pixel art that's been around for nearly two decades and it's highly rated.

Game Dev Unlocked, an upcoming blog and video series for aspiring game developers

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Game developer David Wehle, the creator of the third person short exploration adventure The First Tree, is starting up a blog and video series aimed at helping aspiring indie game designers to overcome all the inherent challenges of such an enterprise.

A tournament for the lightweight free FPS 'Warfork' is happening Sat 15 February

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
The Keep, a FPS gaming community will be celebrating a new event this Saturday for the frenetic and interesting FPS Warfork.

'ReDoomEd', a port of the original Doom level editor, was released on Linux

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
DoomEd was a program written by Carmack and Romero in 1993, to directly build the levels from the original Doom. Twenty seven years later, the developers behind Twilight Edge Software are releasing a free and independent port based on that program.

'Push Me Pull You' is a strange but kid-friendly multiplayer comical wrestling game featuring humanoid conjoined twins

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Push Me Pull You has you play as two humanoid conjoined twins, who have the ability to stretch or shrink by will.

All courses from online learning site '3D Buzz' went free, due to the website shutting down; torrent available

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
3D Buzz was an online learning platform about programming, game development and animation which has now shut down.

Developer of Brutal Doom reveals new project: VietDoom; alpha 0.1 already available

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Last August, the developer responsible for the excellent mod Brutal Doom, revealed after a month of absence that he was working on a new project called VietDoom, which takes place during Vietnam War.

Thanks to Proton, you can have 'A Date in the Park' in this intriguing free short adventure; some thoughts

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
A Date in the Park is a lightweight point and click adventure that will take you approximately one hour to solve. It was actually released more than five years ago, but thanks to Proton 4.11, it is now possible to enjoy it on Linux -almost- without any problems.

The excellent but merciless top-down shooter Redie has gone Free to Play

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Redie is a top-down shooter clearly inspired by Hotline Miami that was released three years ago on Steam. Just one month ago, an official announcement stated that the title has become absolutely free for everyone.

An in-depth review of John Romero's SIGIL's single player levels, the unofficial fifth episode of the original Doom

By -Daniel-Palacio-,
Contributor Sunburst gives their thoughts on SIGIL, the free DOOM Megawad from Romero Games. Article contains some minor spoilers.
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