Stunningly, this week's episode is slightly on the longer-ish side of our scale (by a miniscule factor, though... only by a mere 50-100%), but many topics of critical importance to the preservation of our species are covered (including, but not limited to): the disclosure and explanation of the most powerful force in the known universe: The Friend-Love Beam. This shocking revelation is accompanied by a comprehensive tactical and strategic analysis of the beam, and is accompanied with a full compliment of new and noteworthy titles, a comprehensive breakdown of Mighty No. 9's mixed signals to the community, our full review of "Starbound 1.0," and the official declaration of skookiesprite's status as being the Greatest Duskers Player In The World (followed by the issuance of assorted challenges to prospective challengers who wish to "learn how to play" at his feet). All this and moar (including 2 of the rarest sentences ever recorded spoken from a game developer): our friendship-love portals are programmed to receive in this mammoth episode of THE BEST LINUX GAMES PODCAST!

Our Video of the Week: STARBOUND 1.0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clVecoSR2nA

Seum gameplay vid:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6YyVr2HZJk

Yes, I am the Greatest Duskers Player in the world:

-epic run (pt1):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBTowus3mmo

-epic run (pt2):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kXo2iUkqkw

-The Master Plays Duskers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pd0do8H7pPg

This week we hit our unsuspecting listeners with epoch-making news: the arrival of world-class pinball simulation on the Linux platform ("Pro Pinball Ultra: Timeshock"). We also get down and dirty with the glorious carnage festival of action mayhem strategy and deck building in our full review of the excellent "Forced Showdown," break some news about "The Pinball Arcade's" future plans regarding its Linux port, get all worked up over "Human Fall Flat," and so much more your earholes will explode in salacious gib-joy-splosions of pure delight (even as we Rick roll you). Live! From TV! On the FUTURE!

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Video of the week: Forced Showdown gameplay:

https://youtu.be/gnFNeDgHT4M

In this stunningly stutter-ized tongue-twisting travelogue: we gush over "Shadows of Kurgansk," freak out over "Day of the Tentacle Remastered," cover 3 titles from the past few months in our "Slipped Through The Cracks" feature (highlighting "Salt and Sanctuary"), assault you with 3 excellent weekend deals, and - most of all - get set for glory in our "broadcaster danger helmet" during our insightful analysis of prison love simulator, "Rimworld." Easy for you to say, right? All this and more in this exciting installment of The BLGP: where the name goes in before the quality goes on!

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Video of the Week: Shadows of Kurgansk:

https://youtu.be/KXfzerXlnZ8

Video of the Week: Forced Showdown:

https://youtu.be/gnFNeDgHT4M

The Pac-Man Vid of the week:

http://sethbarkan.tumblr.com/post/146810903165/best-linux-games-podcast-video-of-the-week-for

...brought to you, as always, by Gentry's Gin: the best damn drink you'll ever have!

Finally, we catch our breath after all the 4th of July Madness and come at you with a much more normal episode, featuring the delightful, deck-building carnage of "Forced Showdown," along with some new and noteworthy titles sure grab your interest.

Vid of the week:

https://youtu.be/pPVNNNhVgYM

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Special friends, rejoice: THE MILKMAN HAS ARRIVED! Yes, after having waited since the early days of this podcast, "Psychonauts" has finally made good on its promise to release a Linux compatible port through Steam. And not only is it one of the best games you'll ever play in your life, IT IS ON SALE for $.99!! An emergency appreciation (especially in light of the crazy synchronicity between us noticing "Psychonauts" stealth-release for Linux and the horror of "Mighty No. 9's" current woes from yesterday's episode) was absolutely called for. NOW GO BUY IT!

Psychonauts $.99 until 4th of July:

http://store.steampowered.com/app/3830/

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Not content to simply offer up another list of absolutely must-buy deals from these, the waning moments of Steam's 2016 Summer Sale, we dissect the buzzsaw of vitriolic fury that "Mighty No. 9" has unleashed, continue to rant about "Duskers," and THEN unleash what we have dubbed as "10: The Impossible List of 10," a weaponized quantum class delivery platform for deals so powerful they are Impossible. Plus: "SCREEPS!" and skookiesprite finally has a full blown nervous breakdown on air!

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VIDEO OF THE WEEK!:

Man Versus Pac Man 256: Don't let it happen to you...

http://sethbarkan.tumblr.com/post/146810903165/best-linux-games-podcast-video-of-the-week-for

It is that time of year Interweb friends: the Steam Summer Sale has begun. And, in response to the otherwise overwhelming onslaught of thousands of awesome titles, we offer you THE BEST 30 MUST BUY TITLES for Linux, and accomplish this mind-blowing feat in just over 30 minutes. For the full, clickable-link-based list, see our announcement on BLGP's Steam Group Page. Ready, steady, EXPLODE!

For the clickable list, visit our Steam Group's announcement page for this episode:

http://steamcommunity.com/groups/bestlinuxgames#announcements/detail/848182425914233680

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Thrill as we (finally) celebrate the releases of 3 titles from early access, gush about the Puzzle-Fighter-meets-Diablo "Blood Gate," and bask in the warm, steam-powered robot apocolypse in our full review of "Steamworld Heist." All this and more as we experiment with guest producer Joe "joekemon" Kendall (gracious and foolish enough to volunteer his time and talents) as he attempts to drive crack Engineer Ivor Molina to his long-overdue physician-assisted suicide, all in the name of mayhe... I mean, "SCIENCE!"

Video of the week: BLOOD GATE!:

https://youtu.be/cF2muv87IDI

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Our Deal Picks for the Week:

Blackhole -50% $6.99 thru June 23

http://store.steampowered.com/app/322680/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_1

Trine 2 Complete - 85% $2.99 June 22

http://store.steampowered.com/app/35720/?snr=1_7_7_204_150_1

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What episode is complete without MOAR DUSKERS rantings?:

http://sethbarkan.tumblr.com/post/146057241597/spoiler-alert-if-you-havent-seen-burn-after

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This week: FINALLY, our full (and glowing) review of the CLI rogue sci-fi adventure darling, "DUSKERS." PLUS: 4 new and noteworthy titles ("Steamworld Heist," and "Celestial Command" prominently among them), some HTC Vive/Steam Client news, a heavy-metal video of the week, and 3 excellent deals!

Video of the week (Seum):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6YyVr2HZJk

Skookie's Print Review of Duskers:

http://sethbarkan.tumblr.com/post/145285173952/my-review-of-duskers-on-steam-which-they

Skookie's Review of "The Solus Project:"

http://us.blastingnews.com/tech/2016/06/htc-vive-finally-gets-a-showcase-game-in-solus-00957343.html

www.bestlinuxgames.com

Due to having been driven beyond the brink of madness last Sunday by a play experience that felt like a slow motion kick in the balls, we diverge from our normal show's weekly format to take a (sometimes very funny, frighteningly critically serious, and batshit-crazy) multidisciplinerary, boozy tour of three recently published marble-based games... trying to answer the question... "WHAT IS WRONG with These Three Marble Games?" Caterwauling, hijinx, and barely coherent animal ravings follow. Join in and a HAVE A BALL!

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-Our Video of the Week features kind of an expuirgated and heavily abridged summary of the full feature as we play with 2 of our balls in "Groovy," and "Hyposphere..." SIMULTANEOUSLY!:

https://youtu.be/N1o2ejQKjcA

Our Print Review of "Duskers (on our Tumblr page):" http://sethbarkan.tumblr.com/post/145285173952/my-review-of-duskers-on-steam-which-they

BLGP's YouTube Channel:

www.youtube.com/channel/UCWZEWVqgO288mI6-nNveQeg