Steam Families is great if you're in the same country, open-source Black & White brings cow-slapping nostalgia, AMD nukes high-end GPUs, Deadlock disables stats for tracker sites, and making a wireless controller is the opposite of easy.

Jackbox's Naughty Pack Teases, Valve Gobbles Up Another Studio, Retroid Pockets Learn Linux, and Hacker League Brings Carball Back.

EmuDeck is getting into the hardware business! Microsoft gives WINE a case of Mono, Steam adds global resolution to the Deck, EA shuts down Battlefield on Linux, and Windows 11 sucks on handhelds.

Nobara Linux wrecks Windows 11 in 4 gaming benchmarks, Valve bans Razer and Wooting keyboards, VTubing on Linux with PyNGtuber, and what's going on with the Half-Life 2 updates?

Valve serves the Verge a Deadblock! Corsair Void headset support arrives in the Linux kernel, SteamOS on the ROG Ally, Heroic Games Launcher gains an experimental umu-launcher, and open-source VR murder kayaks!

This week, we dive into Valve's mysterious new project, White Sands. Plus, Intel's Battlemage finally has a release date, AMD taps the brakes on CUDA emulation, and game demos on Steam are becoming a problem. Oh, and we'll share our thoughts on dealing with joke reviews.

Skibidi Toilet boops Garry's Mod for copyright infringement, World of Goo 2 launches with Linux support, BattleBlock HD prepares for release, Intel doubles down on being Intel, and Crowdstrike might be the catalyst for the end of kernel-level anti-cheat.

After eleven years in Early Access, 7 Days to Die hits 1.0! Steam is upgrading its demo scene, Esports are headed to the Olympics, Google buys some Reddit, and how does an MMO survive with only 30 players?

NVIDIA transitions to fully open-source kernel modules! Enlisted returns to Steam, and iFixit announces their Steam Deck repair kit. On top of that, we have a new contender for the "Hit Box at home" title: Flatbox.

Valve's Artifact is back from the dead! PCSX2 gets a huge 2.0 release. Dota 2's Sleet Fighter is ready for EVO, PvP at the Renaissance Faire, and Sabrent wants to suffocate your Steam Deck.