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April 08, 2024 Will Steam Embrace The Dark Side?
Them's Fightin' Herds calls it quits, Gaming with the Intel Arc A310 on #Linux, Hatsune Miku invades NecroDancer, Ross Scott wants publishers to stop killing games, and will Steam ever embrace the dark side?
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:55 NDI5 on Linux
05:54 Salty tastes
STEAM NEWS
10:33 Steam is a ticking time bomb
15:07 Steam Controller 2
NEW GAMES
21:25 Buckshot Roulette
23:43 Sajiorless
GAME UPDATES
26:10 RIP Them's Fightin' Herds
29:48 Hatsune Miku Necro Dancer
32:02 Spring onion controversy
32:41 Fools in April
33:55 Silksong XBOX page and rating
38:56 Veloren MMORPG update
41:03 Stop killing games
53:23 PC & Console Gaming Report 2024
01:01:28 Intel Arc on Linux
HATE MAIL
01:14:04 It wasn't me
1 hr 20 min
March 31, 2024 The End Of Exclusives & Battlemage GPUs Confirmed!
Exclusive deals are drying up for indie developers, Phil says "yes" to third-party stores on Xbox, Intel Battlemage spotted in the wild, and SDL3 vs. Wayland.
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00:00 Intro
01:04 Wearing an eye patch
STEAM NEWS
02:34 Steam on XBOX will never happen
NEW GAMES
11:51 Slice & Dice
17:09 Dragons Legacy
18:49 Decline of quality on Steam
GAME UPDATES
20:13 Skullgirls Marie
22:30 Why didn't Skullgirls take off?
NEWS
25:37 Intel Battlemage benchmarks
30:49 Wayland vs SDL
37:06 New rendering engine for Wesnoth
39:47 WTF is The Mirror?
42:54 Discord sucks?
46:26 RIP exclusive game deals
HATE MAIL
59:58 GPU Waifu
1 hr 11 min
March 24, 2024 There’s Always Room 4 Steam Family
Steam Families gets a HUGE upgrade! Playtron is a new Linux-based OS for handheld gaming devices. Rusty NVIDIA drivers from RedHat, a Nintendo DMCA for Suyu, the Linux Foundation is promoting an NFT mobile game, and an Apex Legends tournament was compromised due to a security exploit in the anti-cheat software.
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00:00 Intro
00:54 Intel ARC on Linux
03:54 Snow metal
05:03 Jumping Pedro
STEAM NEWS
06:45 Steam Family Sharing update
10:21 Two games one account
11:31 No games for kids
12:42 No online games
13:57 Steam Pass incoming
15:25 Playtron Linux OS for handhelds
17:22 Immutable anti-cheat
19:56 Doomed to fail
21:17 Mobile is the future of gaming
NEW NATIVE GAMES
24:01 4D Golf
NEWS
26:07 RedHat Rusty NVIDIA driver
29:38 Anime repo ratio
31:19 What will new Linux users argue about now?
32:59 Suyu Switch emulator DMCA
35:14 The real Nintendo strategy
38:05 O3DE gets a game
41:35 Defending crypto in games
44:10 Apex Legends hacked live
47:49 Cheaters suck
51:53 A real solution?
HATE MAIL
55:09 Sandmail
56:40 Rating your day-1 game purchases
01:01:17 Widows on Deck
01:07:41 Credits
1 hr 10 min
March 17, 2024 NVIDIA Flexes On Linux
Hot reflex action comes to Linux! Steam has a Springy sale, OBS gets a PipeWire-powered camera, Suyu Switches up emulation, AMD enforces power limits, and [we look at] the top 100 games on Steam Deck.
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00:00 Intro
00:46 Dragon shirt
01:57 Pedro eyes
02:41 Hawtness
STEAM NEWS
07:19 Steam Spring sale
09:37 The patient gamer
10:03 Your instabuy price?
12:21 Your last day-1 purchase?
13:59 14,000 games on Deck
18:01 Top 100 games on Steam Deck
20:59 Nvidia reflex on Linux
22:56 Raytracing sucks
23:49 Valve / Wolfire discovery
30:29 bundles on the Switch
GAME UPDATES
31:30 WRATH patch
NEWS
34:26 AMD NAVI21 power limits limited
41:32 Sutu Switch emulator
46:51 Cloudflare drops .tk
47:13 OBS Pipewire cameras
52:25 FEX X86 on ARM updates
HATE MAIL
01:00:00 Syncing Free
1 hr 17 min
March 11, 2024 AMD Cracks Down On FreeSync
Steam Decks receive a horizon button! AMD cracks down on Freesync certification, Linux reaches 4% desktop market share, WebRTC integration in OBS becomes intriguing, Area 51 source code is discovered, and Nintendo shuts down the Yuzu emulator.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:50 JUICY
03:00 Pedro MMO update
04:52 Scojo Gen 4
STEAM NEWS
06:43 Steam beta resets to horizon
09:21 Steam Deck hackathon
11:49 Regular Linux for Deck?
NEW NATIVE GAMES
14:36 Thyria
15:18 Weeaboo grammar
16:54 Zoria
NEWS
19:26 AMD cracks down on freesync
26:58 Nintendo shuts down Yuzu
33:56 Alternate Switch emulators
37:22 Linux desktop hits 4%
42:43 Desktops are dead 2024 edition
45:17 Winux challenge
46:13 Area 51 source code
50:38 OBS WebRTC sources
HATE MAIL
57:48 Emulation = piracy
1 hr 12 min
March 03, 2024 Nintendo Sues Yuzu and Roblox Bans Linux
Nintendo gonna sue somebody, and this time it's the creators of the open-source Switch emulator, Yuzu! Roblox pulls the plug on Linux gamers, HDMI Forum rejects AMD’s Linux driver, FurMark brings hairy doughnuts to Linux, and Steam puts Chromium in a runtime container.
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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2024/02/678-performance-boost-for-linux-gaming/
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00:00 Intro
02:28 Fkn around with wireguard
03:50 Livestock tolerance
STEAM NEWS
04:38 Steam client update breaks some things
06:51 Dinos vs robots fest and picks
10:14 Are fests fested out?
NEW GAMES
11:20 Black Mesa devs announce new game
14:21 Wrath Aeon of Ruin
16:56 Window Kill
20:10 Dark Forces remastered
22:10 Sharp polygons on old games
NEWS
23:02 HDMI Forum rejects AMD Linux driver
28:42 Better connectors for PC
29:24 FurMark comes to Linux
37:33 The 'I would switch to Linux but' lie
38:10 $399 ROG Ally
39:47 Wall clocks in 2024
41:02 More cheap not Decks incoming?
44:15 Tecno Mobile AR
49:26 Steam Deck outdoors?
50:26 Nintendo sues Yuzu
HATE MAIL
01:03:04 WINE performance gains
01:10:40 Credits
1 hr 13 min
February 25, 2024 678% Performance Boost For Linux Gaming
Steam Audio SDK goes open-source! CodeWeavers' Linux kernel tweaks deliver impressive performance gains, Last Epoch launches on Linux day one, a Godot-powered game launcher emerges, and the open-source Nvidia driver Nouveau adopts Zink by default.
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Interfacing Linux: https://www.youtube.com/@InterfacingLinux
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00:00 Intro
01:55 Playing with FireOne
03:44 Portal Re-Reloaded
04:28 MMO dabbling
05:56 Helldivers?
STEAM NEWS
08:13 Steam Annual Summary
11:55 SteamOS competitive advantage
14:23 WHAR SteamOS 3?
15:49 Steam Audio SDK open-source release
17:29 Good guy Valve
21:29 Proton 9 Beta 1
22:27 Install kernel 6.6
24:28 Godot plugin for Steam deployment
NEW GAMES
27:35 Last Epoch
32:28 Schmaragon
NEWS
37:39 678% Performance Boost For Linux Gaming
45:19 Zink by default for nouveau
49:10 Open Gamepad UI
54:34 Doom RPG 0.2.2
59:13 E-sports Excel
HATE MAIL
01:00:57 Hovers
01:02:41 If I could float
01:04:30 Netflix deal
01:06:13 Gifts!
1 hr 16 min
February 19, 2024 Can We Ditch Yellow Paint in Games?
After 5 years of updates, Dead Cells development has ended. Meanwhile, Neverwinter Nights: The Enhanced Edition fixes 20-year-old bugs. A reverse-engineered PC port of Legend of Dragoon goes 4K. The debate continues on whether Xbox handhelds would succeed against the Steam Deck, and finally, we consider why yellow paint should be optional in games.
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Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:15 Road money
03:58 Bootleg mushrooms
05:08 Pedro goes mainstream
STEAM NEWS
10:38 Remote Play Fest
11:34 COD single player
12:19 Remote Play issues
12:19 Remote Play filter
GAME UPDATES
13:58 Final Dead Cells update
16:49 How long should games receive updates?
18:49 Gang Beast gets a crane
21:30 Gang Beasts at EVO
22:31 Neverwinter fixes 20 yr old bugs
23:38 Dangers of fixing old bugs
NEWS
26:04 MAGEWELL USB on Linux
26:15 $5 Milkshakes
29:49 Keyboard killer
31:10 EDID cloning
32:45 Heroic 2.13 "Dorry & Broggy"
34:39 Buying GOG games
35:36 Red Launcher MODs
36:50 Severed Chains HD
39:31 Retro 4K polygons
40:46 Microsoft Steam Deck
49:18 XBOX announcement... thing
50:45 Mobile gaming is the future
52:58 Yellow paint in games
HATE MAIL
01:06:06 Dyncat launching
01:07:00 Sonic version?
01:10:02 Coming to Linux
1 hr 17 min
February 12, 2024 Half-Life Mysteries & Disney Deals
The first Half-Life 3 leak of 2024 has arrived! Orange Pi unveils a Linux-powered x86 Steam Deck competitor, Disney throws a billion-dollar check at Epic, and our top picks from Steam Next Fest.

00:00 Intro
30:19 Bar chart excitement
02:57 Skull candy
03:29 Audiophile headphones
STEAM NEWS
04:40 Steam Next Fest
07:05 Next Fest picks
12:29 First Half-Life 3 leak of 2024
15:29 Does Valve make games?
NEWS
17:50 NVIDIA 3050 Fanless
20:52 APUs overtake budget GPUs when?
25:57 Orange Pi Neo handheld
30:25 Microsoft killing XBOX?
34:37 Anyone buying a Switch 2?
36:29 Citlab-CI pipeline for drivers
39:26 DevilutionX 1.5.2 Fedora
42:15 Disney 1.5B Epic Deal
47:07 Apple Vision Pro
HATE MAIL
50:09 Smelly money
1 hr 7 min
February 05, 2024 Overpriced Hype or Hot Garbage? ‘Fake’ Games on Steam
We dive into the murky depths of overpriced "fake games" on Steam, uncover the secrets of open-source Celeste 64, and see if WINE finally plays nice with Wayland. We'll also explore the futuristic potential of Immutable HoloISO and crown the ultimate champion in our game launcher showdown! ⚔️
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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2024/02/overpriced-hype-or-hot-garbage-fake-games-on-steam/
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
01:08 Pipes on Fire
02:43 Putting the C in Cwang
05:46 A laptop Haiku
06:17 The good laptop is always $2K
07:48 Playing Pedro
STEAM NEWS
10:03 Immutable HoloISO
13:46 New Sony handheld?
15:06 Will Sony proprietary nonsense
NEW GAMES
17:14 'Fake' Games on Steam: VGSVB for $199
19:03 Fake games for account resellers
21:03 Gates of the minds hates X
24:10 Assault Wing
26:21 Linux support vs Deck
GAME UPDATES
27:34 Microsoft fixes AOE on Deck
29:35 That Stormgate thing
32:53 Vangers cloud saves
NEWS
36:15 Ranking game launchers
43:46 WINE on Wayland
47:06 Celeste 64
HATE MAIL
51:54 Exploding loo
1 hr

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