Linux Game Cast Weekly HD

Valve shrinks the Steam Deck, Amazon wants a Linux gamer, CS:GO gets a Vulkan button, and Open Razer makes 10 new devices blink.

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00:00 Intro

06:37 Steam awards 2021

09:57 Shrinking Steam Deck images

12:27 Steam Labs experiment 13

14:57 Baldur's Gate Dark Alliance

18:34 Jupiter Hell 1.2.0 mouse support

20:34 Ducks Goodies DLC

22:54 CS:GO broken on Linux

26:20 CS:GO gets Vulkan support

38:12 Nvidia mystery drivers

40:24 Open Razer adds more blinking devices

43:12 Amazon wants a Linux developer

48:24 GameBoy Studio update

50:22 Space shooter

52:17 Review: Rob Riches

01:00:05 Emails

Valve reveals an exclusive case for the Steam Deck, 12GB Nvidia 2060 benchmarks, resurrecting LEGO® Universe with open-source, and a working DayZ launcher for Linux.

Podcast & Notes

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00:00 Intro

06:25 Steam removes game over DMCA claim

10:15 Exclusive Steam Deck case

12:55 7 Days to Die Aplha 20

15:15 Blasphemous free DLC update

18:15 Neverwinter Nights pathfinding & render updates

25:35 GTX 2060 12GB benchmarks

30:35 DayZ Linux launcher with MOD support

33:35 GNOME input latency

37:29 LEGO Universe MMO server remake

41:15 WINE 7

44:14 Review: Drox Operative 2

56:20 Emails

Fedora launches a live streaming initiative! BattlEye adds support for ARK & Mount & Blade II on Linux, NVIDIA announces the 2060 12GB, Steam is headed to Chromebooks, and Linus attempts to install a font.

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00:00 Intro

10:31 New BattleEye games

14:56 Ubisoft Connect update

20:31 Steam Deck FAQs

25:26 Faster VA API decode for remote play

27:36 Steam finally coming to ChromeOS

30:26 Liftoff: Micro Drones

32:56 Pocket Cars track update

37:11 Rob Riches Linux support

43:41 NVIDIA 2060 12GB incoming

51:21 GOG retuning to GOG

55:36 Fedora streaming initiative

01:01:56 GOverlay 0.7

01:04:36 Opinionated GODOT template

01:06:01 Open 3D Engine gets first release

01:09:06 Review: Monster Bash HD

01:17:06 Emails

Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II gets an open-source reimplementation! Ubuntu release a guide for gaming on Linux, Wolfire Games loses their antitrust lawsuit against Valve, and slapping a coat of HD on Neverwinter Nights.

Podcast & Notes

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

07:52 Valve wins court case against Wolfire Games

12:32 DLSS comes to Proton official

16:43 Steam inker Launcher gets a Vortex

19:02 HD pack for Neverwinter Nights

22:52 Dead Cells everyone is here update

32:41 How to game on Ubuntu

38:29 Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II gets an open-source reimplementation

42:54 Box64 now runs Crysis

47:54 Prince of Persion DOS disassembly

50:34 Open-source Imperium Galactica

51:41 Review: Astral Towers

01:01:26 Emails

Star Citizen enables EAC for Linux gamers, Steam enables 4K capture with PipeWire, NVIDIA open-sources their Image Scaling SDK, and GTA Modders take Take-Two to court, and Streamlabs does a dumb.

Podcast & Notes

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00:00 Intro

06:31 Big update for Linux Steam client

10:01 Clunky Hero

11:31 Wrought Flesh

13:31 Warp Frontier Linux build

16:01 Star Citizen enables EAC

19:21 Baba is You level editor

21:41 Kung Fury post launch patch

32:21 NVIDIA DLSS 2.3 hotness

32:51 Nvidia Image Scaling open-sourced

35:16 Nvidia Zink performance bump

38:01 Portals with Gallium

42:18 Switch emulator YUZU progress report

47:48 GTA modders go to court

51:13 Streamlabs accused of plagiarism

56:58 Review: Evertried

01:07:53 Emails

Steam Decks get delayed by two months, DLSS on Linux with Proton Experimental, SDL goes 3D, setting up OBS on Linux, and building a Steam Deck development kit with spare parts

Special thanks to:

Beastwick: New patron

Mir: Game donation

Foxy: Game donation

Podcast & Notes

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00:00 Intro

09:01 Steam Deck shipping delays

12:31 Building your own Steam Deck

16:41 Proton Experimental bleeding-edge

18:31 DLSS enabled for DX11 & DX12

23:51 Sky Harrier: Alpha Code

31:41 Nvidia G-sync flicker fix

34:41 xwayland (stable) for Nvidia

37:16 Ryan C Epic mega grant / SDL 3D

40:51 Open Source Yu-Gi-Oh

43:11 GPD XP

45:41 Setting up OBS on Linux

48:56 Review: end of Dyeus

01:01:01 Emails

Valve announces official support for BattleEye on Proton! Open Morrowind gets a fancy lighting system, Steam Deck virtual conference with AMD, and celebrating 9 years of Steam on Linux.

Podcast & Notes

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00:00 Intro

07:39 BattleEye + Proton

13:34 Steam hardware & software survey

18:14 AMD va-api added for remote play

20:34 Unpacking

23:29 Rage Chicken 2

25:29 Keep light

27:24 Superliminal multiplayer

34:09 Godot Jam 2

35:59 EasyRPG Player 0.7.0

38:40 Open-source Diablo adds multiplayer

40:24 Open-source Warrior Kings engine

42:24 OpenMW 0.46.0 new lighting engine

44:50 Gaming on the GPD Pocket 3

47:50 Review: Ziggurat 2

59:20 Emails

Linux users report disproportionate amounts of bugs, Proton adds support for CEG DRM, gaming on the Raspberry Pi Zero 2, and 26 blockchain game companies want Steam to unban NFTs.

Podcast & Notes

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Valve launches Steam Deck verified! Half-Life 2 gets support for Vulkan and ultra-wide monitors, Xwayland adds the NVIDIA bits, the future of graphics with Zig, and Google wants to license zombie Stadia.

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00:00 Intro

03:08 New YouTube channel

08:54 Steam Deck game verification

14:59 Valve hiring Steam Deck testers

17:44 Steam client beta fixes Let's Encrypt

20:09 Big Boy Boxing

24:14 Alisa is 3D hipster-polygons

26:09 Half-Life 2 ultrawide support and Vulkan

35:09 Xwayland prepared for Nvidia

39:39 Google Stadia for lease

44:19 Mach game engine & Zig

48:44 VKD3d-Proton 2.5 DLSS all the things

50:49 Julius 1.7.0

54:09 Focusrite solo review

58:14 Review: Aeon Drive

01:06:29 Emails

Steam bans games built on blockchain tech, Lutris adds initial support for Epic Games, HTC announces the VIVE Flow, DOOM with check boxes, and a Twitter account dedicated to Deck pics.

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/10/linux-game-cast-478-trapped-in-the-void/

Podcast: https://linuxgamecast.com/podcasts/

Schedule: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/schedule

Support

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Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

06:46 NFT & Blockchain banned from Steam

10:10 Dedicated Twitter account for Deck pics

14:30 Dystopian Army Builder

16:20 A RegEx Puzzle

18:30 Warp Frontier comes to Linux

21:10 Skate Bird updates

31:00 Nvidia (beta) Wayland drivers & BARS

33:30 HTC Vive Flow

38:30 Lutris 0.5.9

43:00 Heroic Launcher 1.10.02

44:50 Lionheart remake

46:50 DOOM via checkboxes

50:00 Gaming on Fedora

56:28 Review: Raster Prime

01:05:16 Emails