Linux Game Cast Weekly HD

Valve rips open a Steam Deck! Twitch leaks reveal an unreleased Steam competitor, Valve Jupiter benchmarks, and SCUMM celebrates 20 years of being awesome. Then we unpack the latest episode of Linus & Luke attempt to Linux.

Podcast & Notes

Show notes:

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

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

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00:00 Intro

06:47 Linus & Luke hear a Linux Pt.2

20:04 Steam Deck teardown

24:57 EAC games supported on Steam Deck

29:15 Valve Jupiter benchmark

32:55 Turing Complete

34:48 Bonfire Peaks

36:27 Aeon Drive

38:23 Hazelnut Bastille

41:03 Ion Fury 2.0

50:33 Twitch hack leaks Steam competitor

57:10 Nvidia 450W 3090 Ti

01:06:17 Godot games in Steam Next Fest

01:08:46 20 years of SCUMM

01:10:34 LGX2 Linux driver

01:13:12 Github removes GTA fan project reVC

01:15:54 Review: Staxel

01:28:09 Emails

The Steam Deck gets benched! Vermintide 2 developers share their thoughts on Proton powered EAC, Carmack unlocks the Oculus Go, Twitch is testing boosts, and Linus (not that one) prepares to Linux.

00:00 Intro

04:48 Leaked Steam Deck benchmarks

08:58 Wireless Valve VR Deckard

13:03 Limits on downloading old game versions

18:13 Better shader caching for Vulkan

21:38 FukTopia 3

24:03 Pawnbarian

26:28 Vermintide 2 developers on Proton EAC

31:48 Trackmaster Motorsport

39:53 Carmack unlocks the Oculus

43:58 Ddos DDraceNetwork

47:58 Fly Dangerous Alpha 6

50:28 Twitch phone & email verification

52:43 Twitch boosts

59:27 Can Linus & Luke Linux?

01:01:34 Linus dismisses Fedora

01:12:14 Review: Skate Bird

01:23:29 Emails

Easy Anti-Cheat AND BattlEye launch for Linux! VR enabled SteamDecks, DOTA goes Vulkan only, Nvidia fixes a leaky D3D12, and a $60 capture card that doesn't suck.

Podcast & Notes

Show notes:

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Bitcoin: https://linuxgamecast.com/magic-internet-money/

Studio Wishzone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3RNET1MJW55SQ/

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

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00:00 Intro

04:42 Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) on Linux

12:42 BattlEye on Linux

14:02 Steam Deck FAQ

16:22 VR tested on Steam Deck

19:17 PipeWire support added to Steam

22:17 DOTA goes Vulkan only

24:47 CS:GO Riptide announcement

27:22 Color Breakers VS mode

29:22 Staxal comes to Linux

38:37 Nvidia fixes a Proton leak

40:52 DXVK 1.9.2

42:57 WINE 6.18

44:52 Proton GE can run Crysis

47:32 1080p60 game capture for $60

52:17 Review: ATOM RPG Trudograd

01:03:52 Email

Steam Deck dev-kits are on the move! Team Fortress 2 nature & wildlife preservation measures, new software for Stream Decks on Linux, Ryzen 4700S benchmarks, and Quake in 13 kilobytes or less.

Podcast & Notes

Show notes:

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Bitcoin: https://linuxgamecast.com/magic-internet-money/

Studio Wishzone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3RNET1MJW55SQ/

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxgamecast/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

05:20 Steam turns 18

09:43 Steam Deck interface leaks

12:53 Steam Decks in the wild

16:33 Skate BIRD

19:36 ATOM RPG Trudograd

22:16 RetroArch exits testing

24:26 Black Mesa workshop fixes

26:26 TF2 updates

32:25 Ryzen 4700S benchmarks

37:45 New Stream Deck Linux software

39:45 Veloren 0.11

43:35 Fish Fight goes open-source

45:24 Draw & Guess

47:24 Quake in 13K

50:08 Review: Cathedral 3-D

59:23 Emails

The Proton President™ says the SteamDeck won’t run everything, Epic loses their case against Apple, Runescape developers nuke RuneLite HD from orbit, Linux PS4 emulator Spline gets an update, and Twitch sues hate raiders.

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/09/linux-game-cast-473-podcast-mcpodcastface/

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Bitcoin: https://linuxgamecast.com/magic-internet-money/

Studio Wishzone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3RNET1MJW55SQ/

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxgamecast/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

05:40 The SteamDeck won’t run everything

11:00 Steam client overhauls downloads

12:10 Steam beta can print?

14:30 Cathedral 3-D

18:09 Surviving Mars expensive & buggy DLC

19:54 Ultimate Chicken Horse final update

23:44 Epic loses to Apple

33:19 Runescape developers nuke RuneLite HD

37:46 Black Mesa co-op take 2

40:05 Ray traced Serious Sam

43:21 xrdesktop summer of code

45:41 Better p-states for AMD

47:42 futex2 take 3

50:38 Linux PS4 Emulator

53:41 Twitch sues users over hate raids

58:58 Review: REVO

01:09:09 Emails

Take-Two sues open-source GTA fan projects re3 & reVC, Valve talks about high-end gaming on the Steam Deck, new karts and arenas land in SuperTuxKart 1.3, Twitch adds a Software and Game Development category, and a gate-level simulation of the original Game Boy.

Special thanks to:

eShep - Baldur's Gate 3 & D&D Dark Alliancez

Basil 20x month sub

Katana_s 15x month sub

Nubbin 16x month sub

Don_M 11x month sub

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/09/linux-game-cast-472-too-many-bridges/

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Bitcoin: https://linuxgamecast.com/magic-internet-money/

Studio Wishzone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3RNET1MJW55SQ/

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxgamecast/

00:00 Intro

06:09 High-end gaming on Steam Deck

09:39 Steam Deck dev kits begin shipping

11:29 Valve wins Steam Controller appeal

16:59 VVVVVV 2.5

19:09 Svoboda 1945

28:49 Leafish: Minecraft in Rust

31:44 New karts & maps for Stuxcart 1.3

34:29 Empty Epsilon

36:24 Acid Fight

38:49 Gameboy with Gates

42:19 Take 2 sues re3 & reVC GTA projects

47:34 Twitch adds Software & Game dev channel

49:49 Review: Splitgate

01:00:00 Emails

Valve turns 25, Portal shooter Splitgate launches with day-one Linux support, AMD adds 17 new PCI IDs for Navi, OBS YouTube integration, 4K game capture with Blackmagic, and Proton is the new native.

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/08/linux-game-cast-471-nice-cans/

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Bitcoin: https://linuxgamecast.com/magic-internet-money/

Studio Wishzone: https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/3RNET1MJW55SQ/

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

07:06 Valve turns 25

09:24 Proton is the new native

13:10 Steam's most-wishlisted games

18:35 Developer leaves Steam over refund policy

21:45 Steamguard 2FA from the command line

24:35 Super Woden GP

27:00 Axis Football 2021

29:15 Hunter Girls

31:50 Splitgate Season 0

34:05 Blasphemous 2 and free DLC

36:05 Developer backtracks on dropping Linux support

44:15 New AMD PCI IDs

47:35 Agile input in GODOT

49:05 Goverlay GUI for Mangohud

50:50 Wine 6.16 brings better high-DPI

53:05 OBS 27.1 RC1 adds Youtube integration

55:30 Blackmagic 4K 60 capture cards

01:02:30 30 free and open-source games for Linux

01:07:15 Review: Creator Crate

01:17:30 Emails

Quake Bethmasterd launches with mixed results, Steam patches an ‘unlimited funds’ wallet hack, Intel provides details for Alchemist GPUs, multiplayer Zork, and RGB Razors on Linux.

Special thanks:

Nubbn (increased patron pledge)

Jim (new patron)

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/08/linux-game-cast-470-probably-just-a-keylogger/

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Studio Wishzone: https://goo.gl/glF2hi

Studio Gear: http://bit.ly/LGCgear

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

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Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxgamecast/

00:00 Intro

06:38 Steam infinite money hack

09:13 Steam fall sale dates

11:48 Proton 6.3-6 adds DLSS switch

14:48 Proton experimental fixes Quake Champions

17:13 Wildshape tabletop map editor

19:23 Quake gets the Bethesda treatment

22:58 Choo Choo Train rides

25:13 Wyrmsun 5.0.0 updates

27:18 Chronicon DLC announced

36:43 Intel ARC is headed to Linux

42:03 Nvidia GPU shortages in 2022

46:13 D3D12 Alpha 4 fixes RE: Village

47:28 Making Zork multiplayer

51:53 Open Razor adds new RGB devices

54:23 Red Dragon mouse support

56:58 Review: Paint the Town Red

01:07:23 Emails

The head of Xbox shares his thoughts on the SteamDeck, Amiga 500 Mini consoles with working keyboards, SDL adds support for PipeWire, Team Fortress gets the Source 2 treatment, why Valve put Arch on Deck, and the creator of Garry's Mod takes a swipe at Linux users.

Special thanks to:

Game_mo_tron (new patron)

Kylinux (bl3 & Grime)

RTheren (Days Gone)

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/08/linux-game-cast-469-game-pass-on-deck-and-garrys-mad-at-linux/

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Studio Wishzone: https://goo.gl/glF2hi

Studio Gear: http://bit.ly/LGCgear

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxgamecast/

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

06:43 Why Arch for the Steam Deck

09:33 Steam Deck will be your next PC

12:18 Microsoft Game Pass on Deck?

15:48 Proton 6.3 testing can delete saves

17:33 SteamVR Beta enables floaty desktops

18:51 Garry's Mad

24:26 4 new Pocket cars

26:51 Steam Fortress 2 on Source 2

26:26 Nvidia makes a tiny Quadro

41:04 Mini Amiga 500 with working keyboard?

43:36 What is DXVK native?

46:11 SDL gets support for Pipewire

48:26 0 A.D. 25 improved netcode

51:26 Review: Worlds Apart

01:00:36 Emails

Linux reaches 1% in the Steam hardware & software survey! Playstation emulator RPCS3 enables support for AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR), Back4Blood mysteriously works with ProtonGE, and a predictable end to the 3DFX announcement.

Special thanks to:

Linuxgnuru (mic arm form wishzone)

BASIL (twitch resub)

Podcast & Notes

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2021/08/linux-game-cast-468-full-metal-panda/

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

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

Support

Patreon: https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast

Merch: https://store.linuxgamecast.com/

Studio Wishzone: https://goo.gl/glF2hi

Studio Gear: http://bit.ly/LGCgear

Hosts

Venn: https://twitter.com/VennStone

Jordan: https://twitter.com/TheBurningFool

Pedro: https://twitter.com/UnaccountedFour

Jill: https://twitter.com/jill_linuxgirl

Social

Twitter: http://bit.ly/LGCTwitter

Steam: http://bit.ly/LGCSteam

Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/linuxgamecast/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linuxgamecast/

00:00 Intro

06:45 Linux reaches 1% in Steam survey

09:25 Steam enables patch notes for developers

12:05 Proton 6.14 GE

14:20 Carrot Heart

16:35 Jupiter Hell 1.0

17:55 Death Trash

19:50 The Cork Book I

21:10 Unbound: Worlds apart

24:15 Total War skinpack update

26:05 1 year of Hellpoint

28:25 Dead Cells training room

37:15 3DFX hoax conclusion

41:05 RPCS3 gets FSR

43:40 GCoC 2021 GODOT

45:45 Athenaeum v2.0.4

48:25 Dungeonz

49:30 Remembering Loki 20 years later

56:50 Review: Jupiter Hell

01:05:55 Emails