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LinuxGameCast Weekly EP21 — The Steam Box Cometh
Coming up on this L.G.C. Weekly. Openparsec lives! GCW-Zero shows off a new open-source hand-held gaming device, Steam RPMs are back and Jordan reveals his alter ego.
Links:
Steam
http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/01/the-steam-box-cometh-xi3-demos-piston/
http://twitter.com/spotrh/status/288716059060629504
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/16ftgl/you_can_now_choose_which_hard_drive_to_install_on/
News
http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/01/linux-is-close.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xlTuC18xVII#!
http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/01/openparsec-its-not-dead-jim-0-2-beta-in-the-works/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openparsec/?source=directory
http://www.openparsec.com/
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld?
http://www.ws4gl.org/news-flash-/timetomoveon
Games
http://www.stuff-o-matic.com/asgp/
http://subvein.net/
http://kairo.lockeddoorpuzzle.com/
http://www.retrosouls.net/?page_id=614
https://forum.annorath-game.com/index.php/topic,155.0.html
http://imgur.com/a/xZhEb
Feedback
http://slexy.org/view/s20WcnT5vf
http://slexy.org/view/s21KGr1Njj
http://slexy.org/view/s21zhCLskx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGmWwVfUD8
http://www.indiegogo.com/steelstorm2
Plugs
http://linuxgamecast.com/podcast/
http://www.youtube.com/linuxgamecast
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming
Steam News :
Piston
http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/01/the-steam-box-cometh-xi3-demos-piston/
- Polygon reports the device is based on its “performance level†X7A, which is priced at $999.
- $999?!
- quad-core 64-bit, x86 CPU, 4-8GB RAM, three display ports and integrated graphics
- Probably using  AMD’s ‘Fusion’ APU.
Fedora RPMs are back
http://twitter.com/spotrh/status/288716059060629504
- Valve gave permission (via email) to distribute the Fedora steam RPMs
- Grab them at http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/
You can now choose which hard drive to install on with Steam For Linux
http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/comments/16ftgl/you_can_now_choose_which_hard_drive_to_install_on/
- So simple even an ARCH user can do it.
- Why the hell is this just getting added?
News:
Our long national nightmare is over! Euro Truck Simulator 2 Coming To Linux.
http://blog.scssoft.com/2013/01/linux-is-close.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=xlTuC18xVII#!
- Looks like they are developing on Ubuntu
- The beta test will start “soonâ€
- This is a thing? Really?
- Hey man, the simulator market is still there. Â Train simulator complete pack is on steam for over a thousand bucks.
- Someone needs to make Sim Dictator. Just saying.
Openparsec lives?
http://linuxgamecast.com/2013/01/openparsec-its-not-dead-jim-0-2-beta-in-the-works/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openparsec/?source=directory
http://www.openparsec.com/
- Nearly 9 years after the release, Jason (THE Uber Linux Guy) and Phil revived the project
- Each server is it’s own galaxy
- Straight up death match.
- You can build SVN but the original *.dat files from the Parsec LAN-Test are required to play.
The GCW-Zero: An open-source Linux-based handheld gaming device
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/gcw/gcw-zero-open-source-gaming-handheld?
- Ingenic JZ4770 1 GHz MIPS processor.
- Runs OpenDingux, a Linux distribution which is designed to be developer friendly
- They want to create a repository, similar to an App Market, where users can download free, open source software and also buy closed-source/indie software from developers.
- $135 pledge gets you a Zero
- $5000 for the etched pilsner glasses
- Expensive pint glass
- Semi-redundant given the proliferation of smartphones. Â The only thing that portables have these days are exclusives
WebcamStudio comes to an end.
http://www.ws4gl.org/news-flash-/timetomoveon
- Patrick no longer has time for the project.
- Hard keeping up with gstreamer
- We use our own system. This will not affect the podcast.
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Games :
Andy’s super great pack
http://www.stuff-o-matic.com/asgp/
- From the creators of Plee the Bear
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- This thing runs like ass
- Doesn’t even run for me
Subvein version 0.73
http://subvein.net/
- Subvein: Mutant Factions is a free multiplayer action game.
- 20 weapons, skills system, vehicles and user-generated maps.
- 0.73 brings Fog effects, dynamic map lighting, map decals, netcode and game performance
- Dicked about on the server earlier. Â Â Reminds me of old school Metal Gear games. Â Or may be GTA1 crossed with Counter strike
Kairo
http://kairo.lockeddoorpuzzle.com/
- Unity based so you know it runs
- Some puzzles are WTF worthy
- The graphics go from “ooh shiny†to “mehâ€
- Fun time waster
- What the hell am I playing?
- Certainly Very trippy
- Performance is really bad on my system (hex core @ 3.6ghz w 16GB Ram and GTX670 superclocked
- ^THIS!
- gets choppy on a lot of the levels
Alter Ego
http://www.retrosouls.net/?page_id=614
- Weird little game
- control a hero who has a phantom twin, his alter ego
- switch between the hero and his alter ego limited number of times in a level
- It gets challenging with a quickness
- Fun for about 15 minutes, then I got kind of bored
Relics of Annorath Alpha #3 Update
https://forum.annorath-game.com/index.php/topic,155.0.html
http://imgur.com/a/xZhEb
- No 32-bit support
- New installer added for linux and windows (Installer is under GNU GPL v3 now)
- Linux: Added new fullscreen mode for alt-tab support
- Relics of Annorath is a MMORPG which plays in a medieval/post-modern ambience. It provides a complex economic system, which is also reflected on the profession system of the individual characters.
Feedback:
http://slexy.org/view/s20WcnT5vf
Kevin Kettler writes in to tell us about Leisure Suit Larry coming to Linux
http://slexy.org/view/s21KGr1Njj
Terry (author of retrobooster) writes in about Jordans issue with the game
http://slexy.org/view/s21zhCLskx
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoGmWwVfUD8
http://www.indiegogo.com/steelstorm2
Alexander Zubo (founder of KOT) shows off some early footage from SS2