Games: Costs, Chessboard, Steam Deck, Public Domain Game Jam, and More
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Why are video games so expensive these days?
I was looking to buy the latest Zelda game for my wife as a present (Shhh! Don't tell her!) and it was SIXTY BLOODY QUID! For a video game!
That seems extortionate. I remember, when I were a lad, video games cost... wait? Do I remember? Or is it just rose tinted glasses?
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This illuminated chessboard displays possible moves
This is still a work in progress, but the short video does a great job of demonstrating the concept. The entire board is lit from underneath and normally shows the standard checkered pattern. But when a person lifts up a piece, the surrounding squares change color to indicate where the player can place that piece. The starting square is yellow, and squares the piece can move to are green. Red squares indicate positions that a piece would normally be able to go, but which are blocked by other pieces.
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JSAUX makes more Steam Deck backplate colours available
Want to give your Steam Deck a bit more colour and customization? The new coloured translucent backplates from JSAUX are available to order.
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Paradox plan announcements next week, like a new game from Cities Skylines dev
Paradox Interactive announced that on Monday, March 6th they will be announcing a whole bunch of new games and expansions.
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Announcing The Winners Of The 5th Annual Public Domain Game Jam!
In January, we asked designers to create games based on works that entered the public domain this year for our fifth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1927! It took us a little while to get through all the entries, but now it’s time to announce the winners, and it was not an easy decision. There were so many great entries this year, and you should check them all out.
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Proton Experimental fixes up Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty, No Man's Sky
Proton Experimental from Valve has been upgraded fixing up some more problematic games for Steam Deck and Linux Desktop.
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Fury Unleashed got a nice update to get it Steam Deck Verified
Fury Unleashed, a fast-paced action roguelike from Awesome Games Studio, recently had a rather nice upgrade for Steam Deck players. It has full Linux support with a Native Linux version too, and it is now Steam Deck Verified using that Native build.
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OpenRA gets a big new stable release, lots of fun for classic RTS fans
After multiple testing releases, OpenRA for the playing the classics Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 has now released a major upgrade.
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Inventory management roguelike Backpack Hero releases 1.0 in May
Currently in Early Access with Native Linux support and rated Steam Deck Playable, the inventory management roguelike Backpack Hero is releasing in full in May.