Tag: linux

  • Super NES Classic Edition Stuff

    The Super NES Classic Edition is out for $80, Chris Scullion has a review of the Brit version which looks a little different externally and in the menu, but is functionally identical, to the US version: The only main problem I have with the SNES Mini is how important the Reset button on the console…

  • Steam Has Over 3000 Linux Games

    Liam Dawe: Steam has hit another milestone for Linux games. We now have over 3,000 Linux games to fill our time with. The exact count for me right now is 3,008! An impressive number of games with Linux support. I wonder how many are native ports versus Windows pretendulation. My search comes up with 3164 for…

  • Regular Human Basketball

    Powerhoof, the creators of Crawl, put out Regular Human Basketball back at the end of May 2015 and I just found out about it: It’s local multiplayer, for 2-10 players, and it really is an explosively ordinary game of basketball, with absolutely nothing weird going on and DEFINITELY no giant robotic death machines! It looks very…

  • Are Steam Machines a Failure After Only 7 Months?

    Valve’s first foray into home computing hardware, the Steam Machine collaborations with various computer makers, have sold fewer than 500,000 units since they were released last November. A figure estimated by Ars Technica via the number of Steam Controllers sold which includes Steam Machines as a portion of that total: Half a million might not sound…

  • Today in Payphone News

    jwz’s payphone runs Linux now: One of the props that I picked up to decorate DNA Lounge at the first Cyberdelia was an old payphone. It wasn’t hooked up for the first party, but just in time for the second party, it now runs Linux. When I was trying to decide what I wanted the…