Despite some folks claiming that the portable console Smach Z has been a scam all along, facts keep pushing towards a different narrative (Reminder: I met with Smach Z representatives back in September last year in Tokyo). If it’s a… Continue Reading
Valve has released a teaser picture for their upcoming VR headset, called Index. There is not much information circulating around it for now, but the fact that Valve was working on their own headset was not new per se. Back… Continue Reading
It was on Reddit (/r/linux_gaming) last month for a couple of days, so you may have missed it, but Man_With_Arrow did some tests on his eGPU setup and published them for everyone to see. This may be a new term… Continue Reading
This year’s Tokyo Games Show was full of surprises. First, I did not expect to see the Smach Z there! At least 3 of their representatives were there, from technical side to marketing/financial side, and they were showing a prototype… Continue Reading
We tend to regard Feral and Aspyr as the key porting companies in the Linux world, yet this would be reductive. More individuals and companies dedicate themselves to porting games on Linux, infrequently making headlines. But we ought not discount… Continue Reading
A few days ago, the Steam Machines page on the Steam client suddenly disappeared while there were still some links towards a few models kind of available. Outrage! Valve is abandoning Steam Machines! SteamOS will be the next to be… Continue Reading
While it was certainly looking like a scam at some point (accepting money, with no prototype at all, and uber-optimistic hardware delivery timelines), it looks like the Smach Z project is making some serious progress. They have announced the final… Continue Reading
If you are like me and use different controllers to play games on Steam, such as the Dual Shock 4 from Sony (don’t forget you can use it on Linux using the excellent ds4drv driver), you will find that sometimes… Continue Reading
Recently I was in the business of replacing one of my machines at home (all running Linux by the way), and while I had initially considered simply replacing parts at first, I became aware through various channels of the availability… Continue Reading
Atari has just revealed via a mailchimp newsletter than they intend to release their new retro-looking console, Ataribox, for 300$ in early 2018 (late spring). You may be wondering why we are even covering this? Well, big surprise, this will… Continue Reading