We can finally put the rest the idea that the Smach Z portable gaming PC has been vaporware all along. I feel the need to say that because every single time I write an article about it, I get comments… Continue Reading
Today this is a sad tale I have to share with you, my friends. My main gaming PC actually died just 2 weeks ago. As I was playing GTA V (thanks to Proton), suddenly everything went off at once. Highly… Continue Reading
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