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
Yup, I am still digging in that Linux Gamers survey we conducted back in March 2017. Now on to a very different topic… no more GPU stories. This time we will be reviewing what gamepads Linux gamers are currently using.… Continue Reading
Following the Q1 2017 survey that we conducted at the end of March this year, we are going to share progressively some of its results, and today we start with a specific focus on a new question we have added… Continue Reading
A couple of days ago, I was enquiring with a certain WINE developer the state of controller support in WINE. I was surprised they were actually working on a native solution, yet not shocked to hear that for now, a… Continue Reading
If you have ever looked at playing games on Linux through WINE, you are probably aware by now that there’s a bunch of hacks involved to getting a Xbox360 pad to work with games. Usually this means grabbing an older… Continue Reading
A few days ago I received my own Steam Controller (because of limited availability I had to order it through another country to get my hands on it…) and just one day later Valve released a video of their assembly… Continue Reading
Why Valve all of a sudden started making hardware will always remain a mystery. Why the controller went through a couple of different designs is also a head-scratcher. What I do know is, for a measly fifty bucks (that is,… Continue Reading
Very recently I was shopping for a new controller. Probably because I have an odd use case. I travel often for work these days, and while I can game a little bit on my laptop, for some games the keyboard… Continue Reading
So, you were pressured by that GameStop employee to buy that cheap, store-branded knockoff controller…then when you get home and try it on your GNU/Linux PC, nothing happens, even though jstest can detect it. Or, you have a couple of… Continue Reading
If you live in the US this may be some relevant news for you: according to Wired, GameStop will be the official distributor for Steam Machines in the USA. GAME UK will do the same in the UK, as well… Continue Reading