The topic of AI in game development led me to ask Chat GPT to help me plan a fantasy survival horror game. The results were so good I may actually be making this game and after a suggestion from Discord, I may be making it in Godot 4.

Given my recent struggles running the ARC A770 on Linux Josh suggested I try Fedora 38. Ultimately, we're putting our faith in Linux 6.4...

We dive into what Wayland support for Wine means for Linux gamers, Flathub to support purchases and donations, Fungus computing power, and much more.

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This week we review some news items we missed in the last few weeks as well as come to our conclusion on the Debian challenge.

Topic Links
Geforce RTX 4070
https://www.techspot.com/review/2601-nvidia-geforce-rtx-4070-ti/
Ryzen 5800x3D vs ryzen 7600x
https://www.techspot.com/review/2592-ryzen-5800x3D-vs-ryzen-7600x/
New Arc drivers and price drop
https://hothardware.com/news/intel-arc-alchemist-big-driver-gains-new-arc-a750-price

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News Items
The Mutalk - https://www.techspot.com/news/97242-someone-invented-voice-muting-vr-microphone-you-strap.html
Proton 7.0-6 - https://github.com/ValveSoftware/Proton/wiki/Changelog
Improvements to Dolphin make emulation on Steam Deck even better - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/gamecube-and-wii-emulator-dolphin-got-a-big-speed-boost-for-steam-deck/
Mozilla is pretty melodramatic about starting a mastadon - https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-launch-fediverse-instance-social-media-alternative/
Unity 7.7 and UnityX 7.7 - https://unityd.org/unityx-7-7-testing/
Open Source Nvidia Vulkan driver making progress - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/the-open-source-nvidia-vulkan-driver-nvk-begins-to-run-games/
Stadia Controller now has Bluetooth abilities! - https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/01/bluetooth-support-for-the-stadia-controller-is-now-live/

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News

• New version of edge made just for steam deck https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2022/03/stadia-xbox-cloud-gaming-finally-work-on-steam-deck-thanks-to-microsoft-edge/ https://www.theverge.com/22985166/xbox-cloud-gaming-steam-deck-microsoft-edge-beta
• Destiny 2 not allowed on steam deck https://help.bungie.net/hc/en-us/articles/360049024592-Destiny-2-Steam-Guide

Games mentioned in this episode
Winter Ember
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1417880/Winter_Ember/

Tacoma
https://tacoma.game/

News Items

• Guy sends anniversary cake to store he purchased GPU from
• BloodyStealer advanced malware targeting game accounts
• Linus and Luke are testing out Linux

Wanderings

• Josh got his new laptop! https://github.com/JafarAkhondali/acer-predator-turbo-and-rgb-keyboard-linux-module
• Red Dragon K599 keyboard
• Logitech G604
• Razor Naga Pro
• UtechSmart Venus Pro
• Red Dragon M913
• Logitech Lightspeed G604

Some games I picked up but haven’t had time to review yet.

• Noch
• The Ling Dark
• Underworld Ascendant

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Improving the show
Breaking up the segments
When we have an in-depth topic, should it go first?

Weekly Wanderings
Struggling to get my son to bed has made a house DJ
Now that I have my Owl mount I don’t care about albion
Playing FFXIV on proton GE
Pop!OS i3WM
Lubing & ringing my keyboard
Modding the crap out of skyrim on Windows.
Trying to mod Skyrim easily on Pop!OS.
I want to get back into Valhime.

News
Selaco is a Linux native built on the original 93 Doom engine
Garry's Mod Garry is fixing EAC
Will Halo Infinite run on Linux?

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Games mentioned in this episode
FFXIV
LOTRO
Albion
Bless Unleashed
Bioshock Infinite
Borderlands 2
Half-life 2
Valheim
Asura: Vengeance Edition
Portal
Shroud of the Avatar

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• i3wm,Robi, and bumblebee
• I’m still playing ff14, not much to add. It’s a great game.
• I’ve just started Dragon Age: Inquisition
• https://dragonagekeep.com/en_US/
• MTGA The Forgotten Realms released this week
• Metro Exodus and it's exactly what a Metro game should be

Everything we know about the Steam Deck
The Steam Deck will begin shipping in December 2021
Now Q2 2022 and up
Steam account before June
Pre-sales on Ebay
SteamOS but open for any OS
Relying heavily on Proton
$399 for the 64GB version - eMMC
$529 for the 256GB version - NVMe SSD
$649 for the 512GB version - NVMe SSD
Ssd card slot
7-inch screen ~720p
AMD architectures: Zen 2 and RDNA 2
same one found within AMD Ryzen 3000
four Zen 2 cores, capable of eight threads
3.5mm jack
dual mics
USB Type-C/Bluetooth/WiFi
16g mem
Scalpers are going crazy on this thing

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Steam Summer Sale Picks
Victor Vran - Linux
Outward - Gold
Metro Exodus - Linux
Hand of Fate 2 - Linux
Last Epoch - Linux
Monster Hunter: World - Gold
Tomb Raider - Linux
Divinity Original Sin - Linux
Works better under proton (only tested on proton 4.11)
FFXIV - Gold
Dragon Age - Platinum / Gold
Doom - Platinum
Dead Space - Platinum / Gold

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E3 Announcements
Elder Scrolls VI
A Plague Tale: Requiem
Starfield
Project: Ferocious
Elden Ring
Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora

News
Albion Online releases mobile version
Steam Next Fest - list of linux releases
Retailers are limiting gfx card purchases
Price comparison May to June
Proton 6.3-5 RC Allows More Windows Games To Run On Linux

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A lot of gaming talk in this episode, a little less kernel panic. We review Death Stranding as well as Nivida Geforce Now. Now that we've played several titles over the new game streaming service we feel that we have some data to review.

Games mentioned on this episode
Death Stranding
Secret World Legends
Star Trek Online
Black Desert Online
Legends of Runeterra
RE Village
RE Remaster

News Items
Linux supports the Amazon Luna Controller
Proton Experimental begins work to allow Resident Evil Village to run on Linux

News Articles
Amazon cancels LOTR MMO
Nvidia 465.24.02
University of Minnesota gets banned

Surviving the GPU Shortage by Using Cloud Gaming?

*GeForce Now *
Not Linux Native but here is a Link to show you how to get it working.
1 hour of free play then 9.99$ a month or 99.99$ a year.
Works with existing purchased steam games! (if available on geforce now also)
You might require a VPN service as it does not cover all the regions of the world.
Minimum requirement for macOS is 10.10.
Minimum requirement of GeForce for Windows PC is 64 bit version of Windows 7.
Android phones work with 2 GB ram.
It requires an internet connection of at least 15 Mbps speed.
You can share your best gaming moments on social media comfortably.

Shadow Cloud Gaming Service
Linux Native!
14.99 monthly or 11.99 for a year commitment.
For this you get:
Dedicated GTX 1080
4 core / 8 thread Processor
12 GB Memory (not sure if this is gpu or cpu memory)
256GB storage upgradeable to 2TB
All running on Windows 10.
You may need a VPN service since Shadow is not available in all nations.
You just need a 15 Mbps internet speed.
You can buy storage from the gaming provider within a range of 256 GB to 2 TB.
You can share files among your gamer friends easily.
You can play the game on any gaming device anywhere and all you need is the app.
Linux app for Ubuntu (you know what that means Linux Mint users!)

Parsec Cloud Gaming Service
Linux Native!
It works on Windows, Mac, Android, Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi 3.
You can stream using your gaming PC or Parsec’s server.
A minimum requirement of 30 Mbps internet speed is required to run Parsec.
It is generally available freely, however depending on the usage you can be charged hourly.
Maximum display output can be of any resolution theoretically.
Server status page! This is a great feature that all services should have.
You can host this yourself but only on windows.
Pay per hour as far as pricing goes. I could only find a reddit post from 3 years ago saying 0.65$ an hour.

Google Stadia
Linux Usable Via Browser
Free month and 9.99$ a month after.
4k 100mbps for smooth play
1080p 50mbps for smooth play
720p 30mbps for smooth play
Google Stadia runs without any lag or latency issues on Chromium based browsers.
If you unsubscribe and resubscribe again, you will be able to gain back all the pro games they purchased.
Crowd Play is possible using Google Stadia and users from a live stream can join the game.
It works on Chromium based browsers (such as Brave, Vivoldi, and yes now even Edge), Chrome OS, Chromecast Ultra and any Smartphone.

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News Articles
proton 6.3-1 released
POE 2 Trailer
Google vs Oracle What it means for Linux gaming.

Links Mentioned
ESO on ProtonDB
Heroic Game Launcher
Lutris Support Page

Games Mentioned
Magic Legends
Valheim
Elder Scrolls Online

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THE NEWS:
Could Nvidia be solving the Wayland problem?
Wine project leader gives blessing to upstream Wayland driver
Future Nvidia cards could be designed to limit crypto mining
Techspot compares Steam Play vs Moonlight
Free and OS RTS 0 a.d. releases update after almost 3 years
Valheim hits 5 million sold

Elder Scrolls Online Details
ESO on ProtonDB
GloriousEggroll Proton

Links mentioned in this episode
mintCast Discord
CKP YouTube

Music from this episode
"Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Bit Quest" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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