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History, sci-fi, technology, cooking, writing and playing games are things I enjoy very much. I'm always keen to try different genres of games and discover all the gems out there.

Oh and the name doesn't mean anything but coincidentally could be pronounced as "Buttery" which suits me just fine.

The Gamecube and Wii emulator, Dolphin, implements “Ubershaders” to solve stuttering

By BTRE,
Dolphin is one of my favorite open source projects and the progress they’ve made in the past few years is truly impressive. In their latest project blog post, the developers have outlined a very exciting new feature in the emulator, one which helps mitigate the issue of stuttering.

Shadow Warrior: Special Edition is currently free on the Humble Store

By BTRE,
You can now grab the silly and over-the-top FPS chock full of blood, demons and swords for free for a limited time.

Total War: WARHAMMER Norsca DLC set to raid Linux before too long

By BTRE,
The latest DLC for the fantasy-themed Total War game will be brought over by Feral Interactive. This DLC will make a new faction playable, focusing attention to the many dangers of the frigid wastelands of the north.

Halcyon 6: Starbase Commander to get an enhanced “Lightspeed Edition”

By BTRE,
The strategy game in space with RPG elements will be getting a massively reworked edition next month that’ll be free for existing owners of the game.

Revisiting Tyranny a few months and patches later

By BTRE,
Over half a year since release, the RPG from Obsidian has gotten several large patches with free content as well as DLC. I was interested in seeing what had changed and how the game stacked up through multiple playthroughs. Here are my updated thoughts after playing many hours more with the DLC.

Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED grooves its way out of Early Access

By BTRE,
The DLC for the rhytmic dungeon crawler has released from Early Access after a few months of tweaking. You can expect plenty of new content in this prequel to the main game.

A few thoughts about Rocket Wars, a hectic local multiplayer experience

By BTRE,
If shooting at bots or friends while controlling spacecraft is your idea of a good time, there’s good reason for you to take a look at this action game.

Darkest Dungeon: The Crimson Court is now available

By BTRE,
The expansion for the dark dungeon crawler has come out of the shadows. Expect a variety of new blood-sucking monsters and other horrors to be front and center.

Hearts of Iron IV: Death or Dishonor released along with big patch

By BTRE,
The World War 2 grand strategy game has gotten a small expansion focusing on the minor powers of Central Europe. As is customary with DLC releases, Paradox have also updated the game with a lot of free goodies too.

Europa Universalis IV: Third Rome released, some thoughts

By BTRE,
The first of what Paradox is calling an “immersion pack” has been released for the sprawling grand strategy game. I gave it a go, exploring just what they changed for the Russian region and powers.

Tyranny gets a massive patch, an event pack and has an expansion teased

By BTRE,
The CRPG set in a world where evil has almost completely won has gotten much love today. In addition to the new content that you can play right now, plans have been detailed about a major expansion due sometime later this year.

Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night shows off some action in a new trailer

By BTRE,
The destruction of a large bell, blood and a boss fight are all highlights in the E3 trailer for this action platformer.

900, a rather trippy arcade shooter, is now available

By BTRE,
The self-described score attack type game involves controlling an entity that absorbs universes to grow.

Some thoughts on Renowned Explorers and the experience of discovering the mysteries of the world

By BTRE,
Solving mysteries, traveling to faraway lands and making a name for yourself is all in a good day’s work in this adventure game that combines strategy elements with plenty of charm. I gave the game and its expansion a look and have a few thoughts on it.

STARDROP, a first person sci-fi adventure game, may be coming to Linux

By BTRE,
This good-looking Unreal Engine 4 title currently in Early Access might be getting a Linux version before it’s released.

A look at Cublast HD, a simple but interesting platformer

By BTRE,
A port of a formerly mobile-only game, the game combines basic puzzle solving with a minimalist style and precise gameplay. I played the new HD edition and have a few thoughts to share.

Hearts of Iron IV gets a free DLC to celebrate a year since release

By BTRE,
Paradox Development Studios have decided to mark the occasion by giving all owners of the World War 2 grand strategy game a few free goodies.

Darkest Dungeon’s expansion, The Crimson Court, set to release June 19th

By BTRE,
The very brutal and fun dungeon crawler will get its first expansion quite soon. Thematically about vampires and their damned ilk, there will be plenty of new content and enemies that can tear you to pieces.

BlindQuest, an interactive audio novel, is looking for votes for Steam Greenlight

By BTRE,
Setting itself apart from the majority of visual novels by focusing on the player’s sense of hearing, BlindQuest: The Prison will also be coming to Linux if greenlit. There’s a short concept demo available too.

Bounty Train, a game about the Wild West and trains, is set to come to Linux

By BTRE,
With detailed equipment and management aspects, Bounty Train also has plenty of thrills and chaotic fighting. It’s being ported to Linux and should be coming out sometime soon.
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