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I'm a Linux gamer from Finland. I like reading, long walks on the beach, dying repeatedly in roguelikes and ripping and tearing in FPS games. I also sometimes write code and sometimes that includes hobbyist game development.

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GOL Cast: Casting Spells at Flying Skulls in Ziggurat

By Samsai,
Steam's Early Access is filled with games these days that are annoying to cover due to missing assets, bugs, bad performance and unfinished gameplay mechanics. In my opinion only few games out there are worth picking up. And I believe Ziggurat is one of them.

Developers of The Vanishing of Ethan Carter Looking Into Linux

By Samsai,
One of the developers of a ”next-gen” first-person mystery game The Vanishing of Ethan Carter tweeted out that they are looking into Linux as one of the platforms to release for.

DreadOut Third-Person Horror Game Released on Steam

By Samsai,
There's a new game in town for those of you who like to be scared out of your minds by ghosts and supernatural events. And it looks quite terrifying.

Gunpoint Stealth Puzzle Game has entered Linux Beta

By Samsai,
A Linux beta has been made publicly available for Gunpoint on Steam for those Linux users who love to test and break software.

GOL Cast: Tower Defence, FPS Style in Sanctum 2

By Samsai,
Sanctum 2 got released officially for Linux after being in beta for quite a while. So, it's our job to show you how well it runs and how good the actual game is. Time to protect some Cores!

A Very Important Announcement For You

By Samsai,
Today we have an important announcement to make for you, the GOL community. Before you go reading any further, please remain calm and read the whole article through before making any rushed decisions or leaving comments.

GOL Cast: Spraying And Tagging in Aperture Tag: The Paint Gun Testing Initiative

By Samsai,
There have been many discussions and reviews of this Portal 2 mod that landed on Steam with a price tag. So, I think it's time we take a look at it and see for ourselves what lies beyond the doors to the Aperture's Paint Gun Testing department.

GOL Cast: Revisiting the ghost hunters of GhostControl Inc.

By Samsai,
What is this? Didn't you already play this game on a GOL Cast episode? Yes I did and back then GhostControl Inc. was pretty much broken and now the developers asked us to check out their updated game. So, let's see how it fares!

GOL Cast: Metal Music and Zombie Apocalypse in Rock Zombie

By Samsai,
If you've played Left 4 Dead 2, then you might have had the chance to smash zombies with a guitar. However, if you haven't then here's a game that focuses exactly on that. Cue the music and let's go kill a horde or two.

GOL Cast: Hacking Looters to Pieces in Mount & Blade: Warband

By Samsai,
I really like roleplaying games and I'm always on lookout for new RPGs to play, especially if they are native. You can probably imagine how happy I was when I heard that we'd be getting a new one in the form of Mount & Blade: Warband. Well, let's see if it's any good!

Developer Teases With Darksiders On Linux Screenshot

By Samsai,
We have good news for those of you who like action-adventure hack and slash games as we have a neat screenshot of Darksiders running on Linux!

GOL Birthday Livestream At 4 PM UTC on Twitch.tv

By Samsai,
As you might have heard, GamingOnLinux.com is turning 5 years old today and what better way to celebrate the occasion than to play some games and chat with you guys live?

GOL Cast: Hunting ETs in XCOM: Enemy Unknown

By Samsai,
Being in charge of humanity's last line of defense against an extraterrestrial threat is highly unlikely and if I were to do it I'm fairly sure we'd be doomed, but now I can try my hand at it in the safe environment of XCOM.

GOL Cast: Getting Eaten by Dinosaurs in Beasts of Prey

By Samsai,
We've seen a bunch of open world survival games over the past few years with zombies, voxels and so on, but we haven't seen one with dinosaurs yet. Well, today the day has come to see how survival with dinos goes.

GOL Cast: Building My Empire In Civilization V

By Samsai,
The just-released Civilization V is a good addition to the torrent of awesome games that we Linux users have received recently. Considering how big this game is, I decided to make a video of it immediately to show you what's up!

GOL Cast: Less Than Tactical Combat in Interstellar Marines

By Samsai,
There are many twitch shooters and arena shooters on Linux but we haven't had too many tactical first-person shooters. Today I will take a look at the just released tactical team-based FPS, Interstellar Marines

GOL Supports the Reset The Net Campaign

By Samsai,
We here at GamingOnLinux.com have decided to show our support for the Reset The Net campaign and join the fight against mass surveillance of NSA, GCHQ and the likes.

GOL Cast: Being Part of the Bug Community in Hive

By Samsai,
Working on these GOL Casts has allowed me to take a look at various games with different genres. Today we can add a new type of a game to the list as we check out this strategy game, which is originally based on a board game, called Hive.

GOL Cast: Fleeing From Elves in The Witcher 2

By Samsai,
Witcher 2 got pushed out for Linux few days ago and I decided it would be wise to cover this ASAP considering how big this release is and how much conversation there has been about its performance. So, let's start it up and check what's inside!

GOL Cast: Conquering The Galaxy in Salvation Prophecy

By Samsai,
You know how we have a bunch of different types of science fiction space games? We have 4x strategy games, shooters, space ship simulators and a lot more. Well, Salvation Prophecy is a game that tries to be everything at the same time.
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