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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: Saving Ancardia from Evil in Ancient Domains of Mystery

By Samsai,
There are lots of so called roguelites on Steam but recently a real roguelike classic called ADOM, or Ancient Domains of Mystery, made its way to Steam. Let's go check it out!

OpenMW 0.37 released, now with the new OSG renderer

By Samsai,
It seems to be the season for new versions of excellent open source gaming projects. OpenMW, the open source recreation of the Morrowind engine, has a new version which brings important rendering updates.

You there, come watch the Friday Livestream at 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
After a long week of exams (school stuff, not medical) I'm glad I can finally sit down and relax a bit while playing video games. Naturally I'm going to take you with me on my digital adventures of epic and awesome, so sit tight and buckle up for the Friday Livestream!

0 A.D. Alpha 19 “Syllepsis” Released

By Samsai,
A new alpha release of the open source RTS 0 A.D. has just been released. The new release has various technical improvements and a couple of new gameplay and AI features.

The New Crimson AMD Driver Tested on R7 370 4G

By Samsai,
The new proprietary AMD GPU Driver named Crimson just shipped and I decided to take it for a spin in a set of benchmarks. So, let's see if we see any improvement in the performance of these drivers.

Friday Livestream Is Here! Come Watch At 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Oh I do love Fridays. The hard work of the week is over and I can relax and play some video games and naturally stream the whole process to entertain you, the GOL crowd. So once again, I welcome you to the Friday livestream!

Roguelike Classic ADOM Released On Steam

By Samsai,
ADOM, also known as Ancient Domains of Mystery, is a bit of a classic among roguelike games and the updated and enhanced version which was funded through Indiegogo is now available on Steam.

The Last Federation Gets A New Expansion, The Lost Technologies

By Samsai,
The Last Federation, a strategy game about creating an interplanetary federation, has received its second expansion which brings new technologies and a new game mode.

Cold And Dark Livestream Starting At 6 PM UTC

By Samsai,
Winter is soon coming, if global warming allows that is. And what would be more fitting than playing some cold and dark games on a cold and dark day? That's exactly what we will do today!

Concluding our first ever Game Jam

By Samsai,
So a little over a week ago the first ever GOL Game Jam came to an end and it's time to wrap things up, look at the games and naturally congratulate the winners!

Insert Witty Title About Friday Livestream Starting At 6 PM UTC Here

By Samsai,
For those that were unaware, it's Friday today. Yes, that day of the week which many of us celebrate because we are now, for a moment, free from the shackles of work, school etc. It's also the day we stream some games for you to watch, so that's also a thing.

Spooky Scary Friday Livestream Coming Your Way At 6 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
As far as I know, it's now Halloween. It's pretty hard to keep track because everyone seems to start their Halloween weeks ahead of time but because I personally consider it's today, I think we should do a themed livestream. Cue the spooks!

GOL Cast: Destroying Frakloads Of Toasters In Diaspora: Shattered Armistice

By Samsai,
Ever wanted to fly a high-speed interceptor in a big dogfight against a superior enemy force like in Battlestar Galactica? Well, it's possible thanks to Diaspora: Shattered Armistice! Let's go kill some toasters!

GOL Game Jam Has Entered Rating Phase

By Samsai,
Submission phase for the first ever GOL Game Jam has ended and now begins the rating phase. You can now head on over to the jam page and check out all the entries and rate them based on a couple of simple metrics.

Friday Livestream, Now With More GL4, Starting At 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
Yesterday I spent some time upgrading my main rig to Xubuntu 15.10. I did that because I heard of a PPA that contains Mesa drivers compiled against LLVM 3.8. What that means is that I can do GL4 on RadeonSI. And that's what we will do today!

GOL Game Jam Is Now Live, Development Can Begin!

By Samsai,
Our first ever GOL Game Jam is now live and ready. All we need now is submissions of Linux games from our fine community members!

The Weekly Livestream Arrives Once Again At 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
I'm here once again to inform you that a Friday Livestream is here once again and, as always, we will spend a couple of hours playing games and talking about whatever comes to mind. You can naturally watch the mayhem as it happens live!

The GOL Game Jam Is Really Happening Soon!

By Samsai,
Recently I asked some opinions about us organizing a game jam here on GOL and I received a bunch of positive feedback and I will consider that a green light to go ahead with our plans. The event will hopefully start on October 19th.

GOL Cast: Dominating Scoreboards In Polychromatic

By Samsai,
After a pretty long hiatus related to my school work, I have finally returned to reclaim the GOL Cast throne. This time we'll be taking a look at Polychromatic, a recently released indie twin-stick shooter.

The Friday Livestream Is Once Again Here To Save You At 5 PM UTC!

By Samsai,
And once again we return after a week of that silly life stuff and play some Linux games for you live on air! You will naturally get the front-row seats to the show of mediocre gaming skills and barely funny jokes.
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