Our launch podcast introducing ourselves, discussing recent history of the group, steam on linux and gaming. We intend to make a 45 minute to an hour cast every fortnight, this longer episode was expected as we find our footing in making these, please ‘tolerate’ our inexperience and contribute to improve it!

Introduction

  • 00:00:45 SteamLUG Cast [http://steamlug.org/cast]
  • 00:02:12 Linux Gaming Reddit [http://www.reddit.com/r/linux_gaming/]
  • 00:03:05 Stycil Tux Logo [http://www.twolofbees.com/artwork.php?iid=870]

Motivations

SteamLUG happenings

  • Props to meklu, swordfischer, danharibo, xpander69
  • 00:09:50 SteamLUG website [http://steamlug.org]
  • 00:11:10 PCGamingWiki [http://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Home]
  • 00:11:44 ‘SteamLinux’ website [http://steamlinux.xpaw.ru/]
  • Updates from the future… xPaw has since created SteamDB.info, and this has moved to [https://steamdb.info/linux/]
  • SteamLinux GitHub repository [https://github.com/SteamDatabase/SteamLinux]
  • 00:12:15 SteamLUG IRC channel (#steamlug) [irc://irc.freenode.net/steamlug]
  • 00:15:20 Steam OpenID SSO [http://steamcommunity.com/dev]

Previous Events

  • 00:19:30 Suggest an event [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug/discussions/2/828934424146675833/]
  • 00:20:04 L4D2 release party [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1587793954850102672]
  • 00:25:05 Amnesia [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1585540098956062637]
  • Stream [http://steamlug.org/stream]
  • Savegame [http://archive.steamlug.org/AutoSave_WineCellar_2013_5_15_19_47_59_0.sav]
  • 00:24:22 Red Orchestra [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#events/1585540098955998019]
  • 00:27:00 Future Events [https://steamlug.org/events]

Steam/Valve news

  • 00:30:28 Steam’d Penguins [http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/steamd-penguins/]
  • 00:30:40 Serious Sam 3 [http://store.steampowered.com/app/41070/]
  • 00:34:01 Remaining Valve titles to port [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/steamlug#announcements/detail/1585543274178034926]
  • 00:39:20 GitHub [https://github.com/ValveSoftware/]
  • 00:43:25 Client update fixed HL/HL2 mod support [http://steamcommunity.com/groups/SteamClientBeta#announcements/detail/1623824498353615921]
  • 00:43:40 SourceMods post [http://steamcommunity.com/app/221410/discussions/0/828938532638150996/]
  • 00:43:50 Running HL mods on Linux [https://swordfischer.com/2013/01/27/Half-Life-Mods-for-Linux/]
  • 00:44:01 Running HL2 mods on Linux [https://swordfischer.com/2013/02/20/Half-Life-2-Deathmatch-on-Linux/]
  • 00:44:25 Valve’s blog post that someone else linked to [http://blogs.valvesoftware.com/linux/faster-zombies/]
  • 00:45:40 another related link [http://phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_valve_linux]
  • 00:46:55 Valve’s GDC talk [http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1017850/]
  • 00:50:45 Half‐Life 2’s store page [http://store.steampowered.com/app/220/]
  • 00:51:40 IBM’s Prodigy advert [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7dTjpvakmA]
  • 00:52:10 Steam trading card beta [http://steamcommunity.com/tradingcards/]

Linux gaming news

  • 00:56:50 0ad non‐news [http://play0ad.com/erik-johansson-steps-down-from-project-leadership-michael-d-hafer-assumes-role/]
  • 00:57:20 OpenMW news [https://openmw.org/2013/week-review-52/]
  • 01:00:40 Wine 1.5.31 release [http://www.winehq.org/announce/1.5.31]
  • 01:04:15 Humble doublefine bundle [http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/50032402607/humble-double-fine-bundle-now-with-bitcoin]
  • 01:07:15 urkle [http://www.outoforder.cc]
  • GitHub [http://github.com/urkle]
  • Twitter [http://twitter.com/outoforder_cc]
  • 01:13:25 Thomas Was Alone Mocap [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Un9cX_OBfE]
  • 01:14:10 Hotline Miami Linux beta password: hlm
  • 01:15:00 X³: Albion Prelude [http://www.egosoft.com/games/x3ap/info_en.php]
  • 01:15:40 gamingonlinux Unreal/RO2 article [http://www.gamingonlinux.com/articles/tripwire-on-why-red-orchestra-2-and-rising-storm-wont-come-to-linux.2021]
  • 01:23:20 Garry’s April :trollface: [https://twitter.com/garrynewman/status/318628881957523456]
  • 01:25:15 Latest Minecraft snapshot [http://mojang.com/2013/05/snapshot-13w21a/]

Crowd‐funding projects

  • 01:28:00 Chasm [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/discordgames/chasm]
  • 01:28:05 We had intended this to be 45 minutes long, at this point I was soo distracted writing
  • ‘ holy crap how long is this’ in chat that I missed Cheese asking me this question which required a decent amount of editing to mask ;)
  • 01:34:05 Failing or failed crowdfunding campaigns:
  • Rawbots [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rozgo/rawbots-multiplayer-sandbox]
  • Son of Nor [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/stillalivestudios/son-of-nor-the-world-is-your-weapon]
  • The Realm [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/995134339/the-realm-game]
  • 01:35:35 That kickstarter we couldn’t remember, MaK [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1125462381/mak]
  • 01:39:40 Cheesetalks about Linux as a stretch goal [http://cheesetalks.twolofbees.com/linuxStretchGoals.php]
  • 01:43:05 Maia engine test [http://forum.maiagame.com/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=268]
  • 01:44:25 Planetary Annihilation survey [https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1tVt3OASd52RWnceQLRm_NY7PxUHnnguof8oVs04glxY/viewanalytics]

Sum‐up & Sign‐off

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