2025-12-03T16:54:16.926Z BlogFlock Justin Barclay, Protesilaos Stavrou: News and Announcements, Arialdo Martini, BuzzMachine, Irreal, GamingOnLinux Latest Articles, The Emacs Cat, Sacha Chua, Karthinks, Jeff Kreeftmeijer, Xah Lee, Emacs@ Dyerdwelling, MacAdie Web Blog, Philip KALUDERCIC, Bowmansarrow, Take on Rules, manuel uberti, Wilfred Hughes::Blog, Bicycle For Your Mind, LWN.net, Rock Paper Shotgun Latest Articles Feed, McSweeney’s https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/survivor-like-bullet-heavens-are-going-first-person-postal-with-postal-bullet-paradise/ 2025-12-03T16:14:30.000Z

Ready to go POSTAL once more? This time it's in a survivor-like bullet-heaven styled setting, because obviously every developer needs to be in this genre now.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/79912210id28131gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/survivor-like-bullet-heavens-are-going-first-person-postal-with-postal-bullet-paradise/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://lwn.net/Articles/1047715/ 2025-12-03T16:01:35.000Z

<p>Over time, many Linux users wind up with a collection of aliases, shell scripts, and makefiles to run simple commands (or a series of commands) that are often used, but challenging to remember and annoying to type out at length. The <a href="https://just.systems/"><tt>just</tt></a> command runner is a Rust-based utility that just does one thing and does it well: it reads recipes from a text file (aptly called a "justfile"), and runs the commands from an invoked recipe. Rather than accumulating a library of one-off shell scripts over time, <tt>just</tt> provides a cross-platform tool with a framework and well-documented syntax for collecting and documenting tasks that makes it useful for solo users and collaborative projects.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/no-players-online-returns-after-an-unfounded-dmca-claim-halted-sales-for-nearly-three-weeks/ 2025-12-03T15:51:40.000Z

Showing yet again that the DMCA system is not fit for purpose, No Players Online launched on Steam on November 6 and then got taken down but it's back.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/512728661id28130gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/no-players-online-returns-after-an-unfounded-dmca-claim-halted-sales-for-nearly-three-weeks/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vending-machines-rule-waiters-suuuuuccckkk-so-sayeth-the-touchstone-of-bioshock-creator-ken-levines-judas 2025-12-03T15:25:20.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/judas-ken-levine-key-art-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Bloody waiters. Asking you what you'd like to eat after you waltz into the restaurant at which they're employed. The absolute cheek of it. Why can't they just ingest my money and spit a vaguely edible chocolate bar out of their belly button? This is the central philosophy which serves as the "touchstone" of <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/bioshock">BioShock</a> creator Ken Levine's <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/judas">Judas</a> and its protagonist, Judas.</p> <p>Yep, there's another <a href="https://blog.playstation.com/2025/12/02/judas-developers-ghost-story-games-discuss-the-origins-of-its-main-character/">dev blog</a> out for the BioShocky FPS in which you'll run around a colony ship and gradually force someone to dislike you so much they <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/bioshock-successor-judas-emerges-from-hiding-as-ken-levine-explains-how-youll-choose-the-games-final-villain">go full villain</a>.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/vending-machines-rule-waiters-suuuuuccckkk-so-sayeth-the-touchstone-of-bioshock-creator-ken-levines-judas">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/meet-willem-dafoe-and-other-animals-in-100-tiny-free-worlds-created-by-brilliant-game-developers 2025-12-03T14:56:02.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/willemdafoe-in-souprooms.png?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> The Soulslike is dead. The age of the Souplike has begun. Indie developer Kite Line has just published Soup Rooms - a sequel of sorts to dong yarhalla's <a href="https://yh.16dimensional.com/soup/">videogame concept album</a> from 2007, in which you visit small square rooms with feverdream aesthetics and a peculiar entity in the middle. </p> <p> What was I doing back in 2007? Alas, I was not playing Soup. There's a high probability that I <em>cooked</em> soup in 2007, but it wouldn't have been very interesting soup. It would not have featured any spirit wolves, whiny fallen clouds, consumptive Casio men, "boinglers", or Willem Dafoes. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/meet-willem-dafoe-and-other-animals-in-100-tiny-free-worlds-created-by-brilliant-game-developers">Read more</a></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/helldivers-2-file-size-on-steam-gets-massively-reduced/ 2025-12-03T14:43:58.000Z

One problem with a lot of modern games is just how big they're getting, but HELLDIVERS 2 is about to massively shrink thanks to work behind the scenes.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1096359566id28129gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/helldivers-2-file-size-on-steam-gets-massively-reduced/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/theres-now-an-ai-warning-notice-browser-plugin-for-itch-io-as-well-as-steam/ 2025-12-03T14:29:12.000Z

The developer behind the useful AI notice browser plugin for Steam has now done the same for itch.io, and they've made it easier to use the extensions.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1444465268id28128gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/theres-now-an-ai-warning-notice-browser-plugin-for-itch-io-as-well-as-steam/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://lwn.net/Articles/1049103/ 2025-12-03T14:11:40.000Z

Security updates have been issued by <b>Debian</b> (containerd, mako, and xen), <b>Fedora</b> (forgejo, nextcloud, openbao, rclone, restic, and tigervnc), <b>Oracle</b> (firefox, kernel, libtiff, libxml2, and postgresql), <b>SUSE</b> (libecpg6, lightdm-kde-greeter, python-cbor2, python-mistralclient-doc, python315, and python39), and <b>Ubuntu</b> (kdeconnect, linux, linux-aws, linux-realtime, python-django, and unbound). https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-have-been-funding-fex-to-get-x86-games-on-arm-linux/ 2025-12-03T14:05:52.000Z

It turns out that not only are Valve using the open source FEX for the Steam Frame but they have been funding FEX since the beginning of it.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/tagline_gallery/steamframe.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/valve-have-been-funding-fex-to-get-x86-games-on-arm-linux/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://lwn.net/Articles/1049059/ 2025-12-03T14:00:32.000Z

<p>Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the release of the <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/1049060/">5.4.302</a> stable kernel:</p> <blockquote class="bq"> This is the LAST 5.4.y release. It is now end-of-life and should not be used by anyone, anymore. As of this point in time, there are 1539 documented unfixed CVEs for this kernel branch, and that number will only increase over time as more CVEs get assigned for kernel bugs. </blockquote> <p>For the curious, Kroah-Hartman has also <a href="https://lwn.net/ml/all/2025120358-skating-outage-7c61@gregkh/">provided</a> a list of the unfixed CVEs for 5.5.302.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elden-ring-nightreigns-pre-forsaken-hollows-dlc-patch-is-out-now-boosting-melee-attacks-and-fixing-misbehaving-churches 2025-12-03T12:45:50.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/elden-ring-nightreign-pre-forsaken-hollows-patch-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/elden-ring-nightreign">Elden Ring Nightreign</a>'s <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elden-ring-nightreigns-the-forsaken-hollows-dlc-drops-next-month-brings-back-a-beloved-dark-souls-bumkicker">Forsaken Hollows expansion</a> arrives tomorrow, December 4th. Ahead of letting folks dive into Limveld's big hole and try out the <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elden-ring-nightreign-dlcs-first-new-class-looks-great-for-book-nerds-and-grubby-old-men-lovers">new nightfarer classes</a>, FromSoft have lobbed out the customary big patch.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/elden-ring-nightreigns-pre-forsaken-hollows-dlc-patch-is-out-now-boosting-melee-attacks-and-fixing-misbehaving-churches">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dont-expect-a-steamos-phone-after-the-steam-machine-valve-engineer-says 2025-12-03T12:34:52.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/Gamehub-Silksong.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>Valve&rsquo;s quiet bankrolling of open-source emulation tools could make it heaps easier to play your PC games library on a humble smartphone, though it sounds like Gabe-made SteamOS phones are unlikely to be joining the company&rsquo;s <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/valve-announce-a-new-steam-machine-steam-controller-and-the-steam-frame-vr-headset-and-ive-played-them">growing hardware catalogue</a>. In an interview with <a href="https://www.theverge.com/report/820656/valve-interview-arm-gaming-steamos-pierre-loup-griffais">The Verge</a>, Valve engineer Pierre-Loup Griffais confirmed that they&rsquo;ve been funding the development of Fex &ndash; a free compatibility tool that gets Windows apps functioning on mobile ARM processors &ndash; since well before revealing the ARM-based <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-steam-frame-is-real-and-valve-want-it-to-be-the-last-vr-headset-youll-ever-buy">Steam Frame</a> standalone VR headset.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/dont-expect-a-steamos-phone-after-the-steam-machine-valve-engineer-says">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/speed-saves-lives-in-haste-2025s-best-game-about-outrunning-an-apocalypse 2025-12-03T11:59:00.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/advent-calendar-2025---Haste.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>To successfully deliver presents to every child on Earth within a single Christmas eve, Santa Claus would need to travel in the region of half the speed of light &ndash; enough to vaporise the flesh and disintegrate the sleighs of mere mortals. He&rsquo;d therefore appreciate the sheer go-fastness of the roguelite running game that&rsquo;s blasting out of door #3.</p> <p>It&rsquo;s<a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/haste-broken-worlds"> Haste</a>!</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/speed-saves-lives-in-haste-2025s-best-game-about-outrunning-an-apocalypse">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/haunted-videogame-no-players-online-resurrected-on-steam-after-a-disgruntled-former-friend-had-it-exorcised-via-dmca 2025-12-03T11:56:04.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/noplayersonline2025.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> A few weeks ago, developers Beeswax Games released a "spiritual successor" to 2019 freeware game <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/no-players-online">No Players Online</a> on Steam. If you've not played the old freeware project - <a href="https://papercookies.itch.io/no-players-online-classic">still available on Itch</a> - it's one of those haunted software jobbies that accentuate the eerieness of elderly 3D simulation tech, and in this case, abandoned FPS multiplayer maps. I was looking forward to playing the successor. But then, spookily, the Steam page vanished. And now, spookily, <a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/2701800/No_Players_Online/">it's back</a>. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/haunted-videogame-no-players-online-resurrected-on-steam-after-a-disgruntled-former-friend-had-it-exorcised-via-dmca">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/avoweds-new-game-plus-fresh-kind-of-weapon-and-photo-mode-are-now-coming-in-a-beefy-anniversary-update 2025-12-03T11:46:24.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/avowed-new-game-plus-coming-next-year-01.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/avowed">Avowed</a> won't be getting the final update devs Obsidian had planned for this year. Instead the studio have opted to save putting out the new game plus mode they'd planned for this autumn for a big update to make the <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/best-rpgs">RPG</a>'s first birthday in February. To make up the extra wait, the anniversary update'll be adding some mystery extra bits alongside the already announced features.</p> <p>The autumn patch was <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/avoweds-latest-update-comes-with-community-requested-features-lots-of-tweaks-and-a-promise-of-a-roadmap">originally set</a> to be the third update delivered to the nature-rific blunderbuss adventure this year. The last one to arrive was <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/avoweds-summer-update-revamps-fighter-and-ranger-skills-so-those-pesky-wizards-arent-having-all-the-fun">the summer update</a>, which aimed to round out the fighting skills of non-magic users so that wizards weren't having all of the fun.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/avoweds-new-game-plus-fresh-kind-of-weapon-and-photo-mode-are-now-coming-in-a-beefy-anniversary-update">Read more</a></p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/half-life-legacy-arrives-december-12-but-youll-need-proton-on-linux-due-to-native-linux-issues/ 2025-12-03T11:31:04.000Z

Half-Life Legacy is an enhanced fan mod of Valve's original shooter and it's releasing December 12th.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/articles/tagline_images/1977962523id28126gol.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/half-life-legacy-arrives-december-12-but-youll-need-proton-on-linux-due-to-native-linux-issues/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fedora-linux-44-will-get-improved-ntsync-enabling-for-proton-wine/ 2025-12-03T11:10:40.000Z

NTSYNC has been available in the Linux kernel for a while, but it's taking distributions a while to actually use it - Fedora Linux 44 will make it easier.<p><img src="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/uploads/tagline_gallery/fedora-logo.jpg" alt />.</p><p>Read the full article on <a href="https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/12/fedora-linux-44-will-get-improved-ntsync-enabling-for-proton-wine/">GamingOnLinux</a>.</p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/saudi-arabia-will-reportedly-own-almost-all-of-ea-if-the-buyout-goes-through 2025-12-03T11:07:37.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/ea-logo_TWdGIMq.jpg?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p>The <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/ea-are-about-to-be-bought-for-50-billion-by-saudi-arabia-and-jared-kushners-investment-firms-claims-report">$55 billion leveraged buyout</a> which will see Saudi Arabia, Silver Lake and Jared Kushner become the new owners of EA will reportedly lead to the Saudi Public Investment Fund owning a whopping 93.4 percent of the game publishers. That's assuming the deal goes through as planned.</p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/saudi-arabia-will-reportedly-own-almost-all-of-ea-if-the-buyout-goes-through">Read more</a></p> https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-ban-santa-ragiones-horses-just-before-release-with-a-weird-reminder-that-adult-only-nft-games-are-fine-though 2025-12-03T10:33:37.000Z

<img src="https://assetsio.gnwcdn.com/26_MiQhkOn.png?width=690&quality=85&format=jpg&auto=webp" /> <p> Grotesque and surreal 'farming simulation' <a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/games/horses">Horses</a> has been banned from the Epic Games Store on the eve of release, a couple of years after a work-in-progress version of the game was rejected by Valve. In an alleged statement to developers Santa Ragione, the Fortnite makers explain that they've found the game to be in contravention of policies against "Inappropriate Content" and "Hateful or Abusive Content". Given that, according to Santa Ragione, Epic have had access to a build for two months and had already approved the game for publication on their store 18 days before launch, the whole thing feels like a frantic response to Valve's claims about the unfinished build, which Epic presumably haven't seen. </p> <p><a href="https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/epic-ban-santa-ragiones-horses-just-before-release-with-a-weird-reminder-that-adult-only-nft-games-are-fine-though">Read more</a></p> https://irreal.org/blog/?p=13443 2025-12-02T19:12:16.000Z

<p> Sorry for the missed posts. I&rsquo;ve been traveling. On a train. In coach. For about 30 hours. The itinerary didn&rsquo;t list it but I&rsquo;m pretty sure we crossed the River Styx at one point. The person behind me was coughing her lungs out and now I have whatever she had and am coughing <i>my</i> lungs out. </p> <p> Perhaps worst of all for a nerd is that WiFi (and even broadband) was spotty and at one point I had to ask the conductor to reset the router because it wouldn&rsquo;t complete connections. Oddly, she knew just what I meant and fixed that problem but the broadband—upon which, after all, the WiFi depends—was still unreliable along much of the route. </p> <p> I&rsquo;m safely home now at the Irreal Bunker so normal blogging should resume.</p>