gaming – Tall Tech Tales

The Steam Link Is Dead – Long Live The Steam Link

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 11, 2019January 11, 2019

Back in November, Valve announced that the Steam Link hardware had been discontinued. Existing stock would be sold off and that would be the end of it. The end of an era, if you will, of what The Verge called the best wireless HDMI gadget ever made. For those not familiar with the Steam Link […]

Featured Games Software Ubuntu

Steam Play and Gaming on Linux

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on August 29, 2018

Throughout my years, I’ve experienced gaming in a variety of forms, from the good old C64 and Amiga platforms to various iterations of the PlayStation platform and most recently, PC gaming on both Windows and Ubuntu. You see, I’ve been an Ubuntu user since version 7.04, or maybe 7.10. I can’t remember anymore. Either way, […]

Games Writing

Kickstarting My Imagination With An Adventure

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 6, 2016January 6, 2016

Flaps are extended. Wheels are down. The throttle is at about 45%. Somewhere up ahead, hidden in the rain and lightning, the airport is looming, waiting to receive the Boeing 737. Then, there it is. The lights from the runway pierce through the darkness. The pilot exhales with a sigh of relief. They’re going to […]

Uncategorized

Djl – Steam for Linux?

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on September 28, 2009November 3, 2016

Digital distribution of software and games in particular has grown quite a bit in the last couple of years. I’ve checked out some of these services myself, such as Steam by Valve and Direct2Drive. Being a Ubuntu user for much of the time these days, PC gaming hasn’t been much of a focus for me […]

Uncategorized

Linux Gaming

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on January 2, 2009November 3, 2016

While surfing around seemingly at random, I ran into this site: http://live.linux-gamers.net This site essentially provides a live-type disc loaded with Linux and games that work with Linux, all for free and for our enjoyment. Although I already have Linux installed and as such am unlikely to just download and try this when I can […]

Uncategorized

Ubuntu 8.10 and Other Fun Things

Mattias Ahlvin Posted on October 11, 2008November 3, 2016

With the latest version of Ubuntu coming out at the end of this month, I just couldn’t resist getting the beta installed on my desktop. Since my primary Linux computer is my laptop now, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to try it on that one first to see what happens. I know there are probably […]