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Tag: gaming

My Short Overview Video of the Ships at Sea Simulation Game

2025-07-102025-07-10 Danie
Two large ships navigate turbulent waters, under a dramatic sky, with the text "Ships at Sea: Gameplay Overview" prominently displayed.

Experience the thrill of navigating a wide range of ships. In single- and multiplayer modes, immerse yourself in tasks such as service, cargo transport, and commercial fishing as you explore the breathtaking open world of […]

Bloggaming, ships, simulation, technology

I’m enjoying playing Ships at Sea on Steam Games

2025-07-082025-07-08 Danie
The interior of a boat's control cabin, featuring steering controls, instruments, an ornate wheel, and a sunset view through large windows.

This is a pretty relaxing simulation game to play. No shooting, or being shot as soon as you respawn! It is pretty well much like Snowrunner, but instead of trucks, you’re doing boat simulation stuff. […]

Blogboats, gaming, ships, simulation, technology

Steam Now Has an Overlay Performance Monitor

2025-06-212025-06-21 Danie
Game menu for "Ships at Sea," showing options and gameplay stats with a harbor scene and boats in the background.

“Steam has added a new performance monitoring tool to its in-game overlay, giving you information about how your games are using your computer’s resources. This should help you spot potential performance problems, although it is […]

Bloggaming, technology

Steam’s latest beta build makes gaming on Linux a breeze by enabling Proton for all titles by default

2025-06-192025-06-19 Danie
A collage of video game characters and scenes surrounding the Steam logo, showcasing diverse gaming experiences and art styles.

Whilst you can still set a specific Proton version per title, for example maybe you want to use Proton GE, this default seems to default to Proton Experimental (from what I observed). This means all […]

Bloggaming, linux, technology

6 Free Games With Hundreds of Hours of Content to Enjoy

2025-06-172025-06-17 Danie
A war scene depicting soldiers amidst rubble, armed and ready, with debris scattered around and gunfire visible in the background.

“With the era of $80 games upon us, free games seem more appealing than ever. But can a free game really give you as much value as something you paid for? Well, in the case […]

Blogfree, gaming, technology

These 8 Free Multiplayer Browser Games Are Too Fun to Miss Out On

2025-06-062025-06-06 Danie
A game interface displaying three players, scores, and colorful character images including a kart racer and armed characters.

These are just click-and-play games, so nothing to install and take up space. Just bookmark the games you want to play again. I got a bit hooked on playing Smash Karts and completely forgot what […]

Bloggaming, technology

Valve’s Proton 10.0 Beta Released With More Windows Games Now Playable On Linux inc MS Flight Sim 2024

2025-04-302025-04-30 Danie
Release announcement for Proton version 10.0-1 (beta) by user ivyl, posted 28 minutes ago.

Looks like Proton is still progressing at a steady pace forwards. I was surprised to see about a month back it played the new Assetto Corsa Evo fine on my Linux desktop. It did not […]

Bloggaming, linux, opensource, technology

Mapping legend UK Ordnance Survey releases blocky Britain in Minecraft – again

2025-04-122025-04-12 Danie
A detailed top-down map depicting a landscape with intricate street layouts, rivers, and green areas, resembling a vibrant city.

“This cubist version of the British Isles is estimated to be made up of more than 100 billion blocks, and contains all the features you would expect to see, such as motorways and roads, vegetation, […]

Bloggaming, minecraft, technology, UK

Photography Sim Games are now a Thing too

2025-03-192025-03-19 Danie
Sunset over calm waters framed by dark silhouettes of trees, creating a tranquil beach scene.

I was just watching demos of two photography sim games, supposedly launching officially in 2025. But what stood out for me was that both involve walking through the wilderness in some really stunning scenery, and […]

Bloggaming, photogrpahy, technology

These 6 myths about gaming on Linux just aren’t true (except one)

2025-03-182025-03-18 Danie
A person holding a handheld gaming device displaying a library of games, featuring titles like "Half-Life 2" and a vibrant interface.

For many (like myself) I had to dual boot into Linux years ago mainly because my higher end games did not work on Linux. As far as word processing and most other things, those all […]

Bloggaming, linux, technology

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