https://thomasclark.us/ 2026-06-20T01:46:16+00:00 https://thomasclark.us/ https://thomasclark.us/_media/wiki:favicon.ico text/html 2021-12-11T15:11:26+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20211206-half-life-and-the-backwards-walking-running-mechanic?rev=1639264286&do=diff Half-Life and the Backwards Walking/Running Mechanic So yesterday I started playing Half-Life (It was on sell for I think $3 in late November and I finally got a chance to play it a bit.) First, thing I hated was the reversal of how running and walking was. So, I found this fix on it's Steam community page. text/html 2022-01-18T20:56:53+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220116-bioshock-remastered-on-linux-mint?rev=1642568213&do=diff Bioshock Remastered on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/01/16 22:51 Here is the report I left on ProtonDB: This was my first time playing any Bioshock title. I went through it at a leisurely pace. I had two crashes and it seemed to be when things got pretty crazy graphically on the screen. So it's probably a Nvidia driver issue. The game played smooth and the graphics were great. I appreciate the art style. The game is a first person shooter but you also have a range of magic-like powers that … text/html 2022-01-21T21:16:17+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220118-splinter-cell-on-linux-mint?rev=1642828577&do=diff Splinter Cell on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/01/18 20:57 Sam Fisher in the first three games in the Splinter Cell series is quite possibly the best fictional game character ever written and voiced. Michael Ironside delivers to us a mature character where the humor truly lands because it really isn't delivered in your current year wokeish goofiness. text/html 2022-01-27T21:01:12+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220124-splinter-cell-chaos-theory-on-linux-mint?rev=1643346072&do=diff Spinter Cell: Chaos Theory on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/01/24 09:07 So far so good, 1920×1080 supported out of the box. text/html 2022-01-29T23:27:42+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220127-splinter-cell-pandora-tomorrow-on-linux-mint?rev=1643527662&do=diff Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/01/27 21:42 Sure, Sam Fisher is cliche in the sense that he's portrayed as one helluva bad ass. But when you play Splinter Cell and you get Sam killed over and over again in a realistic way text/html 2022-02-19T18:16:38+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220219-bioshock-2-remastered-on-linux-mint?rev=1645323398&do=diff Bio Shock 2 Remastered on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/02/19 18:16 For a run down on whether you would like this game or not, it's pretty much the same game with a different story as Bioshock Remastered. There are a couple of updates that I think improve the game play, such as technology hacking is quicker and all passive upgrades are in a single pool. text/html 2022-02-20T18:35:24+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220219-bioshock-infinite-on-linux-mint?rev=1645410924&do=diff Bioshock Infinite on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/02/19 19:25 I finished BioShock 1 & 2 Remastered, but I got bored of this game at about the 4 hour mark, so everything I say is based on the early game experience. I liked the art and the new premise but the AI was the worst AI I think I've seen in a AAA game and the gun play was unsatisfying. But a lot of others like the game, so I would say it's worth a try if you can catch it on sale. text/html 2022-03-10T07:51:30+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220220-kingdom-come-deliverance-on-linux-mint?rev=1646927490&do=diff Kingdom Come Deliverance on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/02/20 20:30 Kingdom Come: Deliverance is a meme gold mine. If only it were more well-known like Star Wars or LOTR, etc. This game is -- all in all -- a masterpiece. The story is very good and the game mechanics are cleverly inventive and text/html 2022-05-15T19:19:54+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220515-call-to-arms-on-linux-mint?rev=1652667594&do=diff Call to Arms on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/05/15 19:08 If M1 Tank Platoon II had a sequel it might have been Call to Arms. It has several modes of play but my favorite is Conquest. In this mode, you fight back and forth across several maps trying to push your way to victory. You can play by yourself or multiplayer vs multiplayer or co-op. text/html 2022-05-20T15:52:04+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220520-metro-exodus-on-linux-mint?rev=1653087124&do=diff Metro Exodus on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/05/20 15:43 Tinkering Game was crashing quite a bit until I switched to Glorious Eggroll 7-15 and set “PROTON_ENABLE_NVAPI=1 VKD3D_CONFIG=dxr DXVK_ASYNC=1 gamemoderun %command%” as my launch options. That seemed to sort it but I only played a total of 4 hours. Oh, and I tried native mode first but the screen wasn't displaying properly. I think it would run natively but the screen problem was annoying so I went on with the Proton compatibility lay… text/html 2022-05-20T09:54:02+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220520-the-forest-on-linux-mint?rev=1653065642&do=diff The Forest --- Tom Clark 2022/05/20 09:18 Okay, I don't want to end up like this guy! Notice Play Hard Survival Mode on your FIRST playthrough. Also, set OPTIONS > GAMEPLAY > INTERFACE > SHOW OVERLAY ICONS to OFF! Don't spoil this game for yourself by looking anything up online. Play on Hardcore Survival mode right from the git-go. You will have a satisfying challenge to navigate through. You may die from starvation, thirst, and hypothermia a couple of times before you get a handle on th… text/html 2022-05-03T10:44:51+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:20220522-red-dead-redemption-ii-on-linux-mint?rev=1651599891&do=diff Red Dead Redemption II --- Tom Clark 2022/05/03 09:50 Game Review This is a seriously flawed work of art. I love this game. I am really saddened by some of the game design choices though. The game is beautiful. A visual treat. I often don't care about visuals but this game, man it's gorgeous. text/html 2022-02-05T21:19:55+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:202200202-dead-space-on-linux-mint?rev=1644124795&do=diff Dead Space on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/02/02 10:37 One of my favorite gaming experience on the Xbox was Dead Space. There's a lot to love about this game, especially the first time through when you do not know what to expect. Even so, the game mechanics and mood is so good that it has been a genuine pleasure to play it on Linux. However, start off with the settings I have down in text/html 2022-02-05T22:41:41+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:202200205-dangerous-waters-on-linux-mint?rev=1644129701&do=diff Dangerous Waters on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/02/05 22:13 Tweaks to Run 1. So far unable to get it to run on my main monitor and have the mouse synced to the same game the monitor is on UNLESS I simply inactivate my second monitor, which sucks because I used to play with a spreadsheet that helped with quickly identifying contacts. text/html 2022-02-09T11:18:18+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:202200206-dead-space-2-on-linux-mint?rev=1644434298&do=diff Dead Space 2 on Linux Mint Tinkering The game loaded up and started nicely but it was crashing every few minutes, so in my Nvidia X Server Settings > OpenGL Settings, I unchecked “Sync to VBlank” and “Allow Flipping”. I also turned off Vsync in the Dead Space 2 settings. The game crashed twice on a single playthrough. If you [Alt] + [Tab] out of the game, sometimes the game screen will be corrupted when you tab back in. Just tab back out and back in and you're good to go.… text/html 2022-02-11T18:25:13+00:00 Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com) https://thomasclark.us/articles:gaming:202200209-dead-space-3-on-linux-mint?rev=1644632713&do=diff Dead Space 3 on Linux Mint --- Tom Clark 2022/02/09 15:02 Tinkering This one so far has been the hardest to get to work on Linux. First, I couldn't get it to work in my primary game location [/games] in Steam which is my nvme which is also my root [/] mountpoint. My home mountpoint [/home] is on an 8TB hard disk. So what I did was move my install from [/games/