Something Half-Life 2 This Way Comes (Patreon)

Are game devs losing touch on demos? We dive into Valve's decision to scrap the Junk store. Plus, we're breaking down Linux-native Next Fest picks and trying to make sense of those mysterious Half-Life 2 updates. Oh, and Qualcomm's cancels Snapdragon developer kits because reasons.

Show notes and podcast 

Timestamps 

00:00 Intro

      01:00 A bag of WiFi

      02:47 WiFi wires ain't real

      04:04 Jordan vs the cable tower

      05:06 Pedro vs MMORPG

      06:14 Going solo in MMOs

STEAM NEWS

07:42 Steam junks the Junk Store

12:08 Bethesda MOD support for GE Proton

NEW GAMES

15:09 Steam Dolls Oder Of Chaos

      15:42 Unskippable bullsh*t intros

      16:24 The lost art of making demos

      18:34 Bad audio in video games

      20:07 Power-trip demos

21:32 KLETKA boomer elevator murder simulator

GAME UPDATES

24:45 Rogue Legacy goes open-source

26:51 Half-Life 2 Episode 3 pretend segment

      27:46 How much would you pay for HL2 EP03?

      31:53 Would you play HL2 VR?

NEWS

34:49 RIP Minetest

      34:06 Project name changes never work

37:28 Adventures in anti-cheat

      41:07 Don't bother with drive encryption

43:59 Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon developer kits

      47:38 Dev kit missing FCC certifications

HATE MAIL

49:32 Passing down your Steam games

      50:21 Welcome to SteamBay!

      52:37 Family sharing is a solution?

56:29 Giving up on Nintendo

      59:39 Stumble Buddies at Walmart

      01:01:08 RIP Rocket League