Valve just announced a new Steam Machine, a new VR headset, and a new Steam Controller. That is one hell of a way to wrap things up.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/11/gabecubes-and-strife/

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
02:56 Steam hardware announcement
04:35 Steam VR face-toaster
08:56 Icculus hopeful about native Linux ports
10:31 New Steam controller
14:11 New Steam Machine
30:04 Valve engineer keeping old AMD GPUs alive
35:40 DXV7 making old games go brr
40:05 Hitting the Quake 3 hidden framecap
42:17 That's a wrap

Steam Deck’s new sleepy-time downloads, resurrecting MicroVolts with ToyBattlesHQ, Dwarf Fortress’ dehydrated baby bug, OpenMW gamepad improvements, ARM Wine developments, and the new Arduboy FX‑C.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/11/dont-poke-a-sleeping-deck/

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
01:37 Adventures in SATA expansion
05:40 Sleepy transfers for Deck
09:18 Ultra-wide Steam pages in iPods
12:39 Resurrecting Microvolts
15:41 Dwarf Fortress dehydrated baby buggy bumper
19:52 OpenMW with a controller?
23:06 Codeweavers and ARM-powered Wine
28:12 Arduboy FX-C

Windows users scramble to find a new excuses not to switch to Linux, the Steam Controller 2 “Triton” appears in the latest Steam update, YouTube is upscaling classic gaming videos, and we’re getting a Half-Life 3 trailer this November, unless we’re not.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/11/90-of-windows-games-launch-on-linux/

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
11:01 Steam controller 2: Triton
15:17 Desktop Heroes: Gaming desktop buddy
19:14 Triarchy: Shipcraft action-adventure with friends
22:25 Half-Life 3 trailer releasing this month
29:14 AMD disables USB-C charging on select GPUs
34:10 Nintendo loses Palword patent
40:08 90% of Windows games now work on Linux

Linux outperforms Windows on the Asus ROG Ally X! SuperTuxKart 1.5 is full of eggs, Ship of Harkinian gets a built-in MOD menu, and turning coil whine into music with OCCT.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/10/linux-upgrades-the-rog-xbox/

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
07:14 Steam custom calendar
13:18 Linux performs better on the ROG Xbox
21:52 Super Tux Kart benchmarks and football
26:50 Ship of Harkinian MOD menus and 3D backgrounds
31:18 OOCT custom coil whine
37:05 Galazy XR and the $200 controllers

DOOM: The Dark Ages is now Steam Deck Verified! GOG hires a private investigator to track down rights holders, DynaCache speeds up gaming on ARM, a room with 4K text adventures, and a wearable keyboard controller?

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/10/gog-p-i/

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TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
10:31 Valve needs to work on regional pricing
15:08 Jackbox Party Pack 11
17:31 Launderley
20:26 4K room text adventure
27:18 DOOM Dark Ages Steam Deck optimizations
33:18 Box64 Dynacache
36:47 One-handed wearable controller / keyboard
41:21 GOG hired a private investigator

Valve is reportedly preparing around half a million headsets for the holidays, new action brawler Genokids has a demo, several games patch a nasty Unity vulnerability, Hyper Neo Geo 64 gets MAMEd, and survey says most players buy two games or fewer per year.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/10/mame-ing-the-hyper-neo-geo-64/

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Venn: https://mast.interfacinglinux.com/@Venn

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
02:36 Silksong on ARM
15:42 Valve's VR headset for xmas
19:44 Genokids action brawler
23:53 Unity security advisory
26:17 Neverwinter DNS
31:50 Open-source Gabriel Knight
36:09 60% of gamers buy 2 games a year
44:42 ASUS ROG controls for Linux
49:02 Hyper NeoGeo 64 MAME support

TF2 Classic is headed to NextFest, resurrecting Asheron's Call, MARVEL invades Linux, and Microsoft crashes Game Pass.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/10/marvel-invades-linux/

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Venn: https://mast.interfacinglinux.com/@Venn

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Intro
00:46 Live but not live
02:02 BSG in 2025 rewatch
05:54 Stabbing burgers with cheese
06:46 Panda and panda accessories
09:41 Remember telefrags?
10:47 F.R.A.G.G. arena FPS
14:09 Granvir mech builder 1.0
19:22 Marvel Cosmic invasion
22:04 Mega Bonk
25:43 TF2 Classic playable during Nextfest
30:24 Alienware / DELL G-Mode for Linux
34:12 Asheron's Call open-source server
39:54 Microsoft crashes Gamepass

SteamOS fixes the headphone jump scare and improves Bluetooth wakeup. Baldur’s Gate 3 sees a small FPS boost on the Deck with native support. Sonic Secret Rings fan remake now has full controller support and new music. Someone unlocks the 40K games owned badge on Steam, and Twitch gets a rewind button.

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Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/09/lgc-680/

Interfacing Linux: https://www.youtube.com/@InterfacingLinux

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Venn: https://mast.interfacinglinux.com/@Venn

Jordan: https://mast.linuxgamecast.com/@frojoe

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
00:30 What cane would you choose?
02:49 Finding a dying rawr fan
04:20 Bluetooth speaker review
06:55 Revisiting Battlestar in 2025
11:53 SteamOS fixes audio jump-scares
15:29 Steam users get achievement for owning 40K games
21:21 Project Reignition:open-source Sonic and the Secret Rings
26:38 Balatro Gameboy advance demake
28:21 NixOS moderation team quits
31:43 Baldur's Gate 3 native Linux build
33:14 Performance comparisons
39:48 Deathrace: Carmageddon open-source engine
45:11 Twitch gets a rewind button for live content
47:26 The end of live in a on-demand world
52:20 Is LinuxGames back online?
54:15 Are vtubers people?

Steam Frame rumors debunked, Bloober Team surprises with a Linux build of Cronos The New Dawn, Counter Strike 2 rolls out not loot boxes, RingRacers gets proximity voice chat, and Nvidia’s $5 billion Intel stake is not the end of ARC.

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LINKS

Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2025/09/nvidia-gathers-intel/

Interfacing Linux: https://www.youtube.com/@InterfacingLinux

HOSTS

Venn: https://mast.interfacinglinux.com/@Venn

Jordan: https://mast.linuxgamecast.com/@frojoe

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro
00:24 USB danger controller
05:13 Learning about Midnight Suns
06:25 Photo fusion
09:20 No Steam VR event
14:38 Cronos: The New Dawn
20:12 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
23:34 Counter Strike 2 Genesis Uplink Terminal
27:26 Ring Racers 2.4 gets proximity chat
31:27 Nvidia buys 5% stake in Intel