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I've decided that I should make these blog posts shorter. My goal here is not to write detailed game reviews, but rather to just show some cool games that can be played on Linux and low-spec hardware. I get carried away and write too much: it's not fun to read, and it's not fun to write either, because I waste too much time.

Ideally, blog posts should just have 3 paragraphs:

1. What is this game?

2. Is it worth playing?

3. Running it on Linux, or low-spec hardware?

This should make the blog much easier to read for people who are curious about Linux! I've also added a fancy index for reviewed games, it uses emojis to represent different operating systems, and I like the way it looks!

I've also added a fancy index for reviewed games, it uses emojis to represent different operating systems, and I like the way it looks!

With that said, let's talk about a game:

Her Story

Windows

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What is this game?

This is a weird game, I've heard about it a long time ago thanks to the Extra Credits channel. It's an interactive fiction, er, /thing/. You're investigating a murder - you search for videos in a database, based on keywords. As you watch the videos and get new information about the story, you can search for new items in the database. The search is very limited, so in order to find more revealing bits of information, you have to input very specific search queries. Like I said, it's weird, and hard to explain, but it's kinda interesting.

Is it worth playing?

I downloaded this game a long time ago, but I just couldn't get myself to play it, because I couldn't concentrate. I have a hard time concentrating on YouTube videos unless I watch them at higher speed, and sadly this game doesn't have speed controls. But now, I made a decision to sit down, be patient, and beat this game. *The plot and the writing is really good, but the whole structure of this game is just a bit too weird for me. In the end it's a 7/10*.

Running it on Linux, or low-spec hardware?

Sadly, there is only a Windows version of Her Story, and this game relies heavily on video files. The one thing that Wine really struggles with is video playback (apparently they're working on improving Media Foundation support, which should help in the near future). In the meantime, *I had to play this game on a real Windows system.*