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News - Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way
By Liemaeu, 5 Dec 2025 at 7:26 am UTC

Quoting: Avehicle7887Was never a fan or ever played these games however now offered DRM-Free I will eventually buy them in time. It seems the Warhammer ones are all missing, licensing issue maybe?

Impossible, since they recently changed that owning Warhammer 1 / 2 gives you free access to Warhammer 3 (limited to the factions of Warhammer 1 / 2 you own), therefore they always need to sell all 3 games on the same platform.

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By mi1stormilst, 5 Dec 2025 at 7:03 am UTC

100% I have been buying these mice all year. I own about 4 of them for different computers and at work. I also recently upgraded to the 309, and it is slightly more accurate and responsive. They are both excellent mice for the $$$.

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By elmapul, 5 Dec 2025 at 1:25 am UTC

im a bit of a fanboy of Logitech , i used to purchase generic keyboards that lasted for few weaks then broke, decided that an expensive but durable keyboard would be an better use of my money than purchase an new one every week, purchase one of then because it had 5 years of guarantee... i think it was 15 years ago and only now some keys are failing.

not to mention the battery also last forever on it, quite energy efficient

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By WorMzy, 5 Dec 2025 at 12:39 am UTC

Quoting: MrSeatbeltgoated mouse, got mine when my wired razer mouse (which technically had a better sensor but whatever) started double clicking, having scroll wheel issues and generally kind of fell apart a bit.

Yeaaah, this is standard Razer hardware behaviour in my experience. I dumped them in 2014, and jumped ship to Roccat since they had (unofficial) Linux support. Then the Linux support dried up for Roccat devices, so I jumped ship to Corsair.

News - Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores
By Purple Library Guy, 5 Dec 2025 at 12:24 am UTC

Quoting: scaineI'm not saying we should scrap discrimination laws, but I'm very glad that common sense won out here. Let's just say that if I was forced into making a cake for an asshole bigot, that bigot probably wouldn't enjoy the cake I made...
I don't think "bigot" is a protected category in most human rights laws. So I'm not sure I'd say it's an exact parallel.

News - HELLDIVERS 2 file-size on Steam gets massively reduced
By Persephone the Sheep, 5 Dec 2025 at 12:07 am UTC

I knew this was a thing of duplicating files for HDD as I remember that was one selling point not needing it or at least a talking point of the PS5 and Xbox Series Consoles but damn that's the biggest I've seen I just assumed in my head that it was all the different texture qualities since the PS5 version is 40gb at least that's what it says you need I don't own it on PS5 and also PC versions of games can be bigger since the consoles have custom decompression hardware. But damn that's a lot of duplication only cross gen games I own on my PS5 Pro for perspective Control PS5 version is 27gb PS4 is 39gb, Haven PS5 4gb PS4 6gb, Soul Hacker 2 PS5 16gb PS4 24gb, but 154gb to 23gb!!?!?!??!? and how is it smaller then the PS5 version unless the PlayStation store is wrong.

I wonder how many of these other games with massive file sizes have duplicate data
I know Final Fantasy XIII can be shrunk in about half there is English and Japanese Video Cut scenes so deleting the language you don't use saves about 30gb of space. The game was designed with the PS3 50gb bluray discs in mind is why the Xbox 360 version is 3 discs. I don't know any others with duplicate data you can remove. Also just checked my PS3 disc only english huh didn't notice that before so PC is 57gb with both and PS3 is 40gb with only english damn they compressed the videos.

News - Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores
By TheSyldat, 5 Dec 2025 at 12:07 am UTC

Quoting: "Purple Library Guy"Hrm. I have a bit of a problem with that perspective. So, if someone has a bakery and they do wedding cakes, it's OK for them to refuse to do the wedding cake if it's for the wedding of two gay people.

Sadly as you have been able to read as his answers, an awful lot of straight folks really don't think past their own nose and an awful lot of them will tell you to your face that they don't see the problem here ...

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By Eduardo-Thiesen, 4 Dec 2025 at 11:53 pm UTC

I'm using this mouse on my work PC, but mine has some sort of issue with the battery connection. It will just turn off for no reason, then I have to open it up and sort of push that battery so it turns on again, it's really frustrating. I have another logitech mouse at home, which I don't remember the model, and that one is perfect, battery lasts forever. So yeah, their QA can definitely be hit or miss, but I still like their products overall.

News - The RAM price and availability situation is going to worsen as Micron pull their Crucial consumer business
By F.Ultra, 4 Dec 2025 at 11:27 pm UTC

Oh, you bought a notebook with an ODD this year? Regardless of ElectricPrism predictions those *are* becoming more and more scarce and harder to find. Did you bought it for gaming or office work? Was it good? Can you please tell the model?
Just playing with Google and there are still enough laptops being released with ODD that magazines are doing top 10 lists: [https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/laptop-with-cd-dvd-drives](https://www.laptopmag.com/articles/laptop-with-cd-dvd-drives)

But you are the others are still missing his point, his point is not that this kind of models are not becoming scarce, it was the notion of this not being "allowed".

News - The RAM price and availability situation is going to worsen as Micron pull their Crucial consumer business
By Gerarderloper, 4 Dec 2025 at 11:15 pm UTC

Fortunately I bought all my top end PC hardware before this all started.
Just going to sit back and watch the entire world burn, and it is going to burn with Nuclear FIRE! emoji emoji emoji emoji

Quoting: CanadianBlueBeerGlad I upgraded when I did. (2 yrs ago)

WHEN, not IF, the AI bubble bursts, gonna be a great time to do another upgrade. :)

Something else is going to burst at the same time, so you won't be buying anything when that happens. Think about it for a tiny second, the whole world invests into AI crap.. pours trillions of trillions into it, what do you think bursting will do, if it happened? minor upsets? no think well WELL north of major upset, we talking all missiles in the sky!

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By chr, 4 Dec 2025 at 10:31 pm UTC

I have a lot of Logitech mice. It kind of sucks that they have this silicone layer on top that starts breaking down with heat, grease or sunlight (idk). I can fix dead buttons or batteries, but idk what to do about the breakdown of the silicone 🤔

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By Persephone the Sheep, 4 Dec 2025 at 10:31 pm UTC

I've been using this mouse and its predecessors since I was 14. Can't remember the name of the first one but the left click died so I went to a G pro same shape just new look and sensor so no need to calibrate it then I spilled orange fanta on it and the left and right click got stuck, then got another one this time updated with the hero sensor. That one some how the rubber on the scroll wheel expanded and locked up the wheel still used it like that since I was still using windows so I could just middle click to scroll. I was very mad when they announced a wireless version of the G pro and it has an entirely different shape then the wired version but a bit later they released the G305 and I got one for my laptop for college. I lost the mouse so I got another some how lost the receiver to that one so I just have a mouse and receiver I can't pair together in my drawer. I don't remember when I got the G305 I use on my computer I still use my G Pro wired as a spare mouse and I at some point cut the rubber on the scroll wheel so I could use it. If Logitech ever stops making this mouse shape I'm screwed.

I have tried a Razer DeathAdder before I got my first G pro wired and hated the ever living shit out of it that shape and you had to have their software running on the computer to get full resolution of the sensor if not it had the worst resolution ever you could see it jumping pixels on a 1080p screen. So that turned away from ever thinking of Razer mice.

News - Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores
By JustinWood, 4 Dec 2025 at 10:22 pm UTC

I have very mixed opinions on this title, namely in how the game of broken telephone has left key bits of context out. While Valve has not given an explicit statement of what caused the game to be crossed off the list, they did state that the reason the developers were asked to provide a build for Valve to review was due to the developers having marked the game as releasing in a few short months, necessitating the tight turnaround on providing a build for Valve to review. The developers statement on this was that they've never been asked to do this before, which may be true, but I assume that the quiet part not being stated out loud is that they had previously not set it to release so soon.

That being said, I don't necessarily think that should have precluded Valve reassessing the game afterwards, but I can understand a hesitance to do so when a developer has already provided you with a demo that has a child depicted in a morally grey scenario like that (assuming that is indeed the reason why it was even rejected in the first place, and again, that's something Valve could have made much more clear).

Outside of all of that, however, I think a more important point to call to attention that while GoG may have said "We’re happy to give HORSES a home on GOG, giving players another way to experience the game" and "Creativity deserves to be celebrated.", but while they did what I will ultimately say is the right thing this time, they failed to do the right thing with Red Candle Games' Devotion back in 2020. https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/16/22178225/red-candle-games-devotion-censored-steam-release-gog-date/

That's what sticks in my craw more than anything about this. This performative waving of "creativity being celebrated" and "giving these games a home on our platform". None of these storefronts, not a single one, has actually stood by that stance when the chips were down. Steam and Epic are the example today, but GoG failed Red Candle Games, Itch.io has and continues to cave to credit card companies, and Humble Bundle is just a more legitimate key store.

News - FIXKIN: A Long Way Home is a cozy, rhythmic, narrative road trip in a suddenly upside down world
By Philadelphus, 4 Dec 2025 at 9:52 pm UTC

Leno’s first day is interrupted by a massive solar event that wipes out all technology on Earth.
Plausible inciting incident? ✅
Astronomer approved! 👍

News - Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way
By Avehicle7887, 4 Dec 2025 at 9:14 pm UTC

Was never a fan or ever played these games however now offered DRM-Free I will eventually buy them in time. It seems the Warhammer ones are all missing, licensing issue maybe?

News - The RAM price and availability situation is going to worsen as Micron pull their Crucial consumer business
By Johnologue, 4 Dec 2025 at 9:10 pm UTC

Kraft will presumably also end their consumer food business to focus on supplying hog farms. Drop the filthy poors to focus on profitable slop!

News - The Logitech G305 Lightspeed Wireless mouse is a great reasonably priced pick
By linuxjacques, 4 Dec 2025 at 8:53 pm UTC

Quoting: Ehvispiper/libratbag lets you configure everything. Even better, that configuration is stored on the mouse, so it retains everything even after a reinstall.

I have three G305 and I didn't know about piper. Thanks!

News - Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores
By scaine, 4 Dec 2025 at 8:03 pm UTC

Quoting: Purple Library Guy
Quoting: scaineThis reminds me of that ridiculous situation where a gay activist asked a bakery for a "support gay marriage" cake and the bakery refused. And the gay activist got up in arms about this, and it went to court! Madness. Sure, the bakery are bigoted scum, but they're a private firm, and they get to be bigoted about the cakes they sell. Thankfully the [courts agreed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59882444). But in summary, if I was selling pizzas and someone came in asked me to make a pizza in the shape of (insert something offensive here), I'd throw them the fuck out of my pizza parlour. My house, my rules.

Hrm. I have a bit of a problem with that perspective. So, if someone has a bakery and they do wedding cakes, it's OK for them to refuse to do the wedding cake if it's for the wedding of two gay people. What if it's for the wedding of two black people? Or, two black people wanting to be served at a diner? I think the US had a whole big movement about that kind of thing, what was it called, "civil rights"? What if it's for the wedding of two Christian people? I'm an atheist, I'd be happy to refuse to serve evangelists, except I believe they have rights. Basically, your position takes us back to Jim Crow, except against whoever a lot of people can be persuaded to be prejudiced against. There should be limits to the rights of businesspeople to run their businesses the way they want. They're not allowed to commit fraud, they're not allowed to put poison in their cakes, and they shouldn't be allowed to poison society either.

Also consider: How does your instinctive reaction shift if, instead of simply refusing to serve (group you don't like), merchants were to start charging different prices to groups they don't like? The product costs twice as much if you're gay, or black, or muslim. That OK?

The BBC article covers some of that. Another gay activist, for example, challenged how a gay bakery would feel about being forced to make gender critical cakes.

I'm not saying we should scrap discrimination laws, but I'm very glad that common sense won out here. Let's just say that if I was forced into making a cake for an asshole bigot, that bigot probably wouldn't enjoy the cake I made...

News - Guild Wars Reforged has arrived on Steam
By Avehicle7887, 4 Dec 2025 at 7:22 pm UTC

Quoting: KimyrielleTried to run it from Steam last night, but the client was super slow and immediately crashed when I was trying to log in a character. The pre-Reforged client ran just fine.

Anyone had any success with it?

Works fine here, game updated and launching without issues. Doing a good old Frostmaw's run atm, been a long time since I played with human beings instead of heroes.

EDIT: Spoke with a few players in game, apparently they had similar issues. running the game with Proton works for them. Personally I'm using a self compiled Wine 10.20 build.

News - Guild Wars Reforged has arrived on Steam
By Purple Library Guy, 4 Dec 2025 at 7:05 pm UTC

Alternatively, face the fury of the Fishmen in . . . Gilled Wars!

News - Get some great Raw Fury games like Kathy Rain, Sable and more in a new Humble Bundle
By RavenWings, 4 Dec 2025 at 7:04 pm UTC

Insane price for such a great bundle! Sadly I already own most of the games... still considering getting it for Kathy Rain 2 and the few others I'm missing.

News - Epic and Steam banned it but HORSES is out now on other stores
By Purple Library Guy, 4 Dec 2025 at 6:58 pm UTC

Quoting: scaineThis reminds me of that ridiculous situation where a gay activist asked a bakery for a "support gay marriage" cake and the bakery refused. And the gay activist got up in arms about this, and it went to court! Madness. Sure, the bakery are bigoted scum, but they're a private firm, and they get to be bigoted about the cakes they sell. Thankfully the [courts agreed](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-59882444). But in summary, if I was selling pizzas and someone came in asked me to make a pizza in the shape of (insert something offensive here), I'd throw them the fuck out of my pizza parlour. My house, my rules.

Hrm. I have a bit of a problem with that perspective. So, if someone has a bakery and they do wedding cakes, it's OK for them to refuse to do the wedding cake if it's for the wedding of two gay people. What if it's for the wedding of two black people? Or, two black people wanting to be served at a diner? I think the US had a whole big movement about that kind of thing, what was it called, "civil rights"? What if it's for the wedding of two Christian people? I'm an atheist, I'd be happy to refuse to serve evangelists, except I believe they have rights. Basically, your position takes us back to Jim Crow, except against whoever a lot of people can be persuaded to be prejudiced against. There should be limits to the rights of businesspeople to run their businesses the way they want. They're not allowed to commit fraud, they're not allowed to put poison in their cakes, and they shouldn't be allowed to poison society either.

Also consider: How does your instinctive reaction shift if, instead of simply refusing to serve (group you don't like), merchants were to start charging different prices to groups they don't like? The product costs twice as much if you're gay, or black, or muslim. That OK?

News - The RAM price and availability situation is going to worsen as Micron pull their Crucial consumer business
By CanadianBlueBeer, 4 Dec 2025 at 6:46 pm UTC

Glad I upgraded when I did. (2 yrs ago)

WHEN, not IF, the AI bubble bursts, gonna be a great time to do another upgrade. :)

Until then.. I could probably make a bundle selling half my memory. (have 4x32gb sticks in it)
hmmm...

News - Unreal Tournament 2004 is getting revived by OldUnreal with approval from Epic Games
By Hamish, 4 Dec 2025 at 6:44 pm UTC

Quoting: BoldosWell UT2k4 "always" had a native Linux build; I believe it was just not added to the official DVDs during release...
(I've had the Linux build on old HDDs somewhere for years...)
Check the back of the box. There is indeed a penguin on there.

News - Four Total War classics join GOG in their Preservation Program with more on the way
By such, 4 Dec 2025 at 6:35 pm UTC

So, I guess we're entering the "we'll be nice from now on, pinky swear" phase of the CA cycle again.

News - Guild Wars Reforged has arrived on Steam
By Kimyrielle, 4 Dec 2025 at 6:29 pm UTC

Tried to run it from Steam last night, but the client was super slow and immediately crashed when I was trying to log in a character. The pre-Reforged client ran just fine.

Anyone had any success with it?