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You absolutely need to try Mechabellum during the Steam Free Weekend
7 Dec 2023 at 1:08 pm UTC Likes: 2

Looks interesting, but too mech for me. ;-)

100 Steam Deck OLEDs will be given away during The Game Awards 2023
6 Dec 2023 at 6:22 pm UTC Likes: 4

When the hell is 12:30 AM UTC? :tongue:
Is it 12:30 or 00:30?

PS. I know that it's 00:30, just triggered by the use of AM with UTC. :dizzy:
UTC uses 24-hour clock.

Point and click adventure Zarathustra uses AI Art and AI Voices
20 Nov 2023 at 2:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

We can fight it but it will come. Fortunately I already have enough human-made games in my library to last me a lifetime.

October 23 Steam Survey: Simplified Chinese rises, Linux and macOS decline
3 Nov 2023 at 1:51 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: enigmaxg2
Quoting: Purple Library GuyAs usual, my takeaway from this kind of thing is, we need to get the Chinese using Linux.
The government is moving in the right direction by ditching Windows and supporting distros like Deepin, OpenKylin, etc.

The problem as you could have guessed, is software, there are lots of programs unavailable on Linux and that's slowing down the process.

Only after the govt switches, there will be a push for general users to switch. That's 5+ years easy.
China's Linux usage on desktop seems to be on par with the global average, even slightly above. The issue at hand is that the steam survey results from China seem to mostly come from Internet cafés, which of course need to use Windows in order to run all games. IIRC that also skewed the results because every computer was counted multiple times or some such?

October 23 Steam Survey: Simplified Chinese rises, Linux and macOS decline
2 Nov 2023 at 3:35 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: mad_mesaLooking on the brightside, the English-only tracker hit an all time high with Linux at 4.15%.
This should be a part of the article, not a separate DLC comment. :tongue:

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1 + 2 adds offline support for Steam Deck
18 Oct 2023 at 10:07 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: elmapul 
Steam Deck users can now play offline.


so... that is a exclusive feature for the steam deck?
Finally, a SteamDeck exclusive! :tongue:

Harebrained Schemes and Paradox Interactive to split
17 Oct 2023 at 9:44 pm UTC

Wow, it's almost as if people are not willing to dump $50 on a random game they never heard about. Ever heard of Laffer Curve? :whistle:

Diablo 4 now Steam Deck Verified before launch but no Steam keys for Battle.net buyers
13 Oct 2023 at 4:43 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Ehvis
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: EhvisValve would never allow them to generate so many free Steam keys.
What makes you say that? I see no reason Valve wouldn't allow it for such a publisher.
If small publishers can't, why should big ones be able to? Don't see Valve setting such a precedent.
Key generation limits are tied to store sales. If you don't have sales, you won't be allowed to generate a million keys. But a few thousand, sure. In the case of Diablo 4 there are sure to be a lot of sales so the keys will be pretty much unlimited. And even before release I'm sure they would be allowed to generate as many keys as they wanted. Why? Because they can be trusted not to abuse it. It's not *just* about being big vs small.

TEKKEN 7, CODE VEIN, GOD EATER 3 and more in this great bundle
12 Oct 2023 at 7:55 am UTC

Quoting: enigmaxg2Tekken 7 was released SIX YEARS AGO and they only put the base game in the bundle, same goes for Code Vein which was released 4 years ago. They could have put the definitive/complete editions on it or at least a discount coupon for their respective season passes.
Sure, but then the bundle wouldn't cost $10.
But they could have put DLCs in tier 2.