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Battlefield V now broken on Steam Deck / Linux with EA anticheat live
4 Apr 2024 at 10:24 am UTC Likes: 1

Single player doesn't work either?

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Stop Killing Games is a new campaign to stop developers making games unplayable
3 Apr 2024 at 11:29 am UTC Likes: 6

I don't know him, but since he's a Scot, I really hope the EU will pick it up and do what they do best.

[edit] oops, forgot that the UK removed Scotland from the EU. Well, I still hope the above.

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XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue
29 Mar 2024 at 7:09 pm UTC Likes: 2

Thanks, updated xz and lib32-xz to 5.6.1-2

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The Triple-i Initiative gaming showcase is coming April 10th
28 Mar 2024 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 2

Can't blame them for trying.

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EA anticheat arrives for Battlefield V in April, will break it on Linux / Steam Deck
27 Mar 2024 at 6:03 pm UTC Likes: 6

EA AntiPlay, more like.

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Orange Pi Neo Linux gaming handheld starts at $499 with Ryzen 7840U, Ryzen 8840U at $599
26 Mar 2024 at 11:44 am UTC Likes: 1

Sorry, but I have to ask. Orange Pi is a Chinese Raspberry Pi or something?

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Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed
22 Mar 2024 at 7:38 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Pengling
Quoting: Marlockthose "good uses" were called "Expansions" and the wider catch-all name "DLC" was coined to put "bad uses" under the same umbrella and slap extra DRM-control on them
Quoting: pbMuch, much earlier there were "data disks" that gave you a set of new levels for the game. ;-)
Oh No! More Lemmings, anyone? :grin:

I thought this one was standalone (that's the one I had), but wiki says there were actually two versions and one required the original disk to load. I was thinking about level packs for Timekeepers or Benefactor (unreleased, but later made by the community, just a few levels sadly) where you loaded the 'data disk' in place of Disk 2 or 3 to play another set of levels.

Now that I think of it, the first time I bought a game expansion was for Talisman (the board game). ;-)

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Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed
22 Mar 2024 at 6:56 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Marlockthose "good uses" were called "Expansions" and the wider catch-all name "DLC" was coined to put "bad uses" under the same umbrella and slap extra DRM-control on them

the oldest expansion i'm aware of... probably "Hellfire", for "Diablo 1"

Much, much earlier there were "data disks" that gave you a set of new levels for the game. ;-)

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Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed
22 Mar 2024 at 1:24 pm UTC Likes: 11

"Larian also confirmed that no DLC expansion is coming for Baldur's Gate 3, it's a complete game and they will be moving onto their next game"

That deserves an award of its own. Actually, make it two: one for releasing a complete game, and another one for not inventing new ways to milk its success.

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3rd party KDE Plasma Global Themes and Widgets can lead to data loss
21 Mar 2024 at 3:26 pm UTC Likes: 5