Quoting: BrokattRemember that most PC gamers are not that tech savvy.

This still seems weird to me. I can accept that it's true, but it's weird.

I was around for the start of PC gaming, and learning what you could configure, what it did, experimenting, personalising, tweaking, overclocking, and all of that... was PC gaming. When I switched to Linux 20 years ago, nothing particular changed; I carried on gaming, I carried on learning, and I carried on personalising - I just had a broader palette to work with.

That there are generations of PC gamers since that do gaming like cubicle work, with none of that knowledge or variety, always strikes me as a bit odd... and a little bit sad.

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Quoting: GuestWait. Why? Is valve...? Why are they doing this? Is something with nvidia in the works or is it steamos?

Why not? They want Linux to be a viable platform, and most Steam users have an Nvidia GPU by a huge margin. Open source allows them to improve things directly. They poached Pierre-Loup Griffais from the Nvidia Linux driver team, so it's not like they don't have the expertise.

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Men of War II will launch with three playable nations - the Soviets, Americans and the Third Reich

Is the American faction unable to do anything till halfway through the match?

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Quoting: Rui_CastroCool! Now how can we uninstall Proton 8, I've tried uninstalling but always get a error. I know I've done this before for Proton 7. Just don't remember what I did. Any help?

You need to tell the games that are currently using that version of Proton to not use that version of Proton; then you can remove it.

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Over to you in the comments, what have you been playing lately?

I'll probably not be playing much on the Deck for the next little while. I replaced my broken GPU on the desktop, so I'm going back for another go of Death Stranding [External Link] there. I did play a bunch of that some time ago, but towards the end the game removes all the fun & I stopped; I'm starting again from the beginning. What I'd like to do is stream the game from the desktop to the Deck, but Remote Play has gone janky again.

I did complete Full Void [External Link] on the Deck, though. I also had another try of Invisible, Inc [External Link] there; that one would be hugely improved on the Deck if they'd backported the controller work that they did for the console release.

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Quoting: MohandevirNvidia based Steam Deck 2? 🤔

Nvidia don't have an x86 licence, so they can't make a chip that's GPU and x86 CPU in one like Intel & AMD can. The handheld Nvidia can do would be ARM - and the Nintendo Switch is exactly an Nvidia/ARM handheld.

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How do you feel about Advanced Access?

It's something that I'll never ever use - particularly with the current trends of the release state of games - but if publishers feel that they really have to use FOMO to squeeze more money out of whales then a limited-scope upfront charge is way better than, say, getting people hooked on gambling.

Of course having a game release in a good state for a reasonable price - with a free demo for additional marketing reach - would be a much better outcome, but it can be difficult to get an industry to reverse its mistakes.

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That's kinda weird since "Atari" is Infogrames - they just changed their name to Atari after they bought the Atari assets when it went bust.

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What have you been playing recently?

I've platinummed Horizon Zero Dawn [External Link] and, since then, been cracking on with Full Void [External Link].

The little one's been playing Potions [External Link], Rota [External Link] and Dead Cells [External Link].

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Yeah, "Steam Deck support" is essentially a lie.

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