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Humble Games confirmed a 'restructuring of operations' with reports of all staff gone
24 July 2024 at 12:47 pm UTC Likes: 14

This is like saying that a demolition of a building is remodeling.

The KINGDOM HEARTS series is live on Steam - SE giving away multiple Steam Decks
13 June 2024 at 6:41 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Salvatos
Quoting: tuubi- Canada (excluding Quebec).
Every. Damn. Time.
What makes Quebec special? For me it sounds like saying Germany, but excluding Bavaria.

Kitsune Tails is a gay furry Mario-like steeped in Japanese mythology releasing August 1
11 June 2024 at 6:29 pm UTC Likes: 2

We have gay furry Mario at home.

Max Caulfield returns in Life is Strange: Double Exposure
10 June 2024 at 8:43 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: stephenseiber420
Quoting: damarrinI tried playing LiS2, but bounced right off it not far in.
making the little brother the primary antagonist was extremely stupid.
I completely disagree, LiS2 is a great game. The little brother is not an antagonist. The whole point of the game is that you, the big brother, shape the world views of the little brother. What you tell him and what you have him do throughout the game matters, and plays a big role in the finale, instead of being a binary choice at the very end, like it was in LiS1.

High on Life, Atari 50 Anniversary Celebration, MechWarrior 5 and more in this bundle
8 June 2024 at 6:15 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Liam DaweTo be "devil's advocate" for a moment: the PWYW model was only good for players after the initial boom where people were quite generous. Developers and Humble all need to make money from it, so it makes sense to have a minimum that still gives players a better deal than buying individually (and usually by quite a lot too).
This assumes you would buy all the games individually. But if you are only sort of interested in one or two games and the bundle costs €20, then it may make more sense to spend that money on a single game that you really want, one that you actually might have time to play.

I did not choose adult life, adult life chose me.

SteamOS 3.6 Preview for Steam Deck brings numerous big new features
11 May 2024 at 11:51 am UTC Likes: 2

So I used 3.6 for a bit now, and I find it rather unstable. On multiple occasions I got stuck at black screen, mostly when trying to switch to desktop mode. Then this happened when launching Google Chrome:

SteamOS 3.6 Preview for Steam Deck brings numerous big new features
11 May 2024 at 8:20 am UTC Likes: 2

For me the most interesting feature is mura compensation. It does not make the display completely uniform, especially on very low brightness, but it does make a difference.

But how does this even work? I thought that mura effect was caused by physical inconsistencies in brightness of OLED pixels. Does anyone have any technical details on how is this implemented?

HELLDIVERS 2 sees over 130K bad reviews on Steam as Sony double down
5 May 2024 at 10:47 am UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: Ehvis
QuoteNow, Sony seem to be doubling down on this. As shown on SteamDB the game is no longer available for purchase in 177 locations. Why? PlayStation Network is not available in a lot of places, and so forcing this will mean players in these regions will be unable to play the game.

This is where things get seriously immoral. If it was always the plan to enforce PSN accounts, why was the game sold in these countries?
PSN is not available in e.g. Latvia and Lithuania, both of which are EU countries with the same copyright law as the rest of the EU. And yes, the game is still being sold there.

NVIDIA make it easier to get GeForce NOW on Steam Deck
2 May 2024 at 3:35 pm UTC

So if I want to stream a Steam game, would it cloud sync with Steam?