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1 week from release, Steam Deck hits well over 640 Playable games
18 Feb 2022 at 10:56 am UTC

Quoting: mZSq7Fq3qs
Quoting: VulphereAlien: Isolation is now verified
awesome! Also not awesome. There is no way that i am gonna touch that game.
A while ago I started playing it on hard, because I am no pussy that's why. Big mistake. :grin:

It is actually a really good game. One complaint I have is about the alien behavior. Without spoiling anything, sometimes it felt like in some older shooter games, when the enemy is behind a wall and does not see you, but still points their gun at you when you move around. Like it's not aware of you, but also is aware of you at the same time. Breaks the immersion a bit.

Anyway, don't play on hard.

iFixit did a teardown of the Steam Deck, official partner for parts
15 Feb 2022 at 9:57 pm UTC Likes: 12

Quoting: elmapulits amazing how valve is changing the industry for better, with good/consumer friendly pratices
It's hard not to be a Valve fanboy at this point. Say what you will, but they are one of very few tech companies that actually treat their customers with trust and respect.

Check your Steam Library against Steam Deck compatibility easily
15 Feb 2022 at 10:33 am UTC

This may become more useful as more games get listed, but for now ProtonDB is still the way to go.

Doom Shinobi is my new favourite GZDoom mod
14 Feb 2022 at 1:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

This is the most hardcore thing I have seen in a while. Ghostrunner has nothing on this one.

Eggnut decide not to bring Backbone to Linux officially
10 Feb 2022 at 9:29 am UTC Likes: 22

The devs would go "yeah, we can make a Linux version", then develop the whole thing on Windows, include a bunch of third party libs without checking compatibility once, and then at the end would be like "uhmm, we're releasing next week, anyone here knows anything about this Linux thing? no? alrighty then".

Over 120 titles are now Steam Deck Verified
4 Feb 2022 at 2:13 pm UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: melkemindKind of funny to see Rocket League on there when it's no longer even available for sale. Valve is definitely "being the bigger man" in their conflict with Epic.
There's still around 50000 people playing Rocket League on Steam every day. And Valve doesn't really have a conflict with Epic. It's Epic that has a conflict with Valve.

If you still don't own Stellaris it's currently free with Amazon Prime Gaming
2 Feb 2022 at 1:15 pm UTC

I thought Prime have their own client/platform?

AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution comes to Gamescope for the Steam Deck
1 Feb 2022 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 1

I hope they will integrate this into desktop Steam client. I am already using it with some games that either have problems with fullscreen or have limited screen resolution options, and it works like magic. But it is tedious manually editing launch parameters.

What makes Gamescope even more useful is that it has other scaling modes, besides FSR, such as integer scaling that can produce a much sharper image in some cases.

A whole bunch of games just got Steam Deck Verified
20 Jan 2022 at 11:43 am UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: rustybroomhandleSome in-game text is small and may be difficult to read
This is a problem on big screens running high resolution as well. I have my gaming setup on a TV approximately 3 meters away from the sofa, and some games have such small text that I cannot read it unless I run at something like 1280x720. Which results in jagged pixelated mess.

dbrand are cooking up something big for the Steam Deck
19 Jan 2022 at 12:10 pm UTC Likes: 2

What's with the big knob in place of a joystick?