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Reminder: Update your PC info for the next round of statistics updates
25 Mar 2019 at 9:36 am UTC

PC Info is automatically purged if it hasn't been updated, or if you don't click the link to remain in for 2 years.
So I don't need to click every month, every year or so is enough, right?

In the puzzle game Flux Caves you will be pushing around blocks to play with large marbles
25 Mar 2019 at 8:36 am UTC

Quoting: fubenalvoSo, if somebody use that shortcut, then be it.
I wonder, wouldn't just cutting out the other content in the demo be the easiest?
(Then again, for making a puzzle game you should think of all those crazy things people do to your game... :) )

Quoting: fubenalvoOmg this game looks like really fun, never heard about it before. Not all the western games went around on floppys in hungary to every town. We had that game, that the neighbout guy had. :D
It wasn't all that different here in Germany! :D

Objects in Space released for Linux on Steam, needs you to disable Steam Play
21 Mar 2019 at 10:19 am UTC Likes: 4

Wouldn't removing it from the white list be the way to go (if it works well natively, that is of course)? Those who still would want the Proton version could force it with the available option...

*edit* How nice a game from the white list gets native support (on Steam)...!

Valve making steps to address 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam
19 Mar 2019 at 4:33 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: devnullBit confused by this.. I already don't give any credit to people who have spent very little time actually playing the game. Why can't valve use that?
There's games where you can say you'll never like it in half an hour or less.

Valve making steps to address 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam
18 Mar 2019 at 8:25 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: orochi_kyoFor being a Linux site this is really full of corporate drones, which are like, "ohh my God, those poor devs".
Developers are humans, too.

Valve making steps to address 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam
17 Mar 2019 at 7:05 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: doomiebaby
Quoting: EikeI wonder if they could use some "AI" to extract the reason of the review bombing and add this information to the store page, like at the place where you see "similar to games you played", "played by friend" etc:
* Review bombed for going to sale
* Review bombed for leaving Steam
* Review bombed for featuring pronouns
* Review bombed for DRM
etc pp
so use AI to turn it into youtube. suuuuure x3
I don't understand what you want to tell me.
If I wasn't clear enough:
I don't want review bombs to contaminate overall rating,
but I do want to know if a game has been review bombed and why.

Valve making steps to address 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam
17 Mar 2019 at 6:08 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: MalThat shouldn't even be explained. When someone decides for you what you are entitled to express your opinion on, that someone is free to shit on you.

Like:

You're not entitled to have an opinion on a game getting a new DRM (and one day you find out you can't play your product anymore).
You really should take your time for reading and understanding stuff before commenting on it.

First things first, you can always feel "entitled" to your opinion. Nobody can take away your opinion on anything anyway.

Second, you can still put your opinion on anything however unrelated to the actual game in your review and it will not be deleted:

the reviews themselves will still be left up for all to read
Third, users caring for masses voting down a game for reasons related or not related to the game can still have these reviews counted in the overall score:

and users on Steam can actually opt out of this removal system to continue seeing a review bomb as normal.
Fear Thou Not.

Valve making steps to address 'off-topic review bombs' on Steam
17 Mar 2019 at 4:45 pm UTC

I wonder if they could use some "AI" to extract the reason of the review bombing and add this information to the store page, like at the place where you see "similar to games you played", "played by friend" etc:
* Review bombed for going to sale
* Review bombed for leaving Steam
* Review bombed for featuring pronouns
* Review bombed for DRM
etc pp

Feral Interactive have put out a big update to their 'GameMode' Linux gaming performance tool
16 Mar 2019 at 6:04 pm UTC

Quoting: DysomniaIs there a way to globally activate gamemode?
I guess it should help to start your game starter(s) (e g. Steam) with game mode?

Feral Interactive have put out a big update to their 'GameMode' Linux gaming performance tool
15 Mar 2019 at 8:41 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: DerpFoxIs this a tool for us users of for game developers?
For users (but game developers can activate it in their games).