Are these "phones" still a thing...?

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Finished AER - Memories of Old. It's... nice, but not great. The flying parts are nice and relaxing. I didn't expect the slightly Zeldaesque temples. The story, though... couldn't make heads or tail or the little story fragments. Or the ending.

Now I've started Darkestville Castle. Starts like something funny and relaxing.

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Quoting: jens

Quoting: EikeGerman computer magazine c't ran a test lately. People having been told they were playing at a GaaS system complained - people they didn't tell it didn't even realize it. That probably won't be true for hardcore gamers, but for the majority (as long as their internet connection is good enough) won't see or at least won't care for the difference. (I heart there's people playing at 30 fps out there...!)

Interesting, do you have a link for that?
(Or do you refer to the printed magazine?)

I just read a test in a printed magazine of late 2018 (I'm lagging myself... X) ), but here is a even better new test online:
https://www.heise.de/select/ct/2019/1/1546333965757789 [External Link]

For the records: Parsec was the only of the tested cloud services that had a working Linux client.

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Quoting: ThetargosYes, there many (not only one) bottlenecks before GaaS is a thing, however, at the rate things are moving, the next 5 years seem rather blurry. I hope things stay pretty similar and the games streaming bubble bursts, alas, I cannot say. Network speed is but one piece of the puzzle, input latency is more critical, plus framerate will be an issue. So my hope is that demanding PC gamers will demand local games rather than streaming. The whole adoption for our platform lies in a conundrum. At least tangibly I've seen people flee W10, sadly, to OSX for the most part and the less for Linux, but still there is a seemingly constant stream of new users, to our overall benefit.

German computer magazine c't ran a test lately. People having been told they were playing at a GaaS system complained - people they didn't tell it didn't even realize it. That probably won't be true for hardcore gamers, but for the majority (as long as their internet connection is good enough) won't see or at least won't care for the difference. (I heart there's people playing at 30 fps out there...!)

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Quoting: EikeDoesn't that have a heavy connotation of booze? :)

And your point is? :wink:

Despite the wink: "Feierabend" doesn't. :)

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: Eike(*) It's a shame that the English language doesn't have a decent word for the German "Feierabend". "Feierabend" ("Feier" being celebration/party and "Abend" the evening time) has a connotation of finally, work is done and we can do what we want. (Probably the opposite of what we Germans are know for. :D )

Happy Hour?

Doesn't that have a heavy connotation of booze? :)

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Quoting: GuestSorry, but I didn't see many giving actual reasons. Some gave "reasons" of something that was already possible, in my experience, which was why I asked: why be excited when it could already be done? TheDaftRick pointed out much I hadn't thought of, and liamdawe had a couple things too.

As I'm wondering if you seen it, I'll repost mine:

Quoting: EikeWhile I got more concerns than being excited about Proton (and neither use WINE nor Proton for gaming), Proton..
* is easier to use,
* makes games count as Linux sale and
* offers Valve's support for the whitelisted games.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: EikeI'm just sitting next to a PC tower at work, and I don't think I'm the only one.

I'm sorry to hear that. Maybe you should install some games on that thing. :P

Thanks, I'm happy with it.
... but yes, some games for the time after work(*) would be nice!

(*) It's a shame that the English language doesn't have a decent word for the German "Feierabend". "Feierabend" ("Feier" being celebration/party and "Abend" the evening time) has a connotation of finally, work is done and we can do what we want. (Probably the opposite of what we Germans are know for. :D )

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Quoting: GuestLet's be clear, desktop towers are now almost—exclusively—the domain of PC gamers. Every other non-gaming "legacy" user has moved on to laptops, all-in-ones, tablets, and Chromebooks.

I'm just sitting next to a PC tower at work, and I don't think I'm the only one.

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Quoting: elmapul"-Reworked global Steam Play enable settings to only override the Proton version used by unsupported games

IMHO: Supported games use the Proton version Valve chooses and supports; you can choose a version for the rest.

Quoting: elmapul-Fixed a bug where the global Steam Play enable setting wouldn't prompt for a Steam client restart"

IMHO: Enabling Proton globally will result in a request to restart Steam.

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