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Valve giving away tons of Steam Decks during The Game Awards 2022
1 Dec 2022 at 9:29 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Termy2am here in europe - they really could have timed that a tad better ^^
... and not even weekend.

Valve giving away tons of Steam Decks during The Game Awards 2022
1 Dec 2022 at 9:26 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: StoneColdSpider
Unfortunately your region is not eligible for registration in the giveaway, but you can still claim the Steam Pal digital sticker.
At least I got a sticker I will never use.......
Is it yet another sticker I can never get rid of again?
I hate those!
Want my pocket clean (as clean as it gets)!

JSAUX release 'CaseKiller' for the official Steam Deck Dock to help with protective cases
29 Nov 2022 at 8:13 pm UTC

Quoting: benmhall
Quoting: KohlyKohl
Quoting: TuxeeAn add-on for add-on for an add-on. Or actually an add-on for two other add-ons...

This is getting out of hand, kinda.
I stopped buying cases years ago and all I've done is save money.
I dropped my Steam Deck coming out of the car twice. On the second drop, I bought a case.

I am impressed with the durability of the Deck, though. Both times one corner needed to be pressed back together again, but no permanent damage beyond a minor scuff or two.

My current case is OK. It has a kickstand, which I like and use.
Did you have it in its original case?

Steam Deck wins Best Gaming Hardware at the 40th Golden Joystick Awards
24 Nov 2022 at 4:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: KelvinhboThe Steam Deck is awesome, but giving it an award against those other ridiculous candidates is laughable at best.
Which hardware from 2022 should they have included?

Little Inferno gets a Ho Ho Holiday expansion
23 Nov 2022 at 11:25 am UTC

Reviews are not as good as I expected...

Half-Life 2, Portal, Portal 2, Left 4 Dead 2 all get upgraded with DXVK 2.0 Vulkan
21 Nov 2022 at 5:02 pm UTC

Quoting: StalePopcornToo bad I can't hold my breath on an update for Portal Stories: Mel (what a brain buster for me, but the micro stuttering is such an immersion breaker)—good news nonetheless!
I was fighting a level (original/hard mode) for days! And then the incredible feeling when you finally get it...! It's the Steam achievement I'm most proud of.

This might be the most expensive and over the top Steam Deck bag I've seen yet
21 Nov 2022 at 4:57 pm UTC

Quoting: jordicomaI prefer the "Gaming on linux" way
it's cheaper.
I'm sure we will find other ways/cases cheaper that will fit.
While i don't look so cool carrying it, I'm rather using the original case. :-)

Steam Client Beta adds a new launch option for Big Picture Mode
21 Nov 2022 at 1:14 pm UTC

Quoting: slaapliedje
Quoting: michaldybczak
Quoting: EikeMaybe this?
prime-run "steam -newbigpicture"
No, also doesn't do anything. From what I heard, this doesn't work on nvidia cards and that is the reason.
Yeah, I get the start up sound and a box that is transparent. Granted, I also run at 3840x1200. I could guess it doesn't much like that.
But that's what the current version does for most Nvidia setups. I don't think it has anything to do with prime.

Valve update desktop Steam Stable Client with the New Big Picture Mode option
18 Nov 2022 at 2:00 pm UTC

Quoting: PhlebiacSomehow I got it stuck in the busted mode; in other words, starting Steam acts like I started with -gamepadui and it launches into the broken mode, and all I know to do is press Alt+F4 to close it. Anyone know how to get it back to desktop mode?
I can only say that I started it once with the parameter, got the bug, and next start was fine. I guess you didn't edit a starting script or something? Maybe you can grep through the Steam folder for something like "gamepadui"?

Thousands of years later, The Bible has arrived on Steam
17 Nov 2022 at 9:18 am UTC

Quoting: CFWhitmanNowhere do I see any mention of which translation of the Bible this is. It's obviously not one of the common older translations. It seems like they could at least mention what translation it was.
NKJV, some reviews say.