Quoting: Eike

Quoting: DuncIt's actually possible that if Nintendo had launched here in '83 or '84, soon after Japan, they might have found an even more receptive market than the US, but I doubt it. The main impact of the crash in Europe, although it's hard to believe today, was that consoles were seen as a thing of the past. Remember, computer games were being sold in filling stations and newsagents for pocket money prices at this stage. Why buy a console when you could get 20 games for the price of one cartridge? (And convince your parents that a computer would help with your school work, too. :D )

I heard games were even cheaper on school yards, which was an important reason for kids to prefer them over consoles as well... ;)

About the price of an empty cassette if you had a double deck?

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Quoting: ageres

Quoting: slaapliedjeTo be fair though, the Switch IS Linux, just not x86...

It's based on FreeBSD, just like PS4.

With various components from Android on top. They've created an abomination. :O

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Quoting: razing32Makes me think you should have a legal advisor on GOL staff Liam.

Maybe he'll find a legal professional willing to work for exposure? :whistle:

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Quoting: DuncThe NES wasn't really a thing in Europe.

Maybe that was just your corner of Europe? Plenty of people had them up here. I had a proper computer of course but I had several Nintendo (and Sega) console plebs in my circle of friends back then.

Console fans please don't murder me, that pleb bit was a joke.

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Quoting: Faalhaas

Quoting: FaalhaasI am now downloading HL:A to test if it is playable natively.

Well, looks like it is. I just played HL:A natively on Linux. :)

Although, like in most VR games, Linux has a bit more stuttering in VR than in Windows overall. Might be performance related.

Valve does note that performance is not great on Nvidia hardware, like Liam says in the article.

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Quoting: FaalhaasUnfortunately the last few months my Valve Index freezes my entire Linux system as soon as I hit that "VR" button in Steam.

I got a Steam client update popup this morning with "- Fixed hang on SteamVR startup." in the release notes [External Link]. Not relevant for me, but maybe for you?

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Quoting: Patola

Quoting: TcheyThe "news" may be annoying, but something that bothers me more is the "your friend XXX has a new achievement" "XXX now owns ZZZ game" etc. I don’t care about that part at all. I want only game related news posted by the team... And i can’t find any option to remove it.

I love these features. One of the best parts of gaming is being social, to know what your friends have been playing, to talk to each other. And Steam does that better than any other gaming client. This is specially precious in these times of lockdown, and a way to keep in touch with friends and gaming news. It is also very discreet, I don't see how could anyone be annoyed by this.

For introverts (like me) social interaction might be fun but it's also quite stressful. I'm pretty much permanently "invisible" in the Steam friends list for example, and I have no social media accounts. I like people in general, and I definitely like my friends, but these features do not scratch an itch for me. Although I wouldn't say I'm particularly annoyed; I mostly just ignore them.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: NagezahnA system that's built upon eternal growth in an environment that only has limited resources doesn't sound very future proof to me.

The universe may have finite resources, but even if you give us a million years to strip it we won't even make it through 1% of it. What limited resources?

That's meaningless if the people who need those resources haven't got access to them.

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Quoting: Cyba.CowboyThis is hardly proof that the the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is actually doing something wrong or malicious - just evidence that you and / or the author of those articles don't share the same vision as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The charter school stuff is admittedly political, and even if they're rather obviously disguising their own business and political interests as charity, I see your point. The most common criticism I've seen is about their medicine related efforts in the third world. Can't really spend time (at work) looking for good sources, but a google/duckduckgo search with "gates foundation controversy" will get you started. Of course you might argue that this is all political, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't expect some ethical standards as long as they call it a charity.

EDIT: A bit clearer now, hopefully. Shouldn't comment in a hurry.

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Quoting: scaine

Quoting: ModanungBlasphemy!

There's something about that klu klux knight which tells me to stay away from this title. :S:

Yeah, that hat... holy cow. The imagery is really hard to see past, eh?

Since when did people start associating all conical headwear with a bunch of racist idiots from the US? I never knew garden gnomes were KKK members.

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