7 bucks on Steam, 22 bucks on GoG.

Decisions, decisions. Ideology... or money? :-)

Golf/miniput games are something I've liked. I used to play Neverball/Neverputt (more the neverputt game)

P.S.

Quoting: faq-like entry, description of game"But I hate golf!"

To be honest, so do we. And that’s the beauty of WHAT THE GOLF? A game made for people who hate golf, by people with no clues or respect for the game. Let’s play!

:tongue:

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyEhhh, the kids these days watch movies on their freakin' phones.

True, but even with their (much) keener eyesight, I couldn't imagine controlling a game like GTA on such a device. However, the last "handheld" game I had was Coleco Football in the 70's with those little blips to dodge. When you got a touchdown it was this little chime "neee neee ne ne neee neeee" as your reward :-)

I wouldn't sit there and watch a whole movie on a phone, but clips. Have it at the right distance and it's do-able. I can't play silly games on the phone though. Once I thought I'd get this super cool sniper game. I should say it was playable, it consisted of tapping on the target and then the game did the rest. The only challenge was my sausage fingers. It was a funny thing to have on my phone, but you could literally watch the battery meter drain while playing it. (I had a somewhat older phone at the time too). Even solitaire, the cards are too small lol

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Quoting: PenglingI do too - they need more Bomberman! :tongue:

Heheh, fair enough! :-)

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Very good article Pengling, great effort, resulting in great work. I understand a little more about the Steam Deck now.

That's not the device for me (I would have a hard time with that small screen) but I can see where it would be great for certain games and it's easy to take with you everywhere.

I shake my head when I see lists of most popular games on the Steam Deck though. "GTA V... really?" lol

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Quoting: CybolicOh, I just meant your average VR headset, like the Valve Index (or a standalone Meta Quest if you just want to try the whole VR thing out). I get that calling them "glasses" was a bit confusing, sorry about that.

LOL, Thanks, I was wondering if I was barking up the wrong tree there. I did hear about something like that though. I think maybe slaapliedje hit on it... "Virtual I/O glasses" but obviously not the same thing.

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Quoting: CybolicI really do recommend you give VR glasses a try if you have the opportunity! VR glasses display the 3D image in exactly the same way as modern 3D movies (two cameras at a fixed stereoscopic offset).

Could you give me an example of such a device? I looked around last night and found "smart glasses" and more goggle-like VR devices but wasn't sure what you meant.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyI've tried a VR thing once--it kind of worked for me. I probably didn't have depth perception, but I don't anyway so . . .

I tried one in 1996, before they were something in reach of consumers. That was back when I could still voluntarily focus my eyes, though. It was at this place in Mississauga, Ontario (near Toronto, almost grown together) called the "Sega Playdium" where they had huge screen racing games and all kinds of neat stuff. Also an Imax type ride that was pretty trippy.

I played a trap shooting game (shotgun "clay pigeons"... pull!) and it was somewhat like busting clays for real. No recoil, but the shotgun was weighty and the physics was realistic. (the visuals weren't photorealistic or anything, but the 3D was good)

P.S. The headgear was huge lol

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Commercial development is a bit different than how we do things too though. It's possible people couldn't so much as change a comment without jumped up approval and procedure etc.

In most of our environment, you could submit a pull request to fix something and if they like it, it would be in.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeCurious why you say a VR headset wouldn't be good for you? I know a guy who only has one eye, so it'd be pretty useless to him, for sure.

I have two eyes, but only one of them focuses at a time, the other kind of goes off in the periphery depending on which one I'm using. I can still alternate, but I used to be able to force focus both eyes (e.g. to see a stereoscopic map or something) but the muscles have atrophied since to the point that it is severe strain to even try now. In other words, I'm a cross eyed bastard (the real term is a strabismus). Ah well, it does make it harder to sneak up on me (it extends my periphery lol)

I'm 59 and I've lived with this for so long that I'm not going to risk surgery (it's scalpel surgery on the eye muscles, for this)

One of my eyes is blurry now too, needs a different correction. I have glasses for distance, but they are not for up close. I'm actually reading text with my left eye. I can read it with my right eye if close the left eye and alter the distance.

My nervous system also doesn't like stressors, for example racing games are bad enough, never mind processing VR imagery.

P.S. Normal 3D graphics work (even with one eye), because it's done with pixels, simulating distance whereas VR has a stereoscopic component to it. I also found out some years ago that modern cinema 3D works now too with the glasses (in the old days, that red and blue filter 3D didn't). I took my niece and nephew to see one of the later Star Wars movies and it was 3D... I was expecting the same old shit, but I was surprised that it worked for me.

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I somewhat resent that Valve made this game VR only. I bought the Half Life games and all the expansions and was thusly invested in it and I'd have liked another game. Especially after all that hype about Half Life 3, they come out with this and make it inaccessible to anyone that doesn't have the headgear. I don't ever plan to have a VR headset, I don't think it would be good for me.

Few games are "VR only", most devs realize that it's better to have a larger audience.

Enough resentment that I don't want to reward the game with a purchase, and use a third party mod so I can play it (that might be fragile come game update time, too)

So, I salute these guys for doing it.

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