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Now official: you can buy a refurbished Steam Deck from Valve
9 Aug 2023 at 6:10 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: Linux_RocksAfter thinking about it, the price is a bit steep for refurbs. If they were even $20 USD cheaper it'd make it a better looking deal.
"Two ninety-nine."
As a major Sega Saturn fan that hurts a little. The Saturn is my favorite system that gen. PSX second, and N64 third. lol

Now official: you can buy a refurbished Steam Deck from Valve
8 Aug 2023 at 6:25 pm UTC

After thinking about it, the price is a bit steep for refurbs. If they were even $20 USD cheaper it'd make it a better looking deal.

Looks like Valve will sell refurbished Steam Decks
8 Aug 2023 at 2:26 pm UTC Likes: 1

If Valve's quality for refurbs is like Nintendo's then I'd consider getting one. I was more than happy with my refurbed Wii U and New 3DS XL, and my friend was happy with his refurbed Switch. I also had good experience buying a refurbed iPad Air 3 Cellular from an EveryMac.com sponsor.

Steam is having a festival for Visual Novels until August 14th
8 Aug 2023 at 1:11 am UTC

I recommend the Nekopara series. The catboys edition is free and also just as fun as the others. Then I also recommend Kaiju Princess. Which is now getting a sequel, and the Trap series is also good if you're into that sorta thing.

The 18+ patches for Nekopara are on Steam, minus the 4th game. That's on the publisher's website, and is usually on sale when the game is on sale on Steam. While the 18+ patches for the Trap series are free and on their publisher's website. No point in playing without the patches.

Not posting links cause I don't wanna get b7'd. XD

NVK the open source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA merged into Mesa
8 Aug 2023 at 12:46 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Pengling
Quoting: wvstolzingMESA Jar Jar Binks! MESA your humble servant!

apologies
Yousa in big doo-doo this time! :tongue:
I'm not really one for fan theories, but Darth Jar-Jar [External Link] is a great one. lol

More retro goodies coming in the Toaplan Arcade Shoot ‘Em Up Collection Vol.2
3 Aug 2023 at 4:10 pm UTC Likes: 2


Parcel Simulator dev excited about Steam Deck support for you to find contraband
31 Jul 2023 at 2:43 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: datablobI'm all for weird topics in games and feel like the simulator genre really lends itself to satisfying the curiosity of "I wonder what this niche job would be like". Weird but in a cool way, even better if my expectations are subverted in an interesting manner.

Game looks beautiful btw (as usual with Unreal Engine), the rendering optimization techniques are pretty standard but that doesn't mean devs always employ them. :grin:

Stray really suffered from the lack of shader precaching (causing shader hitching), not sure if that was fixed in more recent updates, but it ran a lot better. Maybe that's not even a thing in UE5 anymore, I see they have the FShaderCache API now.
Be sure to check out Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad [External Link] then! lol :P

The Warhammer themed boomer-shooter, Boltgun, is finally Steam Deck Verified
27 Jul 2023 at 6:19 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: StoneColdSpider
Quoting: Pengling
Quoting: KlaasIt's a wonder that anyone in Australia is still alive.
Come to Australia, you might accidentally get killed [External Link]!

Really, though, it's crazy that the Steam Deck's still not available there. Unless it actually is and a bunch of kangaroos beat up the delivery guys and stole them all, or something. :tongue:
LOL no....... Its the Emus you gotta worry about....... Dont forget Australia lost a war against those damn flightless birds........
The Great Emu War [External Link].

They used to have the actual battle results thing used for wars on the article several years ago with the result being "Decisive Emu Victory" on it. XD

The Warhammer themed boomer-shooter, Boltgun, is finally Steam Deck Verified
26 Jul 2023 at 1:54 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: StoneColdSpiderw00t!..... :tongue:

Now I can kill heretic scum on a device I cannot own because Valve still wont sell the Deck to Australians........

What are they scared off???...... Bin Chickens?????
Dubya tea eff m8.






lol :P