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The owners of Fandom and Gamespot want to acquire Balatro publisher Playstack
30 May 2026 at 8:51 pm UTC Likes: 1
Now that the Linux Gaming community seems like it's getting older, it seems like they are not bamboozled as much.
I remember going solo in opposition to the "Microsoft <3 Linux" campaign reciting 30 years of Microsoft EEE history.
I don't know the particulars around this acquisition, but it feels pointless and scummy to even make a declaration "this is a change in ownership rather than a change in who we are"
This is probably another case of confession through projection, and we know Corpo speak is the inverse of what is stated.
RIP Rocket Leage.
30 May 2026 at 8:51 pm UTC Likes: 1
May 01, 2019It's in a corporation's interests to be dishonest and lie to you.
Psyonix [Rocket League] is Joining the Epic Family!
"No, really. What does this mean for Rocket League?
In the short term, nothing will change at all! We’re still committed to providing Rocket League with frequent updates that have new features, new content, and new ways to play the game for as long as you’ll have us."
"What happens to the Psyonix team?
We are the same team that we’ve always been, only now, we have the power and experience of Epic Games behind us!"
Now that the Linux Gaming community seems like it's getting older, it seems like they are not bamboozled as much.
I remember going solo in opposition to the "Microsoft <3 Linux" campaign reciting 30 years of Microsoft EEE history.
I don't know the particulars around this acquisition, but it feels pointless and scummy to even make a declaration "this is a change in ownership rather than a change in who we are"
This is probably another case of confession through projection, and we know Corpo speak is the inverse of what is stated.
RIP Rocket Leage.
Despite the significant price increase, the Steam Deck is already sold out in certain regions
28 May 2026 at 7:09 pm UTC Likes: 5
28 May 2026 at 7:09 pm UTC Likes: 5
China isn't building Data Centers to the magnitude that the west is, because they know Data Centers are a scam & failed model.
AI Investors are going to be pissed when they don't get a ROI, and the funny part is that the intellectual property rights will be sold off for pennies on the dollar during bankrupcy from these AI companies, probably to BlackRock, BlackStone and other Mega Entities.
This is literally what happened when The Oil Companies bought Electric & Solar IP & Patent rights. What's important is that the money only flows to the "right people".
Of course the prices will never come back down.
And to all you anti-war copium hopium optimists, don't for a second think that Oil Prices will return to their prior Iran conflict prices -- the oil wells when not pumped consistently, have had flow permanently reduced by 30%, without expensive investment into further deeper drilling & expansion. Meaning that global shipping and production of goods will not come down in price, leaving scarcity up.
We haven't even talked about what incredible hardware the Steam Deck is, it's a low watt powerful portable x86_64 computer not locked in with many weird binary blobs, with a poweruful open source (driver wise) GPU. This technology has many uses (drones) that even at 1k would be a steal to the right buyer.
And in the blink of an eye, just like RAM, GPU, NVME - prices multiply 100%+.
This is going to last at least as long as it takes for new fabrication facilities to be built (4 years). If you didn't get your hardware before, it sucks, but it's going to stay bad and even get worse.
Even at equal or higher prices, with other Valve Products going OOS in a day, Steam Machines will completely sell out.
It's a sellers market.
If you haven't locked in your 5 year rig, you'll be even more cooked until supply catches up -- which requires the new fabs to be outputting in volume.
AI Investors are going to be pissed when they don't get a ROI, and the funny part is that the intellectual property rights will be sold off for pennies on the dollar during bankrupcy from these AI companies, probably to BlackRock, BlackStone and other Mega Entities.
This is literally what happened when The Oil Companies bought Electric & Solar IP & Patent rights. What's important is that the money only flows to the "right people".
Of course the prices will never come back down.
And to all you anti-war copium hopium optimists, don't for a second think that Oil Prices will return to their prior Iran conflict prices -- the oil wells when not pumped consistently, have had flow permanently reduced by 30%, without expensive investment into further deeper drilling & expansion. Meaning that global shipping and production of goods will not come down in price, leaving scarcity up.
We haven't even talked about what incredible hardware the Steam Deck is, it's a low watt powerful portable x86_64 computer not locked in with many weird binary blobs, with a poweruful open source (driver wise) GPU. This technology has many uses (drones) that even at 1k would be a steal to the right buyer.
And in the blink of an eye, just like RAM, GPU, NVME - prices multiply 100%+.
This is going to last at least as long as it takes for new fabrication facilities to be built (4 years). If you didn't get your hardware before, it sucks, but it's going to stay bad and even get worse.
Even at equal or higher prices, with other Valve Products going OOS in a day, Steam Machines will completely sell out.
It's a sellers market.
If you haven't locked in your 5 year rig, you'll be even more cooked until supply catches up -- which requires the new fabs to be outputting in volume.
Steam Deck stock returns but there's a big price increase
27 May 2026 at 9:48 pm UTC Likes: 6
27 May 2026 at 9:48 pm UTC Likes: 6
Direct your anger at (One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison) aka O.R.A.C.L.E.
You may remember, January 22, 2025, Trump created STARGATE, and gave 500 billion to the equivilant of Beserk's God's Hand -- Larry Ellison and the Data Center Mafia.
Now, reasonably priced RAM, GPU, NVME and everything else has been priced out of reach of most consumers.
The manufacturing side is a literal example of how centralizing manufacturing is MORONIC and STUPID.
Data Centers are the digital counterpart to this, get prepared to have your businesses, income, and digital connection disrupted, entire centers will go offline due to hacks, missiles and other things, mark my words.
You may remember, January 22, 2025, Trump created STARGATE, and gave 500 billion to the equivilant of Beserk's God's Hand -- Larry Ellison and the Data Center Mafia.
Now, reasonably priced RAM, GPU, NVME and everything else has been priced out of reach of most consumers.
The manufacturing side is a literal example of how centralizing manufacturing is MORONIC and STUPID.
Data Centers are the digital counterpart to this, get prepared to have your businesses, income, and digital connection disrupted, entire centers will go offline due to hacks, missiles and other things, mark my words.
Oops - someone nearly caused a fire with the Steam Controller Puck
23 May 2026 at 11:01 pm UTC Likes: 6
23 May 2026 at 11:01 pm UTC Likes: 6
Quoting: PhlebiacIt's only logical that I fit my Steam Machine inside my dish washer where I keep all the steam.Quoting: ElectricPrismGuys, I was wondering, would it be okay to put my Steam Machine in the Bath with me? I also have the strong urge to lick the puck.I suppose next you'll want to see where it fits...
Oops - someone nearly caused a fire with the Steam Controller Puck
23 May 2026 at 7:19 pm UTC Likes: 4
23 May 2026 at 7:19 pm UTC Likes: 4
Guys, I was wondering, would it be okay to put my Steam Machine in the Bath with me? I also have the strong urge to lick the puck.
Steam Controller more popular than Valve expected - they're working on stock issues
5 May 2026 at 5:27 pm UTC Likes: 7
5 May 2026 at 5:27 pm UTC Likes: 7
Valve focusing on scalpers would be a mistake, their goal should be to ramp up supply to meet the demand, not to waste energy going after a small percentage of purchasers doing what they want with their private property.
No matter what measures could be put in place, criminals always find ways around the rules, there's no point in punishing customers who want to eventually own 4+ controllers because someone __COULD__ lawfully resell their private property after they purchase it.
The RF dongle can support 4 controllers, and controllers have always been designed for Living Room TVs with the idea of having 2-4+ players. Limiting purchasing to 1 makes no sense, let the market dicate how many sales they want.
I know it's frustrating, but we also should know that by selling out, Valves hardware is now even more prestegious which will drive sales more, because psychologically people always want what they CAN'T have.
Memory is fuzzy, but this feels like the Steam Deck launch all over again.
No matter what measures could be put in place, criminals always find ways around the rules, there's no point in punishing customers who want to eventually own 4+ controllers because someone __COULD__ lawfully resell their private property after they purchase it.
The RF dongle can support 4 controllers, and controllers have always been designed for Living Room TVs with the idea of having 2-4+ players. Limiting purchasing to 1 makes no sense, let the market dicate how many sales they want.
I know it's frustrating, but we also should know that by selling out, Valves hardware is now even more prestegious which will drive sales more, because psychologically people always want what they CAN'T have.
Memory is fuzzy, but this feels like the Steam Deck launch all over again.
Steam Controller more popular than Valve expected - they're working on stock issues
5 May 2026 at 5:09 pm UTC Likes: 5
5 May 2026 at 5:09 pm UTC Likes: 5
I saw someone claim on X that Valve has 20,000 Steam Machines, considering they sold Millions of Steam Decks, that's going to sell out so fast, it'll be the Steam Controller all over again.
Steam Beta gets battery indicator for wireless gamepads as the new Steam Controller nears
26 Apr 2026 at 8:06 pm UTC Likes: 2
26 Apr 2026 at 8:06 pm UTC Likes: 2
I own 9 XBONE controllers, 4 DS4s, 3 Steam v1 Controllers, and maybe 3 dozen 8bitdo mod and retro controllers.
I anticipate Steam Controller to replace all of them simple because it will Work out Of Box, Steam Input is so damn good, and it has everything my Steam Deck has.
Valve if you're listening, in addition to the Black, please release a White Steam Controller, a Half-Life Orange Controller and some other Special Edition Colors -- I plan to buy multiple and need for IRL players to be able to visually differentiate between their controller, and mine.
I anticipate Steam Controller to replace all of them simple because it will Work out Of Box, Steam Input is so damn good, and it has everything my Steam Deck has.
Valve if you're listening, in addition to the Black, please release a White Steam Controller, a Half-Life Orange Controller and some other Special Edition Colors -- I plan to buy multiple and need for IRL players to be able to visually differentiate between their controller, and mine.
Epic Games just laid off over 1,000 people
24 Mar 2026 at 5:36 pm UTC Likes: 9
24 Mar 2026 at 5:36 pm UTC Likes: 9
No tears will be shed for Tencent Timmy.
Many more US states are planning or already have operating system age verification laws
6 Mar 2026 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 6
6 Mar 2026 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 6
From what I heard, this is "compelled speech" which is illegal under the 1st ammendement of the constitution.
I could see it going up to the supreme court.
This is undoubtedly legal lawfare, they were going to impose these Totalitarian restrictions before 2030 anyways, it's just that now it serves a purpose to distract the public from "The Files", and "What's going on in the world" like Donkey Kong throwing barrels at Mario.
or, Zergling Rush strategy.
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Also, I wanted to add, I think now more than ever with Microsoft Github projects being axed regularly, that we should push Source Distros where users maintain a offline 1:1 copy all source code for the software installed on their computers.
Popular Distros should add this functionality, and users should Popularize distros which have local user-compiling. This will add additional legal protections in some places with "compelled speech" laws.
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Besides that, we're going to need to have access to some kind of hardware revolution similar to the NES 8086 and X86-64 where users can laser etch / print Circuit Boards and Assemble Modular silicon & common chips, even if it has a performance cost.
In W^2 2 the inexpensive modular equipment is what wins over fancy expensive stuff. A hardware revolution is going to come about one way or another as a result of this nonsense, either from the West or the East. Whichever one remains open will come out on top as developers choose the winner.
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The only other third element I could forsee would be the creation of a Git+Torrent where source code for software is distributed via P2P instead of centralized.
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This next few years are going to be very interesting to see. If the right plays are made Linux could stand to gain significant ground above and beyond the already billions of devices.
I could see it going up to the supreme court.
This is undoubtedly legal lawfare, they were going to impose these Totalitarian restrictions before 2030 anyways, it's just that now it serves a purpose to distract the public from "The Files", and "What's going on in the world" like Donkey Kong throwing barrels at Mario.
or, Zergling Rush strategy.
--
Also, I wanted to add, I think now more than ever with Microsoft Github projects being axed regularly, that we should push Source Distros where users maintain a offline 1:1 copy all source code for the software installed on their computers.
Popular Distros should add this functionality, and users should Popularize distros which have local user-compiling. This will add additional legal protections in some places with "compelled speech" laws.
--
Besides that, we're going to need to have access to some kind of hardware revolution similar to the NES 8086 and X86-64 where users can laser etch / print Circuit Boards and Assemble Modular silicon & common chips, even if it has a performance cost.
In W^2 2 the inexpensive modular equipment is what wins over fancy expensive stuff. A hardware revolution is going to come about one way or another as a result of this nonsense, either from the West or the East. Whichever one remains open will come out on top as developers choose the winner.
--
The only other third element I could forsee would be the creation of a Git+Torrent where source code for software is distributed via P2P instead of centralized.
--
This next few years are going to be very interesting to see. If the right plays are made Linux could stand to gain significant ground above and beyond the already billions of devices.