Steam awards have always been a popularity contest more than anything. [...] I haven't played Black Myth, though I hear it's good, but is it good enough for three awards? Hats off to the to the hoards of chinese fans.

1. Agree, congrats to the chinese devs, credit where credit is due.

2. Same, haven't bought

3. Probably won't because the 2017 National Intelligence Law requiring "any organisation and citizen" shall "support and cooperate in national intelligence work".

4. Maybe someday in a firejail, a game container or a isolated dedicated gaming machine, there's already so many great works to play.

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I remember following Stardew on the devblog for many years before it launched, CocnernedApe is a special kind of dev, I wish our culture to mint more like him who persevere even when working alone for so long. He is an example of what one dedicated, motivated, and persistent person can do. We've seen this mirrored in Linux & Linux Gaming too over the last few decades.

I think the markets reaction too is an indicator that stylistically there's more room for classic SNES style sprite-based games when done well.

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Half-Life: Eli confirmed!

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Steam games will now need to fully disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages

I always ask AI if games on Steam have other DRM, Anti-cheat, Denuvo or 3rd party launchers -- I think Valve has done a great job and I would love to see this expanded even more to be more declarative.

Addition of a 3rd party launcher or significant changes in the deal should be immediate grounds for a refund from the publisher as well.

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I just want to see you guys make hilarious mods and memes so I can watch it online. I am not sure how long it will be before there is a decent amount of mods.

It would be funny to see DOGE announcer, maybe some Nyan stuff, and replacing the Crew with better characters. Texture Mods and Model Mods will be interesting.

Like the Banana Ship
https://gamebanana.com/games/21612 [External Link]

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Civilization 6 graphics were abysmal.

7 looks better, but I will wait for reviews and definitely not be buying it at least until it is on sale if at all.

Be sure not to WrongSpeak™ thou, GoodVibes™ only or TFW 2K FireAxis yeet2oof

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Most certainly a fingerprint reader for unlocking the system with biometrics.

Sounds like a nightmare,

Please Drink Verification Can ( https://youtube.com/watch?v=EJB80Xsj5BY [External Link] )

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Microsoft VP of Xbox Gaming Devices and Ecosystem is also attending the event.

Makes me wonder if Xbox will make an entry and compete directly against Nintendo Switch in the next few years.

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100% Linux the last 3 years, but what's interesting is my Steam Deck to Linux PC ratio has climbed from about 10% to to 40% which is remarkable. The OLED really is comfy.

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Quoting: Leahi84Nobody asked for this

Lol. Clearly the investors who funded the development literally asked for this when they paid the bill.

YMMV. These genres were wildly successful post-millennium, there are a lot of fish in the sea.

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Quoting: CyborgZetaI wish them luck with that. Europe is extremely reliant on the US for defense. Especially Germany.

I would seem not everyone knows that USA heavily subsidizes the military costs of the world which allows them to use their own resources on health care and other things.

When I open up a Linux Blog to read the cool new things going on and I find US Politics in the comments and 100% emotional arguments it makes me feel like we're not a serious people -- and that we can't stay pragmatic and keep our criticisms on point. It's really discouraging to see.

Also, as it should be obvious too -- this hyper-emotionalism is no longer popular. If it were these arguments would have worked. But they are democratically considered unpopular.

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