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Quoting: WorMzyThat's pretty big news -- Bethesda hates Linux. :shock:

I guess they LOVE money and staying relevant more than they HATE Loonix. That's what I love about competitive markets -- Baldurs Gate 3 has stolen so many crowns other RPGs feel the need to __COMPETE__ again.

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Quoting: WorMzyThat's pretty big news -- Bethesda hates Linux. :shock:

And their owners at Microsoft aren't known for being fond of it, either. :wink:

Gonna have to take a back seat and see what Microsoft does now that they acquired StarCraft II, Diablo and Call of Booty

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumThe cloud is trust worthy, join the system. Be a part of our new world order, place all your data within our loving data centers. We promise not to peak at your data* and we take your privacy very seriously. Remember, Cloud is your friend, the cloud is your future. Clouds, be a cloud user today.

Obligatory,

HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN!! ALL YOUR DATA ARE BELONG TO US. YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION. HA HA HA HA ....

https://yewtu.be/watch?v=xZPTYpTKOI0 [External Link]

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Quoting: ElectricPrismStill trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?

Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(

You can search for the games on Steam for LAN Coop.

Yeah I already did that and the tags weren't too helpful. I bought a few of them, and have to return 1 since the term "Multiplayer" was used ambiguously to mean "Multiplayer on 1 Big Screen"

"Multiplayer" isn't the tag you want to look for.

LAN co-op [External Link]

LAN PvP [External Link]

Thank you for offering your insight and leads to actual help. I never thought to look for a tag "LAN PvP" (especially under a entirely different heading) -- for as long as I can remember it's always been classified as "Multiplayer" so hopefully that is the missing link?

Admittedly, I wasn't being 100% precise when pulling the term "multiplayer" from memory. The Steam Deck autumn sales page had several variations of the tag,

I think there are some good leads here, thank you :)

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Quoting: ElectricPrismStill trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?

Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(

You can search for the games on Steam for LAN Coop.

Yeah I already did that and the tags weren't too helpful. I bought a few of them, and have to return 1 since the term "Multiplayer" was used ambiguously to mean "Multiplayer on 1 Big Screen"

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After having played for hours on the LCD and OLED versions, the LCD does have a certain "charm" [*everything on the LCD is more blue saturated, OLED the oranges and blacks pop] maybe I am used to LCD screens. The OLED is fantastic for viewing angles, the blacks are much more black (no more IRL "you" reflection) -- the new ones are lighter, and all in all feel great.

Their construction was already fantastic, but the OLED in your hands feels like there are sufficient quality of life improvements that Valve is honing their craft delivering an amazing product.

[* Better Joysticks, * Thinner Black Screen Border, 90 refresh rate v 60,] The Trackpads are easier to type on, more precise I guess. Obviously the torx screws are a significant upgrade and the improved thermals, battery, 1nm smaller tech, Triggers feel great, and other stuff.

I've officially started to have "Deck Parties" -- Did a 6 Player 6 Deck party last weekend playing Among Us, I'm looking for more living room Deck style games. I am excited at the prospect of having 16 player gaming nights in the living room again like the Y2K Halo days when you had 4 Xboxes, 4 TVs playing Halo with 12-16 people.

Edit: Can you imagine how much money is sitting on the table -- the Network Effect and multiplication factor on a 12-16 player game is nothing to squeak at -- my prediction -- somebody is going to do the math, get first to the market, blow up on PC-Linux Handheld Ggaming, and then a bunch of big name copy cats are going to show up in envy.

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Still trying to figure out what to play -- DOOM? Apex Legends? Split Gate? Maybe MCC?

Edit 2: I'm also looking for a good racer, LAN PvP -- unfortunately Garfield Kart and Super Indie Kart are not LAN AFAIR :(

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Quoting: AndroidNougat7This sale is finally a chance, to clean up my wishlist entirely.

Horizon Zero Dawn for 12.49€ is a great deal.

I did this one year, it felt fantastic to take a serious look at each game and clear out 100+ stuff.

Usually I'll throw games on the list I see on gaming news sites and then wait until they are out of early access or a while before I compare and do a deep dive.

My appreciation for GOG has grown a lot too as I am sick of buying a game 5 times over and that it MUST be online to play.

For archival reasons always online is no bueno.

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With the global economy in the toilet 2023, Steam Sale Memes have never been more relevant:

https://duckduckgo.com/?t=h_&q=steam+sale+meme&iax=images&ia=images [External Link]

If we could somehow clone Lord Gaben and put him in every high place I'm convinced we would have both world peace and prosperity.

Sale Time!!!

Edit: Bonus Meme -- I remember a friend showing me this attack on titan meme years ago and for some reason thought of it -- https://yewtu.be/watch?v=RoGxA48HQ1g [External Link]

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Quoting: TimeFreezeJust my luck, bought a game a few hours ago which is now on sale with 74% off.

Feels bad yeah. If only there were a way to FasForewardTime :whistle:

I worry about that this week as I shop.

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Quoting: Mountain ManHas it really been 25 years? Wow.

I still remember getting the Half-Life beta CD with the Magazine (PC Gamer?).

!The Matrix Movie, Cypher looking at steak contemplatively [External Link]

There was some kind of GameDev, or Learn C++ bundled on the same CD or another CD at that time and it basically got me into programming and eventually game development for the next decade or so.

Valve made a part of my life and now as a 10 year Linux Gamer I made part of theirs. Life is so strange.

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