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Steam Deck hits over 3,000 games either Verified or Playable
22 May 2022 at 3:39 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: slaapliedjeSerious Sam 4... like the only Croteam game that isn't Linux Native (yet?). Was saddened when they stopped their awesome trend...
It seemed like their development process was shaken up pretty badly when covid 2019 happened and then the next year people had to adapt to remote workflows who weren't calibrated for that.

I still haven't bought SS4, I've bought all their other Linux titles.

It looks like their review score is 83% positive, when they launched it was off to a much shakier start

https://store.steampowered.com/app/257420/Serious_Sam_4/ [External Link]

Maybe I'll buy for the Steam Deck if they target it and work the bugs out, I do expect support in exchange for my money and that products work.

Canonical seek Software Engineers for the 'Ubuntu Gaming Experience' team
19 May 2022 at 4:47 am UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: GBGamesNo mention of salary or benefits?
Don't worry you'll be a ROCK STAR get paid in plenty of EXPOSURE. You can't pass up this GREAT OPPORTUNITY. Ho ho ho

Here's how to take better quality screenshots on the Steam Deck
17 May 2022 at 3:00 am UTC

Quoting: TrainDoc
Quoting: TheRiddickThis thing taking way to long to come to Australia, wonder what the Steam Deck 2 will be like. Maybe a 7000 series APU? or perhaps they will get a custom RDNA3 job done.
I want to temper your expectations. Just because Gabe said he's interested in a second model...

Doesn't mean we'll ever see one and my expectation is that we will likely not see one. You can hold me to that.
If I had to speculate I would guess that the interval would be no less than 2 years. Mostly because I think the R&D and then production would take considerable planning and time. Theoretically they could have the human resource timelines overlapping, but I still don't think I'd holy my breath. It seems Valve likes to go through the full process, learn their weaknesses and then incorporate their findings into their next big product, so I doubt they overlap really.

Here's how to take better quality screenshots on the Steam Deck
16 May 2022 at 8:41 pm UTC

Hmm, I think people could simplify it by symlinking. As an example:

`ln -s TARGET_DESTINATION LINK_DESTINATION`

`ln -s ~/.steam/steam/userdata/yourid/YOUR_USER_ID_HERE/remote/gameid/screenshots/ ~/Screenshots`

I didn't actually learn about these directories until recently.

Edit: I checked, for me it appears to be here: ( I simply typed in .jpg into the search bar to find the directory path.
`ln -s ~/.steam/steam/userdata/########/###/remote/######/screenshots/ ~/Screenshots`

Humble put up a 'Handheld PC Power Bundle' of games ready for Steam Deck
12 May 2022 at 6:12 am UTC Likes: 2

Apparently I have to pay $20 to get MechWarrior 5.

Sure I could do that and TECHNICALLY save $10 off the current MSRP $30.

But I have no shortage of things to play, it did look fun in one of Liam's live streams a while ago, I think I will wait for the Summer Sale

I don't like Humble Bundle anymore because they changed the entry pricing a lot, and because it feels like a buffet.

If you want quantity and not quality a buffet may be perfect for you, but if you want to eat actually quality food you would never settle for just getting a bunch of [ stuff ] to add to your heap of stuff you didn't really want anyways.

Canonical going 'all in' on gaming for Ubuntu, new Steam Snap package in testing
29 Apr 2022 at 10:59 pm UTC Likes: 14

I'm emotionally conflicted.

On the one hand Ubuntu is * shivers * adequate for noobs. On the other hand Canonical has a LONG history of devoting huge amounts of energy into things against the grain of the FOSS community only to abandon it later.

Canonical are SerialAbandoners™

Canonical MissedTheSteamBoat™

Steam has been on Linux for nearly 10 years now. Canonical giving gamedevs & Valve the finger over the 32-bit thing a while ago and Canonical's business relationship with Microsoft making WSL & WSL2 just makes me not trust them as they are a Microsoft-shill proxy.

Money is one thing, I give money to hundreds of Linux Game Devs, but Microsoft has decades of history, and it's in their interest to inhibit Linux Gaming growth in favor of promoting Xbox and Windows 11. Why would they shoot themselves in the balls & bank when they could just sabotage other platforms through a existing business partner?

Despite what people say about Microsoft being a "Service Company" (SaaS) lately, they still are very much interested in enhancing their Quarterly Earnings and bottom line to please their stock owners and enhancing their Power & central importance in the world of computing -- that will never change.

All of their recent company purchases achieve those enhancements (1) GitHub (2) MineCraft (3) BlizzardActivision etc...

AMD driver work ongoing to help Halo Infinite on Linux and Steam Deck
28 Apr 2022 at 3:18 am UTC

I hope they succeed, but I'm not holding my breath.

For me the glory days of Halo was Halo 3 which can be played on MCC at least (single-player) I can't recall if they ever sorted out the multiplayer issue with EAC.

I would love to play some Halo on my Linux, but it seems like development has been a car-crash in terms of delivering to fans as it is with no plans for DLC or community building / seasons from the get-go.

If they do it, I'll totally play.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 reimplementation OpenRCT2 has a new save system
26 Apr 2022 at 7:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

Allow map sizes of 999 × 999 (up from 254 × 254).
Awesome, this oldie is such a worthy and fun game for the hall of fame, I love this reimplementation, especially on 4k

Classic Sonic games being delisted to make way for Sonic Origins
26 Apr 2022 at 7:40 pm UTC Likes: 7

Character Animation In The Main Menu
Lmao. Really convincing me to open my wallet there.

Twitter agrees to Elon Musk buyout, a reminder we're on Mastodon
26 Apr 2022 at 9:30 am UTC Likes: 5

... I just want to see "The Berlin Wall" come down that separates the [ Social Hubs ]:

Twitter, Facebook, Gab, TruthSocial, Mastodon and all the [ Social Hubs ] need to interface like Email so people can be "Cosmopolitans" (Citizens Of The World) not some damn captive in some damn walled garden.