Quoting: Beamboom

their article touches on an important bit: games taking better advantage of the Steam Deck uniqueness directly

When software is tailor made for one specific hardware, it enables the developers to write a lot more effective code. This is why the consoles can perform as good as they do. Just look at the PlayStation and the incredibly smooth and visually stunning experiences they can deliver there year after year on hardware that's nothing compared to a modern pc. The difference is staggering and a very strong demonstration of how exclusive code CAN perform.
And who doesn't want the most out of the hardware they have purchased?

Technically, you don't need an exclusive for that. All you need is to develop for Deck first. No reason a game couldn't still run on other things, just less efficiently--which if you'd written it for Steam Deck, would probably be OK for medium to high end gaming PCs, for instance.

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I feel like I'd have more fun giving the bots spectacularly wrong instructions.

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Quoting: Liam DaweHope everyone had a nice Christmas. GOL is still mostly on holidays right now so things will still be quiet until the new year :)

So he says, then posts like half a dozen articles. You just can't stay away, eh?

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I did not think that much of my playtime got hogged by Urtuk: the Desolation.

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Happy Christmas (and whatever else is going at this season--Saturnalia etc etc) and merry celebrations and some time off to all!

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Well, hurrah!

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Quoting: whizse

Quoting: RTherenHang on, doesn't Gearbox own Duke Nukem IP?

They too, have felt the warm embrace of Embracer Group.

I'm still waiting for the shift to Extender Group and finally Extinguisher Group.

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Quoting: azoriusmageI am using MacBook Air M2 do you expect it to run?

No, Mr. Bond. I expect it to die.

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Quoting: StalePopcornLet's not forget that, in 2019, Epic were caught [External Link] stealing our Steam data upon launch and tracking us, presumably for Daddy Tencent.

Maybe, although I have plenty of faith in Epic's ability to be privacy-invading grifters all by themselves.

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I don't use KDE, but I've always respected it. There have almost always been a lot of good things about it, and yet for some time there it felt like KDE had no momentum, wasn't getting love from any major distro and so forth, and it seemed kind of unfair. It's nice to see it moving forward and getting some support.

One of these days I might check it out again . . . hard to say, I like Mint a lot and it doesn't really do KDE. Maybe if another "no, really, desktop oriented and just frigging works" distro comes along that does use KDE I'll give it a shot.

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