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Grab a coffee and come read the latest Sunday Section - May 30
30 May 2021 at 5:29 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: SolarwingTesla?I have some suspicions. Does Elon Musk fund gol.com with a couple million of dollars? Or is this fake news?
Only master(Liam) knows the truth. Well what I'm talking about? This was a nightmare joke of course!:happy: Jokes aside. It will be very interesting what Tesla will come up with. Hopefully we see it benefitting linux gaming greatly. Maybe the future Tesla will have a gaming centre too!Hardly but one can only dream of it....:smile:
Tesla are pushing the self-driving vehicle. So . . . once that vehicle is driving itself, what you gonna do until you get somewhere? Game on Linux, perhaps.

The visually striking action-adventure Resolutiion gets another big upgrade
28 May 2021 at 11:42 pm UTC Likes: 2

But will it run at high resolutiions?

Unreal Engine 5 goes out in Early Access with continued Linux support
28 May 2021 at 2:56 am UTC

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Quoting: EMO GANGSTERI'm starting to think the reason epic is spending so much money and losing profits so much Is that they're trying to get bought out for big money later, I hope I'm wrong.
They already have big money, they are not an empty startup like say Twitter or Discord that earns no money, so I doubt that.
it would be kinda hilarious if apple out of all companies end up purchasing then (after they were sued by epic)
Would be an interesting way to get out of a lawsuit, just buy them!
actually that may be illegal.
if they get away with that move, then other companies will sue then since they didnt proved that they were right
Yeah, I suspect it is illegal. Would be scary if that is how lawsuits like this ended. "Fine, we'll just buy you." "wait, what?"

Kind of reminds me of Curb Your Enthusiasm where he opens a Spite Store...
I can imagine a small company suing in hopes of being bought out for $$$. I've heard that for many tech startups, the objective is to grow a bit and make enough noise for a big player to buy them.

Detective adventure Backbone looks incredible and launches on June 8
27 May 2021 at 4:37 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: no_information_hereBeautifully drawn. I like the song on the trailer, too.

dystopian Vancouver, BC
This made me chuckle. Back when I lived there, Vancouver was probably the least dystopian city on the planet. Looks like the devs have changed that!
Wellll . . . it still isn't dystopian unless you count that house prices are like the highest anywhere so nobody can afford to live there.

Detective adventure Backbone looks incredible and launches on June 8
27 May 2021 at 4:36 pm UTC Likes: 1

Set in Vancouver, eh? I ought to grab it to show the flag for my city.

GamingOnLinux moves on from Freenode to Libera.Chat for IRC
27 May 2021 at 2:58 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: win8linux
Quoting: DuncSo, something that's been nagging at me since people started mentioning it... is he a Prince of the Republic of Korea, or the Democratic Republic of Korea?
He's a prince of Korea as a whole, as the Korean split is post-dynastic.
Does the government of North Korea accept that concept? I mean, the Kim family are basically kings so I'm not sure they'd be enthused about rival claimant monarchs.

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
27 May 2021 at 2:55 am UTC Likes: 4

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Quoting: elmapuli dont think the average joe would give a second chance to valve, imagine knowing the disaster it was the last time and beting your money at it?
The average joe does not remember what happened two years ago, much less as far back as the Steam Machine is now. Otherwise the state of politics would be very different.
he may not remember, but the gaming journalist will remember them
Certainly one of the things that Valve will absolutely have to push much harder on and get right this time is propaganda marketing. They should maybe hire someone because they're not that good at it themselves.

Looks like Steam is getting a brand new Downloads page
26 May 2021 at 9:50 pm UTC

Quoting: GuestI've tested it myself now and i get this version:

Am I the only one who, every time I see "Master Chief" always thinks "Master Chef"?

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
26 May 2021 at 9:44 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: rustybroomhandleThe developer program mentioned might be some kind of incentive for developers to specifically optimize for/support this device. This would be generally good for us.

As for the price of the device. They'd have to sell it for close to cost or at a loss to compete with the Switch.
That is true. I'm sure the Switch itself sells at a loss, after all, and the other consoles. Yet another reason it was always important for Steam to make the dashed things themselves: They can make plans based on the revenue from additional game sales making up for losses on selling the hardware, whereas companies in a third party ecosystem cannot. So a bunch of third parties were never going to be able to sell at a price point competitive with consoles who also have that sell at a loss, make it up on game sales model.

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
26 May 2021 at 9:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: elmapuli dont think the average joe would give a second chance to valve, imagine knowing the disaster it was the last time and beting your money at it?
The average joe does not remember what happened two years ago, much less as far back as the Steam Machine is now. Otherwise the state of politics would be very different.