There was also a DaggerfallXL in the works, wasn't there? Though that has now been replaced by the Unity remake.

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But... does it support the excellent MIDI music? I have a Roland SC88 Pro connected to my Linux system, so that through Steam and Boxtron, it'll output the music via a USB Roland UM-ONE (I think that's the device). Funny thing is, I have tried a few times to get the same thing working through Windows, and have failed. It's easier to get it going in Linux.

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Quoting: tuubi

Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: Craggles086

Quoting: NanobangIt broke my heart when word came down that there would be no new Steam Controllers, and since then, gaming sessions feel a little ... bittersweet, like getting coffee with a dying friend. But news that there's talk of a Steam Controller 2? That's like getting news that there's a chance I'll get a new, better friend---maybe even before my dying friend ... dies?

Yeah, that sounds wrong. So, Steam Controller v 2.0? Awesome! Replacing dying friends? Not so awesome.

So a new controller will mean that I can say that the Steam controller is awesome and not get the response, “Then why has it been discontinued?”

Much in the same way that they would say it was a failure, so they are not going to try it for themselves. Can’t wait to see what they do for Steam Controller 2.

My childhood gaming experiences were spent with a Commodore 64 joystick in my hand, and the closest I come to that in modern pc gaming was using the Steam Controller.

What sucks is my favorite controller for the Atari/Commodore is the Epyx 500xj, also known as the Konix Speedking. But my old age makes it painful to use the triggers...

I had a single trigger version of the Speedking and it was pretty fun, but the stick was quite noisy if I recall correctly. My fave was and will always be the Suncom TAC 2. That said, I totally prefer a modern gamepad for comfort.

I specifically think of games like Track and Field and Summer Games that I think gamepads would be terrible on! But yeah in a lot of cases gamepads are nicer. But I do love the feel of a mechanical switch joystick!

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Quoting: Craggles086

Quoting: NanobangIt broke my heart when word came down that there would be no new Steam Controllers, and since then, gaming sessions feel a little ... bittersweet, like getting coffee with a dying friend. But news that there's talk of a Steam Controller 2? That's like getting news that there's a chance I'll get a new, better friend---maybe even before my dying friend ... dies?

Yeah, that sounds wrong. So, Steam Controller v 2.0? Awesome! Replacing dying friends? Not so awesome.

So a new controller will mean that I can say that the Steam controller is awesome and not get the response, “Then why has it been discontinued?”

Much in the same way that they would say it was a failure, so they are not going to try it for themselves. Can’t wait to see what they do for Steam Controller 2.

My childhood gaming experiences were spent with a Commodore 64 joystick in my hand, and the closest I come to that in modern pc gaming was using the Steam Controller.

What sucks is my favorite controller for the Atari/Commodore is the Epyx 500xj, also known as the Konix Speedking. But my old age makes it painful to use the triggers...

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I think they still need to fix keyboard login for the pin i put if you use one docked.

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumEdit 2: Shouldn't post drunk :tongue:

Ha ha! Sometimes it is fun though!

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Quoting: TherinS

Quoting: Purple Library Guyquite a few more quietly at the request of alt-right figures, who are gleefully identifying who to censor.

Sources needed.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyIncidentally, "The Left" was never in control of Twitter in the first place. Liberals were, but that's rather a different thing.

30 years ago, maybe. Today they are the same.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyIt's kind of like the way more than 90% of political violence in the United States is done by the far right. You see a politically motivated killing it's almost always someone on the far right.

Um....Here is some data. TLDR; twice the percentage of violence is perpetrated by those claiming to be Democrat than Republican (4% vs 2%). It's close enough to not matter, though (scroll down to the pie chart).
https://www.gunsamerica.com/digest/data-reveals-race-gender-political-affiliations-mass-murderers/ [External Link]

also

https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2018/feb/23/claudia-tenney/do-many-mass-shooters-end-being-democrats-rep-tenn/ [External Link]

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Oh, you want examples of declared political ties? Don't mind if I do....

https://www.newshawknetwork.com/politics/deranged-leftist-opens-fire-gop-softball-practice/ [External Link]

...but this one is independant, not Conservative like you would be suggesting....

https://heavy.com/news/2017/06/jared-loughner-political-affiliation-democrat-republican-liberal-politics-conservative-new-york-times-you-tube-lee-sarah-palin/ [External Link]

Can confirm this is true based on using Cinderella as an avatar picture. Still one of my favorite bands!

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumNothing wrong with being a MILF hunter... just sayin' from personal experience :-P

Better than young dumb women :tongue:

(This pirate may be a bit drunk)

Just reminds me that many many moons ago, in the BBS days of yore, I knew someone who went by "Muff Diver".

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: slaapliedjePersonally I'm just enjoying the show; you see I kind of like watching chaos unfold, and watching 'The Left' lose their minds because Twitter is no longer going to be banning / lowering visibility for 'The Right' just makes me giggle.

Mind you, no matter what he might claim he's not in favour of free speech. He's been actively banning leftists from Twitter--not just the random ones where he gets miffed cuz they said rude things about him, but quite a few more quietly at the request of alt-right figures, who are gleefully identifying who to censor. If it's just flipping who gets censored, is that really "chaos"?

Incidentally, "The Left" was never in control of Twitter in the first place. Liberals were, but that's rather a different thing. Actual leftists have always been more likely than the alt-right to get dropped off Twitter, Facebook, or any likelihood of showing up on Google searches. Much the way the US "liberal" media always tried way harder to sideline Sanders or the Green party than Trump or the alt-right, who always got tons of publicity.

All that said, with a couple of high-profile exceptions around stuff like Hunter Biden's laptop, Twitter never particularly went after the right as such. They went after the uncivil and threatening . . . just happens that the alt-right are more uncivil and threatening than liberals are. It's kind of like the way more than 90% of political violence in the United States is done by the far right. You see a politically motivated killing it's almost always someone on the far right. So then if some right winger comes along and says it's not fair, leftists should get arrested for terrorism just as much as rightists . . . well, no. So, sure, rules against being threatening and violently uncivil are in a sense fundamentally unfair to the right. But most threatening and uncivil stuff isn't political at all, or at least not overtly political, and a platform has to put a lid on it or you get tons of cyberbullying and doxxing and stuff.

So basically, any forum for discussion, in order to function decently and not turn into a hellscape, pretty much has to discriminate against the far right as a byproduct of what they do to make the forum work. There are two ways for the far right to avoid this problem: First, set up their own little spaces where they can be as horrible as they want, which is what they mostly do (and what Musk is now trying to turn Twitter into; he may be so successful it goes bankrupt). Or second, not act like total pricks. But would they still even be far right if they did that? It's a dilemma for the right, but I don't care.

My advice to anyone has always been 'extremism is bad, no matter which way you lean.' Unfortunately since so many people react before they think; you end up with a scale that leans one way too far, so then the other side tries striking back with a bigger pile of crap, so that the scales will then lean in their favor. There needs to be a balance. At least George Lucas understood that. :P

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One thing they need to fix that bit me last night.... leaving the Deck on the Dock and trying to unlock the pin number from the keyboard... simply doesn't work.

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