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Latest Comments by 14
Baldur's Gate 3 is now Steam Deck Verified
7 Aug 2023 at 4:01 pm UTC

I am not experiencing any problems with the game. I am not running any launch options, no MangoHUD, the normal Proton (not GE), mainline kernel. It's too bad several of you are mentioning bugs, but I have to wonder why. The game was in EA for a LONG time, so I was confident enough to buy it on release day. I'm quite happy.

Goodbye free time I have discovered Timberborn
7 Aug 2023 at 4:13 am UTC

Timberborn has been on my wish list for a good while now, based on friend feedback, but it's sorted near the bottom where all the Early Access titles are. I can wait.

Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck is 'absolutely wild' and aims for 30FPS on Medium
6 Aug 2023 at 10:25 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: williamjcmI'll be honest, I'm glad Larian gave it some love, because we need more Vulkan games around. Shame it still has a D3D11 renderer, which shows games on custom engines aren't willing to fully ditch proprietary APIs yet.
A transition period is perfectly reasonable. Don't let great be the enemy of good, ya know? Good is on the way to great.

Sniper Elite 5 also has a Vulkan option, and that game is technically impressive! The graphics look better than the 4th game yet impressively perform noticeably smoother with my same hardware. It's a delight.

Baldur's Gate 3 on Steam Deck is 'absolutely wild' and aims for 30FPS on Medium
4 Aug 2023 at 10:48 pm UTC

Quoting: williamjcmA shame the current version of the game doesn't run on AMD GPUs on Linux (except Steam Deck, it seems) if you select the Vulkan renderer, no matter if you use AMDVLK or RADV drivers.

The D3D11 renderer does work, but vegetation has some nasty flickering.

I really hope it'll be fixed for the game's launch.
Yeah, the launch version had it fixed. I chose Vulkan and everything worked out of the box on launch day.

Check out the upgraded demo for Cyber Knights: Flashpoint
29 Jul 2023 at 3:30 am UTC

The game already made it onto my wish list after completing the first version of the demo. It didn't have a AAA polish feel I'd say, but it felt fun and the style was pretty cool.

Linux Mint 21.2 is out now with app upgrades, artwork tweaks, login improvements
23 Jul 2023 at 6:09 am UTC Likes: 2

I love Mint... for other people. :tongue:

Steam Stealth Fest launches July 24th
23 Jul 2023 at 5:48 am UTC Likes: 1

Maybe I'm alone in this, but I could go for another Splinter Cell game. Maybe the Ubisoft studio(s) that work on Assassin's Creed can take a break and make a non-open-world Splinter Cell game. I really like those. I think I've beaten them all.

I don't have any stealth games on my wish list currently, unless you count Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty that is #1 on my list (my first playthrough was stealth + pistols).

AI-powered news sites are dumb and Redditors managed to trick them
23 Jul 2023 at 5:37 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: kaimanI await the day when AIs write articles based on articles written by AIs. Right now, the whole scheme only works moderately well because there is comparatively more human-written content to "borrow" from. Once the scales tip, one can only hope that this causes the whole fad to collapse on itself.
To your point, when AI software consumes AI content, they produce garbage and chaos according to some people in this good article from NYT [External Link].

I'm optimistic and think AI software can be managed like other powerful tools.

But I'm also going to download an offline Wikipedia archive [External Link].

Microsoft wins against FTC to buy Activision Blizzard
17 Jul 2023 at 3:21 am UTC

Quoting: boltronicsThe fact that you hate the merger but still acknowledge that it doesn't affect you speaks volumes to my point.
Your point being that this merger could be positive for me? How many volumes did I write to that point?

Proton Experimental fixes up New World and Aura: Fate of the Ages
16 Jul 2023 at 3:13 pm UTC

I get tempted to try New World every now and then. Anyone put some good time into it (20+ hours)? Although, with BG3 around the corner, I won't be starting an MMO anytime soon.