Time-limited events in singleplayer (-ish) games are a plague. The effort and resources would be much better spent on regular content additions.

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Ugh, all that sim game effort wasted on a terrible theme. :sad:

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Quoting: CatKillerI have Megaquarium [External Link] and Prison Architect [External Link] (native / Deck Playable for both) but I've not actually got around to playing either of those, so I can't specifically recommend them.

I can vouche for Megaquarium, it's delightful. The ability to free-build (glaring at you, TPH), a wonderful progressive campaign, active pause, the ability to save at any time, a responsive dev, and money is really just a means to an end (which is to buy more fish!). Gotten my partner addicted to it, too.

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Quoting: MayeulCOn my ergodox, I just have a numpad layer activated by a button...

Same with my Moonlander (which has a cross-platform firmware configurator!). Also, these little keyboards are cute, but my shoulders hurt just thinking about typing on them.

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Quoting: anewsonthe dungeons games are great, but if anyone out there likes the genre and hasn't played War for the Overworld, check it out as well!

I would love this genre, except everything post-Dungeon Keeper seems to be allergic to active/tactical pause. *sigh*

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Quoting: slaapliedjeSo not sure where it would be able to spoof it, unless you went around using the app to scan things that are not the Steam client.

First of all, never underestimate the wacky stuff users will do. Second, if it works on the website (or even if people just *expect* that it will), rather than just the dedicated client, then some sort of site spoofing could be possible. In any case, QR Code normalization is bad. I about died when they became the new hotness in restaurants during Covid.

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Quoting: RandomizedKirbyTree47Steam doesn't support TOTP though: they use their own nonstandard system. That seems like the real problem.

It really is. They've no good reason for requiring a proprietary app just for MFA.

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Quoting: CyborgZetaSo if I'm understanding this right, the new phone app comes with QR scanning you can use to log into said phone app...by scanning it with your phone. I could understand desktop Steam providing a QR code for scanning, but how do you scan the phone one if it's on your phone? I'm sure I've missed something really obvious here, so I hope a smarter one than I comes along to explain.

No, how it works is that you're already logged into your phone and then to log into the website (from a laptop or desktop computer) you scan the QR with your (logged in) phone.

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Quoting: HohlraumWhat you are avoiding isn't just the username/pass. It's the 2-factor code (which is also a pain in the butt).

*shrug* Okay, offer it in both directions.

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So this is using a QR code to log into the website? Ugh, what's the point of that, logging into a real website on a real computer is easy. With something like KeePass, it's just a few keystrokes. What would actually be useful is using QR codes to log into phone apps, instead of having to do a prolonged, error-prone hunt-and-peck.

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