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Latest Comments by hardpenguin
Here's the top Steam Deck games for June 2023
4 Jul 2023 at 9:01 am UTC Likes: 1

I am playing Kindoms of Amalur: Re-Reckoning, a fun RPG which works really great on Deck (it is Verified).

Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam (updated)
30 Jun 2023 at 1:35 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: Pengling
Quoting: hardpenguin(it is difficult to call it art)
It sure can be funny, though! :grin:
Horrible abominations 😥

Steam Deck now the global #1 top seller on Steam
30 Jun 2023 at 1:32 pm UTC Likes: 9

Quoting: blindcoderI _want_ to pick one up, but it's _still_ a lot of money for a device I don't really _need_.
I told myself the same, now I use Steam Deck for at least 30% of my gaming, for some weeks this number jumps to 100%.

Valve appear to be banning games with AI art on Steam (updated)
30 Jun 2023 at 10:54 am UTC Likes: 5

Yes, this is good. Gotta get rid of the AI generated images (it is difficult to call it art).

SDL 2.28.0 released and goes into maintenance mode, now focusing on SDL 3
22 Jun 2023 at 8:28 pm UTC

Quoting: F.UltraI hope we get an early SDL2->3 shim library this time in before distros decide to make SDL2 obsolete.
We will. Which brings us to the question: Will SDL 1.2 to SDL 2.0 compatibility library be compatible with SDL 2.0 to SDL 3.0 compatibility library?!

SDL 2.28.0 released and goes into maintenance mode, now focusing on SDL 3
22 Jun 2023 at 12:24 pm UTC

Quoting: ShabbyXSDL is awesome, but it looks like it's planning to to be not-so-simple anymore.

Like, we don't need yet snother 3d graphics API. Especially not now when the serious APIs (like Vulkan) are still struggling trying to figure out how to best do things. APIs like SDL's would end up based on those 3 APIs and naturally make the same mistakes.
Why not?

<removed because I was talking about a subject I do not have the detailed knowledge of>

Linux Mint 21.2 gets a Beta release
22 Jun 2023 at 12:20 pm UTC Likes: 1

Happy upgrades!

Me seeing this screenshot in 2023: oh no, not Skype 💀

Valve moving away from the Battle Pass in Dota 2
22 Jun 2023 at 12:19 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Cyril
Quoting: hardpenguin
I actually played a couple of games with a friend on the new map recently, and it was surprisingly a really great time. The map definitely feels a whole lot better now and the game works really great on Linux too.
Yeah playing with friends, preferably a full team of five is preferable. Unless you don't mind the toxicity...
So, same as LoL, but I never played Dota so I can't say which is worse.
I played both - LoL is much worse.

Valve moving away from the Battle Pass in Dota 2
21 Jun 2023 at 9:01 am UTC Likes: 3

I actually played a couple of games with a friend on the new map recently, and it was surprisingly a really great time. The map definitely feels a whole lot better now and the game works really great on Linux too.
Yeah playing with friends, preferably a full team of five is preferable. Unless you don't mind the toxicity...