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Communications Workers of America (CWA) announce an industry-wide video game union
20 Mar 2025 at 1:08 pm UTC Likes: 8

We are going to create a game industry that works for us, one that nourishes its talent and invests in its future, rather than constantly seeking short-term profits.
That's not really the goal of most investors in the current game industry. They want the steepest upward line and don't care about the corpses it leaves in their wake. I wonder if this might actually lead to even more departures from the US. I'd be nice if the industry could be satisfied with more sensible growth strategies, but I'm not too hopeful.

Steam Beta improves download speed of Steam Client updates on Linux / Steam Deck and other fixes
19 Mar 2025 at 3:32 pm UTC

I want the separation.
That answer makes it even more confusing. What separation? If you don't enable the toggle, you can't use Proton except for a few titles in a long forgotten white list. It'd effectively be a way to disable non-native titles. Which is something I could see the use of, but then it needs a rename.

Steam Beta improves download speed of Steam Client updates on Linux / Steam Deck and other fixes
19 Mar 2025 at 2:13 pm UTC

It's a mistake to remove the "Steam Play" toggle for desktop clients, but it should be enabled by default with the current latest Proton as a specific option
It sounds like your mixing up the "Enable Steam Play for all titles" with the "Force a specific ..." toggle.

The second one is definitely useful, the first one is not since everyone has it permanently ticked on anyway.

NVIDIA 570.133.07 driver released for Linux with bug fixes
19 Mar 2025 at 11:44 am UTC

Since 565 I seem to have issues with certain Unity games. White flashes that appear to be related to UI elements. Initially, I thought it was a game bug since I encountered it in one game specifically. But I've since seen minor versions in other games. Always Unity though. I should really test if 570 fixes this.

Half-Life 2 RTX demo has launched on Steam
18 Mar 2025 at 11:05 pm UTC Likes: 7

Ok, had a good laugh for half an hour. Completely unplayable on a 2080 Ti, but that's ok since it's below the minimum spec. Got 30 fps with DLSS ultra performance and 10 fps with DLSS quality while running on 3440x1440.

I'd at least expect DLSS quality to look somewhat good despite the low fps, but it really doesn't. Everything is grainy. Lots of smearing and edge artefacts. Basic things you'd expect with upscaling, but much worse.

As for the assets, it's kind of weird. I got this weird uncanny valley experience from it. Sure a lot (not all of it) is more detailed, but it never seems to fit in context of the level. I guess my brain is expecting the assets to match the level design and it doesn't. I guess I should have expected this since I have the same issue with mods that do similar things.

As Liam mentioned. Everything feels overly bright and washed out. To a level that I'm wondering if this thing my require HDR to be viewed properly.

Unplayable as expected, but I expected a better visuals like Portal RTX. Maybe that game was just better suited for the ray tracing treatment.

Half-Life 2 RTX demo has launched on Steam
18 Mar 2025 at 3:21 pm UTC Likes: 4

So, downloading 50 GB to test this thing on a setup that's below the minimum spec. Could be fun I guess. :grin:

Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 47: Before I Was Born
18 Mar 2025 at 9:52 am UTC Likes: 3

This brings me back to the first time I ever installed Linux. Probably around 1993 since the idea of Doom on Linux was definitely not a thing. No distro, just a 3.5" boot disk image and a 30-40 MB .tar.gz file and a text instruction on how to get it all on a booting partition. Linux improved really quickly in the years ahead. Never heard of Jetpack though.

Atomfall from Rebellion is Steam Deck Verified ahead of release
17 Mar 2025 at 4:28 pm UTC

Scaine simulator! Of course you have to play it and find out what life is like for a fellow editor!

Supernatural horror adventure ASYLUM from Senscape is finally out - Linux version delayed
17 Mar 2025 at 12:27 pm UTC Likes: 4

Be sure to play their free game SERENA
Apparently I did. 11 years ago.

NVIDIA RTX Remix released, plus Half-Life 2 RTX demo arrives March 18 - looking way too bright
14 Mar 2025 at 12:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Is it possible that they will suppport Vulkan and AMD gpus?
That is what RTX remix does. It uses DXVK to translate DX9 into Vulkan and then injects it's own stuff in there. Anything that supports Vulkan raytracing should work.