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Latest Comments by Cyril
Amazon's previous VP of Prime Gaming said they "tried everything" to disrupt Steam
20 Feb 2025 at 3:11 am UTC Likes: 2

It's mind blowing (and somewhat hilarious) to see how naive they were...
Even me not using Steam, I perfectly know why the majority of people use it and don't want to leave, it's just obvious.

Tomb Raider II open source re-implementation adds Linux support
14 Feb 2025 at 1:29 pm UTC

I'm a bit surprised so I ask the question: is anyone know if these are available on the AUR? It doesn't seems to be the case.

Ballionaire is annoyingly good and I want to play it all the time
11 Dec 2024 at 11:04 pm UTC Likes: 3

Steam FAQ [External Link]
Q: Is Ballionaire playable on Mac/Linux?

A: At this time, there is no Linux or Mac version (there is, however, a native SteamDeck version.)
:huh:

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025
10 Dec 2024 at 12:23 am UTC

Quoting: Jarmer
Quoting: CyrilLiam, like many people here, you have a monster of a PC, of course you don't care about snaps in performance aspects.
Liam does have a good computer (same specs I have) but I built my pc in 2020, which is coming up on 5 years old pretty soon. The specs he and I are running are nowhere near top of the line. Saying he doesn't care about performance on his system isn't fair at all. And it doesn't even really make sense. Of course he cares about performance, we all do.
2020 is pretty recent, especially when you built this computer for gaming purpose, it's not an issue at all when speaking about general use... no this is not the question.
What I meant, if it wasn't clear, it's just that in that context you don't care because the power of your machine will surpass the downside of using snaps anyway.

I wasn't speaking of storage itself, but snaps take more boot time. So in the end it's just slower for general use and it's boring, when it was fine with non-snaps packages.
In that context, I don't see the gain of using them at all.

The best Linux distribution for gaming in 2025
7 Dec 2024 at 6:08 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Liam DaweThis "bloat" is not something normies care about, only pedantic people who like to watch a few extra MBs get used up. The reality is: only a few people really care.
Liam, like many people here, you have a monster of a PC, of course you don't care about snaps in performance aspects.
But in reality, not only your reality, when your low-end computer slow down because of snaps (it worked perfectly fine before), I assure you: you care.
And when because of that, you think about buying new hardware, I assure you: you care.
In the end it's just more waste (we surely don't need that) for zero benefit of using snaps for normies (as you say).
Microsoft do this kind of shit to force people to buy new hardware, people complain about that and some did installed Linux, we don't need Linux distribution doing the same as Microsoft for "reasons" that only make sense (globally) for Canonical.
It's just crazy to pretend there is no problem about that, and worse: that it only concern pedantic people...
I hope there are people who understands me, as it seems nobody in the comments mentioned that until now.

Blizzard are delisting Warcraft I and II from GOG, so GOG adds a special discount and will keep them updated
2 Dec 2024 at 6:09 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: CaldathrasLike Diablo II: Resurrected, they built in the ability to swap between the original or remastered graphics.
This is always a nice feature to see, a few games did that too, and it's cool.
But yeah Blizzard is doing shit, doesn't change that.
Out of curiosity, I watched some videos of comparison between the original Warcraft I & II games and the remasters, and it's just awful AI upscale...

FromSoftware owner Kadokawa confirms Sony sent an 'initial letter of intent' to acquire them
24 Nov 2024 at 3:42 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: 14
Quoting: Leahi84Great, so they can make From Software games Sony exclusives...
I would actually hope it would bring Bloodborne to PC.
The dream lives on... :grin: