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Proton Experimental fixes up Sea of Thieves voice chat
14 Jan 2022 at 10:42 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: The_Lux
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: SolitaryIsn't PVP basically broken in this game? If Steam forums and many reviews are any indication, the game's community is pretty toxic with people just bullying weaker players and lot of griefing, spawn killing, etc., because the game allows for that type of play and time wasting. All of that being excused by the part of that community that is doing it as "part of the game", "realistic pirating" or just "suck it up", while actively disagreeing with any needs for fixing glaring problems that allow for all of that.
Is it possible to switch off the PVP part?

And, could I play with Windows friends?
Unfortunately you cannot switch off the PVP Part.

And I haven't found a way (yet) to play with my Windows Friends (Windows Game Store), if there is no one who plays the bridge between Steam (Windows) and Windows Game Store.
I was quite interested in this game, but didn't realise it had a PvP element. Absolutely no interest in it now, especially if the PvP can't be disabled. I can't think of a single game, in gaming history, that has both PvE and PvP elements mixed seamlessly that isn't lesser for it. The devs will always focus on one or the other, or the simple fact that they both exist will cause one or the other to be less interesting, or more frustrating.

It's like developers saw the original Diablo, realised that everyone hated PvP player damage in what was obviously a PvE game and have spent the last two decades maximising that suffering to the fullest extent possible. Baffling.

The Anacrusis appears to run on Linux with Proton but some possible caveats
14 Jan 2022 at 10:36 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: Alm888
Quoting: BlooAlienNice. Another Proton game wishlisted for me.
There are no such things as "Proton Games". Only Windows games. This game was developed for Windows™ and for Windows only. :P
Good point. But since I don't own Windows, all Windows games are just Proton games. Maybe that distinction will go away as the Deck releases and matures, but until then, a Proton game (for me) is a Windows game that works on Linux. If it doesn't, I don't care about it at all.

Heck Deck is a brilliant fusion of bullet-hell and a card game
13 Jan 2022 at 4:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

I don't know if it's the extreme polish on show here, or the funky soundtrack, but this really puts me in the mood of a Wii game! Incredible mash-up.

Blending 2D and 3D together, puzzle-platformer Neko Ghost, Jump! is out
12 Jan 2022 at 1:33 pm UTC Likes: 2

That really does look stunning. Most 2D/3D hybrids tend to look pretty clunky, but this has a nice Paper Maria / Fez / Nebulas charm to it. I'll wait for EA to finish before picking it up, I reckon though.

Spring RTS v106.0 released with OpenGL 4 support
12 Jan 2022 at 1:27 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: LinasOpenGL? That's a name I haven't heard in a while.

Looks like Portal 2 is the first Steam Deck Verified title
12 Jan 2022 at 9:43 am UTC Likes: 7

My Deck will be primarily used for non-3D games, I think. Games I'd like to spend more time in, but I don't tend to play on my big rig, cos it feels like when I'm sat at that, I should be playing demanding games.

So the Deck will be a couch device for games like RogueBook, Griftlands, Children of Morta, Ring of Pain, Wildermyth, Death Trash, The Fall and Loop Hero. And who knows, maybe it'll pull me back into Slay the Spire!

I made a forum post about Deck-style games here a while back.

Dell announce the new XPS 13 Plus with Ubuntu supported
9 Jan 2022 at 2:31 am UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Fakeman_PretendnameI thought the fairly new buttonless touchpads were a pain in the ****... but that's a whole new level of "What's even going on there?" Is it a touchpadless touchpad? Is it touchscreen & keyboard only? Does you need an external mouse to even use it, or is it somehow hidden? Does it light up to show you where it is, or is the entire frame of the laptop a touchpad... or do you just sort of guess where the touchpad is each time you use it?

Seriously, what was wrong, in any way whatsoever, with having a touchpad for moving, scrolling, zooming and having two or three clickable buttons beneath it for left/right/middle click?

Have I just reached the age where anything I don't understand looks like "new-fangled rubbish"?
The Verge noted this too. They said

Dell has outfitted the XPS 13 with what it calls a “haptic ForcePad.” As is the case with MacBook touchpads, this one doesn’t physically depress when you click; it just reproduces the sensation of depressing. I imagine there might be some learning curve to figuring out where you can and can’t click, though Dell thinks muscle memory will make that a non-issue.
I really, really don't like that. Anything that sacrifices the user experience for aesthetics can absolutely do one. What a stupid decision.

Dell announce the new XPS 13 Plus with Ubuntu supported
7 Jan 2022 at 5:07 pm UTC Likes: 1

I can answer the first question - yes, your hands can get in the way of these low-profile devices. Particularly when I'm slouching on the couch with it, I find that text boxes in particular (like comments, or Discord) tend to be at the bottom of the screen, and my big shovel-hands cover up exactly where I'm typing.

Yes, it's a bit tedious. But no, I probably wouldn't change it, since the alternative would be (I suspect) super-ugly.

Dell announce the new XPS 13 Plus with Ubuntu supported
7 Jan 2022 at 1:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

I'm still rocking my 2016 XPS 13 and it's still a joy to use, albeit the battery is beginning to show its age. I only get about 3 and a half hours out of it in normal use, and if I fire up a game, I'm lucky if I get an hour. It was around twice that when I first got it.

It's a great laptop - probably only challenged by Dell's own business Latitude range. I guess I haven't used many non-Dell laptops in the last two or three years though, so take that glowing report with a pinch of salt.

Mozilla looking to improve Twitch playback in Firefox
6 Jan 2022 at 8:43 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: M@GOidI had problems with Firefox on Youtube, where the page would simply stall and need a refresh to work again. Turned out it was the ad-blocker I was using, µBlock Origin. I changed for another and the problem got away. Maybe this Twitch problem with Firefox may be related to a add-on people are using.
I use uBlock Origin too, in addition to my pi-hole. I'll give disabling it a shot, but I'm not really interested in moving adblocker - uBlock Origin has been (otherwise, if it's at fault here) excellent!