Might be of interest - Glorious Eggroll dropped a new GE-Proton 30 minutes ago:
https://github.com/GloriousEggroll/proton-ge-custom/releases/tag/GE-Proton7-18 [External Link]

From the release notes:

proton bleeding edge updates, contains patches to fix official FFXIV Launcher (finally)
Additional notes:
- As before, you can still also use NOSTEAM=1 %command% to log in with a standalone non-steam account.
- The login and download progress bar both render at the bottom of the launcher, you'll need to scroll down.

To be honest, just after Denuvo, I'd say that games that launch launchers from Steam are next on my list of "do not buy". Launchers aren't quite as anti-consumer as Denuvo and its ilk, but as a general gamer, they add nothing but frustration to my overall experience of the game, and as a Linux gamer, they add uncertainty that I'll be able to play at all. Seems that only absolutely huge companies use them too - Blizzard, Microsft/Mojang, EA, Ubisoft, etc. I wonder if they even realise how much they're pissing their customers off?

Or is there a subset of gamers out there who actually click Play and they're pleased to see a launcher, interact with it and be pleased that this extra step exists between choosing to play a game, and actually fucking playing it.

/rant.

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Quoting: AciDYou forgot Griftlands, Gordian Quest and Fate hunters ;)

Griftlands! How did I forget that! I love Klei games. Never heard of Gordian Quest - thanks for that. And yep, Fate Hunters is excellent and of course there's the "spiritual remake" of that, Dreamgate, also excellent.

Quoting: FurysparkYou also forgot Last Evil. :P

Never heard of it! Incredibly, it looks even more gratuitous than Neoverse!

And separately, just yesterday, a couple of days after writing this article (even though it only got published today), I bought Incryption, which is also worth a shout out, because it's just all kinds of awesome and even has a Linux beta.

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But is it better/more fun than Beat Invaders!? I need to play more Beat Invaders...

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Quoting: Mountain ManThe claim that Valve will delist games that are sold cheaper elsewhere is false on its face. Humble Bundle has been selling Steam games at a steep discount for over a decade, and not a single one of them has been delisted.

Yeah, Fanatical too. I have no idea where this is coming from. Absolutely baffling from Wolfire, and even the legal system itself could do a 5 minute check on the veracity of this claim. I'm very confused by all this.

Like, right this minute, on Steam:

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I must be missing some nuance of the case.

The base price is the same. The final price you're seeing is from 50% and 58% discount, but the base price is the same.

Yep, that'll be it.

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Quoting: Mountain ManThe claim that Valve will delist games that are sold cheaper elsewhere is false on its face. Humble Bundle has been selling Steam games at a steep discount for over a decade, and not a single one of them has been delisted.

Yeah, Fanatical too. I have no idea where this is coming from. Absolutely baffling from Wolfire, and even the legal system itself could do a 5 minute check on the veracity of this claim. I'm very confused by all this.

Like, right this minute, on Steam:


But on Fanatical:


I must be missing some nuance of the case.

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Post-2019 GPU prices will do more to kill PC gaming than consoles, handhelds and mobiles combined.

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Quoting: Para-GlidingAbout "toning down", I feel that's beginning to be your main line in comment: not making waves, no head sticking out, no comment that would go against one of your own convictions or feelings (because you accept non-neutral comments when they go your way; Which is okay, as it is your own site; But should be clearly claimed, would help readers to figure out if we will seek information there or other places). Quite perturbing for me and make this site more and more unpleasant to read for me while I enjoyed your works for years. Is it a matter of monetization (if so, should be publicize, I guess), or you no longer want to compromise? or getting the big head (hope not!)?

A couple of points on this. First of all, I sponsor this site via Patreon and help with occasional back-end admin, but I'm otherwise as much a consumer of this site as you. It belongs to Liam, not me. I comment a lot though, so I get why you'd think I'm involved more than I actually am.

As for my comment on toning it down, you're right I use it a lot, but I try to put a positive spin on it - although in your case, that was only a smiley face, so apologies for my tone. I didn't intend it to be an attack.

But I can't deny that your comment annoyed me. Here's a company trying their best to do right by Linux users, selling laptops at probably next-to-no margin, and your first take was to be negative about the lack of technical detail, and so pronounce the entire outfit as "not professional". I just find that attitude so tiring, so depressing. And worse, it was nearly trivial to find that information if you looked - but you didn't, you just commented here negatively. So, yeah, I'm sorry for my tone. I just find it really hard to ignore.

As for rest of your comment, that's for Liam to respond to if he chooses. I think he moderates this community well, despite lots of varied opinions, but that's just my 2 cents.

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Quoting: Para-GlidingWhen a company doesn't provide the energy unit of the batteries in Wh or in MJ (knowing that 1Wh = 3.6 MJ), it can't claim something about the battery life of a laptop, and be considered as a professional laptop company

I agree that it's odd that the site doesn't mention the battery at all beyond this vague claim, but I also think you need to tone down the rhetoric a bit. Star Labs have been selling laptops for years - they're obviously a professional laptop company. Just because you, personally (and yeah, okay, me), are offended at the lack of technical detail doesn't change that! :grin:

Anyway, a quick visit to their support site, I found a complete disassembly guide for the Star Book [External Link], and it looks like they use 65wh li-on battery, as pictured.

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I'm not sure why Noita is in there, but I highly recommend it anyway (it's Proton though).

Otherwise, now is a good time to pick up Unexplored [External Link]. I did a review of it a while back on GOL.

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Quoting: scaineDrives me nuts, just so much hypocrisy.

Spot on. Sorry for pretty much just re-iterating your point in my post a second time.

Too late! I went on a big rant! Goddamit! :grin:

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