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Kitsune Zero DLC announced for Super Bernie World
5 Apr 2022 at 10:20 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: FifteenthPenHahahahahahaha! This is why when you come up with a name for something, you google it before going ahead with it.
Quoting: Cybolic"Kitsune" means fox and is fairly well known as a name for the Japanese folklore of shapeshifting foxes. What exactly comes up in your search?
Yeah, I only get a bunch of Japanese kitsune/fox references/imagery too - tried searching "kitsune", "kitsune tails" and kitsune zero". Did you mis-spell a search or something? What on earth did you search for??

dbrand now have Steam Deck Skins and Wraps
5 Apr 2022 at 10:15 am UTC Likes: 5

I'd have to have a style before I could match my (as yet imaginary) Deck to it. Is "geeky, tight, hairy Scotsman" a style?

I absolutely Love the mahogany effect though. Beautiful.

The latest and greatest Vulkan extension has arrived
2 Apr 2022 at 8:50 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: Philadelphus
Quoting: GuestTime to get a faster printer so I can see my game being printed in real time.

At least 25 sheets per second!!!
I dunno, I find about 6–12 sheets per day gives me that classic "newspaper" feel. Back with life was more relaxed and people were less hurried, y'know? Why, back in my day…
You whippersnapper you! Back in my day...

The latest and greatest Vulkan extension has arrived
1 Apr 2022 at 7:30 am UTC

The video made me laugh. Perfect!

EmuDeck makes emulation on Steam Deck nice and simple
30 Mar 2022 at 12:14 pm UTC Likes: 4

This is incredible. I assumed that I'd be accessing emulation through desktop-mode and a kludgey-hack of Lutris and EmulationStation. But to have all that configured in the background and then show up as Steam collections - amazing.

Goddam, I can't wait to get my hands on a Deck. Is it Q2 yet???

Steam Simfest: Hobby Edition is live until April 4
29 Mar 2022 at 4:53 pm UTC Likes: 5

That powerwash sim reminds me of the 2 hours I spent "playing" House Flipper, before I realised I'd be better spending my time actually painting and cleaning my own home. I went through the same thing with Guitar Hero - initially enjoyed it, then realised that the hours I'd have to spend playing it to move on to the next level, I'd be better off learning how to actually play a guitar! :grin:

I still can't play Freebird on my actual guitar right enough, but I can crank out some Iron Maiden with a bit of a warm up. And my house is reasonably tidy, so there's that.

Deck-building RPG 'Tainted Grail: Conquest' releases for Linux
29 Mar 2022 at 8:07 am UTC

First Roguebook, then Across the Obelisk, and now this! We're spoiled for deck-builders right now, it's superb. I bought this and played for an hour or so - really enjoyed it. It reminds me of NeoVerse but without the skimpy outfits - amazing graphics and a really nice 3rd person view for exploring the overworld. It has a really interesting block mechanic too.

My only critisism would be that not much is explained. There's block, barrier and armour and they all do slightly different things, some things end after a turn, others tick down and then you have a special attack no one even tells you about, which is weird. But great atmosphere, lots of promise.

Discover Overlay is a Discord chat UI that now works on Steam Deck
22 Mar 2022 at 3:21 pm UTC Likes: 5

These video tutorials are just superb. There have been loads of times that I've read about software/technology that is probably really cool and useful, but I just couldn't visualise it, so I never bothered to take the time to learn how it works and put it in place.

At a glance, I can see how useful this would be, thanks to the video. And it would be a breeze to get working generally, regardless of the fact it's geared towards showing us the Deck.

Magic work, Liam. Also, "hi" back to Australia! I've only visited once, for my honeymoon, and that was 20 years ago! But I'll never forget that trip - Perth, The Urulu, a couple of days in Cairns (which felt like the Wild West) and on Hamilton Island (which remains the most luxurious place I've visited, ever), then the bulk of our time in Sydney. Amazing place.

Boatswain is a new Stream Deck compatible app for Linux
19 Mar 2022 at 10:30 pm UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: PhiladelphusFollow-up article about your personal experience trying out Boatswain, or maybe a comparison between the two?
That's a great idea. I feel like it might be a little unfair, given that Boatswain is only three weeks old (not even a teenager!) and I'll be testing on Plasma, not Gnome, but in terms of how fiddly it is to get streamdeck-ui working, it would make for a nice short comparison.

I'll keep the idea in mind!

Valve reduces size of Steam Deck Client in the latest update
19 Mar 2022 at 2:52 pm UTC Likes: 1

Pfff. We're all jealous! :grin:

But it's nearly Q2!! Goddam, I'm excited.