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Game devs don't seem convinced on the Steam Deck from the GDC 2022 survey
21 Jan 2022 at 11:45 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: JpxsonYou wouldn't steal a car, you wouldn't right click on a NFT jpeg an save as
Showing your age (and possibly your Britishness) there! :grin:

Genuinely not sure if "you wouldn't steal a car" was shown outside of British cinemas?

Edit - so, uh, it wasn't shown on cinemas, it was DVDs mainly that featured this tripe. Early 2000's though, so at least I had that right.

One of the most challenging VR rhythm games releases February 10
19 Jan 2022 at 2:02 pm UTC Likes: 1

This is an absolute gem, ngl. Everyone on Linux with a VR set should own it, no question. Just don't allow Ehvis into your friends list... it's depressing. :grin:

KDE begin the 15-Minute Bug Initiative to make Plasma great
19 Jan 2022 at 1:32 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: inlinuxdudeHmmm, I wouldn't think there would be any of these types of bugs on the stable version anyway... but I guess if there is, it's good they're going to clean them up before the steam deck launch.
Check the article link - they've highlighted 56 bugs right off the bat, three of which are session-enders (highlighted in red). I can't say I've experienced any of them, however.

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.