Quoting: sonic2kkIn short, it tells games that you can enable HDR (as many games will grey out the option by default)

For those who have used it: would you say it dramatically improves the visuals in your game(s)? After playing with it on, would you be disappointed to play with it off? Just wondering if I should prioritize it as a feature next time I buy a monitor.

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If this is a fork for the Steam Deck, why do they have binary releases for win and macos?

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Quoting: RandomizedKirbyTree47It may just be a matter of time before a big PC game publisher decides the solution to cheating is to require you to be in "S Mode" (i.e. only have software from the Microsoft Store). That wouldn't just mean the end of WINE: It would mean the end of Steam and all other stores as distribution platforms for AAA games.

I doubt there are too many publishers who want to limit their market to people willing to get everything from the Microsoft Store. Microsoft has tried to push that many times, and it fails miserably every time.

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Quoting: Expalphalog*except for using "Glorious Eggroll" - I still have absolutely no idea what that is, how to get it, or how to use it.

I used Proton Experimental for my test, but Liam has had plenty of articles about Glorious Eggroll, like this one:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2023/09/ge-proton-8-15-release-fixes-mafia-definitive-edition/

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Quoting: ExpalphalogI still can't get Midnight Suns to launch.

That made me curious, so I tried myself. Took a bit, but finally a 2K launcher dialog came up, saying it was updating itself. Now I have a 2K launcher window that just says "Missing games in your library? Launch the game from the platform it was installed from (Epic or Steam)". Well duh, I did that.

But after closing it, and running it again, the launcher comes up with Midnight Suns showing, with a Play button. And clicking that, the game does start. I can see pretty quickly they are monetizing on skins...

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Quoting: HighballI haven't taken a look at ChromeOS at all, but I'm sure the Window Manager is just a Wayland compositor.

As pointed out in the Ars article, ChromeOS replaced X11 with their own "Freon" back in 2016. As I understand it, it required different graphics drivers from the GPU vendors. It's only very recently that they switched to Wayland.

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Recently finished Disco Elysium, The Gunk, and Stasis: Bone Totem. Played a little bit of F.I.S.T., and Powers in the Basement. Thinking of trying out Midnight Suns, and Alan Wake (like Liam, I've never played, but it's been in the backlog forever).

Disco Elysium - a bit text-heavy and art style is a bit odd, but great storyline.
The Gunk - pretty enjoyable 3D adventure; have to clean up polluted world (with your backpack vacuum!) to save it.
Stasis: Bone Totem - isometric horror adventure game; I've loved everything made by the Bischoff brothers.

F.I.S.T. - a cute platformer game, but I get a little annoyed at challenging jump-this-way-and-that sections.
Powers in the Basement - a free retro-style point-and-click. A little bit *too* retro in the interface.

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Some of those, like Hob's Barrow, are quite recent releases, so that's pretty awesome to see (even if they are using an already supported engine - I think AGS).

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Quoting: DorritJesus was born 2023 years ago

Definitely not on December 25th, though. Can you say "co-opt the pagan celebrations"?

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Glad to hear they are finally fixing the shopping cart so it's tied to your account instead of your session.

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