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Valve has finally fixed the Steam Remote Play audio loss bug on Linux
15 December 2022 at 8:35 am UTC

Nice - lets hope this also finally fixes remote play together. My friends don´t get audio when i host...which really sucks balls when i have the beefiest pc and connection...

Microsoft's acquisition of Activision Blizzard hits a bump as FTC seeks to block it
12 December 2022 at 1:54 pm UTC Likes: 7

USA politics haven't had the best run in regards to 'sane decisions' the last years...so if they really stop this for good, this would be a very welcomed exception ^^

Quoting: tfkOn YouTube 90 percent of the comments seem to be in vavour of the acquisition... weird but true.

90% of people also deem Windows a sane choice for an OS to put private data on...so that number's not really something to base an important decision on ;)

Lots of good stuff announced at The Game Awards 2022 — roundup
9 December 2022 at 12:53 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam DaweProton has nothing to do with it. We’re not even a 2% platform. This has been debated to death by now.
But still there was a higher percentage of native offerings in the past, that's all i'm saying.

Quoting: Liam DaweOr should I say, Proton has very very little to do with it as most developers never considered a Linux port anyway because of the tiny user share. Get user first, then direct support and maybe when it makes sense - native support.

Like i said, i think it has much to do with it. Don't get me wrong, i agree that proton is probably our best chance to solve the chicken and egg problem and it really is absolutely impressive how perfect it works most of the time.

I'm not sure how you compiled the first chart in this article and can't find another statistic of that sort, but i would be really surprised if that curve didn't go down in the last months/years.

I'm probably just an old grumpy dude that slowly but surely has to let go of his principle to only buy native games outside of bundles because of this development and is at least a tad salty because of it xD

Lots of good stuff announced at The Game Awards 2022 — roundup
9 December 2022 at 12:29 pm UTC

Scrolling through the 'just announced' section on https://store.steampowered.com/sale/thegameawards2022 really shows the downside of proton: almost exclusively windows titles...
Don't get me wrong, i surely prefer good proton compatibility over a bad port, but it's still sad to see.

EA open source Fonttik, helps devs check text size & contrast — plus patent pledges
8 December 2022 at 4:46 pm UTC Likes: 3

A decent move from EA...man it's been so long since that was something that could be said about anything EA did that it really feels weird to say it ^^

Here's how to fix Grounded from Obsidian on Steam Deck
8 December 2022 at 10:19 am UTC

This BS really still needed? Oh Microsoft, how i despise you ^^
Apart from that MS Login hurdle, it was good fun in a free weekend - but i won't pay much money for something that is so close to being unplayable if MS decides to change something...

Valve giving away tons of Steam Decks during The Game Awards 2022
1 December 2022 at 8:44 am UTC Likes: 2

2am here in europe - they really could have timed that a tad better ^^

Half-Life: Alyx LEVITATION mod adds four hours of new story - out now
28 November 2022 at 1:21 pm UTC

sounds like it's time to go for another run - been thinking about doing that anyway, so this might be a good reason to finally do it ^^

System76 tease the new Launch Heavy keyboard
26 November 2022 at 5:32 pm UTC

Quoting: Doc AngeloWhy the weird spacing on the lower left side?

Probably to have only three different key widths i guess?

System76 tease the new Launch Heavy keyboard
26 November 2022 at 11:22 am UTC

I don't really get those 95% keyboards - i want full size for a reason, those 1-2 saved centimeters won't hurt me, less keys will though. Especially if we have QMK or other fully customizable solutions like here, where you can remap 'useless' keys.
And i really don't like the 'integrated' arrowkeys either...
Aaand (just to keep on rambling ;) ) i really got to love the knob on my Q6, so that is a sadly missing thing, too. ^^


Other than that: the more open keyboards, the better! And size matters, so go for everything countering that stupid TKL-Trend ;P