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Latest Comments by Shmerl
The Valve Steam Deck, lots of excitement and plenty to think about for Linux gaming
16 Jul 2021 at 5:58 pm UTC Likes: 2

Do they expect there to be a shortage of these devices on the release day?

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS
15 Jul 2021 at 8:53 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: damarrinUsing this for old games is really not the point, I think.
Why can't it be the point? As long as you can run something on it, someone will run it. And since it's not locked to Steam you can use GOG games, itch games and whatever. Something like OpenMW can work too.

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS
15 Jul 2021 at 7:59 pm UTC Likes: 5

Quoting: GuestOn a different note, what games would people think to play on this? It's not like most of the games in people's existing Steam library are designed for this form factor.
I want to load ScummVM on it.

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS
15 Jul 2021 at 5:51 pm UTC

I'd like some FOSS UI for it though. Is it using some custom Plasma or Steam's own UI?

Valve has formally announced the Steam Deck, a portable handheld console with SteamOS
15 Jul 2021 at 5:47 pm UTC

That's pretty nice. But don't APUs usually combine Zen 3 + RDNA 2?

AMD releases FidelityFX Super Resolution source code
15 Jul 2021 at 4:12 pm UTC

Huh? The article mentions Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodhunt. Never heard of it. Is it a new game in development?

Netflix is getting into video games, so we'll have another cloud gaming service
15 Jul 2021 at 3:53 pm UTC

Does it have to be cloud based? They can simply act as a publisher and sell their games wherever (like GOG, Steam, etc.).

Linux Foundation launches the Open 3D Engine based upon Amazon Lumberyard
6 Jul 2021 at 7:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

This could be interesting if it will enable more games for Linux eventually.

Nightdive Studios show off new System Shock footage
5 Jul 2021 at 10:28 pm UTC Likes: 2

Yes, that saturation and colors is what I mean by old school look. I think original System Shock had that simply due to graphics limitations of the time, but I don't find it appealing as an art style in itself.