Quoting: BalkanSpyNow that is some beautiful and relaxing trailer.
And wait......is that the Netflix logo at the end of the trailer? I had no idea you could play games via Netflix.

Don't get too excited, it's only for mobile games. Netflix has also been removing PC versions of games in order to herd people to their mobile service, so I'm not too thrilled about the whole situation.

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Quoting: MarlockAny mention of what brand of wifi module and if they learned their lesson on choosing modules for linux?[...]

It's right on the title of the first picture: Quectel FC66E-B [External Link].

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Quoting: BlackBloodRumI've debated recently about getting one of their index VR headsets lately. More from a technological point of view, to see what all the fuss is about. Since no doubt once I've played with the technical bits, it'll end up in a box in a cupboard for the rest of its life, so I'm waiting for a good steam sale on them. :smile:.

*Glances uncomfortably at the HOTAS and Index setup put aside in the corner of the room*
I must admit, after getting a Quest, I really can't be bothered to clear the space in front of my PC in order to play VR. The tracking on the Quest is terrible by comparison, mind you, but at least I'm not in danger of punching my Amiga by accident.
I'm hoping Deckard will allow me to go play in a different room at last.

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Quoting: 14Companies are for-profit, ya know? Go to church if you want more of a family feel. Companies are not your family.

I'm afraid I have bad news [External Link] for you....

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Oh yay! Bandcamp is free again! That's excellent news! :woot:

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Oooh, Input Leap support! Software KVM support is the only thing holding me back from using Wayland, so this is great news! It doesn't look quite ready yet, but it's very nice to see that it's being worked on in an official capacity.

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It's amazing work and I'm particularly looking forward to the work on application-level suspension [External Link]. It could take the concept of Sessions/Activities to a whole new level where you could store the app-state of your entire "Work" activity when you switch to your "Playtime" activity for some gaming after work and then jump immediately back into exactly where you left off the next day.

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it has so far been gathering some rather glowing user reviews althoughand wonderfully, it's only a couple of hours long.

There, fixed it for you! :grin:
Jokes aside, whenever I see a game that's more than 8 hours long, I can feel my work schedule - as well as my backlog - starring daggers at me.

This one looks particularly neat; nice visuals, music is more than just a Silent Hill-alike and the guarantee of no jump-scares (or "startlers", since there's nothing "scary" about them) is very enticing.

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This is one of the few things I want to click preorder on, but so many things about it feels off.

• The use of character portraits from a time period that they start off by saying won't be in the game Okay, 20 years before; this might not be an issue, though it still feels a bit cheap
• The interface seemingly not having been influenced by LCARS at all
• The generic music that seems completely off-brand for Star Trek
• The interface sounds and VO that doesn't sound very Star Trek in neither audio style nor script

I really want to like this, but I just can't :cry:

EDIT: Reading a bit more of first [External Link] impressions [External Link] the writing does sound like it'll be enough for this to be entertaining, so, oh well, preordered after all. We'll see how it turns out.

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Also highlighted is the redesigned parks system

I know, I know, this should have been a spelling correction, but I did actually get momentarily excited at the prospect of fancy new cyberpunk parks to spend some time in :grin:
Neon trees, holographic koi ponds, robot dog walking... We need more walking simulation in our action games!

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