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Check out The Immortal Lock, an impressive new Quake 1 mod
17 Jul 2024 at 10:12 am UTC Likes: 1

That certainly had a few set pieces I haven't seen in a Quake mod before! Look very nice!

Also, nice choice of music used, which is "Nightmare (Ranger)" from "Arena Eternal" by Markie Music [External Link]

GameCube and Wii emulator Dolphin moves to a more rapid release cycle
5 Jul 2024 at 11:57 am UTC Likes: 6

Quoting: StoneColdSpider[...]
Also they have a refreshed logo:
Whats changed on the logo???......
The colours have been tweaked, the general shape has a smoother curve and the splash-tentacle in the middle of the dolphin is better centred. It's basically a redrawn version of the same motif.

Here they are for comparison (new on top):
Spoiler, click me


Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new cross-platform app
3 Jul 2024 at 11:08 am UTC Likes: 14

Quoting: Halgari
Quoting: officerniceFeedback: stop using electron.
Well good news, it's not Electron!

I agree though, electron isn't a good choice for an application of this nature.
Just for completeness, it's built with .NET / C# and they helpfully included their write-up on why they made this choice, directly in the repo [External Link].

DRM lease protocol support finally merged for GNOME Wayland - great for VR fans
21 Jun 2024 at 1:18 pm UTC

Quoting: ElectricPrismThe use-case isn't obvious to me. Maybe I'm just tired.

So this allows you to play VR Games on Gnome Wayland? Is that it or is there something more to this like a Gnome VR Desktop or something.
That should be it, yes. Currently, starting up (e.g.) SteamVR while using Gnome on Wayland won't work, it won't pass on the display output to the VR headset; with this new work merged, it will.

DRM lease protocol support finally merged for GNOME Wayland - great for VR fans
20 Jun 2024 at 1:26 pm UTC Likes: 8

Just a quick note for anyone wondering about the general support of the DRM Lease protocol: it is already supported in KDE on Wayland, as well as by wlroots-based Wayland compositors (Sway, Hyprland and LabWC). Steam has a help page [External Link] with a bit more info.

Ancient Forge are giving away a custom-skin Steam Deck for Hotel Galactic
17 Jun 2024 at 9:59 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: hardpenguin
Quoting: CybolicUhm, those terms.... (emphasis mine)
By entering this content (e.g., photo, video, text, etc.), You understand and agree that the Sponsor and anyone acting on behalf of the Sponsor or its respective licensees, successors, and assigns, shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity and throughout the World, without limitation, your entry, name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image, statements about the Campaign, and biographical information for news, publicity, information, trade, advertising, public relations, and promotional purposes without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent.
Surely that can't be legal? Signing over the rights to one's name, likeness and voice in perpetuity in order to enter a contest?
These are the default terms for each Gleam.io giveaway. Gleam.io is a platform for creating such giveaways and it allows for designing actions such as "record yourself saying why you love our brand best". Rest assured, nothing like that is the case here. What is collected first and foremost are emails to send info about prizes won as well as social media profile names to confirm that the action was performed (follow on Twitter etc.)
I understand the intended purpose, I'm just fairly surprised that the conditions don't say something along the lines of "shall have the right [...] to your name, [etc.] within the context of the Campaign" instead of a blanket statement that could include anything.

Ancient Forge are giving away a custom-skin Steam Deck for Hotel Galactic
14 Jun 2024 at 5:21 pm UTC

Uhm, those terms.... (emphasis mine)
By entering this content (e.g., photo, video, text, etc.), You understand and agree that the Sponsor and anyone acting on behalf of the Sponsor or its respective licensees, successors, and assigns, shall have the right, where permitted by law, to print, publish, broadcast, distribute, and use in any media now known or hereafter developed, in perpetuity and throughout the World, without limitation, your entry, name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, image, statements about the Campaign, and biographical information for news, publicity, information, trade, advertising, public relations, and promotional purposes without any further compensation, notice, review, or consent.
Surely that can't be legal? Signing over the rights to one's name, likeness and voice in perpetuity in order to enter a contest?

The KINGDOM HEARTS series is live on Steam - SE giving away multiple Steam Decks
13 Jun 2024 at 10:06 pm UTC Likes: 2

As someone who has never played one of these games before, I can't say that trailer did a good of convincing me to pick it up; it did leave me confused though, so that's something! :grin:

Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers'
12 Jun 2024 at 10:01 pm UTC Likes: 3

Quoting: williamjcmIn the case of point #2, I'd like to mention there's a British game that actually allows this: Talisman Digital Edition (by Nomad Games). You can buy DLCs for the game on Android, iOS, GOG, or Switch, and use them with the Steam version just fine, as long as they're registered to your Nomad Games account. And except for the Switch version (Nintendo doesn't like games accessing DLCs bought from outside Nintendo's system), same the other way around, too. Bought a DLC on Steam ? You can access it from the mobile game, or the GOG version.

And Valve has been okay with this for years already.
And even outside of games that tie DLC to user accounts, there are plenty of visual novels that sell their "+18" DLC on their own site, outside of Steam, which can then be added to the game no matter where the user bought it - including Steam.

So far, I haven't seen any credible points in this lawsuit.

Check out the new trailer and demo for Megacopter: Blades of the Goddess
6 Jun 2024 at 6:22 pm UTC

And if anyone's looking for something similar in the style of VGA "simulators", I recommend Thunder Helix [External Link].