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Latest Comments by einherjar
Xbox Cloud Gaming (xCloud) rolls out to everyone and it works on Linux
29 Jun 2021 at 9:34 pm UTC

Perhaps they use too much Microsoft Software, so that it works that awful? ;-)

But anyways, it is good to have as much choice as possible. I just ask myself, when will Valve get it's ass off the couch and offers cloud gaming and game "flatrates"?

The 'Wooting two HE' sounds like a great analog RGB keyboard to keep an eye on
25 Jun 2021 at 9:53 pm UTC

This KB does really look nice. I actually think about buying one. Cool idea and at least on the pictures and videos it looks also well made.

On the other hand, my Cherry MX Board runs well and I am also thinking about an ErgoDox. Nice to have the choice between really well made Linux supporting devices.

Looks like a possible Valve Index 2 will make their VR kit go wireless
22 Jun 2021 at 2:00 pm UTC

I always thought, that the VR Kit is just a dump display and that all the compute stuff is done on the PC anyways.

I mean, it is just to small screens, isn't it? With sensors of course, but the computing and rendering, I thought, is done on the PC.

The tracking and stuff is done with the lighthouses and that data is to be computed on the PC, so that he game knows about it.

What have you been tapping play on recently? Let us know
6 Jun 2021 at 10:02 am UTC Likes: 1

I played Mass Effect: Andromeda

But honestly, after 17 hours I stopped playing. The game is boring, the characters are pale and faceless - simply boring. The story telling is mediocre at best. The missions are repetitive and again - boring. Fetch this, bring it to there blah blah and the mates are so uninteresting that I would give a fuck if they die.
Compared to Deus Ex or The Witcher series, this one is anything but a good story game for me.

The game and the setting could have great potential, but I was very disappointed.

The Mass Effect games are all hyped for the great story telling - this was my first try of a Mass Effect game and I am happy, that it only was about 8€ for me.

At least it looked great and I had a few hours of fun.

Counter-Strike: Global Offensive gets some big changes for non-Prime accounts
4 Jun 2021 at 9:12 am UTC

Prime is too cheap to prevent cheating that way. But it will reduce it a small bit perhaps.

Judge upholds $4M damages in the patent case against Valve for the Steam Controller
1 Jun 2021 at 9:21 pm UTC Likes: 3

This "patents" that do not even describe a method how to exactly do it, are utter bullshit.

NVIDIA DLSS coming to Proton, plus GeForce RTX 3080 Ti and GeForce RTX 3070 Ti announced
1 Jun 2021 at 7:35 pm UTC Likes: 1

Nice, now I need the money and a card and a new CPU and a new Mainboard....

But hey, aren't NVidia the baddies? Asking for a friend ;-)

Hints appear of Valve making a handheld Steam "SteamPal" Neptune console
29 May 2021 at 1:15 pm UTC

Quoting: rustybroomhandleProcessing Vulkan Shaders

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Can easily be done on Valves servers. The target is exactly known, so nothing has to be done on the device itself.

An interview with Kodera Software, creator of the hard sci-fi ΔV: Rings of Saturn
29 May 2021 at 12:22 pm UTC Likes: 1

Thanks to Mariusz Chwalba and Liam for this interesting interview!
I hope there is more to come.

Perhaps you can interview Bernd from egosoft? Their X-games are great and the Linux support of this company is also very well.

Looks like Trust Factor in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive on Linux is fixed for Mesa
20 May 2021 at 2:53 pm UTC Likes: 1

"We've found the underlying issue and believe it is fixed. Please confirm."
Yeah, that intransparent thing can really be confirmed by the user? WTF? Valve should confirm this. I can not see my trust factor. I can just guess that it is bad, when the match is full of hackers.

What about gamemode btw? There were rumors, that it hits the trustfactor too, because of library preload.