mnemonicmonkeys
@mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works
- Comment on What solution, if any, do you use for gaming in bed? 1 day ago:
Is it weird that I never, like never ever, game in bed?
No, it’s not weird. Doing things like browsing on your phone, watching TV, or playing games in bed (or even just your bedroom) are known to lower your quality of sleep. You generally should only use the bed and bedroom for sleep and, well, the other thing.
The least bad exception is reading a book with a bedside lamp.
- Comment on After years of Nintendo lawsuits and many millions of sales, Pokémon baiter Palworld is out in 1.0 today 4 days ago:
“Pokemon-baiter”? Wtf kind of clickbait geadline is this?
- Comment on After spending more than a decade in early access, robotic survival game Scrap Mechanic enters 1.0 later this month 1 week ago:
Looks like 7 Days to Die but more cartoony and has robots instead of zombies
- Comment on Valve open source the Steam Machine e-ink screen so you can make your own 1 week ago:
They’re off-the-shelf parts. That’s normal for open-source hardware
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 1 week ago:
That wasn’t the point of the vudeo. At all.
- Comment on GTA 6 devs have to opt-out of crunch, claim Rockstar North insiders, because it's baked into their contracts 1 week ago:
A cereal
- Comment on Helldivers 2 is once again spoofing Donald Trump's wall with the Frontlines of Freedom update, which launches a new campaign "to make the galaxy safe again" 1 week ago:
At the very least they need to have the leaders in their game have particularly vile things they do, to compare with Trump being a pedophile.
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 1 week ago:
A 15% increase in some games isn’t nothing
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 1 week ago:
As opposed to the scalper price?
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 1 week ago:
Watch the video
- Comment on All Steam Machines are shipped with a single 16gb stick 1 week ago:
The performance difference likely isn’t that much
Surprisingly, in the video they see noticeable improvements in performance with 2 sticks due to it unlocking dual-channel memory. Ut was an up to 15% improvement in CPU bound games.
I recommend actually watching the video for more detail
- Comment on Amid Steam Machine performance scrutiny, Valve removes '4K at 60FPS' claim, opting for a safer and more believable claim instead 2 weeks ago:
Don’t forget Stardew Valley and Factorio
- Comment on 'Being Proud of the Thing We Made Did Not Give Us the Right to Make It' — Dbrand Cancels Its Steam Machine Companion Cube 2 weeks ago:
Only if Valve invests the winnings into Linux, which tbf they probably would
- Comment on Valve dropped that Steam Machine Companion Cube case down the legal incinerator after its makers neglected to get their permission 2 weeks ago:
Tbh, I’m kinda surprised that Valve didn’t agree to work something out to build goodwill after the Steam Machine launch. I personally don’t think the SM’s price is too unreasonable, but it’s pretty obvious that a lot of people are disappointed, and this was an easy win
- Comment on Steam Machine Reservation eBay Listings Double Retail Price as Scalpers Take Hold of Valve's New Console 2 weeks ago:
who the fuck actually pays money for those reservations?
Dumbasses with more money than sense
- Comment on "We have to have free human expression in some capacity": Patreon CEO shares frustrations about getting adult content past payment processors 2 weeks ago:
Jesus Christ, you need meds
- Comment on 2 weeks ago:
The haptic feedback isn’t as good as a physical button though
- Comment on Valve Gives The Green Light to Install SteamOS On Desktops To Create Our Own Steam Machines 2 weeks ago:
And Google is about to copy it worldwide
- Comment on Steam Machine launches today! 3 weeks ago:
But, hey, my aging PC isn’t qualified to run Windows 11
That sounds like a good thing tbh
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 3 weeks ago:
That was in the middle of memory prices going vertical, and I still got down voted to hell by people claiming that they were expecting $600-$800 tops…
I was getting really tired of the people that kept insisting that Valve would take a loss on the Steam Machine despite their repeated statements that they weren’t going to do so.
At least now they’ll shut up about it, though a lot of them are probably the ones getting mad about the actual release price. But that’s their fault for convincing themselves.
- Comment on Steam machine prices are live 3 weeks ago:
There’s 2TB NVME drives on Amazon for less than the price delta. Worth it
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- Comment on New web app can make Valve's Steam Controller drift across your desk like an RC car — web app drives the gamepad using its rumble motors 3 weeks ago:
It actively blocks me for having a VPN on
- Comment on New web app can make Valve's Steam Controller drift across your desk like an RC car — web app drives the gamepad using its rumble motors 3 weeks ago:
You’re going to have to wait until 2030 for that dream
- Comment on Pumping out new Fallout and Elder Scrolls games faster is reportedly the plan at Xbox, as the spectre of potential corporate rejigging looms 4 weeks ago:
Skywind is getting close to release. Skyblivion too
- Comment on Steam Frame is Poised for Launch as Units Begin Reaching the US 4 weeks ago:
being able to run games without a pc
It’s supposed to be limited in capability compared to streaming from a separate pc fyi
- Comment on Steam Machine and Steam Frame shipping "this summer", Valve now rolling out verification systems 5 weeks ago:
at this point might as well redesign from ground up to be a tether device
That’s literally my point. Let me buy the non-Meta headset now, and upgrade it with more ram in 2 years when the prices aren’t as stupid
- Comment on Steam Machine and Steam Frame shipping "this summer", Valve now rolling out verification systems 5 weeks ago:
They’re not the same. The OG Steam Link isn’t a VR headset
- Comment on Steam Machine and Steam Frame shipping "this summer", Valve now rolling out verification systems 5 weeks ago:
I wonder if they’re going to have a sku for the Frame with drastically reduced ram that’s required to be tethered to a host PC and not run anything on its own until upgraded.
Being a standalone unit is nice, but I wasn’t planning on using it that wqy, and being able to save money by reducing ram would be nice
- Comment on Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney throws shade at Valve / Gabe Newell for Steam Deck pricing 1 month ago:
“Painful” could easily (and mostly likely) refer to extremely low profit margins that would take several years to pay off the development costs. And that quote specifically refers to the base 64GB version. The price difference between that and the 256GB version was way more than the increase in storage costs, despite that being the only difference.