TheOctonaut

@TheOctonaut@mander.xyz

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox date Stellaris 4.0, a "phoenix update" to attract new players and improve performance⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure they mean The Company Formerly Known As Electronic Arts.

  Because Paradox have a track record of buying studios and monetising their games in a similar way that EA monetised Maxis’s The Sims.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Civilization 7's post-launch plans include free multiplayer and Age features and paid Ada Lovelace⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I’ve put hundreds or thousands of hours into every Civ game since Civ 2. I’m so fucking sad that I don’t care about this new release. I’m Irish and I can’t even enjoy Britain being relegated to DLC because somehow Ada Lovelace is a leader? Who is this game for?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new cross-platform app⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The same reputation extends to Windows too so I don’t think it’s a Linux specific issue.

  I like the UX as it’s pretty powerful but I’m mindful of being ancient and having spent nearly a decade working with arcane telco applications. I have the opposite of your complaint - I like that it does periodic checks and will notify you of detected problems and usually give you a button to press to solve it.

  My biggest pain usually comes in load order management. Usually this is because this is mentioned nowhere but in a note at the bottom of the mod description that might say something like “near the top” or “after mod x”. I don’t know how Steam just handles this mostly but I have a feeling it might be strong categorisation of mods.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nexus mods want feedback from Linux / Steam Deck users on their new cross-platform app⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  No-one has ever told me what’s actually wrong with Vortex.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sony Music warns AI companies against “unauthorized use” of its content⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Maybe musicians might end every song with some magic words that stop people using it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨TikTok and Universal settle dispute over music royalties⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  “I don’t understand it because I don’t believe in it”

  — literally any hexbear user

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tomb Raider Remastered devs apologises for releasing an unfinished version on Epic Games Store⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah people need to educate themselves on the difference between a remaster and remake.

  A remaster from the music term isn’t necessarily even just quality changes, but can sound or ‘feel’ different. But it’s still based on the original ‘master’ recordings.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Netflix Poised to Raise Prices in 2024 as It Continues to Gain Share of TV Viewing⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  G R O W T H

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Uh

  Define popping up in conversation my dude

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[Game] New update for Vampire Survivors is out, adds co-op and new game engine with better performance⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Does Co-op work between the two? I own both, I’m not going to convince my wife to buy herself a Steam Deck but she might happily waste 15 mins beside me on the Switch.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Help, is Anyone able to get the GoG version of Bauldurs Gate 3 running on the deck?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  cause DRM free yay!

  BG3 doesn’t use Steam for DRM, only for distribution. You could zip up the game’s folder and burn it on a million floppies or whatever, and play the game wherever you like.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Anyone else?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Did you miss the memo not to allow it to just update the EA version?