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- Comment on [Game] Ghost of Tsushima single-player only on Steam Deck due to PlayStation Network features 18 hours ago:
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Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT is launching on May 16th and the developers have explained how it will work on Steam Deck but it’s a mixture of good and bad news.
Sadly on Steam Deck and presumably desktop Linux too, since they both use Proton, you’ll only be able to play single-player.
We know many of you are eager to play Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut on handheld gaming devices like the Steam Deck.
We’re happy to share that the single player experience, including the Iki Island expansion, can be enjoyed on Steam Deck and similar handheld gaming PCs as we’ve worked extensively to optimize performance and deliver the best possible experience on these devices.
This is due to the Legends co-op multiplayer mode requiring Windows to access PlayStation Network integrated features.
We’ve seen this sort of thing happen in the past and eventually Proton updates catch up with what’s needed.
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- Comment on Looking forward to this one on Steam Deck since it'll support support Linux out of the box! 22 hours ago:
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Free Stars: Children of Infinity, the sequel to The Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control 2) is now confirmed to be supporting Linux (and macOS).
The Kickstarter campaign has only been up for just over a day and it’s already managed to pull in over $240,000 in funding.
This means the $220,000 stretch goal for Linux and macOS support has been achieved as confirmed by the developer.
Since it also passed $240K, it will also now see a DRM-free PC release as well so that’s double good news.
It’s not confirmed what DRM-free stores they will put it on but their announcement mentioned possibilities being itch.io and GOG.
The campaign still has a whole 29 days to go with extra stretch goals including more languages, local co-op, console ports, English voice over and if they somehow hit $4.4 million they will open source it all.
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- Comment on [deleted] 1 day ago:
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Version 1.7.0 is out now for chiaki4deck, the open source community-made PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck bringing in some goodies.
This version brings with it the new remote connection via the PlayStation Network, so you can connect to your console without needing to mess around with port forwarding making it much easier to get going when someone is hogging your TV.
Enable don’t fragment for MacOS Big Sur and later for more accurate MTU readings during Senkusha.
Create a fallback session id when session id isn’t received instead of erroring out.
Workaround patch for vulkan ffmpeg hw decoder bug affecting Nvidia 30 series graphics card users.
Add additional option for obtaining the PSN AccountId via logging in with your PSN username and password (in addition to the public lookup).
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- Comment on PlayStation Remote Play app [chiaki4deck] for Steam Deck adds easier connections, new resolution options 2 days ago:
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Version 1.7.0 is out now for chiaki4deck, the open source community-made PlayStation Remote Play app for Steam Deck bringing in some goodies.
This version brings with it the new remote connection via the PlayStation Network, so you can connect to your console without needing to mess around with port forwarding making it much easier to get going when someone is hogging your TV.
Enable don’t fragment for MacOS Big Sur and later for more accurate MTU readings during Senkusha.
Create a fallback session id when session id isn’t received instead of erroring out.
Workaround patch for vulkan ffmpeg hw decoder bug affecting Nvidia 30 series graphics card users.
Add additional option for obtaining the PSN AccountId via logging in with your PSN username and password (in addition to the public lookup).
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- Comment on CachyOS gets experimental handheld edition for ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion GO and Steam Deck (soon) 2 days ago:
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CachyOS, a customizable Linux distribution based on Arch Linux, has a new release available which brings with it an experimental edition for the growing list of PC gaming handhelds like the ROG Ally, Lenovo Legion GO, MSI Claw and coming soon to Steam Deck too.
The Deckify Edition automatically setups a Steam Deck like experience and installs all required Gaming Tools for it.
We are also proud to announce that this version will use the LAVD Scheduler, which is funded by Valve and improves the Frametime and 1% lows on Handhelds dramatically.
The Deckify Edition is currently tested on the Rog Ally, Lenovo Legion GO and MSI Claw.
Steam Deck support is also being currently worked on, but there are some small issues that should be fixed with upcoming releases.
Interesting to see even more competition in the Linux space for handhelds, there’s now quite a few good options if you’re tired of Windows or want something different to SteamOS.
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- Comment on NonSteamLaunchers Steam Deck plugin in testing, plus a way to Remote Play Together anything 2 days ago:
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The developer of NonSteamLaunchers got in touch to mention that a Steam Deck (Decky Loader) plugin is now available for testing, plus the latest release pulling in a handy tool for being able to Remote Play Together anything.
For the v3.8.8 release that went out a few days ago they’ve hooked up RemotePlayWhatever, a tool I hadn’t heard of until now.
It’s a “Tiny application that lets you force remote play together any game you have in your steam library including non-steam ones” which sounds really useful for playing games from other stores on Steam Deck and for emulation too.
On top of that the developer mentioned they have a Decky Loader plugin in development, which is now available for testing.
This means you won’t have to go into Desktop Mode to install or remove the extra stores like Epic Games, GOG and so on, as long as you have Decky Loader set up and ready.
They sent along this video demo of it in action:
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- Comment on [Game] Apex Legends Upheaval update live with EOS Anti-Cheat breaking it on Steam Deck / Linux 1 week ago:
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Respawn and EA have today released a major update for the popular battle royale shooter Apex Legends, which gives it an anti-cheat upgrade.
Sadly it’s causing issues for Steam Deck / Linux players.
Previously Apex Legends was using the older standalone Easy Anti-Cheat, but they’ve now upgraded to the EOS (Epic Online Services) version of it.
Everyone seems to be having the same issue on Linux / Steam Deck now with any Proton version, the game will just not run.
It’s likely we’ll see a Proton Hotfix update hopefully in the next day or so for it since it’s a major Steam Deck Verified title.
As one of the biggest games on Steam, it’s a shame Respawn and EA don’t give Valve a little time to get ready for their major updates like this.
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- Comment on [Game] Hades II gets Steam Deck Verified and a surprise Early Access release 1 week ago:
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If you’re a game developer I hope you weren’t planning to launch soon, as Hades II just sneakily dropped into Early Access on Steam.
Hades II is a rogue-like dungeon crawler in which you’ll battle beyond the Underworld of Greek myth using dark sorcery to take on the sinister Titan of Time.
It builds on the best aspects of the award-winning original in an all-new, action-packed, endlessly replayable experience rooted in Greek myth and its deep connections to the dawn of witchcraft.
Even though it’s in Early Access it still has more content than the first game including “more environments, foes, and fully-voiced characters” but “key areas, characters, foes, narrative events, and systems are still to come”.
I’m currently finally playing through Telltale’s The Walking Dead, so I’ll put it on my list for after…
Really nice to see it got Steam Deck testing so early-on too, that’s a good sign.
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- Comment on SteamOS 3.5.18 Preview released for Steam Deck 3 weeks ago:
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A fresh SteamOS Preview release is now available for testing on Steam Deck, and although small it’s probably an important one.
Fixed an issue causing no sound output in games that open and close audio devices quickly like Super Blood Hockey.
Valve don’t say what stability or security improvements were done, that’s all that was noted.
Additionally a few days ago on April 16th Valve also release a Steam Deck Beta Client update:
Fixed gamepad controls intermittently not working in store browser
Fixed crash when playing back certain media in Steam music player
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- Comment on Proton Experimental adds controller support in a few launchers 4 weeks ago:
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They’re now making use of an open source tool called Xalia, which a program that provides a gamepad UI for traditional desktop applications.
So far this has been integrated for the launchers in Red Faction, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (the original), Clustertruck and Mugsters.
Total War: WARHAMMER II no longer has clicking audio while playing videos.
Total War: WARHAMMER II no longer has clicking audio while playing videos.
Fixed Shatterline freezing on loading screen when trying to join a second online match in a session.
Fixed Call of Juarez: Bound in Blood failing to launch on a fresh prefix.
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- Comment on GE-Proton installer ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.2 released 4 weeks ago:
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ProtonUp-Qt is back for another update, remaining as one of the easiest ways to install extra compatibility tools on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux with version 2.9.2 out now.
Steam: Display which games are using a certain Anti-Cheat Runtime.
Updated the AppImage build to a more recent version.
Report that on GitHub and update your OS to a more recent version or use ProtonUp-Qt v2.9.1 in that case.
Fixed a crash that occurs when a Steam installations is missing files, PR #356.
Fixed a crash when a game with the AWACY Denied status is detected, PR #354.
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- Comment on Old School Rally plans full support for Steam Deck - got me feeling nostalgic 5 weeks ago:
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I have truly fond memories of spending entire days playing rally games on the original PlayStation, and some later games on PC and Old School Rally really looks the part.
Good to see developers continue testing their games on Steam Deck before release instead of after - more of that needs to happen.
I almost thought I was watching a video of Colin McRae Rally for a moment there.
I love how indie developers refresh older classics like this that look the part, but come with all the niceties you expect from a modern PC release at the same time.
RETRO STYLE VISUALS - Carefully crafted retro style visuals, reminiscent of the late '90s rally games evoking a sense of nostalgia and charm, making it a must-play for everyone.
It enters Early Access on Steam later this year and they think it will take 6-10 months to complete.
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- Comment on AMD FSR 3.1 announced with Vulkan support, upscaling quality improvements 1 month ago:
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Improved temporal stability at rest and in movement – less flickering and/or shimmering and “Fizziness” around objects in motion.
Improved temporal stability at rest and in movement – less flickering and/or shimmering and “Fizziness” around objects in motion.
Makes it easier for developers to debug and allows forward compatibility with updated versions of FSR.
Makes it easier for developers to debug and allows forward compatibility with updated versions of FSR.
They also once again reminded people that a 60FPS minimum is needed before Frame Generation will give the best experience in image quality and input latency.
Various other games have been announced to be getting AMD FSR 3 on top of Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart including Cyberpunk 2077, Dragon’s Dogma 2, Dying Light 2 Stay Human, Frostpunk 2, Ghost of Tsushima Director’s Cut, NARAKA: BLADEPOINT, and Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2.
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- Comment on Playtron plans to launch PlaytronOS, a Linux-based OS for gaming 1 month ago:
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Playtron have teased their PlaytronOS, taking aim at the gaming space to compete with SteamOS with a Linux-powered system.
Many others are involved who have developer experience from the likes of Google, Amazon, Red Hat, Meta, Samsung, SEGA and more.
They say it aims to be “compatible with every game store” and to expect “many 3rd party integrations to come”.
And they say to expect “Playtron on Laptops & PCs, TVs, XR and in Car in the coming years”, so they’re certainly aiming high with it.
Their current plan is to launch PlaytronOS for Steam Deck and other handheld gaming PCs “later this year” and that “Playtron 1st hand held PCs coming soon” — so we can expect to see some future handhelds launch with PlaytronOS.
While exciting, they have a huge uphill battle here and will no doubt have to do a lot of convincing when it comes to hardware vendors to actually use it.
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- Comment on Steam Spring Sale 2024 live, Valve list the Top 100 games on Steam Deck 1 month ago:
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Valve has launched the Steam Spring Sale 2024 and with it, you know the drill, there’s masses of discounts across all sorts of games.
There’s also a fresh list of the top 100 most played games on Steam Deck.
It really does surprise me on the types of games that are popular on Steam Deck, just continuing to show what a ridiculously versatile device it is.
I have hundreds of games still to complete, a massive pile of shame collecting dust and an unholy attachment to Helldivers 2 right now.
If you’re a bit stuck an easy recommendation is Bloons TD 6, it’s probably the most fun I’ve ever had with a tower defense game.
Baldur’s Gate 3 also only has a tiny discount at 10% off but gosh — best RPG I’ve played in years and it’s not likely to be cheaper any time soon.
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- Comment on Sea of Thieves gets Easy Anti-Cheat - thankfully enabled for Steam Deck / Linux 1 month ago:
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Sea of Thieves just got a big upgrade and with it Easy Anti-Cheat (EAC) is now online.
Thankfully the developers have ensured it’s enabled for Steam Deck / Linux players using Proton.
Anti-cheat can be a big issue for Steam Deck / Linux gamers, often blocking games from working, but EAC does support Linux developers just need to enable that support.
Speaking in a previous developer video announcing the change, they clearly said they would ensure it was enabled for Proton.
Virtual Keyboard Support - Players summoning the Virtual Keyboard inside the game will now find that a range of new languages are supported: Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Korean and Russian.
Message of the Day - Players will now experience a Message of the Day when arriving in the front end menu, highlighting current Season features, upcoming content and other exciting news within the world of Sea of Thieves.
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- Comment on [Game] Steam Deck support is now on the roadmap for Enshrouded 1 month ago:
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Enshrouded is another recent big hit for Steam, as players continue to love their open-world crafting games and the good news is that the developers at Keen Games plan to get it working better on Steam Deck.
I’m being quite kind too, it’s constantly below 30FPS even at the start, and worse when thing get going.
You can adjust it a little with things like Resolution Scaling but the visuals are noticeably worse when doing so.
Thankfully their roadmap for 2024 has just been put up and clearly detailed is “Steam Deck Support” along with performance improvements and lots of gameplay additions like new enemies, new NPCs, UI improvements and the list goes on.
Well you might be surprised (or not) to learn that on February 20th the developer announced it had already crossed over 2 million sales.
Some impressive numbers, and it’s seeing regularly around 20,000 concurrent players each day putting it in the Top 100 most played games on Steam constantly.
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- Comment on Steam Deck hits over 14,000 games rated Playable or Verified 2 months ago:
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Another milestone for Valve here, as the Steam Deck has now managed to hit the 14,000 mark for games that are rated either Playable or Verified.
Using the list from SteamDB since that includes games you may own on Steam that have been delisted from the store, but are still playable, it’s an impressive number and there’s going to be something for everyone.
Although, Valve’s rating system is just one measure, even some Unsupported games can be made to run - and you can install and play anything, this is just what Valve have actually tested.
The numbers are at time of writing with 14,010 overall Playable + Verified:
Some interesting recently Verified games from over the last month or so include:
STAR WARS: Battlefront Classic Collection
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- Comment on [Game] Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor gets Steam Deck Verified after an update 2 months ago:
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Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor, one of the most popular recent Early Access releases that follows the trend set by Vampire Survivors has been marked Steam Deck Verified after a recent update.
In a patch released on February 27th the developers noted various improvements like UI sizing, specifically “in an effort to get Steam Deck Verified” and their work has paid off as Valve gave it the full green Steam Deck Verified tick.
It also has a Platinum rating on ProtonDB with many Linux users on a PC noting how well it runs.
Players seem to love it too with a Very Positive user rating, and it’s regularly seeing a peak player count over around 20,000 each day.
Although in this case, the game is spin-off of an already popular game so it was kind of to be expected that Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor would do quite well.
It’s one I’ll be taking a proper look at sometime soon since I love these survivor-likes and the demo was awesome.
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- Comment on EmuDeck removes Yuzu And Citra emulator support 2 months ago:
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The news of the Yuzu team agreeing to pay Nintendo $2.4 million in damages and immediately shut down all operations sent shock waves through the emulation landscape.
Quite awkward for the likes of EmuDeck, who announced that it would no longer support Yuzu or Citra as of the recently released Version 2.1.5.
A massive help for those don’t want to spend time learning how to make emualtors work.
Due to the deletion of Yuzu and Citra from GitHub however, it’s simply not possible for EmuDeck’s scripts to download the emulators.
If you are upgrading from a previous version however then your installs of Yuzu and Citra won’t be deleted.
Luckily if the memes are to be believed it’s surprisingly easy to mod a Nintendo 3DS.
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- Comment on Dakota Johnson on ‘Madame Web’ Blowback: “I’ll Never Do Anything Like It Again” 2 months ago:
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As she’s previously hinted during the movie’s publicity tour, Johnson said the project’s script about a paramedic with psychic powers was radically changed from what she originally read.
But sometimes in this industry, you sign on to something, and it’s one thing and then as you’re making it, it becomes a completely different thing, and you’re like, ‘Wait, what?’ But it was a real learning experience, and of course it’s not nice to be a part of something that’s ripped to shreds, but I can’t say that I don’t understand.
My feeling has been for a long time that audiences are extremely smart, and executives have started to believe that they’re not.
Even if films start to be made with AI, humans aren’t going to fucking want to see those.”
“Like, ‘Dakota Johnson Breaks Her Silence On Madame Web’s Fucking Box Office Failure,’” the actress said with a laugh.
Over the weekend, Johnson’s co-star Sydney Sweeney likewise commented about the film’s reaction while hosting NBC’s Saturday Night Live, quipping in her monologue, “You have seen me in Anyone but You and Euphoria.
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- Comment on CBS Sued by ‘SEAL Team’ Scribe Over Alleged Racial Quotas for Hiring Writers 2 months ago:
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Brian Beneker, a script coordinator for SEAL Team, alleges in a lawsuit filed in California federal court Wednesday that he was repeatedly denied a staff writer job after the implementation of an “illegal policy of race and sex balancing” that promoted the hiring of “less qualified applicants who were members of more preferred groups,” namely those who identify as minorities, LGBTQ or women.
Beneker is represented by America First Legal Foundation, a conservative group founded by Stephen Miller, a White House policy adviser under the Trump Administration.
The organization has been filing complaints with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission against major companies, including Morgan Stanley, Starbucks and McDonald’s, over corporate diversity and hiring practices that allegedly run afoul of civil rights laws.
Although the ruling is not directly applicable to companies, which are governed by a separate set of federal and state anti-discrimination laws that do not allow employers to consider race in hiring decisions, several legal experts told The Hollywood Reporter to expect a surge of reverse discrimination lawsuits challenging diversity, equity and inclusion programs.
In a 2022 interview, CBS Entertainment Group chief executive George Cheeks allegedly said he set a goal that all writers rooms on the network’s primetime series be made up of at least 40 percent minorities for the 2021-22 season.
The Supreme Court’s ruling could implicate race-conscious corporate DEI initiatives from providing race-restricted access to mentoring, internship or training programs to tying executive or employee compensation to the company achieving certain demographic targets.
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- Comment on Dune: Part Two premiered at Quebec palliative care home to fulfil man's dying wish 2 months ago:
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The work of Quebec filmmaker Denis Villeneuve was shown in a room at a palliative care centre to fulfil the end-of-life wish of a long-time film fan in a special world premiere, well ahead of the official launch.
The movie buff said he would like to see the film Dune: Part Two, which was set to be released on March 1, before he died.
He expressed this wish to Josée Gagnon, whose job is to accompany people at the end of life through her company L’Avant.
Realizing that the man would not be able to go to the premiere, Villeneuve decided to send the movie directly to the municipality of Saguenay.
“They locked themselves in a room at the Maison de soins palliatifs […] and this man managed to watch the film on his own,” said Gagnon.
She finally posted a long message on Facebook late Friday, thanking everyone who had made the adventure possible, including her husband and the staff at the Maison de soins palliatifs du Saguenay.
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- Comment on Sure, It Won an Oscar. But Is It Criterion? 2 months ago:
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They ceased to be commodities and were often destroyed or transferred to public archives where they remained vulnerable to fire, deterioration and discoloration; nonprofits led the nascent movement to preserve and restore motion pictures until Criterion helped create a market for them.
When Terry Gilliam’s dystopian classic “Brazil” entered the collection as a “special edition” box set, in 1996, the director told me that he seized the opportunity to invite viewers to take sides on his well-publicized feud with the head of Universal Pictures, Sidney Sheinberg.
During his brief stint at the helm of the company, Nash focused on acquiring newer movies that he found both “commercially interesting and culturally important,” like “Short Cuts,” by Robert Altman, and Katsuhiro Otomo’s dystopian anime masterpiece “Akira.” He also made Criterion an early proponent of the new wave of African American cinema by releasing LaserDisc editions of films by young directors like John Singleton (“Boyz N the Hood”) and the Hughes brothers (“Menace II Society”).
Kelly Reichardt, whose films “Certain Women” and “Old Joy” did not enter the collection until much later, explained that, at the time, the Criterion imprimatur meant getting the equivalent of dedicated shelf space in video stores alongside big-name male directors.
Since then it has released additional films by Steve McQueen and Ousmane Sembène and added, among others, Marlon Riggs and Cheryl Dunye, whose 1996 romantic comedy “The Watermelon Woman” is a landmark of the ’90s indie renaissance and of queer Black cinema.
For weeks afterward, I did the same, often stopping between daylong Ozu matinees to reflect on what Todd Field had called “the messiness of our own narrative,” which is to say the process by which friends, lovers and strangers guide us toward movies that end up changing our lives.
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- Comment on Here’s your first look at Tron: Ares, premiering in 2025 2 months ago:
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The third Tron movie is nearing release.
Disney announced that production on Tron: Ares — a follow-up to Tron: Legacy, which itself was a sequel to the 1982 original — began in January and that the plan is for the film to premiere in 2025.
As part of the announcement, the first image for the film was also released.
It definitely has Tron vibes but also wouldn’t be out of place as a skin in a shooter like Destiny or Fortnite.
According to Disney, the new film is about “a highly sophisticated Program, Ares, who is sent from the digital world into the real world on a dangerous mission, marking humankind’s first encounter with AI beings.” It’s being directed by Joachim Rønning, who previously worked on the Pirates of the Caribbean franchise and the sequel to Maleficent.
And while we don’t know much about the characters, the cast includes Jared Leto, Greta Lee, Evan Peters, Hasan Minhaj, Jodie Turner-Smith, Arturo Castro, Cameron Monaghan, and Gillian Anderson.
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- Comment on 50 years ago, 'Blazing Saddles' broke wind — and box office expectations 2 months ago:
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Fifty years ago, Mel Brooks released Blazing Saddles to gales of laughter and a mighty roar of flatulence jokes.
But in 1974, he was significantly less well-known, having made a couple of mildly successful comedies (The Twelve Chairs and The Producers) and worked in Sid Caesar’s joke-writer stable for TV.
But his co-screenwriter Richard Pryor insisted he use it — and use it often — consciously putting it the mouths of evil or unthinking characters, so that star Cleavon Little could comically mock or demolish them.
Until, that is, it turns into a spoof of The Blue Angel, as Madeline Kahn’s seductress-for-hire Lili Von Shtupp croons a gloriously off-pitch “I’m Tired” and sets about seducing Sheriff Bart.
Even Busby Berkeley musicals come in for a brief ribbing when a brawl literally breaks the fourth wall and the cast crashes into a dance number on a nearby soundstage.
So on Feb. 7, 1974, the studio opened the film as a test in three cities — NYC, LA, Chicago — considered the most likely to get Brooks’ Borscht Belt sense of humor.
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- Comment on Valve fixes Remote Play on Steam Deck 2 months ago:
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Initially putting out a quick Beta update, and then very shortly after putting it into Stable so all users will be able to update now and have working Remote Play.
I’ve tested it across a couple titles from my desktop Linux PC to the Steam Deck, and yup — visual, audio and input are all working properly with no more infinite Steam loading screen.
Fixed the ‘Verifying Installation’ message incorrectly showing on every startup.
Fixed infinite loading animation when streaming from another PC
Nice to see Valve get such a big feature fixed up, still a shame to see the initial update rolled out with it broken though.
This is great, as Remote Play is such an incredibly useful feature for when you want to run some bigger games smoother on Steam Deck and you have a PC, so you can sit somewhere super comfortable and just stream it instead of sitting at a desk.
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- Comment on The golden age of DVDs isn’t over yet for anime fans 2 months ago:
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Given the way that the pivot to streaming has decimated most brick-and-mortar retail and rental entertainment businesses, it has often felt like we’re hurtling toward a future where people simply won’t be able to physically own copies of their favorite mainstream hits.
Before Sevakis got into remastering anime professionally, he was a high schooler obsessed with Project A-ko and making VHS fan subs of series like Kodocha by hooking up a LaserDisc player to his Amiga in order to twitch-time subtitles in by hand.
After a chance encounter on a plane with the president of Central Park Media, Sevakis landed a gig producing subtitles for series like Project A-ko as well as “some of the most flesh-crawlingly awful hentai you’ve ever seen” at one of the biggest anime distributors in America.
Looking back at the menu-focused minigames that were included with the DVD releases of films like Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Shrek, it is somewhat hard to imagine people rushing to buy those movie discs just for their bonus features.
But as DVDs became the new standard, those types of features were the first things to be cut for production costs, and Sevakis points to that initial period of paring back as one of the reasons that mainstream Blu-ray releases today tend to feel pretty bare-bones.
But between Demon Slayer – Kimetsu No Yaiba – The Movie: Mugen Train becoming the highest-grossing Japanese film in global box office history and moving record numbers of Blu-rays in the process, it’s obvious that audiences are still interested in the genre.
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At Paramount, reducing that programming spend has now become a top corporate priority, according to CEO Bob Bakish and CFO Naveen Chopra, speaking on the company’s earnings call Wednesday.
“The performance we saw gives us confidence we can continue to reduce cost going forward while also delivering a consistent volume of high quality content.
“This is by balancing high budget tentpoles, with more modest-cost titles like Mean Girls and Bob Marley: One Love, improving the financial return on the overall slate.
And in the linear TV and streaming side of the business Bakish told analysts that “we have an increasingly efficient and targeted development process.”
“We’ve learned that Paramount+ subscribers outside the United States spend nearly 90 percent of their time with our global Hollywood hits, meaning we can keep them engaged while right-sizing our investment in content that does not travel around the world,” the exec added.
Among the changes are shortened seasons on CBS shows this spring, owing to the strikes (though Bakish added that they are expecting a more traditional fall release schedule).
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Ray Winstone is looking back at his time in the Marvel Cinematic Universe and recalls a not-so-great experience during production for Black Widow.
While recently speaking with Radio Times magazine, the actor, who played villain Dreykov in the Scarlett Johansson-led 2021 action-packed spy thriller, admitted that filming the Marvel movie “was fine until you have to do the reshoots.”
The Departed actor said he concluded that he wanted to give up on the project altogether, but realized he couldn’t.
Earlier this week, Winstone also admitted during an interview with The Guardian that he sometimes takes on projects that he doesn’t necessarily feel passionate about, but because he needs the money.
“You go have fun for six weeks, see how it turns out,” the Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull actor said of the filming process.
Winstone is set to star in three upcoming projects, including Netflix’s Damsel, A Bit of Light and Guy Ritchie’s series, The Gentlemen.
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