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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Opera labels every other browser 'f***ing boring' in an inexplicably sweary promo reel. Oh, and updates its gamer-focused Opera GX browser a little too⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah, I find it boring when my browser doesn’t release predatory pay day loans apps to third world countries.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Even Microsoft Notepad is getting AI text editing now⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Switching to Sublime Text as my default text editor everywhere was game changing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft now allows you to reprogram the Windows Copilot key, but there's a catch⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Thank you! What a clickbaity title.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft paves the way for Linux gaming success with plan that would kill kernel-level anti-cheat⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I have a close friend who attended this summit and Microsoft aren’t kicking people out of kernel space but expanding the capabilities in user space to minimize the reasons to need to run security components in kernel mode so they can develop and deploy solutions with minimal risk (no security vendor wants that risk when they’re running on business/enterprise machines like CrowdStrike).

  Kicking everyone out of the kernel is a long journey and even Apple, who are much further along this path, still haven’t completely closed the door on kernel extensions. It’ll be several Windows version yet before kernel drivers are no longer a thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Space noir roguelike Ostranauts is aiming for 1.0 in 2025, with help from Kitfox as publisher⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Neo Scavenger is such a gem of a game. I’ve been hoping Ostranauts would get since love since the premise is awesome but the textures/tiles were too low contrast / visually noisy for me to really love the game. This gives me hope.

  Totally recommend picking up Neo Scavenger even not on sale - such a blast and some totally crazy things can happen in that game that makes it really compelling to play over and over even if you die.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung TVs will get 7 years of updates, starting with 2023 models⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because it’s an internet enabled device running a fully fledged operating system that will have bugs and vulnerabilities that need to be fixed all the time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Paradox delay Prison Architect 2 and cancel preorders: "improving the performance has proven to be a task that will take time"⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  This is what happens when you don’t have a passionately obsessed lead developer like Chris Delay behind the helm who writes a performant, purpose-built game engine from scratch.

  I really worry that PA2 won’t have the magic of the original and be a typical Unity game engine project with slapped together code from a mixture of asset packs until it vaguely works.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Framework Laptop 13 is about to become one of the world’s first RISC-V laptops⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Well that’s just super neat. Now shut up and take my money.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield’s biggest update yet fixes its rubbish maps, adds custom difficulty and expands ship decoration⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Arena. And they were pretty boring for exploration too. Fast travel was essential. It was a marvel at the time but walking over bland terrain for hours got old quick.

  Back then, it was just epic to have an epic-sized game with decent combat and magic. They’re dime a dozen now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Starfield’s biggest update yet fixes its rubbish maps, adds custom difficulty and expands ship decoration⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The sad fact is that, even with vehicles, the sense of exploration and wonder just isn’t there in Starfield. Get in ship. Fast travel. Fast travel. Get out. Travel to the same POI you’ve seen before but now on a different planet. It feels like there’s no real exploration, just bumbling around in menus and experiencing déjà vu anywhere that isn’t a major settlement.

  What I really really wish they’d do is just make a single planet and work their butts off making it interesting to explore. That’s what I loved about Bethesda games; walking in any direction and stumbling on something wonderful. There’s none of that in Starfield.

  I’m looking forward to Light No Fire from Hello Games - hopefully they find the right balance between procedural generation and hand crafting that Bethesda sorely imbalanced in Starfield.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Former Nouveau driver lead joins NVIDIA and sent a massive patch set⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Holy moly. Fingers crossed they’re able to convince NVIDIA to go full steam ahead on the open source driver.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The survival game based on Terminator enters early access in October 2024⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think the journalist might want to have led with “ It’s made by Nacon Studio Milan, who so far have only released two motorbike games.”

  Either that means we’ll get some decent driving mechanics or this thing will be poop.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I love you guys⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I need this in curly script, little love hearts dotted around the edge, and laser cut into wood and hung on the wall of my house. Now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Jewish boy who became a Nazi mascot: the extraordinary story of Alex Kurzem⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  What an incredible story. I can’t imagine the strain holding so much trauma must have caused Mr Kurzem all those years. Thank you for sharing, OP.

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

  Let us know how you get on! I was planning on buying on GOG myself.