DdCno1

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Firaxis reveal Sid Meier's Civilization VII system requirements for Linux⁩ ⁨⁨13⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago⁩:

  If you want to play games on Linux, it’s a safe bet to pick the most popular distro. Others are far less likely to work with games (except for** Arch-based SteamOS, of course).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro Dev Calls Out PEGI For "Real Gambling" Rating Hypocrisy Vs. EA Sports FC⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s how it’s often being done. They are doing this in order to prevent government censorship. Same with the equivalent USK (for games) and FSK (for movies) in Germany (which are now powerful enough that it can’t be overruled by the government BPjM anymore, which could previously ban games and other media even if certified by independent rating agencies), MPAA for movies in America (and previously the Hays Code), etc. It’s different in countries like Australia, where the government can directly rate media and thus exert much more influence on it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Balatro Dev Calls Out PEGI For "Real Gambling" Rating Hypocrisy Vs. EA Sports FC⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Wait, for real - or am I missing a joke here?

  In case I’m not, are you also confused about middleware like Bink, Havok and SpeedTree?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indiana Jones doesn't "endorse" Nazis, Bethesda assure, just in case you were confused by him repeatedly murdering them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s worth it for the story alone (both main games since the reboot). Such a wild collection of outrageous twists and turns, but with characters that you actually care about. They managed to write a main protagonist who - in between eviscerating Nazi mechas and blowing up secret bases while using improbable tech - is actually an emotionally vulnerable human being. This is such a stroke of genius that suddenly makes the entire scenario so much more believable and the story so much more impactful, because he and many of the other characters feel like real human beings, despite the almost exuberant embracing of clichés (only to then tear them up). It’s still campy as all hell, but it somehow works. I don’t think I’ve ever seen games juggle so many different balls without dropping any of them. Even if you don’t care about any of that, the shooting alone is second only to the recent DOOM reboots.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Indiana Jones doesn't "endorse" Nazis, Bethesda assure, just in case you were confused by him repeatedly murdering them⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There are no more restrictions on Nazi symbols in videogames, except that glorifying Nazism remains illegal regardless of the medium, of course.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valve won't sacrifice battery life to deliver a more powerful Steam Deck 2⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  There is an even more comfortable way of playing in bed (requires a wall to your right or left). It’s borderline decadent: Use a wall-mounted arm for a monitor, combine it with a VESA tablet mount, insert either a tablet or a small portable display and then connect whatever you want to this display. You can quickly swing the thing to face you - and once you’re done for the evening, just push it flush against the wall.

  I’m primarily using this for reading ebooks on a tablet (using a Bluetooth mouse for scrolling) and watching the occasional episode of a TV show in bed, but it also works very well for gaming. I’ve used it with all sorts of other devices, including consoles, a small PC and the old hardware Steam streaming thingy. You can of course connect a Steam Deck to this screen as well, although keep in mind that most portable displays are 1080p and the Deck is optimized for 1280x800. Especially for longer play sessions, this is less straining due to the larger display and the lower weight of a controller vs. the Deck.

  If you don’t need the ability to mount a tablet, you can of course just attach a regular monitor to this thing.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I thought Proton supports D3D12? There are all sorts of games using this API that run just fine on Linux.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 sucks up to 180 Mb/s of internet bandwidth while in flight — equivalent to 81GB of data per hour⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I think they have improved the update system for this one. Install size is also much smaller.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Deck OLED now supports HDR Remote Play from PS5, unlike PlayStation Portal⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  There are controller cradles for tablets as well. The best display I have is the 10" 1600p 120Hz display of my tablet.