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- Comment on Is Denuvo's Dominance Finally Beginning to Crack? A New Linux-Based Breakthrough Suggests It Might Be 6 days ago:
Good point, I should have been a little clearer with my wording. The hypervisor technique itself isn’t a Linux invention, and you’re right that the underlying method originated from Windows research.
The Linux angle is more about how the community has been applying it: using Proton/Wine compatibility layers to run Windows games on Linux in a way that interacts differently with Denuvo’s checks. That distinction is what made it interesting from a totally Linux gaming perspective, especially given how unusual it is for Linux compatibility layers to become part of the discussion around a major DRM breakthrough.
I’ll update the article wording because “Linux-based breakthrough” makes it sound like Linux created the exploit itself, which isn’t what I intended!
Dodi was lovely. At the time he was literally getting married (the day before, of or after…I forget exactly which!), in Egypt which is his home. FitGirl is far funnier than I expected, we used to check in every now and then, but that has long-since ended. She’s also got an iron-clad no press rule nowdays. Empress was brilliant, I’ll fight tooth and nail on that, in the early days she was brilliant. But…that ‘front’ wasn’t put up, she was and is quite ‘unique’ in her views.
There was a few others too, I found it really interesting to reach out to these names, they were all just quite surprised because few ever did!
- Comment on Is Denuvo's Dominance Finally Beginning to Crack? A New Linux-Based Breakthrough Suggests It Might Be 6 days ago:
Hey there.
No, it is not easily removed within days. I’m more impressed than most by Voices, but he has cracked four games released in 2026 so far.
Is this just an ad?
It is news. Did you know this before my post? If not, we call this ‘learning something from news’
- Comment on Is Denuvo's Dominance Finally Beginning to Crack? A New Linux-Based Breakthrough Suggests It Might Be 6 days ago:
Hi there!
I’m the author. Not only have I chatted to Voices, but I did an AMA with Dodi, organized the same with FitGirl (which didn’t actually happen), and even chatted to Empress. Which…wasn’t very fun. I’ve interviewed KaOs and also the gentleman behind Ghost eShop for jailbroken Switches. This is just to say I know the scene, and I know the people.
Denuvo has been almost universally cracked since the start of this year, author sounds pretty out of date to be talking as if this is a recent development.
Seems there was about 20 games released this year with Denuvo. Voices has changed the scene a lot, but he can only do so much. Now he’s using A.I. to help with his process this is speeding up a ton, but he cannot possibly keep up with ‘demand’ as it were. I found four he’s done, for 2026 releases:
- Resident Evil Requiem (February 2026)
- PRAGMATA (April 2026)
- LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight (May 2026)
- 007 First Light (May 2026)
It certainly hasn’t been “universally cracked”. It will get quicker, but it is still an effort. One game every two weeks or so at the moment.
universally cracked
This is not only a stretch, it isn’t true. The fun thing is that he has cracked 2026’s build, and then their updated build, then a day one release. From a technical POV, it is super interesting to see.
- Is Denuvo's Dominance Finally Beginning to Crack? A New Linux-Based Breakthrough Suggests It Might Begardinerbryant.com ↗Submitted 1 week ago to games@lemmy.world | 25 comments
- Comment on Hands-On With the TRIMUI Brick Pro: A Better Handheld, but Not a Faster One 1 week ago:
I think the trigger sound is so funny. For some it is the literal devil (me), for others they enjoy the sound of it working (you), the nice thing I’ve found is two layers of kapton tape in there make it what I prefer. So there are options!
I’d love the PS2/Original Xbox (even X360) era games on my lap…
PS2 and some original Xbox games are doable! Take the Retroid Pocket 5 or 6 for example. My 6 I reviewed played at the screen’s limit without breaking a sweat (5x upscale), and the Odin 3 Max I reviewed managed upscaling to 4K on the Elite chip. Original Xbox games are a mixed bag though, emulation development for that platform is very far behind PS2 or GCN. Sadly :(
- Comment on Hands-On With the TRIMUI Brick Pro: A Better Handheld, but Not a Faster One 1 week ago:
I use my Brick Hammer almost daily! I love that handheld so much, to me it might be the perfect premium feeling device.
gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-trimui-brick…
I reviewed that one some months back!
Of the two, if you are happy without sticks and a smaller screen (you need good eyes!), then the Brick Hammer is the better of the two.
That said the Brick Hammer Pro U will be on its way to me to review soon, so I’ll see how they did with the metal body and twin sticks with their very first Android effort soon enough :)
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed it!
- Submitted 1 week ago to games@lemmy.world | 7 comments
- Comment on A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More) 1 week ago:
Go get it out!
I think PSPs are super viable, even today. I use mine more than two of the retro handhelds I have which run 16GB of RAM. Looking forward to how you find it regardless though, after such a long time of not using it
- Comment on A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More) 1 week ago:
I’ll recommend RetroDECK for emulation on the Steam Deck!
- Comment on A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More) 1 week ago:
You’re welcome!!!
Have fun!
- Comment on A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More) 1 week ago:
You can even run GTA 3 (rebuilt in the Liberty City Stories engine) on your PSP-1000 if you’d be so inclined after jailbreaking!
I interviewed the folk behind it (Barcode Studia) a little while ago, and they made sure that not only was the game emulateable but playable on every PSP model, including the PSP-1000 :)
- Comment on A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More) 1 week ago:
Yes, absolutely no difference! It works just the same :)
- Comment on A Modern Setup Guide for the PSP-2000 (Jailbreak, Plugins, and More) 1 week ago:
Thank you so much!
…mostly for turning a blind eye to what is obviously just a giant and elaborate excuse for me to write about the PSP again!!!
I got lucky buying this white one for roughly $33 USD :)
Don’t lament your silver though! They’re so beautiful, and all those marks it has just shows the history of it in your possession!
:)
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- Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe? 2 weeks ago:
Maybe this is just a ‘thing’ I don’t understand (super likely), why are you censoring ‘gamers’? Or any word on Lemmy? Being a mod here, I can tell you with 100% certainty that if you follow our rules, you don’t have to censor any word you’re using like you have to on TikTok.
- Keeping Physical Gaming Alive (Why physical game releases still matter in an increasingly digital world)gardinerbryant.com ↗Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 3 comments
- Comment on A site for making physical releases out of digital games 2 weeks ago:
Hey, that’s me!!!
:)
- Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe? 2 weeks ago:
The warning from the german team was not ignored, as far as I understood it, but just arrived too late while the newsletter team was already sending the mails.
Nope, it was blocked. They asked, were told this is wrong and knew why.
The reason you had it delivered in Germany is because your email preferences are set to English. They only skipped Germany by blocking the German language. They knew it was wrong, avoided the German language and set it to everyone else. Rather than hitting backspace once or twice.
- Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe? 2 weeks ago:
A jab at Sony’s recent announcement with completely ditching physical games!
- Comment on GOG seemingly shares that they are considering physical PC 'big box' games. Maybe? 2 weeks ago:
No. At least not to my satisfaction.
- Submitted 2 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 147 comments
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 3 weeks ago:
Just chiming in to recommend ZOOM-Platform games!
They’re not so well known, but their library is eclectic and the team truly cares about DRM-free gaming. Every game they have or will ever have is free of any DRM.
- Comment on #StopPayingGames 3 weeks ago:
“You’re…so fucking dumb”
Moderator here. Drop that kind of message please. Consider this a warning. You can make your point without resorting to this nonsense
- Comment on Afterplay and the Push Toward a Steam for Retro Games: An Interview 3 weeks ago:
THANK YOU!
That is so kind of you!!! Now I’ll be all thrilled all morning that I have managed some kind of name recognition :P
- Comment on Afterplay and the Push Toward a Steam for Retro Games: An Interview 3 weeks ago:
…that is totally on me. The title should have an edit I think! 100% something I should have seen, considering all my time on GOG, chatting to GOG employees, being friends with Heroic, owning a couple thousand GOG games.
Oh how embarrassing!
- Submitted 3 weeks ago to games@lemmy.world | 11 comments
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 4 weeks ago:
…its been their game the whole time
The U.S. took his passport away as he was in transit, right when that happened (literally blame your own gov’t for this, it wasn’t his decision) he was getting a connecting flight in Russia. He’s since stayed there.
Crazy that you…think that Russia, what, had control of the American gov’t and got them to revoke his passport mid-flight? Is that what you’re getting at?
- Comment on Do you think that Edward Snowden is a hero? 4 weeks ago:
Typical ‘Americans’ who are very gung-ho for their gov’t and the nonsense it spouts get angry that Russia gave him a safe space to live. They love to bring up that he lives in Russia now, so I’m going to assume this is what they’re (very ineffectively) trying to say
- Comment on Hands-on with the Retroid Pocket 6; The 8GB Sweet Spot (my own article/interview!) 4 weeks ago:
Soon TRIMUI will be sending me their Brick Pro and Pro U to review (which I am very much looking forward to testing!)
I love the Brick Hammer, my favorite of all perhaps :)
- Comment on Some of Android's Most Interesting Games Aren't on the Play Store 4 weeks ago:
So funny to see your name pop up here! I was just looking at a few reports for your comment in the mod-queue where you made the reference to Magda Goebbels when discussing the death of the co-founder of Ubisoft. Seems people weren’t thrilled with that! And here you slide, still just as nasty.
Why share this, then?
Because it is a subject I care about? Oh I’m so sorry, did I make an error then apologize for it? Gardiner, myself and occasionally a couple others write articles about things we love, or believe to be important, or care about. We’re not a organization, we’re not a major site. I don’t get paid. We don’t run ads. It literally costs money to have people read the things we write, but we write things like this because we love them. I am just explaining this because you seem to think there needs to be a reason to write an article on a topic I enjoy.
Have you got some articles you have written, so you can show me how it is done?
Oh, okay. So basically this was just something they shit out and published without due diligence.
Kindly fuck off. And in fact consider this a warning to behave in this community. I spent time on this, you can see I’ve chatted about it in the comments here, it was not ‘shit out’. Keep rule # 2 in mind going forward.
