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- Comment on Why doesn't Steam support Android? 2 days ago:
Do you mean this article? thelibre.news/on-the-history-of-valve-and-linux/
- Comment on Metro 2033 Redux is free to claim on GOG for the next two days 3 days ago:
The Redux upgrade is available for $20 or with an active Switch 2 Online Membership*.
*Additional charges may apply; dedicated servers not included
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
I assume you tried adding a new printer through KDE? There’s usually no driver needed if all you need to do is simply print/scan.
Does it fail with both options?
- Comment on 6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux? 1 week ago:
Which one, Bedrock or Java?
For Bedrock there is an unofficial launcher: flathub.org/apps/io.mrarm.mcpelauncher (Disclaimer: Never tried it)
For Java there is the offical launcher: flathub.org/apps/com.mojang.Minecraft
Alternatively, for Java, there is also the much better unofficial launchers like Prism: flathub.org/apps/org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #9 2 weeks ago:
Played a few hours of Last of Us 2 last night. Ran pretty well (80-100fps) on highest settings in native 1440p but with a 7900 XTX I can of course just brute force through it.
Surprisingly, the game ran flawlessly out of the box. Didn’t need to add the SteamDeck=1 variable like in the other newer Sony games.
Does not run with Proton-Tkg for some reason, so no HDR for now.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 2 weeks ago:
I don’t really mind tinkering with it, already know my ways with emulation on PC. However, I have no knowledge on Linux and that’s what worries me a bit.
If you know your way around PC emulation, you’re not going to have any problems. EmuDeck takes care of installing all emulators. You only have to manually add your key files, firmware, BIOS, etc. It works just like on Windows and the KDE desktop is in many ways identical to Windows.
You might also want to check out KDE Connect. It is pre-installed on the Deck and can pair with your PC for remote input, file sharing, etc.: kdeconnect.kde.org
So the Steam Deck can run the PS2 emulation and play these games (just as the PC can?).
Yes, the Deck is an emulation beast. Finished Mario Galaxy 1 and 2, Ico, Wind Waker HD and Echoes of Wisdom entirely on the Deck.
Most of the games of the Switch I’d like to play are the Mario games. I can name them all if necessary but will do it later (at the moment at work).
The less demanding games like the Mario Party games and Mario Kart run with no issues in all emulators.
For more demanding games like Breath of the Wild and Mario Odyssey, you might want to grab the last yuzu EA AppImage that released. You can find it quite easily by searching but you can also DM me if you need it.
For reference, the last release was version 4176 with an MD5 checksum of 9f20b0e6bacd2eb9723637d078d463eb.
Can the Steam Deck run Breath of the Wild without issue?
There are 3 ways to play Breath of the Wild on the Deck:
- Ryujinx/Ryubing (installed by EmuDeck out of the box)
- yuzu (no longer available)
- Cemu (the Wii U version)
I spent dozens of hours in Breath of the Wild on the Deck in yuzu to collect a few Koroks when I’m bored. Since I dumped my savegames from my switch, I just started where I left it on my Switch.
Ryujinx unfortunately struggles running Breath of the Wild, it runs the most demanding areas at about 20 fps. Which is on par with how the Switch natively runs the game but yuzu can reach 30 fps easily in those areas. Ryujinx also has quite severe shader stuttering when first entering an area, which yuzu does not have.
Cemu runs the game flawlessly, but it is the Wii U version. Doesn’t make much difference which version you play on PC since you can mod either to look good. I just played on yuzu because my savegame was from my Switch.
- Comment on ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ Sets 2027 Release Date, Reveals First Look at CinemaCon 2 weeks ago:
Let them cook.
If they can keep up the quality of the first two movies, they can take their time.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 2 weeks ago:
Death Stranding really clicked for me when “Bones” by “Low Roar” in the first real delivery mission comes on. Takes slightly more than an hour to get there and even then, it definitely is not a game for everyone.
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #8 2 weeks ago:
Heavy emulator user here, the Deck made my Switch obsolete but I did play Tears of the Kingdom on my PC so I can run it at 60fps. On the Deck, ToTK can struggle to reach even 30 in many areas without community modpacks. Smaller titles like the latest Zelda and Metroid run flawless.
However, the Deck can also run every other console up until Switch/PS3/Xbox 360 as well as my full Steam and GOG library and it has a full desktop on it.
If you don’t mind the tinkering to get the emulators configured, the Deck is a no-brainer for me.
If you want to save some money, you can also get the smaller Steam Deck. It is trivially easy to swap the SSD if you later decide you need more storage.
- Comment on Is Baldurs Gate 3's voice acting so great that it ruined other games for me? 2 weeks ago:
BOY
- Comment on Steam Deck / Gaming News #7 3 weeks ago:
I really wish GOG would do more to support Linux and the Deck. I started buying a little bit more there ever since Heroic came around but overall the Steam experience is still vastly superior.
- Comment on What’s a movie nobody can convince you is good? 5 weeks ago:
The only Marvel movies I like and they are not even made by Marvel.
- Comment on Proton GE 9-26 Released With Updates For Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024, GTA 5 Enhanced, And More 5 weeks ago:
I played quite a bit of Elite: Dangerous in VR on my Saitek X-55 in Linux. Worked out of the box.
- Comment on Studio Ghibli's "Princess Mononoke" is being remastered in 4K and re-released in IMAX on March 26th 5 weeks ago:
Cool, hope it makes it to blu-ray and they went through the trouble to do a proper rescan instead of just upscaling.
- Comment on Monster Hunter Wilds sales top eight million in three days 1 month ago:
With SteamDB estimating 2.6 - 3.27 million players on Steam it actually looks like PC is at least the second largest if not the largest platform.
- Comment on Monster Hunter series producer is being put in charge of all Capcom’s development divisions 1 month ago:
I have to question some folks ability to see when they say Wilds looks worse than World or like a PS3 game.
Certainly has some low-res textures that look weirdly out of place but it’s not like the entire game looks like this.
- Comment on UnleashedRecomp: A static recompilation of the Xbox 360 version of Sonic Unleashed 1 month ago:
I assume somebody really liked that game.
Just like the Lego Island guy™ really likes Lego Island. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MToTEqoVv3I
- Comment on Does Monster Hunter Wilds still look and feel like dog water? 1 month ago:
And DLSS also makes the game look like a shit sandwich even on quality.
Correct, I’m on a 7900 XTX and was able to get the best experience on Ultra by using FSR only for anti aliasing (native resolution) and turning on FSR frame generation. There are still artifacts but they are not nearly as bad as with upscaling.
Without frame gen I hover at around 60, good enough for controller but a pain with mouse.
Still, your 3060 is most likely going to output a clearer image than what your PS5 can do with FSR1. Did you give the benchmark on PC a go?
- Comment on Does Monster Hunter Wilds still look and feel like dog water? 1 month ago:
What’s your hardware?
On high end hardware the game runs fine, not good but okish. On console they use FSR1 at a really low resolution, making everything look really blurry. On PC at least FSR3 is available for lower end hardware but don’t expect too much if you don’t have a Nvidia 4000+ or AMD 6000+ series.
Digital Foundry has performance videos for console and PC up already.
- Comment on The System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster pages are on GOG & Steam 1 month ago:
One day we will get a spiritual successor.
- Comment on The System Shock 2: 25th Anniversary Remaster pages are on GOG & Steam 1 month ago:
I really enjoyed it. First game in a while that could scratch that Prey-itch.
- Comment on Monster Hunter Wilds | Review Thread (89/100 OpenCritic) 1 month ago:
AMD: Yes (Played the last beta for a few hours, make sure to use Proton Experimental) Nvidia: I believe the graphical issues are not fixed yet Steam Deck: Game does not run well
- Comment on Iron Galaxy lays off 66 developers in 'last resort' lifesaving effort 2 months ago:
I’m not sure, I only checked which projects Iron Galaxy is working on and noticed they are doing Last of Us again.
- Comment on Iron Galaxy lays off 66 developers in 'last resort' lifesaving effort 2 months ago:
I’m sure this is going to end great for the Last of Us 2 PC port. The port of the first game was already a disaster and they had all their people.
- Comment on Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up 2 months ago:
I’m surprised they did this. Would have assumed most people don’t care and we were getting a PC PSN launcher very soon.
- Comment on [Lunacid] All features of Vampire characters 2 months ago:
I still remember the coffin spell from that game fondly. I built so many staircases to get to places earlier.
Also, death genuinely scared me the first time he appeared.
- Comment on DOOM: The Dark Ages | Gameplay Sizzle | Coming May 15, 2025 2 months ago:
Looks pretty good but I’m going to wait for the soundtrack and for the price to come down to normal PC prices.
No Mick Gordon is still seriously disappointing.
Also, I hope they configured their Steam page wrong. The advanced access phase on Steam is 7 months long.
- Comment on I love my smart TV (From Mastodon) - Repost 3 months ago:
Yes, I’m on CoreELEC with an Odroid N2+ but I only play content without DRM. If you’re streaming DRM protected content you will have an easier time using Android.
- Comment on Chinese ebook reader Boox ditches GPT for state-censored China LLM pushing propaganda 3 months ago:
Feeling pretty good about not getting a Boox e-ink tablet now.
- Comment on What did everyone grab during the Steam Winter Sale? 3 months ago:
Now I‘ll just wait for Monster Hunter Wilds which is easily my most anticipated game at the moment and probably the first triple-A game I‘ll be getting on launch since Elden Ring.
Same here.
FYI, Monster Hunter Wilds is available on Green Man Gaming and Fanatical for -18%, taking its price down to a normal triple A price of 57€.
