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Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck
1 December 2024 at 5:13 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: whizse
Quoting: EikeStill don't see it...
Some glitch with the game rating used in Germany? The game is rated but the demo is not?

Yeah, probably. I saw the game being rated and didn't expect a problem.
But then, Steam did announce that they want demos to be handled as independent entities...
Thanks!

In general, I'm fine with this age rating stuff, but such "I spy with my little eye" ("Ich sehe was, was du nicht siehst") games are annoying... :-/

Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck
1 December 2024 at 4:55 pm UTC

Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: Eike
Quoting: fabertaweThis is a fantastic game, I've now put in 220+ hours and having a ball (Linux native).

Please note the demo is quite a way behind the game proper, which gets constant updates as it's still in development. Also note the story line is unfinished (half way?) but personally I play the game for the survival aspect and base building and not the story

I cannot find a demo?
It's listed right on the store page, big green banner above the purchase box.

Still don't see it...


Survival game The Last Plague: Blight adds controller support, great for Steam Deck
30 November 2024 at 5:13 pm UTC

Quoting: fabertaweThis is a fantastic game, I've now put in 220+ hours and having a ball (Linux native).

Please note the demo is quite a way behind the game proper, which gets constant updates as it's still in development. Also note the story line is unfinished (half way?) but personally I play the game for the survival aspect and base building and not the story

I cannot find a demo?

Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations
28 November 2024 at 11:26 am UTC Likes: 2

Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: amatai@Liam Winter start in the UK before December ? I thought everyone in the northern hemisphere was starting winter the 21th December (where winter is applicable).
Half of winter has already gone by then. Midwinter festivals (such as Christmas) are to celebrate passing the midpoint of winter, when days steadily start to become longer again.

AFAIK, there's "meteorological winter", starting with Decembre 1.st, and astrological (calendar(ical)?) winter, starting late in Decembre at winter solstice. First one makes more sense to me...

Steam Autumn Sale is live for you to empty your wallets, Steam Awards open for nominations
28 November 2024 at 11:22 am UTC

Quoting: on_en_a_grosMétro Exodus is realy tempting.

There's not many cases where I would recommend to switch from native to Proton, but this is one of them.

2K Launcher is finally no more - that's at least one publisher making things better for gamers
26 November 2024 at 12:25 pm UTC Likes: 3

I wonder if the Sony boss still dares to play 2K games now...

itch.io store now requires AI generated content disclosures for assets
23 November 2024 at 1:00 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Purple Library GuyThere are a couple of other things about the ways neurons grow and branch and how the connections can be strengthened or weakened that are probably not comparable to basic computer hardware and also add complexity . . . you could probably simulate that behaviour in software, but that's just showing that it's behaviour that requires much more than one transistor to model.

I cannot remember transistors being compared to neurons. Modern neural networks to have such things though, being weakened and strengthened by the learning process.

Quoting: Purple Library GuyTo get something that's really qualitatively better they will need a different hypothesis.

Here you go: AI needs a childhood. And "parents". It needs to be told, maybe over years, what it is doing right and what it is doing wrong. This is done in parts already, but only by cheap click workers. Nobody wants to pay "real" AI parents.

itch.io store now requires AI generated content disclosures for assets
22 November 2024 at 10:44 am UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: kokoko3kSomething puzzles me.

...because some time ago, when I expressed my concerns about the extensive and almost exclusive use of game engines like Unity and Unreal, the most frequent response was that it was fine because it allowed anyone, even those who didn’t know how to program, to develop games.
The engine takes care of the programming to a certain extent, you add the graphics and audio, and everyone is happy.

Now, the extensive use of AI for image generation seems to be perceived differently, but the principle remains the same: you handle the programming and audio while paying relatively little attention to the graphical aspect, yet... not everyone is happy.

I want to spend my time with something a human has made. I want to somehow "interact" with that human (these humans). I want to consume art, and I don't feel a generation tool can produce something that has earned the term "art" - even if I probably cannot tell the difference in many cases! -, because it cannot "talk" to me about life.

Yes, you could create art with help of AI probably. I'd always search for the mistakes AI makes, spoiling the fun.

BTW, I just played Stray. Wow.

Steam Controller 2 is apparently a thing and being 'tooled for a mass production' plus a new VR controller
21 November 2024 at 11:21 am UTC

Quoting: InhaleOblivionI still have both the OG Steam controller and the slightly revised one they updated it to. Both still work though I only have one remaining bluetooth doggle that comes with it. Whenever they release the Steam Controller 2, it's a day 1 purchase for me again.

I'm not even aware of a revised Steam Controller? (I guess it's too many years ago. :D )

Steam Deck OLED: Limited Edition White and Steam Deck Australia have launched
19 November 2024 at 11:29 am UTC

QuoteOnce it's gone, it's gone. So if you're somehow still on the fence, now might be the best time to get one of the coolest-looking models.

Nothing, ever, is cooler than black.