Oh, this looks beautiful and I want it! Will be keeping an eye on this one for sure - thanks for the heads-up!

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Pengling

QuoteValve are listing Super Bomberman R as a newly playable title

As the resident Bomberman nut

I was waiting to see if you'd comment on this.

Hahahaha! Commented, and tested!

I'll be in my element when we now quite-possibly-inevitably hear about Super Bomberman R 2 getting Steam Deck Verified ahead of release!

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Quoting: pageround@Tchey and @Pengling, have you seen this device? Looks like a netbook to me. https://www.crowdsupply.com/mnt/pocket-reform

I prefer x86 for this sort of thing (I was an ARM diehard at one point, but I kept hitting walls with it so I ended up returning to x86 recently), but man, that's adorable, it has a trackball (which is wonderful!), and I can see plenty of uses for it. Bookmarked - thanks very much!

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Quoting: TcheyI miss the time of the eeePC from Asus, back in 2008 i think. Linux native, light, cheap (less than 400€), "real" computer (opposed to tablet with tactile stuff, or worst, smartphone), they were perfect for real nomad use, office, internet, 2D games or many small indie or roguelike, etc. And durable, i still boot mine from time to time when i’m on the move.

You're not the only one who misses netbooks! I was a big fan of them, too.

Though this looks like a nice machine, it's not what I was hoping to see when I clicked in here! (Which, admittedly, was before I really took note of the size mentioned in the headline. )

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderI would never have guessed that if you had not said it........

Hahahahaha! Did the avatar give it away, maybe...?

I'm just in the middle of testing, and true enough it's like running something entirely different - it's not pushing my GPD Win Max 2021 fans to the point of sounding like a jet-engine anymore, and (though I haven't put the graphics back to max yet, which was always a guaranteed trigger for the aforementioned cutscene problems) the cutscene-related crashing issues haven't reared their ugly heads yet.

This very much reminds me of when I first used Proton (just a year-and-a-half ago), when it felt like magic compared to trying to run games during the earlier days of Wine, and I'm impressed all over again - I'm fairly sure it may now be running better on Linux than it reportedly does on Windows.

EDIT: Just one crash (happened when loading a cutscene, as always, and it got skipped upon reloading as is the norm with this issue) in an hour-and-a-half of testing (previously there would've been quite a lot more), and, unlike before, the problem did not persist or return when the game was restarted. Many thanks to Valve - it didn't feel like trying to balance the game on a knife-edge to keep it running, and I'm super-impressed that they finally got this notoriously-wonky port behaving itself as properly as it can under Proton! What an absolute joy this unexpected development has been.

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QuoteValve are listing Super Bomberman R as a newly playable title

As the resident Bomberman nut and doubtless the GOL'er left most disappointed by how incredibly unstable the 2018 PC port of Super Bomberman R is (it's a terrible experience of what was originally, at its Switch-exclusive debut in 2017, a very charming game; I'm told it's just as bad on Windows, too), I'll believe that when I see it!

Valve granted the game Steam Deck Verified status in December, and it was still in a very wrecky state back then, with cutscenes constantly breaking and then repeatedly crashing the entire game. I know all the raindances to get it to behave briefly (after an hour it would start misbehaving), but the last time I played through it via Proton a couple of months ago, it was still in a mess.

Time to check it out again!

Hopefully this bodes positively for the upcoming sequel, where the Steam version appears to be the lead one, at least!

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Man, Immersion Corporation! I haven't heard that name in a while! I instantly remembered the name as being associated with patent-trolling - glad to see that I had the correct company.

Quoting: elmapulthen i think you should watch the rog ally presentation.
not only they have an device to compete with the deck (an partnership with the vendors of one) but they spread FUD and miss information there.

i mean, they implied you cant do your homework on steamOS... (they said you can do it on the ally because its running windows)
implied you cant use xcloud (despite the fact that they thenselves officially support it)
implied you cant use netflix.
implied that windows is more compatible (when we know its the opposite, games that are compatible with it not the other way arround)

A fellow GOL'er showed me this a couple of days ago: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/technology/save-dollardollardollar-on-the-rog-ally-by-resetting-and-trading-in-your-steam-deck-gaming-handheld/ar-AA1b4Wka

How convenient!

Quoting: ElectricPrism

QuoteThe truth is stranger than fiction.

-Mark Twain

Microsoft literally funded the 20 year lawsuit against Linux through SCO to try to snuff us out.

Fuck Microsoft. They are likely at it again after the Microsoft ASUS ROG Ally

https://lwn.net/Articles/924577/

QuoteMicrosoft, which had not yet learned to love Linux, funded SCO and loudly bought licenses from the company.

Just like netbooks all over again...

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Nah, nothing for me in this one - sports games aren't my thing. My wallet is thankful.

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Quoting: StoneColdSpiderYou have more chance of collecting Unicorn Fart Dust than getting the Steam Deck Bomberman Pack.......

HAHAHAHAHAHA! I know, and that makes me sad!

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Quoting: elmapulfor a moment i thought it was an bundle like: purchase an steamdeck+this game for just <small price>.
for example my nintendo64 came with mario, a few came with banjo kazooie or stuff like that, those often came with special box art, colors and stuff like that.

For some reason, I can suddenly picture a Steam Deck Bomberman pack, containing Deck, Dock, game, and some extra controllers for multiplayer matches.

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