I bought my guilty pleasure game.

This really crappy game from Windows 95/98 days -- Chip's Challenge.

https://store.steampowered.com/bundle/16009/Chips__Chucks_Challenge_Bundle/

The game is crap but also somehow amazing at the same time. It's worth every penny.

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In case anyone is wondering -- yes it's totally worth it. Also, unfortunately the more expensive anti-glare etched glass is awesome as well.

Don't get it if you can't afford it at the moment, but yeah this device is pure magic.

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To add to my previous comment, yes I would buy a 2230 enclosure like this -- however I would require it be made of aluminum or pure copper as a heat dissipator. Plastic is not going to get me excited -- I already own probably 5 or 6 of these kinds of deals.

I also prefer no fan unless Noctua makes ones in that size.

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Quoting: M@GOidI got into portable M.2 storage when the fastest (~150/170MB/s) flashdrive I had said goodby, less than a year after I got it. After the refund I got a Corsair "GT" that said to be USB 3.0, but could only deliver 50MB/s. I was very pissed off because the thing was more expensive than the faster Lexar I had.

Later I saw a USB adapter for M.2 drivers. It was dirt cheap and together with the cheapest 120GB M.2 drive I could find, it was only 60% of the price I paid for the over-hyped Corsair "GT" 3.0 with only 32GB. So I bought it, and it was the biggest surprise I had gambling with unknown hardware. Even being only a SATA M.2 driver paired with a cheap USB adapter, they could still provide ~400MB/s, while having four times the capacity and costing almost half of the last "high speed" flashdrive I had.

Never again I will spend money on over-hyped flash storage. From now on I will "roll my own".

This.

Sabrent makes some good NVME enclosures as seen here:

https://sabrent.com/collections/nvme-enclosures

Not in the 2230 size, and this is more of a laptop or desktop use case.

There really is ZERO reason to not roll your own, especially when you can select a NVME with the LOWEST failure rate, HIGHEST specs at the FAIREST price.

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Fallout, Fallout 2 & Doom for $5, ok they got me, not bad

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These kinds of deals remind me of the archaic "Toys R Us" "Bargain Bin" where you pick out 3 Nintendo 64 games for 20 bucks or whatever.

Does this appeal to anyone?

Who buys these kinds of deals?

Does this sales strategy actually work?

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Quoting: BalkanSpy"The developers describe the content like this:

depictions of mature language, violence, gore, sexual assault/non-consensual sex, drugs, alcohol abuse, and suicide."

Um, no thanks. I'm not going anywhere near this game.

That wasn't a "personal recommendation" for *** you *** -- how could I recommend something when I don't even know you.

Some people won't listen to Eminem because of his controversial lyrics. And that's fine.

Other people are parts of clubs that will never watch movies like The Matrix 1 simply because they are " Rated R " -- or have other "banned movies" -- and that's fine.

Other people choose for themselves to have a ban on books in their little communities -- and that's fine.

If you want to be a puritan, just make sure you don't scoff at everyone else for being a "SiNNeR" -- even Tattoos were taboo for the longest time and the mark of a heretic -- let's not look down on others for liking "Rock Music" here.

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This game is definitely in my Top 10 of All Time.

The cult following is well earned. This update is warmly more than welcomed.

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Quoting: pleasereadthemanualIt seems Linux ports are treated more like charity work than anything else.

This is why I put my money where my mouth is and throw it at as much Linux stuff was possible. I bought 5 Steam Decks, a Valve Index, 5k-10k in GPUs and computer parts the last year or two.

I'm not attempting to flex, it's just that I can't think of another way to put a [ X ] big beacon on Linux.

Of course I bought Payday 2 for the Linux support, and now -- I guess they'll have to take a back seat and back burner for prioritizing my purchases (as such I'm not compelled or incentivized to buy Payday 3 just like I haven't purchased Serious Sam 4 -- as a matter or ethics and principle -- what is the draw when there are so many other pro-Linux choices for me to support?)

And so it goes. I wish them well, but make room for somebody else who values my money.

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Imagine selling a game and then DROPPING support for WINDOWS, and telling customers that the Linux version still works over Cygwin and VirtualBox.

Anyways -- this is more a problem with SaaS (Software as a Service) -- because it's not really clear what I'm buying when I spend money-- A Physical Copy -- Is a Physical Copy -- -- Is a Physical Copy -- Is a Physical Copy.

I'm sympathetic, but not enthusiastic or pleased.

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