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Marathon 2 a classic FPS originally from Destiny developer Bungie now on Steam
16 July 2024 at 11:10 am UTC Likes: 1

Oh, it even has the XBLA graphics via a free DLC.

Anyway, time to wait until Infinity drops so I can replay the whole trilogy.

Embracer Group put out their plans for AI in game development
21 June 2024 at 12:40 pm UTC Likes: 2

Honestly, I'm tired of companies trying to get on the current AI hype train.

I'm not *completely* against technologies like that, as long as it's used in moderation. For example, I use Tabnine in basic mode, which is basically an improved code completion system, and using a purely local model trained exclusively on my own code. And this is more than enough for my own purposes.

Valve faces a £656 million lawsuit in the UK for 'overcharging 14 million PC gamers'
12 June 2024 at 8:53 pm UTC Likes: 9

In the case of point #2, I'd like to mention there's a British game that actually allows this: Talisman Digital Edition (by Nomad Games). You can buy DLCs for the game on Android, iOS, GOG, or Switch, and use them with the Steam version just fine, as long as they're registered to your Nomad Games account. And except for the Switch version (Nintendo doesn't like games accessing DLCs bought from outside Nintendo's system), same the other way around, too. Bought a DLC on Steam ? You can access it from the mobile game, or the GOG version.

And Valve has been okay with this for years already.

No leaving a Steam account in a will after you die according to Valve
28 May 2024 at 9:26 am UTC Likes: 29

QuoteReally, the only time this will change is when physical media properly dies off and people cause enough of a fuss that governments and legal bodies around the world put in new laws around digital ownership, which is not likely for a long time.
I remember Valve was sued in France by UFC-Que Choisir several years ago on the grounds that digital purchases should be treated the same as physical purchases (aka customers should have ownership over their digital games, and could resell/transfer them just like with physical media), so I guess things could change depending on how the appeal goes (Valve lost the initial trial, for those unaware of the proceedings).

Bungie's classic free FPS 'Marathon' is now on Steam
10 May 2024 at 5:27 pm UTC Likes: 2

QuoteNoway near the level on the likes of DOOM of course but perhaps you'll have some fun with it.

Doom is good, but IMO, the Marathon trilogy is a one-of-a-kind experience. Hell, out of all the boomer shooters that released in the last decade, I haven't seen a lot of them take after Marathon, which is a damn shame.

SteamVR Beta gets an SDL fix for Fedora Linux fans
7 May 2024 at 11:07 am UTC

The fix for Fedora should theoretically also fix an issue I've been experiencing on Arch, though I still have to try it.

System Shock remake is getting a huge patch with big optimizations - great for Steam Deck
5 April 2024 at 3:50 pm UTC

Still no support for AZERTY and other layouts where the number row has the numbers in the "shifted" layer...

If they had kept using Unity instead of switching to UE4, I'd be able to play that game and I wouldn't have refunded it on release day.

Stop Killing Games is a new campaign to stop developers making games unplayable
3 April 2024 at 11:27 am UTC Likes: 19

Honestly, I really hope there will be legislation forcing devs to not make single-player components always-online.

What Ubisoft did with The Crew or IOI with the Hitman reboot trilogy should be illegal.

XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue
29 March 2024 at 7:01 pm UTC Likes: 8

QuoteSo you'll want to ensure any XZ packages are not at version 5.6.0 or 5.6.1, and check the news directly from your chosen distribution for updates on it.

Arch has repackaged 5.6.1, using a repo clone instead of the compromised tarballs: https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-202403-1
https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/xz/-/commit/881385757abdc39d3cfea1c3e34ec09f637424ad

Founder of Baldur's Gate 3 developer blasts publisher greed
25 March 2024 at 9:24 am UTC

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Quoting: williamjcm
QuoteLarian also confirmed that no DLC expansion is coming for Baldur's Gate 3, it's a complete game and they will be moving onto their next game although Baldur's Gate 3 will still get patches to fix issues.
All I need from BG3 at this point is a photo mode, to be honest. There are too few opportunities to take good close up shots of a character without the UI getting in the way.
Hit F10 to remove UI?
I already know about that, but cutscenes/dialogues don't always have good camera angles, normal gameplay doesn't allow for good close-ups, and screens like chargen/level-up are locked to a basic pose and idle animations.