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Valve adds ability to see Steam Deck verification in desktop Steam
29 July 2023 at 2:48 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: CatKiller
Quoting: Liam Dawe
Quoting: M@GOidI wished they show this on the Store page, so when I tempted to buy a game that does not have a native Linux port (I may or may not had broken a promise...), I don't need to refund it later because it doesn't work on Proton.
They've listed this on the store page for a long time. It's down the right hand side.
For some reason Valve decided not to show that information to users in countries where the Deck isn't officially sold. Is M@GOid in one of those countries?

I'm from Brazil, and yes, no Steam Deck here, nor can I see the thing on the corner of the page of the store.

Broforce FOREVER arrives for the legendary action platformer on August 8th
29 July 2023 at 2:46 pm UTC Likes: 6

This is one of the games that made me give up on AAA to dedicate more to indies. Simple, fun, lots of laugh, especially if played with friends.

Reminds you that gaming is more than wandering on a open world and do quests to reach the end of a game, AKA every AAA game out there.

Valve adds ability to see Steam Deck verification in desktop Steam
19 July 2023 at 1:15 pm UTC Likes: 2

I wished they show this on the Store page, so when I tempted to buy a game that does not have a native Linux port (I may or may not had broken a promise...), I don't need to refund it later because it doesn't work on Proton.

Proton Experimental fixes up New World and Aura: Fate of the Ages
16 July 2023 at 10:38 pm UTC

Quoting: Solitary
Quoting: M@GOid
Quoting: Solitary
Quoting: M@GOidI wished the fixed Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY. To this day I still cannot play it.
What's wrong? I replayed entire Batman Arkham series on Steam Deck, I don't remember any of them not working at all.

After the starter screen (with the settings) it crashes, shows a window with some error and closes. The next game, Arkham City works fine, but I had never managed to get Asylum to run, no matter which version of Proton I'm using. This have been like this since the appearance of Proton.

Can you be more specific? I don't remember if I had to do anything, but maybe I did... I have played Arkham Asylum long time ago, and last time I played it was on Steam Deck and that was also year ago.
Have you read and checked solutions here? https://www.protondb.com/app/35140

There seems to be one advice repeating even on Deck protontricks d3dx9 d3dcompiler_43

I wasn't using protontricks, so I finally cave and installed it. The command Xpander gave (protontricks 35140 d3dx9 d3dcompiler_43) did the trick, the game finally started. But there was a small catch: since I had my set of flight sticks plugged, the game considered them as a gamepad, so other gamepads didn't work, only the Steam Controller. I unplugged them and finally I could enjoy the thing on a real gamepad.

Proton Experimental fixes up New World and Aura: Fate of the Ages
16 July 2023 at 1:20 am UTC

Quoting: Solitary
Quoting: M@GOidI wished the fixed Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY. To this day I still cannot play it.
What's wrong? I replayed entire Batman Arkham series on Steam Deck, I don't remember any of them not working at all.

After the starter screen (with the settings) it crashes, shows a window with some error and closes. The next game, Arkham City works fine, but I had never managed to get Asylum to run, no matter which version of Proton I'm using. This have been like this since the appearance of Proton.

Proton Experimental fixes up New World and Aura: Fate of the Ages
15 July 2023 at 7:26 pm UTC

I wished the fixed Batman Arkham Asylum GOTY. To this day I still cannot play it.

Quantum: Recharged from Atari gets a new trailer
4 July 2023 at 11:46 am UTC

The art reminds me of Geometry Wars.

The SHARGE Disk could be a useful Steam Deck storage sidekick
29 June 2023 at 4:14 pm UTC Likes: 2

I 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".

AirJet from Frore Systems could be great cooling for a Steam Deck 2
1 June 2023 at 12:58 pm UTC Likes: 4

This company gathered a lot of good will for them in the tech community. Everyone and their grandmother want them to succeed.

But they better lower their early expectations of profits. History is full of breakthrough products that failed to gain traction, because they cost too much compared to proven solutions.

Right now cooling fans are mass produced and dirt cheap. While this has its advantages, some manufacturers may find it prohibitive to implement if it raises the end price too much. So it is possible, for example, that this ends up in a Steam Deck competitor that cost over 1000 dollars, because Valve may find it too costly to implement in a 400 bucks base model Steam Deck.

Valheim devs clarify stance on modding including a clear no to paid mods
30 May 2023 at 12:11 pm UTC Likes: 3

Seems alright to me. They could do a lot worse if you look at what some big studios are doing.