Quoting: STiAT

Quoting: Shmerl

Quoting: STiATCards should get a rating on how loud they are.

I wouldn't buy a reference card, noise being one of the reasons. AMD partners like Sapphire generally make better cooled and more silent designs since they need to differentiate in something.

That's exactly why I'd like that information ;-). Not only of a reference design but all cards, since for me that can be an argument for a card. A big one to be true.

I might also add airflow requirements for the cooler, plz? That would be nice to know. I build ITX boxes and getting enough air to these things can be a pain.

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Thanks for the article. I just "discovered" Amazon Prime Gaming and Luna and I was curious how one would claim and play the free games.

It's seems there's only a handful of rotating freebies and they tend to be older titles, but it's still nice to play some gems.

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Ohhh, this looks nice. Maybe I should.... HOLY CRAP, it won't even fit in my case!!!
OMG, the price!?!

Ehhhh, guess my 2019 1070ti can hold out for a few more years. It'll still play anything on the market, I'm sure.

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So, uhh getting back to the topic at hand...

How do you guys using Mastodon feel about it? Likes? Dislikes?

I'm very torn about having social media (I don't really have/maintain any), but I looked around Matadon a bit. It seems interesting, but navigating is a little confusing for me. It seems like a chunk of what I saw was, umm headlines? Like people just yelling things into the void but not a lot of discussion? Or maybe I couldn't see the conversations as I wasn't logged in?

I feel more biased toward Discord at the moment. I get they are different, but as a chat room, for some reason, it feels more, I dunno, real?

Thoughts?

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Glad it's getting updated. I think it's a superior game compared to Mari Kart in terms of difficulty, but for some reason, Mario Kart sometimes seems more "fun". I think the banding and Ai for Mario Kart are more geared around the player as opposed to simply winning, and I'm sure that is a tough thing to pull off.

Fun fact, my kids played STK before MK, and having no knowledge of the Mario universe, continue to call some of the items by their STK names, notably, the "Basketball".

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This thing spawned an entire genre. Great game

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Quoting: slaapliedje

Quoting: ElamanOpiskelija

Quoting: slaapliedjeSweet! This has always been my favorite RTS. Warwind is probably the second, though I need to play that more.

I have seen you post often on these kind of news and was curious (no joke) about what would be your RTS poison of choice.
Good pick, this is from the "golden era", really the other ones on the race could be Total Annihilation and some C&C.

Between OpenRA and 0AD, they are doing an amazing work here. OpenRA engine offers potential long term survival on a game like this, especially if we consider multiplayer.

Some links:
(Community): https://www.darkreignws.com/
Some 2v2 game from recently: https://youtu.be/8sB3EHNH1y0

Command and Conquer series is also good. Myth is an amazing series. Generally I like ones that break the mold of the typical Warcraft II / Star Craft clones.

Like I prefer the games where your units have a bit more personality (as in they can get better over time, and you want to make sure they live through a battle, Myth captures that in an amazing way, as does Warwind.)

I really liked Myth. I need to finish it. Moving to more 3d world, really liked Sacrifice as well. I think at that point, I had burnt out on Red Alert and Warcraft 2 and similar ones that revolved around base building, having played them... A lot.

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Quoting: ExpandingManRimworld is one of those games that seems amazing but I've really struggled to enjoy. I find it plodding an tedious. Guess it's time to go back and try again, hopefully I'll stick with it long enough to get over the initial boredom.

I do remember having one game where there was a colonist who was really annoying because he had brain worms and then his girlfriend dumped him and he was becoming increasingly useless. Then he freaked out and attacked the village iguana. RIP annoying colonist, killed by an iguana in self-defense.

Lol. RimWorld is one of my favorite games, but I do agree; it has a slow start. I kind of figure that's a drawback of the genre and design as other games also suffer a slow beginning more or less (Factorio/Cities: Skylines, etc).

But compared to those, they're can be a lot of waiting, even with the time speed up.


Fyi, the Prepare Carefully mod is what I Think Philadelphius is mentioning. It's a very helpful mod that eliminates some of the potential rough/tedious starts dished out by the RNG without being cheaty.

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Quoting: dziadulewicz

Quoting: CatKiller

Quoting: dziadulewiczIt may work yes, but the thing is it does not launch out of the box clicking Play. We are talking about the desktop here not Steam Deck. The Steam in question is most certainly not flatpak. Check out the discussions on SuperTux on Steam: it's filled with "not launching" or similar threads.

I just tried it on my Linux desktop. Absolutely zero issues out of the box. Hit Install, it installs. Hit Play, and it launches and runs fine.

I tried it too encouraged by your claim and guess what? IT HAS BEEN FIXED! It DOES launch now!

It does also bring to light part of the devs for 0ad concerns in publishing on Steam; supporting 3rd party proprietary middleware.

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Quoting: LeflLooks very interesting, but I tend to stay away from Early Access games

Agreed, although my exception is "does the game seem fine/fun as is?". I treat it exactly the same as a full release (because they are the same - at least to the gamer).

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