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Super Video Golf added a career mode - it deserves more attention
11 April 2024 at 12:09 pm UTC Likes: 2

Thought I'd post an update. Great game and you can even play pool and snooker in the club house!

Hit a bug straight away where the character can't be edited as the game locks hard but posted a bug report and the dev responded immediately. He's very responsive and involved in their community, which is really nice.

Super Video Golf added a career mode - it deserves more attention
10 April 2024 at 9:48 am UTC

Oooh me likey! Buying...

Edit: Bought!

Arch Linux changes vm.max_map_count to match Fedora, Ubuntu for better gaming
8 April 2024 at 8:42 am UTC

Mine's already at 16777216. Can't remember why that figure exactly though, probably after reading something Proton related previously.

Edit: I added it a year ago, from https://www.phoronix.com/news/Fedora-39-VM-Max-Map-Count.

Stop Killing Games is a new campaign to stop developers making games unplayable
3 April 2024 at 3:16 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: grigi....On the cheaper end of that is Reolink/Dahua and my Reolink cameras are working great. But it's a pain that everyone is pushing for cloud-first these days.

!Grumpy-emoji!

I'll check those cams out, thanks for the heads up.

As for the theromostat, I think I'll replace it with a LAN only solution.

Stop Killing Games is a new campaign to stop developers making games unplayable
3 April 2024 at 2:13 pm UTC Likes: 4

Quoting: PenglingHonestly, I don't understand what a person could possibly get out of connecting appliances to the internet...
Exactly my thoughts but it gets worse... we had a new boiler installed and only after the fact I became acutely aware of this problem. To program or alter the time clock for MY boiler in MY home I have to have an online registration with Bosch and allow the thermostat on MY wall in MY hallway to connect to Bosch's server online! Where's the furious emoji?

I have a few cheap IP cams from a few years ago that I use as security cams and record constantly to my server via RTSP. Trying to buy such cams now is near impossible as they all use an app and record to the cloud via subscription. No thanks.

Sorry for the "off topic", as regards Ross'(s?) issue, I'm all for the refund idea (Catkiller) or an outright ban on singleplayer online access required.

Streets of Rogue 2 is going to be massive and I'm hyped
28 February 2024 at 11:16 am UTC Likes: 2

I've bought very few games in the last few years simply because of my backlog but this is going to be a gem and a must have!

One thing I like about the first game is you can just pick it up for a quick game as well as get sucked in.

Time to blow the dust off your VR headset - Metro Awakening is coming
2 February 2024 at 12:49 pm UTC Likes: 1

Quoting: Corben
Quoting: fabertaweThanks. But that begs the question - when can't you play seated? Do you have an example?
I guess "can't play seated" refers to if it's enjoyable.....All in all, technically you can play all those VR games seated, but those meant for room scale would just be less enjoyable as some aspects of the game would require more movemnt.

Thanks for the detailed explanation

Time to blow the dust off your VR headset - Metro Awakening is coming
2 February 2024 at 10:38 am UTC

Quoting: FauconNoir
Quoting: fabertaweI've zero experience with VR, so can it be used sitting? As in, I have a physical disability and couldn't stand for long and would almost certainly lose my balance and crash into something!
Most of the time, you can play sitted.

Thanks. But that begs the question - when can't you play seated? Do you have an example?

Time to blow the dust off your VR headset - Metro Awakening is coming
1 February 2024 at 7:23 pm UTC

I've zero experience with VR, so can it be used sitting? As in, I have a physical disability and couldn't stand for long and would almost certainly lose my balance and crash into something!

Tomb Raider I-III Remastered gets Steam Deck Verified
18 January 2024 at 5:26 pm UTC Likes: 4

This is going on my Steam wish list. Not my old wish list which had no chance of ever being completed but my new cut down must-have wish list. I'm so far behind on what I already have to play!

I'm going to start getting more stuff on Gog as well, so maybe this.