All of the random BS it requires is a bit of a turn off but the 10ish percent drop in gaming performance is a no go. Linux with proton should outperform the os the games are designed to run on but here we are.

My steam deck has taught me that I’ll be completely OK running linuxn(probably arch) as my daily driver with a win 11 dual boot (maybe just a vm?) for things that simply won’t work on proton.

I’ve been using it since v4 launched and it’s one of my favourite things ever.

They use the money they get from the US to buy weapons from the US. They serve the purpose of enriching the billionaire class.

Not always, the mister would need more elements to do an actual 1:1 for many newer consoles and the cores are often reverse engineered best guesses and not replicating the original asic design.

On the other hand, original hardware goes through revisions and the silicon can change (snes 1chip vs 2chip for example) while still be perfectly compatible so it really depends ho much of a stickler you are.

About $50-70 for me depending on the game. I am interested in playing the games more than collecting so I have zero interest in paying more for a game than it would have cost new at retail.

Can’t afford 3 meals a day? Call it intermittent fasting. Can’t live off what you earn? Poly employment. What other awful reality can we rebrand?

My icq# was 4706179 and I doubt I’ll ever forget it.

Helium 3 is what we’re planning to use in fusion, that’s the point.

Would it be possible to come up with an FPGA solution for things like that?

I’m still ok with windows 10 and by the time it’s no longer supported, proton should be mature enough for me to make the jump with no regrets.

Still on archive.org so I’m not worried but I still hate to see stuff like this happen because of the precedent that it sets.

On top of all the great suggestions here I’d like to point out that the deck is a great emulation machine. Everything up to the ps2 era runs flawlessly but it can also do pretty well with Wii u, ps3 and Switch emulation too but performance will vary from title to title.

It’s also a great fallback in case the deck gets unhappy about not having a network connection (YMMV but some people have pretty bad issues with this) and steam games won’t start. Non steam games work just fine regardless of whether or not you have an internet connection.

What is that in r2000 white ink boxes?

Every now and then, Florida does something I agree with. It’s always a surprise. Maybe also ban parents from making social media channels that exploit their children.

Data poisoning isn’t limited to just AI stuff and you should be doing it at every opportunity.

Leave the deck running, steam link into it from your phone when you leave work and start any pending updates.

…probably

I played this one at launch on the NES and it’s been one of my favourites ever since. Definitely not the best in the franchise but holds a special place in my heart.

Has no one mentioned Vice Project Doom yet? Side scrolling action game that makes me think of Ninja Gaiden with guns mixed with Operation Wolf style shooting sections and Spy Hunter like driving sections. One of the best games on the NES.