themusicman

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I imagine there will be for some games, but it relies on the game developer implementing it. Whereas foviated streaming works for all games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Valves first title with a 3 in it⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  One of the shots of the steam machine had a “SoonTM” sticker

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam Hardware [new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and VR headset Steam Frame, coming in 2026]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  This is foviated streaming. The PC still renders everything at full, but the streaming compression is optimized for where you’re looking

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah same. I’ve seen other people stockpile intermediate resources to try and smooth out bottlenecks, but I think that’s wasteful. Build extra throughout, and have as little product sitting there as possible.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What's a recent game you've tried playing that isn't worth the hype?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Factorio sucks for perfectionists. You have to be able to embrace the spaghetti, and not everyone can

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s no functional difference, we just use both terms. It’s a bit arbitrary, but generally once a mall is a mall we stick with that and vice versa. E.g. “Westfield St Lukes” is known as “St Lukes mall” colloquially by pretty much everyone.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨People who live in southern hemisphere countries: do your mall Santas dress for freezing cold weather?⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Kiwi here. We have malls and shopping centers, but only mall Santas

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can I learn to estimate the likelihood of real-world events?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  It either happens, or it doesn’t, or the chances are not equal.

  That’s 50/50/50 or 1 in 3.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data shows — as Windows 10 dies, gaming on Linux is more viable than ever⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Lutris for mods. You can point it at the game exe downloaded by steam in many cases (not all), and then run arbitrary exes inside the same wine prefix.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Steve: “Hey Jim, what did you say that other extraction shooter was called?”

  Jim (muffled): “Escape from Tarkov”

  Steve: “Oh yeah Escape from Duckov, thanks mate”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Get your hands off my print server

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨GOG Has Had To Hire Private Investigators To Track Down IP Rights Holders⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Happipiness

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Half-Life 2 is currently 100% for its 20th anniversary⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Nah this is pretty concrete. There’s a flat screen single player game in active development with features being added like vehicle physics, surface temperatures, NPC AI handling for non standard gravity, etc. And there are half life related strings all through it. HL3? Who knows, but it would explain why they actually acknowledged their two anniversaries…