PHJF wrote on Sep 26, 2022, 19:54:
Anthem 2

Dammit that was what I was going to write ;-)

Wow, I just installed Thief Gold on my steamdeck last weekend. I'll have to install Thief 2 as well now. For those interested in install help see ProtonDB.

I reserved mine in early February and got the email to order in early September. So I then received it almost 7 months after reserving. So far I'm loving it. I've mostly been adding emulators, roms, etc. There are so many emulators it's hard to stop adding and experimenting.

Some games I didn't know even ran and ran well (after tweaking):
Thief Gold
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
Just Cause 2

I tried the Switch emulator also and even though it works it can drain the steamdeck battery VERY fast on graphically intensive games running at the highest resolution needed to have parity with the Switch. I mostly tried Diablo 3 and it runs and looks great at 60fps but it's not very portable when it has less than half the battery life of my OLED switch.

Mine still says Q4. Tempted to switch to the cheapest version instead of the high-end one I reserved that is $250 more.

Kxmode wrote on Jul 8, 2022, 19:11:
Final season one episode of Strange New Worlds was on fire! Highly worth a watch if you enjoyed TOS. 🖖🙂

Yes, it was great, especially the off-screen Scottie dialogue even though it was short.

Noice! My February 7th reservation was so long ago!

Rimworld is $3.50 off. Is this Ludeon Studios one of Nintendo's dummy companies? Their sales sure suck like Nintendo. I'll keep waiting until it's at least 50% off and if that day never comes I will still have my backlog. /shrug

I remember when this was released it was everything that the "online required" EA Sim City wasn't. Since then EA hasn't released a real successor to Sim City 4. What a wasted opportunity.

These days when I need to scratch the WoW itch I just log into a private server like Vanillaplus or Chromiecraft and play a few days to remember why I still don't play WoW.

I'm so tempted to buy the new DJI mini 3 pro, especially when I see videos like this one. I'm just put off with dealing with the regulations for flying one and whether I would actually use it that much.

TheBigVlad wrote on Jun 5, 2022, 14:44:
Just play the game in your car while making DoorDash deliveries and you're revenue will cancel out your spending. It will be like getting the premium experience for free!

Make sure to drive an electric car (or golf cart) and plug it in at your Mom and Dad's house too.

October is still 4 months away. Hopefully I will still want a Steam Deck in 4 months.

People actually buy Stellaris expansions?

Wow solo flight! My first flight sim back on the Commodore 64. A Sid Meier classic also.

I liked Discovery except for some of the cringy bad acting it had. Hoping the new series is more true to the original series.

Ouch, 68. Maybe by the time it's on Steam (or GoG) it will be worth buying...on sale of course.

Verno wrote on Apr 25, 2022, 11:29:
I just can't do these sorts of games anymore, might as well call them RSI Simulators. Really fast way to tennis elbow or carpal tunnel if you're older than 40.

I know what you mean. I haven't played the PC version of Diablo 3 in years and now only play the switch version. My hands still hurt after a long session but not as bad as being on a keyboard. I'll try Diablo Immortal if it has a controller only option on PC, otherwise I'll be passing on it unfortunately.

The best switch game I own by far. 100's of hours playing D3 seasonal characters on business trips. The new season fun wears off after the first week but this new mode might be worth playing longer.

DukeFNukem wrote on Apr 1, 2022, 16:41:
How did this happen? Viruses have always killed the 3 groups above yet today we go apeshit crazy over how viruses are spreading. It's to the point of insanity.

There is no cure for covid though. Just a painful death on a ventilator for those whose immune systems can't fight it. See many examples
here

I enjoyed Stellaris for the first year or so after it was released. Then they completely changed the way ships moved from open space to some space lanes thing and it just ruined the game for me since.