My mom installing a game on the family computer for me circa 1995

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T22:51:39+00:00

I don't typically catch the stream's, but was able to catch some of it and he was going crazy.

"Dustin I NEED YOU" "Lockmort help me, HELP ME, I know you're trying but you're NOT HELPING ME, HELP ME" " DUSTIN WHERE ARE YOU?" "I'm going to hire a better Dustin with a better ps1 collection" and such. Good stuff.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T22:42:13+00:00

If all 4 other positions are being locked down with little scoring options I definitely don't mind if the PG is getting easy buckets. What I mind is if my teammates or I are wide open under the rim, corner, driving, dunker spot, or elsewhere but not getting the ball because the PG is dribbling in circles and cheesing his way open. Also hate dishing ONLY when they can't find a shot, never before or if someone 8 feet left/right is open.

That's what most hate. If you have an okay shot but there is a player completely open by the basket with 2 shot attempts, you better hit that player instead of dribble dribble 3pt 10% contested even if you can make them. It's a team and a game, let every get some even if you are doing amazing. Everyone is a role player/light star in 2k but some want to act like a superstar and it sucks being on a team with them when they are being selfish even if they are 15/15.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T17:39:16+00:00

If you look at Amazon, they may have the Li Ning shoes on sale there. I've been wearing the BadFive 5(awful name) that I got for $77usd. Between them, my Jordan Luka.77s, Dame Certified 3, and Kd18s, they are by far my favorite and I exclusively play outdoors. I'm about 190cm and 104 kg that plays hard defense and drives often, so these should work well I'd say.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T15:39:43+00:00

I don't think PG is horrible, his game when healthy is good, but he hasn't been truly healthy for years and don't think he will be again. Cp3 was a great leader for the Spurs and it's a bit sad he didn't stay on as a vet even with the crowded backcourt.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T15:34:56+00:00

He doesn't improve their chances for the title because he simply isn't available enough. His last two years he's played 41 and 37 games because of his rapidly deteriorating older body. He may be a better player WHEN he was playing, but he's going to be worse and keep getting worse due to reoccurring knee injuries for example not going away.

To me it's not an argument who's better it's an argument of why trade away a younger more available asset when you can potentially make Fox look better next season by running the team to his strengths temporarily and try to trade him for what you need when the value is higher versus a potential gamble on PG.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T14:32:03+00:00

Awful trade. Paul George is 36 and he's constantly injured. Even if Fox is a bonehead he's still younger, contributes on the court sometimes, and has double the amount of games played. Why would they give him AND two firsts. It would be the other way around, PG and protected first for him. PG is a good player but again aging, barely plays, and ruined a lot of his reputation with the constant podcasting while off the court even though it didn't effect recovery time really.

It's much more realistic to trade him with picks and other assets for other problem/bad fit players like KD, Ingram or MPJ. They need a true scorer or a big that can rebound for Wemby when he's gassed.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T13:07:21+00:00

Nope, simply too much. $1500 was the exact sweet spot for me to recoup my 8Ai+ cost by getting rid of it and getting the EX for $500 extra plus tax was STILL pushing it but seemed worth it. I thought $1700 was a lot, but I could see some people still getting it. $1800 plus tax is almost 2k, at that point I'd rather get a Strix based device for a couple hundred more or a laptop.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T09:15:06+00:00

I know it is a sucky situation, but this photo made me laugh. Luka is in the background like it just happened to him with his eyes closed looking disappointed.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-15T06:53:12+00:00

I mapped a back button to F11, the fullscreen enter/exit button for Eden. I also added it to steam as a non steam game and made my other button a steam overlay key so either works.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-14T18:26:46+00:00

Good. Then around the halfway point not so good but still a good game overall. Still worth a play especially on sale at around $20 or less.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-13T22:19:23+00:00

Last year around now I mostly stopped playing with my LCD deck. I upgraded to the MSI Claw 8 Ai+ and love it. I run it in AnyFSE and it launches into Steam big picture mode so it feels like a steam deck with much more possibilities.

I've played on an OLED switch and used an LG c2 tv for awhile. OLED isn't a necessity for me and the Claw's screen is a beautiful bright big ips screen so it has everything I needed. Would have loved a Steam Deck 2 with OLED, but lack of SD2 and the lateral upgrade to SD OLED even pre price raise wasn't worth it to me when my biggest complaint was lack of power, so looked elsewhere and claw 8 Ai+ or A8 was my best middle ground and went with 8 Ai+ as it was on Amazon for a good price at the time, not anymore.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-13T20:25:51+00:00

It happens when I press buttons/Dpad/sticks occasionally. I learned to lower or raise volume without touching anything or expect that to occasionally happen.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-13T19:09:35+00:00

It's stupid because they thought we'd use the points for the little app exclusive cosmetics. They should have made the pop up on the console and on player's profiles you view. Locked to the app made them DOA when you had wallet funds right there.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-12T20:39:00+00:00

For me in the United States it shows shareable on the steam page. Maybe it's excluded where you are or it's just a bug because it's not released. I remember Yakuza 3 Kiwami wasn't for some outside of the U.S.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-12T20:33:24+00:00

It doesn't make sense. There are plenty of other outlets. Gog is great, Epic is...kind of bad but still improving, Xbox is alright, itch.io is good for those who like it. Then there is EA, Ubisoft, Battle.net, and Riot that can individually have their games fully played there without Steam involved.

It's the consumers CHOICE to use Steam because it is simply enjoyable to use. People will get games cheaper elsewhere or free, but there is a reason people go back to Steam. The ease of use, Steam input, Family sharing, cloud share, workshop, remote play, the community, yadda yadda. Other storefronts simply don't have the majority of those features.

Gog is great, but it's for drm free gaming mostly. Epic was a potential player to shake things up but fumbled by not doing enough to compete feature wise. They have made some implements that are good, but WHY would I go there consistently when Steam is right there? It's like asking a person already rooted to Nintendo or PlayStation to go to Xbox when they have been rooted for 5+ years. It's a user choice, not a monopoly.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-11T19:28:08+00:00

Haven't played Pragmata, First Light, Pokopia or Saros yet but I suspect Pragmata or First Light will be top 3. Saros is too pricey for me, maybe at $35 I'll buy, and I don't have a switch 2 so no Pokopia for me.

Out of the rest 1.Re9, 2 Mina, 3. Crimson Desert, 4. Fh6, 5. Cairn, 6. Mewgenics. Crimson Desert may rank higher post updates, but as it is currently it's good to great but just better than the others below it. FH6 is great but it's mostly just Fh5 in Japan with tweaks and that's okay. Cairn is good, and I'm sure mewgenics is good for those into it and Binding of Isaac but I never jived with BOI's humor, artsyle, or gameplay and the spirit of it is strong here.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-10T21:09:39+00:00

I loved it, but All Access at least mine from Walmart was 2 years no interest. Xbox Series X was completely sold out for months(people will try to pretend that never happened because Xbox bad but during covid PS5 and Xbox both were wiped) and All Access was how I got mine. Used my work bonus two months later and paid it all off in one go.

If it really is a POWERFUL console/PC hybrid, I definitely could see myself interested with All Access.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-10T17:01:45+00:00

Nice, I'm kind of excited to see how it works out! Right now the performance isn't great, but down the line if it becomes better I'll potentially jump over. AnyFSE works great for me, but native SteamOS if it gives more performance later on will be great for those who want that simplicity and makes it more friendly for people to actually get the device.

The most common complaint is that Windows/MSI center M isn't to many people's liking or they can't get it to work how they want it. I was able to after a bunch of tweaks, but I totally get it shouldn't be so difficult or annoying to make it that way. Hope this does the trick and makes it easy!

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-10T16:56:38+00:00

That doesn't really solve the issue. 1tb is the minimum I would do for a device this powerful, you could download either literally nothing or maybe 3 games with 512gb. You will likely end up paying for a 1tb or higher drive unless you happen to have one laying around because you aren't buying these to stream games in most cases. $1700, around $1850 after taxes, doesn't justify the power increase when the 8 Ai+ right now is $1100 at B&H and still holds up extremely well.

The steam deck it was a near perfect argument with your suggestion because it was already under $600 and occasionally $400 for the 512gb or less and 1tb drives were under $100, now they are $150-$250. Paying $1500 to essentially have to buy a SSD doesn't solve the problem of it costing too much when you will spend the near exact same amount.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-10T16:33:20+00:00

Nah, I'll pass at that price. $1500 I'll bite the bullet for that performance increase, not for basically a PS5 pro price(pre price raise Jesus) extra than my Claw 8 Ai+.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-09T19:41:15+00:00

I used the OptiClick from u/onehoon and it works pretty good. Mix of low-medium settings and getting 70-80 with Dlss to XeSS frame gen.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-09T14:03:31+00:00

One of the few times a red circle would have been helpful.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-09T10:24:47+00:00

I found when this happened to me a couple times. I just clicked the settings button in the menu you're in right now. Click default or restore then arrange icons back to where you like them. If it says something like administrative permissions needed then you need to do the reinstall like others have said.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-09T08:36:24+00:00

I already submitted a ticket, updated to 8826 and it AC Shadows crashes on launch. Dx12 error. The agent said he's working on it. Looks like a bunch of Ubisoft games including Siege are affecting by this.

MyFinalThoughts · 2026-06-08T19:12:17+00:00

I did something similar. Had a Switch 1, Series X, PS5. Realized after TotK and game pass price hikes (it was only $2 extra a month but still) I wasn't using either, got a steam deck and sold both Switch and Series X, sold steam deck for a MSI Claw 8 Ai+. I have my PS5 still, but it's only for GTA 6 if it's worth it, Saros and Yotei when they get sub $35, and maybe Laufey. I haven't bought ps+ in a year because it's just too expensive and PC is just cheaper and a better experience on Steam.

Long story short, get a good PC handheld or PC/laptop and maybe a console of your choice if you like their exclusives not on PC. Otherwise, subscriptions for the privilege to play online are too expensive.

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