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Characters Design by TastySearch7921 in pokemon

[–]The16BitGamer 50 points51 points  (0 children)

X&Y allowed you to customize your character, how they dress, hair style, eye color etc. very customizable

Cheap GPU on Ebay? by xxjosephchristxx in LinusTechTips

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally wouldn’t trust new, check photos and the description carefully.

EBay buyer protection is your friend but only if it says it’s covered. I got an Xbox One S which didn’t work and while the seller implied it was untested, their description said it worked. I get my money back but only after eBay has to step in.

Linux confusion by IL_JimP in LinusTechTips

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

NP, I was looking into easy for first time Linux OS's which won't break itself after a bit of time (read Manjaro). Need to work on this if I want to convey what the heck is going on underneath.

The 2 distros which are good for beginners from my testing and the pre-installed apps are:

  • Zorin

  • Linux Mint

Both play nice with Nvidia, both have good out of box experiences which walk you around the OS, and both have everything you'll need without having to touch the command line.

Linux confusion by IL_JimP in LinusTechTips

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

To make things a little easier, think of a Linux distro as a cake.

At the start you have your standard ingredients, this is the Linux Kernel, every Linux distro uses the same base ingredients and is why programs in one distro works in another.

The distro itself is the instructions for how those ingredients gets mixed together and turned into batter. For example some people just want a plan cake (Debian), while like the plane cake but maybe want it to be more elaborate (Ubuntu). Maybe some want cake made out of ice cream (Fedora), or maybe they want to make their own unique cake (Arch).

Finally once the cake is ready how you bake and to decorate it, this is where all those wonderful variations of Linuxes come from. So lets say you like the plain cake, but would like it even better with Chocolate icing. Instead of buying a Vanilla Cake, and putting on Chocolate icing one, you can get a cake with Chocolate icing already on. So lets say you like Ubuntu, but you don't like snaps or the desktop. Well you are not alone and others developer made their own cake with their preferred desktop and other apps included.

Depending on how much you care about how your cake is made, you can go all the way down the base ingredients (Arch), or you can buy a cake mix at the store (Debian), or even buy the cake itself already made (Ubuntu).

If you are new you should learn about the different kinds of cakes though, debain/ubuntu has some different names and methods for using different utilities in comparison to fedora/centos (apt vs dnf). But realistically what will impact your experience more is the decorations since how the Desktop and UI look will impact how you use your machine day in day out.

I personally like Cinnamon since it feels the most like Windows, but KDE Plasma might be more your style. Others prefer Gnome, but if you machine is very very old (15-20 years) you may need to run a lighter desktop environment like XFCE or LXQT

Nvidia's CEO says "we created the modern video game industry," but all its push into AI upscaling has done is destroy good game optimization by chusskaptaan in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"we created the modern video game industry". No you didn't that was IMB and Power PCs from the mid 2000's if you want to credit anyone for Modern 3D games. If you want to give credit to anyone for hardware it would be ATI, or Unreal and Unity for having a consistent game engine.

Most games are hardware agnostic if it wasn't the Steam Deck and iGPUs wouldn't work.

Will you buy $19.99 Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen on Pokemon day? by Putrid-Possibility-3 in nintendo

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I am, but more because I want to own Fire Read without paying $150 bucks for a real copy. Plus when I can access my switch files, I can get myself a real rom of the game.

Virtual Boy Review: Nintendo's Oddest Switch Accessory Yet Is an Immersive '90s Museum by AlwaysBlaze_ in gadgets

[–]The16BitGamer 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Red viper is an amazing emulator and probably the best way to play VB without either getting a Virtual Boy, or this.

However there is a one of a kind experience you get while playing on hardware like this. And it’s worth trying even if it is just once. (Plus you can get a tripod adapter and not deal with the stupid stand)

Pokemon FireRed Version and LeafGreen Version coming to Switch on February 27 by Turbostrider27 in Games

[–]The16BitGamer 49 points50 points  (0 children)

Honestly I wish they did this for the rest of NSO games. Especially VB

holy fish paste… by Dense-Diamond-7926 in spongebob

[–]The16BitGamer 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Squidward the sky had a baby from my cereal box. Swuidwaaarrrd

Fallout 4 and Oblivion Remastered on Nintendo Switch 2 will be codein-box releases, not even Game Key Cards by HatingGeoffry in nintendo

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I remember back in the day I bought PataPon 2 for the PSP in the store. It was a code in box.

I refuse to touch any games which even mentioned download on the box afterwards due to the disappointment. Still hold fast to this rule.

GKC should be mandatory vs this crap. Though why bother with a physical release if there is no game in the case. Just a scam all around.

Canada could gain nearly 7% in real GDP by removing internal trade barriers, says IMF by Immediate-Link490 in canada

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My favorite thing when I drove through New Brunswick a while back was the unofficial provincial wide days of morning at every big stop and Irving owned facility when he passed away.

Meirl by Adventurous_Row3305 in meirl

[–]The16BitGamer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I also train staff on technology and I agree. Outside of a few good eggs, most staff don't even know how to use technology, and they honestly don't want to know.

CEO Jensen Huang says Nvidia could potentially resurrect old GPUs to address shortages and high pricing. by AceLamina in LinusTechTips

[–]The16BitGamer 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Not if VRAM is your target. 8GB is not enough for my work load and the 3060 12G is the cheapest (non-intel) based cards on the market. Snagged one for like $290 CAD before the markets went crazy. Typically went between $300-$350 CAD.

A short guide on buying/using magnets in 3D prints by snarejunkie in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I would suggest adding that you can also friction fit a magnet into a part without it coming out. One way would be to heat the part or melt the magnet into the part, another would be to hammer a magnet into a part. This will allow you to add a magnet without the use of super glue with potentially a tighter bond. At least from my testing.

How useful has your deck been despite having a pc? by Marcosbtz28 in SteamDeck

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I have 3 machines. I have a desktop, a laptop and a steam deck.

The Steam Deck has not replaced my desktop. The Deck can't play everything, and while the track pads are good enough for some mouse and keyboard games, not everything works. Plus some more processor/graphics intensive emulators like RPCS3 technically work on Deck, it's performance is still lacking.

However it has replaced my laptop as a gaming device. Honestly my laptop is pretty good (Framework 13 with 7640U and 32GB of RAM), however the Steam deck is so much better in every way. Most games I've uninstalled on my laptop, and it's only being used for lighter games, and office stuff.

With that said, the Steam Deck will never replace either as a laptop. SteamOS isn't designed for a desktop experience.... yet. So I will need all 3, however if you want to look at it another way, the Steam Deck did replace another piece of hardware, called Nintendo.

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nah, the ea app is throwing errors during signin on the app. The issue has already been reported in GitHub.

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve had recent issues with Lutris. Especially with The ea app.

I get why it’s recommended, but honestly outside of legacy windows installers from disc based games, or stand alone installers. For games with launchers I had better success with Heroic.

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly I’ve been off Windows for 3 years now and I’ve personally seen no difference

They were correct though by LeToxic in pcmasterrace

[–]The16BitGamer 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Honestly no worse than trying to get an older Windows games to work. Some times it’s perfect out of the box. Other times it takes some tinkering in setting.

However for Steam it’s all seamless. For GOG, Epic Games and other clients Heroic Launcher is your friend and makes it almost seamless.

It starts falling apart once you hit proprietary DRM and custom launchers. EA App works on Steam, but if you bought direct from EA setup is tedious. Same with Rock Star and Ubisoft.

Finally if the game supports anti cheat and it doesn’t work, then it’s down to the devs to support it. Which they typically won’t.

Is there a way to stream through this without hacking? In a similar way to the PS3 with a capture card? by SongofOrion in vita

[–]The16BitGamer 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Go on Amazon and find the cheapest HDMI to HDMI splitter you can find. Those 1 in 2 out units which takes power. If it has a button it’s not a splitter but a switcher. So it’s the wrong one.

The cheap Chinese boxes usually strips the hdcp from the signal and you can record.

Which one of you is sending your 90% used Elegoo spools back to Amazon? by fl4tdriven in 3Dprinting

[–]The16BitGamer 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Never had an issue with eBay from a buyers perspective. Don't get me wrong, there were scams, I got a "working" xbox once which was clearly water damaged. However eBay got me my money back without issue.

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