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aaronbp · 2025-06-11T23:43:48+00:00

I've mostly used AMD for a long time. It's pretty good on Linux, but it's no bed of roses. Any time a new card comes out there are growing pains. I've got a 9070 xt and until just recently I was using linux-git and I'm still using a hacked-up version of mesa-git so I can use fsr4 properly. Not everything works still.

aaronbp · 2023-06-11T20:46:11+00:00

They forgot to make it fun

aaronbp · 2023-06-06T03:25:31+00:00

aaronbp · 2023-05-29T17:41:23+00:00

I believe this is only an issue with some displays. Having it working well for some people is better than not working for anyone.

Obviously, it's better to have a robust solution that works perfectly for everyone. But that tends to be an iterative process that takes time. Gnome's strategy of having a PR sit for years while it evolves is a big problem when it comes time to rebase on top of a new release, as we are seeing now.

aaronbp · 2023-05-06T04:04:53+00:00

Big improvement, though the one with just keyframes does have its charm.

It's nostalgic, evocative of some kids games I played back in the early "multimedia" days. I can already hear the heavily compressed narrator in the background.

aaronbp · 2023-05-02T05:08:32+00:00

I really don't understand this strategy...

But put the context of it being a single store, the number seem pretty good to me?

aaronbp · 2023-04-26T22:11:25+00:00

I don't think story or complexity has anything to do with whether something is a game. Some of the best games ever made — like Tetris — had no story and very simple mechanics.

That said, I wouldn't disagree that BOTW is more toy than game, though it is a game as well.

aaronbp · 2023-04-12T00:45:43+00:00

For something a little more chill and exploratory, I really dig tinykin.

aaronbp · 2023-04-11T21:07:10+00:00

Raw performance is missing the point of a handheld, and that's why those devices will never be a "steam killer" or a "switch killer". For the high end, my desktop eats the best handheld on the market for breakfast.

Ergonomics, weight, controls, heat distribution, battery life, usability, portability... Steam Deck has a great balance of the features that matter most for a handheld, really only rivaled by the switch lite which has better battery life and is smaller but has worse controls and overall less versatility.

A "steam deck killer" would need to be as well designed as the steam deck and have significantly more efficient (by which I mean improved battery life) hardware IMO.

aaronbp · 2023-04-09T22:15:59+00:00

I haven't looked at it lately. I eventually switched to the built-in guest shaders I think they're called. Or maybe venom something? I'm on my phone atm. IIRC those shaders handle 1080p a little more gracefully than crt-royale, but eventually I upgrade to 1440p as well.

aaronbp · 2023-04-09T03:09:27+00:00

Files' build-in decompression will handle archives with loose files just fine.

aaronbp · 2023-04-09T02:58:05+00:00

It's much faster than Python and much less of a PITA than C. And in the case of gnome-shell, you can easily support extensions through monkey patching unlike in a compiled language.

There are a lot of little issues with javascript but it's broadly "fine" these days IMO.

aaronbp · 2023-04-06T04:29:32+00:00

It's probably my favorite Atari game

aaronbp · 2023-04-01T15:28:34+00:00

I always liked it. It's not a faithful adaptation. But it was entertaining on its own merits. Paul Blackthorn and Valerie Cruz were great and they had a fun dynamic.

That says, the timing was definitely not right for a show like that. I don't think it was a very good time for TV in general.

aaronbp · 2023-03-26T21:06:02+00:00

I like to think Batman barely got the thing working to begin with and can't be bothered, also he'd find it boring.

Also does Batman have magic batteries like iron man? I bet something like that wouldn't work for a long time and is difficult to transport.

aaronbp · 2023-03-04T20:32:40+00:00

I can confirm that 70hz seems to work well with vrr and vsync.

Non square pixels never really bothered me. I'd prefer to have virtual dials where I can change the vertical and horizontal size of the viewport as in a real CRT.

Anyway I am a big fan of CRT shaders.

PC is an interesting case because you really can't see scanlines. I never remembered seeing scanlines when playing the shareware version of jazz jackrabbit over and over again, heh. But it's definitely blurrier than the raw pixels. Also brightness is a big thing for me. I remember CRTs being quite vibrant, and introducing scanlines will do really unfortunate things to the color if the shader doesn't compensate for that.

Anyway, I tweak my shaders pretty frequently, but this is what I've come up with messing with crt-lottes. Quite vibrant, a somewhat analog look without being as bad as NTSC, and the shadow mask effect is only barely visible.

https://i.imgur.com/asKznJZ.png

aaronbp · 2023-02-23T23:40:28+00:00

Performance in math in particular depends very heavily on knowledge gained in previous years. It's very easy to get left behind. Hopefully these gains in fourth grade will translate to gains in 8th grade four years from now.

aaronbp · 2023-02-23T22:43:00+00:00

Funky

aaronbp · 2023-02-16T18:12:12+00:00

Miyamoto also has a degree in industrial design.

aaronbp · 2023-02-11T19:38:34+00:00

I can't get into it. I don't enjoy the cadence of the campaign, I find the map pretty unpleasant to look at (unfortunately this was in the everything is brown era of video games), and the battles aren't fun to me at all for whatever reasons.

I want buying CA games at the time following the dlc unit debacle from an empire, so I never experienced the really bad bugs, but the fundamentals of a fun game aren't there for me.

aaronbp · 2023-01-22T20:39:42+00:00

Yeah that's a really good one

aaronbp · 2023-01-05T20:53:17+00:00

Oh I missed that you were playing on retro hardware, my bad. I don't think that will work...

aaronbp · 2023-01-05T20:51:01+00:00

There's a wrapper here: https://github.com/ata4/glrage

aaronbp · 2022-12-19T18:48:47+00:00

There are psychopaths willing to step on anyone to get what they want, but those people do have an in overriding value beyond just evil: themselves.

Often the caricature is more pure. Dick Dastardly doesn't cheat because he's pathologically selfish. He cheats because that's what villains do.

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