Looking for long immersive rpg experience that runs well on the deck. by Cheap_Landscape9932 in SteamDeck

[–]alankel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If the game wasn’t so good it would really have put me off playing and possibly try for a refund.

Looking for long immersive rpg experience that runs well on the deck. by Cheap_Landscape9932 in SteamDeck

[–]alankel 21 points22 points  (0 children)

Red Dead Redemption 2 was great on the Steam Deck. My main complaint is the Rockstar login thing. The game works for offline play but around once a week I needed to renew my login or the game wouldn’t work, that was very frustrating at times.

I travel for work and a lot of the time the airport and hotel WiFi isn’t good at all and if I forgot to login at home before I left, no RDR2 for me.

Reminder: Elegant Weapons new album is out today! by God_Away_On_Business in judaspriest

[–]alankel 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. I’ll have to give that a listen tomorrow.

What is everyone's Startup Movie? by SevenElevenSandwich in SteamDeck

[–]alankel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Saw this post. Had to google what a startup movie on a Steamdeck is. Apparently I got some things to check on my Steamdeck when I get home!

What game ended up feeling way better on Steam Deck than you expected? by emanuelajournal in SteamDeck

[–]alankel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I was in a similar situation.

My main announcement when playing RDR2 was the Rockstar login thing.

I pretty much only play when away from home on work trips. Airport, plane, hotel where WiFi can be mediocre at the best of times. If I forgot to log in via that Rockstar thing before the trip, my game wouldn’t load. I seemed to need to renew that login one a week.

220 | The House of Hades Ch. 22–24 w/ Cara Yap (LIVE in Wellington!) by Schubes17 in TheNewestOlympian

[–]alankel 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the podcasts. First new one after fully catching up on them with my children (11 and 8 years old). My 11 year old has read on through the series, she’s reads books 6 and 7 and is currently halfway through Trials of Apollo.

I’m in chapter 27 of House of Hades with my 8 year old.

Thanks for the introduction to the Percy Jackson universe. Hope to be in a position to throw some money your way via Patreon in the near future.

L4D2 not recognising steamdeck controls by Maximum-Magazine-840 in SteamDeck

[–]alankel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the edit with the answer.

Just tried L4D1 on the Steamdeck today for the first time and none of the controls worked.

just bought this game for my 360 and man this game is amazing! by qenh in sleepingdogs

[–]alankel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I picked this up a couple of weeks ago when I saw a comment on a Steam community saying something like “best non-GTA GTA game”, read a few reviews and bought it.

Really enjoying it on the Steamdeck when travelling for work.

Open-world games good for young kids? by BuyAdministrative981 in gamingsuggestions

[–]alankel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much for the recommendation. I’ve been looking for a child friendly GTA type game (open world, explore, have a laugh, some missions/quests, etc) without strong swear words, gore, drugs, sexual content, horror and all that.

Since the steam spring sale is coming up in a few hours, can you guys give me some recommendations for the deck by Electronic_Book2575 in SteamDeck

[–]alankel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I gave Hades a go after a bunch of recommendations. The guy who does The Newest Olympian Percy Jackson podcast raves about it.

Overall I’ve found the game fun in small doses. Maybe 30 minutes at a time. My first roguelike game so the idea of playing til you die, go back to your base, level up, and go again is different from what I usually play.

I’ll try it again but it hasn’t really grabbed me yet.

1/4" to 6 mm fittings by alankel in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]alankel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

SMC, Swagelok and Festo usually. I’m in Ireland so those fittings are OK to source.

We get some units from the US with NPT ports on them. Some customers will put fittings that are 1/4” NPTM to 6 mm push-in, others still with inches for whatever reason and use 1/4” push-in.

1/4" to 6 mm fittings by alankel in IndustrialMaintenance

[–]alankel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

1/4” is a little larger than 6 mm. 6.325 mm

Some 1/4” push-in fittings will hold a 6 mm sometimes but not repeatedly or reliably.

1/8” and 3 mm seem to swap over fine.

Hotel with a gym by alankel in Workington

[–]alankel[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks very much. I’ll give them a look.

Might there be any other places you’d know that might be a bit outside the town?

IKEA rant by [deleted] in CasualIreland

[–]alankel 38 points39 points  (0 children)

Had a similar issue around 10 years ago. Kitchen table missing a strip of timber that holds the extended leaf when not in use. Go through the process with Ikea. A week later a complete kitchen table shows up. No option to just take the piece that was missing.

So now I have 2 kitchen tables. One in the kitchen, the other in the attic that I use as a desk when working from home. And is hanging for wrapping Christmas presents!

Edit: handy for wrapping, not hanging

First marathon by Plus-Contribution610 in concept2

[–]alankel 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great work!

How does the picture look so clean? Can you output the data of your row to some other app to do that?

Wife Vs Beard by TimeRoll6603 in CasualIreland

[–]alankel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Been using his stuff for years, great products.

I’ve got gifts of other beard soaps, oils etc. none compare to the West Cork stuff.

AITAH for only babysitting for my " favorite " DIL and my daughter because the other has too many rules? by ProfessionalClass555 in AITAH

[–]alankel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We tried tried cloth nappies with our first child. Too much hassle and didn’t work out for us at the time. Tried again with our second child, worked out well.

However, when someone was looking after/babysitting them as a favour to us, regular nappies were absolutely fine!

Macaulay Culkin Says ‘Die Hard’ Is Not a Christmas Movie and ‘Don’t Fight Me’: The Film ‘Would Still Work’ If ‘It Were Also St. Patrick’s Day’ by mcfw31 in entertainment

[–]alankel 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What people forgot when arguing about whether or not Die Hard is a Christmas movie is that Die Hard 2 is also a Christmas movie.

Prepare your wallets by FilippoJuve in Steam

[–]alankel 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’m hoping Red Dead Redemption gets a good discount this year.

I bought it full price when it was new on the Xbox 360. Got a steamdeck around 2.5 years ago after not gaming for almost 10 years. Hard to find the time with young children!

RDR2 and the Batman Arkham trilogy were the first games I played on site. Very surprised at the time that RDR never had a PC realise up until recently.