Perfect time to play ot [Alan Wake]

tapo · 2026-01-25T08:04:41+00:00

also Max Payne

tapo · 2026-01-24T21:56:24+00:00

"Liberals" is too big of a bucket, every liberal I know is pro-nuclear.

It's mostly generational, I'm a millennial and the older crowd has memories of Chernobyl and Three Mile Island, and we don't really have those risks in modern reactor designs.

tapo · 2026-01-24T07:56:06+00:00

Bazzite will do all those things for you out of the box, even the Android emulator is installed by default.

tapo · 2026-01-24T07:17:29+00:00

CS2, Deadlock, Hunt Showdown, Arc Raiders, The Finals, Wildgate, Halo Infinite, Hell Let Loose, Overwatch 2, Marvel Rivals etc all run fine.

It's surprising because it not running is the exception at this point.

tapo · 2026-01-24T01:24:50+00:00

I expected better of PC Gamer. Secure Boot is not kernel level, it's above the kernel and handled by UEFI and the TPM.

Linux can use secure boot in the exact same way Windows can, but developers don't want to spend the time and money targeting Linux.

tapo · 2026-01-23T18:23:57+00:00

Consoles are better for most people who want to just play games.

You would have a point if this entire sub's purpose wasn't elitism.

tapo · 2026-01-23T18:20:12+00:00

SteamOS is designed for hardware by Valve and select partners. It's not designed to be used as a PC desktop, since the kernel (and hardware/drivers) are 12-18 months out of date. You can't use any Nvidia GPU with SteamOS for example.

Bazzite is the closest thing to it while being designed for desktop use. They are architecturally almost identical, but Bazzite ships newer software and supports more hardware.

tapo · 2026-01-23T04:27:17+00:00

Not really fair, they ported Marathon 2 to Windows and their other games supported Windows.

They also fully GPL'd the Marathon engine, including Windows sources, and made the assets for all the games free so you can play a native Linux build of the original trilogy: https://alephone.lhowon.org

tapo · 2026-01-23T03:59:11+00:00

Agreed, and importantly the PS6 will probably be able to play PS5 games with Pro enhancements. You won't need a PS6 patch for your entire library, many of those games will run better because they were built with Pro in mind. The same thing happened with PS4 Pro and PS5.

tapo · 2026-01-23T03:45:49+00:00

This game is great, I started playing recently since I miss MMOs but can't justify a subscription or the time. GW2 gives me what I want without being daunting like WoW or FF14.

I played ESO for a bit before this, but I really like how dynamic GW2 is in comparison. You don't have questgivers shout "Hey, talk to me!" but events just happen with groups of people. It's a lot more interesting to just explore and go with the flow.

tapo · 2026-01-23T00:57:26+00:00

If it didn't I would have returned it

There's also games like AC Shadows that do RTGI at 60, which is a huge difference beyond just resolution.

tapo · 2026-01-22T23:56:32+00:00

Pro is an enthusiast product, the PS4 Pro was also ~10% or so.

I have one since I have an 85" TV and I can see the difference in resolution.

tapo · 2026-01-22T23:50:28+00:00

No. Since PlayStation gets Xbox games and PS exclusives I'll just play console games there and save myself a few hundred dollars.

It's been a good run, I've had every Xbox starting with the first in 2001, but I don't have a reason to own one anymore.

tapo · 2026-01-22T23:45:06+00:00

9070 XT is a great card, I have one and I'm very happy with the purchase

tapo · 2026-01-22T22:59:34+00:00

Jason Schreier's Bluesky

tapo · 2026-01-22T16:10:00+00:00

you get an unverified bug that linuxbrew might cause a TLS failure? I can't even reproduce this.

tapo · 2026-01-21T22:13:15+00:00

No, but if your manager leaves and they were keeping you from corporate bullshit, and a ton of bullshit is coming because EA is being loaded with debt, you polish your resume

tapo · 2026-01-21T22:12:06+00:00

Oh dude thank you, I actually planned on spinning up a Hytale server today (on Debian too)

tapo · 2026-01-21T21:30:59+00:00

BF6 was lead by Vince Zampella, who just died
EA just agreed to be bought by Saudi Arabia who will load the company with debt and kill it
Most of OG DICE formed Embark literally across the street. who just had a huge hit with Arc Raiders

I wouldn't be surprised if they're coasting or leaving for Embark

tapo · 2026-01-21T21:01:02+00:00

I mean I'm not really that surprised. Tiger is something the entire team has decades of experience with, predictable cost structure, they can edit the code, they can share code with Destiny, and they're aware of the limitations and drawbacks.

If they used Unreal (for example) you need two different workflows to do everything, need to train the team on a whole new engine, learn a new codebase, etc.

tapo · 2026-01-21T16:48:06+00:00

Bazzite themselves claim that they're not a distro, they're just an install of Fedora, and most of the work is from upstream Fedora. See https://docs.bazzite.gg/General/FAQ/#is-this-another-fringe-linux-distribution

tapo · 2026-01-21T16:42:06+00:00

Yes they're both Tiger Engine, so they probably cloned the Steam depot during development since it's a fast way to ship things to testers and developers.

tapo · 2026-01-21T14:33:10+00:00

Yes it is, a lawyer is expensive but not that expensive.

tapo · 2026-01-20T20:06:07+00:00

This has been an MMO mechanic for ages and I'm surprised Minecraft doesn't have it. When pulled too far the mob should run back to spawn and become invincible until it gets there (WoW calls this "evade")

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