luciole (he/him)

TLDR: Valve ex employee makes up excuses about Steam discovery sucking. Main point being it’s not Steam’s job to make games discoverable, and that even if it were people only hear about new games on social media so it’s pointless to try. Humble brags about trying. Post title is tangential at best.

Instead of meters, your body tells you what’s going on: a growling stomach that might attract wildlife, blurred vision when exhaustion kicks in, and senses warping when stress rises. Our goal is for the world to feel immersive, not overwhelming; a mix of atmospheric exploration and smart decision-making.

“Gee I’m so tired of games that convey information clearly” said no gamer EVER. Also this sounds like a negative feedback loop as the danger screen effect makes it even harder to get out of trouble. That obnoxious beep-beep from the original Zelda when you’ve got very little hearts left comes to my mind.

Did you enjoy Jill back then?

I agree. In retrospect When I said “big opportunity” I was pushing it. More of a (narrow) potential opening to try for a modest market share. I guess I’m just hoping affordable GPUs remain a thing.

If the big two completely abandon the low-mid market Intel, Lisuan, Moore Thread or whatever might put the little DRAM they manage to grab on that orphaned market. A large proportion of gamers aren’t into buying 2000$ GPUs. Those companies might not succeed right away but they’ve been cooking for a while already so I wonder.

Big opportunity coming for emerging players in the GPU market.

Nope. Even if you can play solo, it requires an Internet connection at all times. Keep in mind this is free-to-play with microtransactions.

I’ve played many years ago, and I’ve started again in the last weeks with the Steam version. I’d say Dwarf Therapist isn’t required anymore to organize a fortress reasonably enough. The new work details are nice. DFHack is still very much relevant, and fortunately extremely easy to install with Steam. It offers various fixes, extra automation for stuff like butchery and a handful of advanced UIs where the game falls short.

Out of the box the ROG Ally runs Xbox FSE which is a stripped down Windows optimized for gaming, so the comparison isn’t with the mainline. I didn’t find a comparison with Xbox FSE and Windows IoT though.

Nonsense. Procedural generation is a rule-based deterministic system while generative AI is probabilistic and data driven. It’s fundamentally different.

Imho Valve’s crown jewel is proton, which is already available by default on any Linux Steam install. Going for a “boring” Linux like Mint and installing Steam delivers a seamless experience for many gamer profiles already nowadays. The progress has been amazing (ymmv of course)

Still very excited about SteamOS because so many gamers seem to put enough trust in Valve to actually bite the bullet and ditch Windows.