Jaxseven

On the one hand, no DRM and competition pushes me towards GOG. On the other hand, my Steam Deck pushes me to Steam. Yes, Heroic Launcher is amazing for Linux gaming, but I've encountered a few games that didn't behave right. Dragon Age: Origin is the biggest offender with the DLC just not activating out of the box on GOG.

The only thing I can't get working on Sunshine on Wayland is a visible mouse cursor. Makes streaming Baldur's Gate 3 with a cursor a pain.

After seeing a DankPods video on modding an old iPod, I'm pretty tempted to pick one up. I like the idea of picking up some quality IEMs to last me maybe a decade with it. I hate how disposable some tech has gotten.

What's the difference from Chromium? Main "selling" point?

Company responsible for one of the most played games on the planet unable to pay its workers. Feels like someone at Epic is horribly irresponsible with finances, or just maybe infinite growth is impossible and harms everyone below the execs.

Not to mention the community controls are great. Larin did a fantastic job adapting the game to a controller, but I much prefer the flexibility of keyboard and mouse and the Deck's input options are fantastic.

Let's not forget to mention the Steam Deck's low price for pretty great PC gaming. Even more so for the refurbished entry models which are nearly the same price as the last GPU I recommended to someone (secondhand 6700 XT). I've been surprised how good of an experience I've had with Baldur's Gate 3 on the Deck.

I never actually grew up with an N64 so I didn't play Golden Eye as a kid. I did have a GameCube and Timesplitters 2 which was loads of fun.

I truthfully emulated ToTK on my main rig, then streamed it to my Deck with Moonlight. At the time (launch week) I had a bit of issue emulating it on Deck to my liking, but I know at this point it's not bad around 20-30. I played a lot of Street Fighter 6 on my Deck, with only World Tour mode running at 30, everything else is 60. I'm also working my way through Transistor, picking short indies to hammer out one at a time. Pretty much everything I want to run on the Deck will run, with the exception of Xbox 360 games, but I'm still able to run the unreleased Goldeneye 007 XBLA remaster without issue.

If you'd like to play Nintendo games without emulation whatsoever. Tracking down a Switch that is easy enough to hack, and dumping all your games and saves can be a big ask for your average Switch/Deck fan. I only use my Switch to dump new releases I buy to play on either my Steam Deck or main rig. I beat ToTK fully through emulation, though that was on my main rig. I also could absolutely not live without the massive backlog that is the Steam library.

"We have too because it's just SO expensive to make video games and we're just struggling companies." Nintendo said while lighting a cigar with another $100 bill.

While I will always mention how much I love my Steam Deck, I will say having a console you can buy physical discs secondhand is quite nice. Sure the PS5 is a lot of power just to run something like Bugsnax, but I can't buy a physical copy for my Steam Deck, which I know I really own.

You could even go into a retro game store and see what you walk away with, games you never heard of or just a stack of cheap former AAA games. You could also go on Itch.io and just poke around for any obscure indie that sparks your interest. Once you get away from the glitz and glamour of AAA hype, you'll get excited about sharing games people haven't heard about or discovering something you wouldn't find walking into a GameStop.