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The Prevue channel definitely wow'd me with using an SQL database for the data and SDL to render that.

Exactly my thoughts. I was looking to see if he had any possible contact options to ask him to consider that, but haven't been able to find any to this date.

Thanks for letting us know! Here's the code repository, for those wanting to self host it: https://github.com/rystaf/mlmym

I showed this to my friend (an instance owner) and he immediately went "Let's self host this". Really looks great. If someone could make it work somehow with RES, then it would be a total replacement.

I could see both ads and subscriptions work (although, the former might be "useless" for those using adblockers, after all, so I'd see persistent/static sponsorship ads similar to how some FOSS projects do it to be more likely).

Especially the latter, for certain services that focus on providing value. A friend of mine mentioned Misskey for example, apparently being used by some Japanese artists. Considering Twitter's on its way out by being harmful to commission artists, I could see someone spin up such instance and ask X amount for providing a marketplace for commissioned goods.

To add to the folks owning both a Switch and a Deck:

Keep in mind that the Steam Deck might be more "unstable" than a regular console like a Switch. Not just games or controller config tweaks, but also general system stability - I'm speaking of experience with the beta software of the Deck.

Despite that, if you're tech-savvy enough or are happy to stick with only Verfiied/Playable rated games without tinkering, the Steam Deck's highly recommendable. Even for party games, as you can just use any vendor's controller on the Deck basically. Don't need to get 4 of one vendor or the like.

From what I read - there's a remastered version that includes the DLC which is prominently advertised since March this year (which is also the version coming to Humble Choice). The remaster apparently had huge performance issues, but those have been (recently) resolved after few patches. Seems like typical AAA "We'll fix it" behaviour, sadly.

Remarkably is that buying that remastered version doesn't provide a copy to the original (probably due to IP ownership lying with Obsidian/Microsoft than Private Division themselves).

That's definitely part of the charm that got me to wishlist it so long ago in the first place!

I'm doubtful - only because I don't get sucked in that easily anymore with games. My backlog continues to grow, and I still haven't even beaten Tears of the Kingdom yet lol. But I got high expectations for Persona 5. I love me some flashy turn-based RPGs.

I got Dragon Quest 11 before as I prefer the turn-based combat in RPG, but that's no where as flashy and catchy as Persona 5. So P5R definitely would get beaten before DQ11 haha.

• Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice (Refunded as it got cheaper during the sale - then got it for even less than the original sale price with the soundtrack on GOG)
• Caesar 3 (Got that recommended along with my earlier purchase of Pharaoh + Cleopatra)
• Deus Ex™ GOTY Edition (Literally 1 buck + I've heard it got a great modding community)
• Lollypop (Had my eye on it since it launched on GOG - looks like a neat DOS game)
• Yakuza Complete Series (Already got Yakuza 0 on Steam, but couldn't pass this. Especially at the all-time low price point. Funnily enough, I believe these games are one of the first to use GOG's new Steam SDK wrapper to make it easier to port. Denuvo was already ripped out before by SEGA, and only having to recompile the game once to point to GOG's own .DLL probably made the release a hell lot easier than before.)
• Hypnospace Outlaw (Indie game that's been on my Steam watchlist for a while.)
• Cuphead with The Delicious Last Course and its Soundtrack (Double-dipping because I got the base game on Switch and the soundtrack through Steam. But didn't wanna rely on Switch emulation to play the DLC after buying it. So GOG release it is!)
• True Love '95 (An older Visual Novel that got recently re-released on GOG. Seemed interesting enough to give it a shot.)

My bad, didn't read the part you didn't get it from Steam but some other place. Then I understand wanting to stick with the DRM-free version for sure. Have fun with it!

The remastered version or the original? Might wanna refund if it's the former. Humble Choice (at July 4th) will contain at least the remastered version (the Space's Choice edition).

I'm honestly really happy with the performance of P5R at Medium settings on Deck.