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Moog Muskie

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  • NieR:Automata Finally Lands Switch 2 Compatibility Update

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  • For those who don't know, the title doesn't exactly explain that this is not a "next-gen" style upgrade for Nier Automata Switch 1 owners. The game does not have enhanced graphics or an increased framerate cap, it is simply a Switch 2 firmware update that makes the original Switch 1 version actually work correctly on Switch 2, since the game had issues running on Switch 2 until now.

  • The popular physics sandbox game Brick Rigs has added Native Linux support

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  • That's weird. I've only had two or three old, presumably unmaintained Linux ports not launch on my PC. I use AMD hardware. It appears for native Linux ports that they need to be maintained more to continue fully functioning over many years. In that regard, Wine/Proton can be much better for old games then native, but I've only had that with a few games as I mentioned, all of which were 10-15yr old ports.

  • Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to linux. Should I?

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  • I didn’t disagree with their clarification of what they meant.

    Isn't the clarification of what they meant, also the exact same thing as what they originally said? They clarified what they meant by what they said, not by the context that you think they didn't provide in the original text, so in my eyes they did say the same thing as what they clarified to you. You just didn't seem to understand the original text, when in it, they specifically said they wanted to know what Linux distro would work best based on specs for gaming... Which brings us back to your original reply to OP. Why did you say "If you have to ask someone else whether you should switch then you should not switch."? Because the only reason I can find, is if you misunderstood and thought they were asking if they should switch to Linux in a general sense, rather then specifically based on their specs for gaming. Many people downvoted your comment including myself (because I felt you were misunderstanding OP's question), and I think most other downvoters did so for the same reason... so it would be good to know if we just misunderstood your point. But it doesn't seem so when OP had to clarify to you what they meant and everyone else commenting already seemed to get it.

    /s to make a point

    I don't get what you mean. I know what /s means but I'm very confused what you're trying to say. That "I disagree" what sarcastic?

  • Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to linux. Should I?

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  • I did not tell OP that I disagreed with them, you misunderstood.

    Didn't you?... Did I?... What's this then?:

    You (rah):

    If you have to ask someone else whether you should switch then you should not switch.

    OP (WIZARD POPE):

    I am asking if my hardware will enable me to have a good experience since I know nvidia has issues on linux. (Note: Exactly what I thought OP was asking)

    You (rah):

    Your post doesn’t ask that.

    OP (WIZARD POPE):

    The main text kinda does. Maybe I worded it a bid badly.

    You (rah):

    I disagree.

    Please explain to me what part of the two-word sentence "I disagree" is not you disagreeing.

    I haven’t commented on what they meant, only on what they said.

    Yes, and you wouldn't have commented on what they said if you didn't first interpret what you thought they meant. OP clarified to you what they meant, and you disagreed with them, that they meant what they said they meant, which is what was so stupid about your "I disagree" response. I don't see what's so difficult to understand for you.

  • Following A Switch 2 Firmware Update, Super Mario Bros. Wonder Is Reportedly Completely Unplayable Offline

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  • Correction: Switch 2 Back-compat is not emulation. It is a compatibility layer in the same vein that the Steam Deck runs Windows games despite running on Linux.

  • Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to linux. Should I?

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  • Fine, I'll add to my sentence for clarification, but (no offense) it should be obvious I'm referring to gaming since the whole topic is about... gaming on Linux.

    They’re asking based on their specs whether Linux will run fine for them, with Gaming.

    The title was "Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to Linux. Should I?" In the post, they said:

    My main question now is just what distro works best for gaming (considering my specs).

    So therefore they're asking whether they should switch to Linux (for gaming) based on their specs. OP even told you that's what they were saying, but you said "I disagree"...

    You can't with any sound reasoning disagree that OP asked something, when not only is there the OG post as proof, but they also told you (in implication) that you misunderstood. OP knows what they meant by what they said - you can't tell them they don't know what they meant, when they're literally the person who said it. I get it that you're having a hard time understanding how what they said, means what they said it does, but you're allowed to accept that you misunderstood. You're allowed to be wrong.

  • Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to linux. Should I?

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  • This is why I personally think Bazzite should only be installed on devices you intend to only game on, especially if you have any intention of learning any more about Linux than the absolute basics. It'll be fine for a while for beginners, but you're bound to bump into some things that are a hassle to install and/or keep updated. Perfect examples being for consolafying a PC for playing on a living room TV, or installing it on a handheld PC (Steam Deck etc.)

  • Thinking of switching my gaming desktop to linux. Should I?

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  • They're asking based on their specs whether Linux will run fine for them. Not whether they should switch based on usability. Having to ask if your specs can run Linux fine is not a reason not to switch.

  • Splitgate 2 - Beta only playable on Steam Deck but not desktop Linux?

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  • Loaded up Steam yesterday and saw the news about Splitgate 2 coming out. I said to myself "Let me guess, they're proudly blocking Linux, right?"

    Today I opened up Lemmy. This post, right up top.

  • GOG @lemmy.world
    Moog Muskie @lemmy.zip

    Why can't I make posts to the GOG forums?

  • Is Linux support still needed nowadays, or is Steam OS good enough?

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  • I really appreciate when a dev puts the extra effort in to make a Linux port, but I can understand when a solo dev such as you doesn't have much time to spend on porting. To be honest, I'm just happy if the developers at the very least test the game on Linux using Proton and WINE to make sure it's working well and correctly. That way if making a native port really is that much of a hassle, I expect them to at least test it on Linux. I think that most large teams should make a (good) native port, though.

  • Is Linux support still needed nowadays, or is Steam OS good enough?

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  • *Lin-lin

  • Is Linux support still needed nowadays, or is Steam OS good enough?

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  • You mean so that they can allow SteamOS users but block anyone using any other Linux distro?

  • What do you regard as retro?

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  • @CrayonRosary@lemmy.world Hey, I completely forgot about checking that dictionary out at the library, and not long ago I just happened to be in that town 20 minutes from home, walking past the library and It reminded me. So I just went in and found the Macquarie Dictionary 6th Edition (2013) and looked up the word. Here's the definition - There seems to be 2 definitions here:

  • What do you regard as retro?

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  • You're right. I looked into it some more and you seem to be right that Retro is indeed referring to the style, not the age. Forgive me for the long comment, my intention was only to express my subjective opinion about whether something is retro or retro-styled. I feel very weird calling old games that I thought of as retro "vintage" now, but I guess I have to; I'm going to have a lot of people thinking I'm calling it the wrong thing now. I guess this subreddit should more accurately be called Vintage Gaming, but I have no idea how it would be possible to shift the entire "retro" gaming community's perspective on what makes a game retro or not.

    And by wrong I mean unlike everybody else in the world.

    Well, in Victoria, Australia, I think my incorrect understanding is very common, because age being the determining factor of what makes something retro is basically what I've been taught from childhood. Everyone I've ever met who I've had conversations about anything retro with, appear to think very similarly to me.

  • What do you regard as retro?

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  • When people are calling modern things they know are modern "retro", I think it's just a simpler form of saying "retro-style". I mean, when I'm talking about modern retro styled things that aren't videogames, I personally say "retro-styled" myself; and I consider that to be what people also mean when they call modern things "retro".

    For games, I have to disagree that Retro can also mean games that look old. Again, I consider these to be "retro-styled" as well, not "Retro", which to me indicates its actual age. VVVVVV isn't retro, it's retro-styled. Alwa's Awakening is an NES style metroidvania game released in 2017, designed to feel exactly like something that could run on real NES hardware. Then in 2022, they actually did just that; they ported the game to real NES hardware and released it as the "8-Bit Edition". To play it, you either need to flash it on a cart and play it on a real NES, or simply emulate it on modern hardware. In my opinion, this game isn't retro at all; it's "retro-styled", even if you consider the fact it released on an actual retro console.

  • My SO got a steamdeck today, and it's a lot better than I imagined it to be

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  • Oof. Unless that's the only Switch game you play, you are going to have a hard time realising that Switch emulation isn't far developed enough yet for you to play a lot of your games without issues and just throw away your real Switch. Plus, Nintendo's takedowns of Yuzu and Ryujinx last year massively slowed down development.

  • Picked up this goofy looking 90's pet game

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  • Yeah, figured that out recently from my own physical PC collection. This wasn't game assets, but I thought it was really awesome one day when I found a really early development test video of the Lemony Snickets game for PC. It was just a raw video file sitting on the disc in a folder. The video was an in-engine recreation of this scene and the characters had no voices or animations, placeholder models, and were just moving around the scene in a T-Pose and, it was so interesting and cool to personally bump into it because that was a childhood favourite movie of mine.

    I can't find the video online, so when I get proper internet in a few days, I'll try to upload it.

  • Picked up this goofy looking 90's pet game

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  • Oh cool. I didn't know the company was Australian, but I'm Australian and got this from a regional op-shop here (aka thrift store). You can tell it's Australian from the G rating on the bottom-right.

  • RetroGaming @lemmy.world
    Moog Muskie @lemmy.zip

    Picked up this goofy looking 90's pet game