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  • Internet-Connected Consoles Are Retro Now, And That Means Problems

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  • PS4 online will probably have support longer than the PS3 but ya it's a crappy situation. Ideally gaming keeps shifting away from closed software platforms to open ones so people can write/distribute easily community software solutions and users easily install them in the future as it is today on PC. Console libraries I don't trust greatly anymore long term

  • The long game

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  • And the corollary to that, Windows 10S. Don't remember of Windows 8 had an S mode option even if just only on the ARM edition of win8

  • The long game

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  • Fifa ultimate team. Magic the Gathering cards. Both older

  • The long game

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  • Other companies running game stores/platforms must think like this which is why their stores end up competing with a 2008 Steam. Does nothing is incredibly incorrect

  • Anyone tried POP!_OS's new cosmic for gaming?

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  • Can't speak for this month but last I tried was like October and I couldn't alt-tab another window over a full screen game. I'm thinking of giving another go when 26.04 popos comes out

  • Star Wars: Fate Of The Old Republic - Announcement Trailer | The Game Awards 2025

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  • It's always about bringing back the old Bioware names for star wars rather than the old obsidian Kotor 2 names. Kotor 2 raised the bar even with the rushed development. Raised it so high that the mega budget multiple single game story sized MMO with Bioware disappointed, Same with the book before the game. I don't get what about these suits and Bioware alumni seem so allergic towards Kotor 2. Mass Effect was a step back compared to Xbox era Bioware and a major step back comparison to Xbox era Obsidian. Besides David Gaider, if the name is a former major Bioware figure, my interest plummets

    Regardless, new studio. They probably don't even have a clear idea on what the narrative even is. Probably spin the wheels on asset generation, concept art, and narrative round tabling with a back and forth with LucarsArts/Disney canon approvers. Keep expectations low. 2030+. Don't expect risks. Bioware and the old Bioware alumni still directing games besides Gaider with Dragon Age 1-3 all seem obsessed with making Hollywood knock offs with very basic morality and basic heroes journey narratives. Pretty much covering up a new hope in new paint over and over again

  • System76 launches first stable versions of COSMIC desktop and Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS

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  • Last I had it on my desktop was like 2 months ago. Oddities with games here and there was a deal breaker for me. Don't remember if I could alt tab over video game windows yet. Not being able to alt-tab other windows over a video game is a deal breaker for me. There were random nich applications I don't recall that didn't handle dialog windows/file pickers well. That may be better by now. The file explorer is really bare bones even compared to nautilus. Not expecting Dolphin but I want something better.

    High hopes though. I may give it another go as my primary with 26.04. The Cosmic applications are all pretty fast. I think I like how it looks more than KDE just KDE is way more fully featured

  • Ayaneo's 'Pocket Play' is an Android phone with slide-out gamepad controls [Gallery]

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  • Haven't found more details yet. Issues I remember from the Xperia Play.

    It's chipset was a year out of date for its price range. Really it could be that today and be okay, games availability is way better today because of emulators and even the high end gacha games. That MMO Where Winds Meet just released on mobile. Got to try that

    When the Xperia Play came out, big phones were considered like 4.5-4.7 inches. Xperia Play 4 inch display. Really cramped. A slider today would have way more space to size up/space out the controls. This i mainly want to see what is the thumb stick press down buttons. Display it's probably 20x9/21x9. That ratio I'm happy around 6.5"-7" with miniscule bezels and no front facing camera

    Ayaneo so probably real expensive but I hope it succeeds so we get slider phones again. Bring back thickness. Foldables/flips should be getting people cool with chunky devices again

    This could give the RedMagic a run for its money

  • Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025, with nearly half seeing fewer than 10 reviews

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  • One of those things people waste energy getting concerned about. Better than highly stringent curation that has no chance in being representative of all different taste/demographics. It's a more level playing field. Happened to music and books. Then video/movies. Video games followed quickly after. Better than the days of payments for every patch you push through Xbox live/PSN. Better than needing to get 35mm prints and access to theaters

  • We need to organise...

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  • only difference with tech ceo's is that a handful are relatively public figures. Finance CEOs have a stake in everything, mostly publicly faceless. Even the ones directly appointed around the Trump admin, non-news. The food/beverage conglomerates, mostly publicly faceless. Dupont family poisoned the world, mostly publicly faceless. Weapons exporters, mostly publicly faceless. Real estate investment trusts, mostly publicly faceless. Insurance companies and pharmaceuticals, mostly publicly faceless. Mob justice almost always fails because it's easily swayed towards fall guys and/or it's so minor to just be a pyrrhic victory. Expended so much effort for something that'll wash over in short order. Next guy up

  • Samsung reveals first tri-fold phone

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  • The outside display is just about 21:9 and internal about 4:3, sounds like it's an ultimate retro gaming handheld. Lack of SD card support is a pain though

    For folds, I like the old flip phone style flips better. The only puzzling thing with those ones are why keep the front facing camera when the rear cameras have a display on that half on the phone. The outer display on this is 6.5". It's not a compromise in size at all like the flips/razrs. Internal screen shouldn't have a selfie camera either

  • After a Witcher-free decade, CDPR still promises three sequels in six years

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  • Good luck on no stumbles to the first game. Then I guess reuse maps and assets as much as possible like Yakuza games though scope creed that requires major development is more common than not even with asset reuse

  • The U.S. Navy Can’t Build A Navy Anymore

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  • Let's see if the coast guard is happy with the new patrol ship once one of those are finished. If the coast guard fails too, pretty entertaining incompetence

  • Windows 11's adoption is much slower compared to Windows 10, claims Dell

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  • For a Logitech mouse on Linux I use Solaar. Pretty much why I go with Logitech mice now. Solaar works well for me

  • Google Revisits JPEG XL in Chromium After Earlier Removal

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  • Sentience reached. Evidence of singularity and people just waltzing by blind

  • Ideas for very simple improvements to instant noodles?

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  • If you want it creamier, add something fatty. Milk, butter, peanut butter, sesame paste. Not a lot. Just a dash. A small slice of butter. Different chili oils. Primarily the bits in the oil rather than much of the oil itself. Buy fried shallots. Baby bok choy makes it a little sweeter. A bit of napa cabbage adds some good flavor. Tubes of tomato paste freeze well, squeeze some in

    Throw in something a bit acidic. Lime or vinegar. A fermented or picked vegetable. Kimchi, som pak, something. A little tamarind paste can add a kick to it. Frozen dumplings. Thai basil. Shichimi togarashi. Five spice. Curry powder.

    Back to the peanut butter, I always have powdered peanut butter for low calorie peanut butter flavor. Try a dash of soy sauce or fish sauce into it. Cayenne and/paprika powder.

    If you have whole spices on hand, it doesn't take long for coriander seeds, fennel, star anise, cardamom, etc to add flavor to a broth.

  • Ideas for very simple improvements to instant noodles?

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  • I've been putting cheese in instant ramen since I was like five. Cheese ramen at restaurants is relatively common for the non-standard restaurant tonkotsu/shoyu/shio options. Maybe just behind those but with a little curry paste curry for the non-standard restaurant ramens

  • Canada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jets

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  • Sweden has nearly a century constant fighter aircraft making experience but by the time of the gripen it all became so costly that it's heavily made of tech from like the UK and other European countries. Engines from the US. A big problem with trying to develop a modern engine without having all the research and industrial experience transferred from another country, it would take tens of billions of USD of research to accomplish even with good industrial espionage

    Like the big hiccups for Russian 5th gen fighters are the engines. 30+ years of development and it's just barely looking like it's coming to readiness and that's with decades prior of other engines developed. For today's modern engines that became competitive at the high end competition, for China, research really started in the 70s. India had been trying since the 90s. It's an insanely expensive research project. Canada would likely have a worse time funding it than India.

    South Korea and Turkey are likely a good aspiration for Canada while a Sweden a model they can better emulate. Canada would be far behind those SK/T in terms of domestic technology they can draw from though. Canada has Bombadier at least

  • Canada Considers Snubbing US F-35 For Sweden’s Gripen Fighter Jets

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  • I don't think 20 years is enough especially for countries without the experience to fall back on. Not counting licensed builds. Engines and materials science. Also all the software. Digital and analog instruments. Modern fighters operate in connection with ground data links, satellite data links, other partner aircraft data links. All incredibly expensive and time consuming to develop

    Countries with experience in Europe are all trying to partner up because of the financial costs and different part specialities for a 6th gen fighter and mockups make them look more like they'd be a gen 5.5 and they're pretty much all targeting ~2035 operationally when serious planning started between 2015-2020. I would not bet on any of the european gen 5+ being operationally ready for serial production by 2035.