I got a great deal on a 1950X setup due to a NewEgg sale, and it’s been a powerhouse for various “serious” tasks, but each individual core is pretty anemic and that does hurt it in a few games. If laptop cores are matching or exceeding that, I feel confident in sticking with AMD for the next little while.

Did you play Zero Dawn previously? How are you finding Forbidden West, play-wise? It feels “heavier” to me, somehow. Maybe I just got used to fully-upgraded Aloy in HZD…

I’m working on getting all the ending dialogues for Metal Slug Tactics right now. It’s a fun turn-based tactics take on the Metal Slug franchise with a dash of roguelike. The graphics maintain the series’ hand-animated aesthetic and the sprites are super-cute, but the most rewarding part is unlocking skills and weapons for each character to allow bigger and more ridiculous combo moves. Other than that, Stormworks, my “second job”.

Should I mail them my money, or d’you think they prefer it… Wired?

Yeah, making Valve watch Microsoft throttle their Zune360 in the cradle seems pretty cruel to me.

Starting to see an absolute flood of those. A literal deluge!

I’m hoping to someday buy a computer that can run Squadron 42. Can Social Security help with that?

That’s almost peak Steam Deck res!

Right now, the big one weighing on my mind is Satisfactory. I’ve gotten to the point that it’s more likely that they finish developing the game than that I finish developing nuclear power in it -_-;