Please Servo, you’re our only hope.

It’s a win for everyone except Epic. PURE BLISS.

The only better alternative (for me) would be a bunch of DRM free stores feeding their catalogues to an open source front-end that has everything that Steam already does.

Like Heroic, Lutris, Playnite, etc. But way more developed features and with official vendor support and a built-in unified store that supports all catalogues in the same view, like a federated marketplace.

That would be the only thing capable of moving me away from Steam completely.

I wouldn’t give them a dime even if it meant playing my favorite series’ sequel. I don’t like the people behind it, I don’t like how they think, I don’t like what they envision for the industry, and I don’t want to contribute in any measure to any of that ever happening.

Holy shit, SherpaTTS is awesome. Thanks for sharing!

I hope it’s not another Sony attempt at a live service game.

Edit: lol, wtf Sony?

You are assuming.

Honestly, I hope it flops for what they have done. I’m happy for Arc Raiders, a great example of how they should have done it.

Like a Stadium for games? That’s a really cool idea, I mean they already have the streaming tech, they only have to get their business model right. Easy, right?

Almost guaranteed it can’t fail.

Does anyone know if they have worked on controller & splitscreen support or if it is in the roadmap?

Cost aside. If they don’t price it competitively between the Xbox and the PS5, the Steam Machine will be DOA.

The Deck is a perfect example of what they should try to replicate. If they don’t do that, it will flop.

Microsoft must be pissing their pants right now.

Can it do video and audio calls?

This could mean great news to Linux WhatsApp users.

Xbox controllers need a Windows PC to update their drivers.

Looks great! I was looking for something like this (but FOSS) for my kids.

On mobile I use a Pixel 9 with GrapheneOS, on desktop and laptop I daily drive Bazzite & Aurora (respectively).

This sounds very cool, Gnome & KDE have been hard at work making sure devs have the necessary tooling to make their apps responsive. Most of Gnome Core & Circle apps and specially KDE Plasma Mobile already are responsive.

I would love to see flathub on my phone.

But it all falls flat if Google is the gatekeeper.

I can’t remember the last time a game made me intentionally laugh. I laughed my ass off about situations, bugs, but… scripted comedy?

Maybe a smile, a faint giggle, but actual laughter? I can’t remember.

It’s being developed by igalia, which is top notch. I’ve tried it on Bazzite, the available builds require no installation. It’s coming together very well.

You shouldn’t be playing any game that requires kernel level access to your PC.

Do you trust every employee at EA, Riot, Activision with your credit card details, social security number, bank accounts, home address, etc.?

Because that’s what kernel level access grants them, and more.

On top of that, a hacker could potentially exploit it to gain access too.

Did it yesterday. Feels good man.

lol, they are awesome, they will even provide you with a new lung when you need it, but you’ll have to work for a few millennia to pay for it, but hey at least they care. 🤣

Fantastic post as always @perfectDark!

I want to selfhost it but without RetroDeck sync it just isn’t worth the effort just yet at least for me.

Also, now that it can identify the checksums, does it auto organize the ROMs into the required folder structure?

That’s also my 2nd biggest entry barrier.

Well, you can always switch jobs if you want to. There are many good willed companies out there like Weyland-Yutani, Oscorp, Skynet, OCP and many more.

• Mars Matrix
• D&D: Shadows over Mystara
• Ranger X
• Herzog Zwei

Is this coming to a usable client? Like say an Android TV app or a Linux flatpak?

Is that wyvern app usable for 2d or is it only for XR?

They must have a lot of overhead for just a handful of apps. If they provided a better catalogue, it would be more popular and have a greater chance of garnering more donations.

Agreed, also CRTs ruined the future for me as well.

Public domain source IP, public domain font, hope they don’t cheap out on the rest.

This looks great

I believe that Shenmue was like a proto-GTA, by the time Shenmue III arrived… the formula was not only perfected but improved upon by the likes of the Yakuza series. For a new Shenmue to succeed, it would have to match Yakuza level depth and add the level of attention to detail like the original Shenmue entries provided. This is to say the least, unlikely in the best case, and impossible if we are realistic when considering risk, budget, current franchise strength, etc.

I devoured the first 2 on Dreamcast. Bought the 3rd, haven’t even installed it since.

If you consciously install a rootkit to play a game, you deserve whatever comes after.

• Journey
• Shadow Of The Colossus
• Shenmue 1
• Half-Life 1 & 2

What does Sonic have to do with Christianity?

Honestly I don’t understand why people keep buying ubi games. They can’t get any more cookie-cutter than that.

Playnite is better except for one thing: it didn’t install games without any use of launchers the last time I tried it a few years ago.

Heroic can download and install any game from EGS, Amazon and GOG without any extra launcher.

How is it superior? Is it approachable for kids around 7yo?

I’m not into extraction shooters and I haven’t tried it, so my POV is based on anecdotal references but this game looks Concord-level DOA.

There’s Proton for Apple sillicon IIRC