Got it on GamePass yesterday. It runs like a dog, and that’s on a 10-700k with 64GB ram, 3070 and a Sabrent Rocket 4 nvme. Even dropping to 1080 and low still hovers around 30 - 40fps with random dropouts to <10fps in ‘complex’ areas. Given this system can run God of War at 4K Ultra (With DLSS Balanced) at 30fps, or Black Myth: Wukong at High at 50 - 60fps, I’m going to say it’s not the system at fault…

Wait for a few patches, the performance is currently not up to spec. Which is sad, because the introduction got me super hooked and I want to play more.

It was a term coined to describe the step-by-step process modern tech platforms go through:

1. be good, get customers, grow
2. get large enough to corner market, concentrate on profits
3. get large enough to move to politicise their approach, drive out competition through aggressive tactics, and lock in consumers
4. drive more profit through dark patterns and ensure nobody wins but the stakeholders

It’s specifically that, and there wasn’t a word that described that process previously, as it’s only something that’s possible in a modern, “web scale” worldwide platform.

And… Wine stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator, too.

That’s a bit stretched…

Oh fuck yes. I remember reading about this year’s ago, glad to see it’s still going ahead.

Time to catch up on the lore. And by that I mean watch some kick ass videos again.

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https://youtu.be/87KtMnmZWzQ?si=TmqF3Br1F8yGhPA3

I’ve got Braid. Played it, enjoyed it, moved on. Why would I buy it again to listen to someone rambling over it? Some AI upscaled graphics? What’s the point?

One of the biggest sells for gamepass and cloud gaming (assuming you’ve got a wired network). Shaving ~250GB+ (Given the cache and update downloads) is a hard sell, and I’ve got 6TB of NVME installed.

Heh… I started building in the late-90’s with a custom 486-sx. Went from that to a Pentium 100, then to an AMD-K6-II at 233, then to another AMD I forget… then to an i5-2500K in 2011. That build hit the sweet spot, and with just graphics card, memory and drive upgrades stayed roughly the same until I bought this -7-10700K last year… that’s now got 4Tb of nVME and 8tb of SSD, no spinning rust, and a 3070. I would like to upgrade the graphics card as I’ve got 2x 4K monitors and gaming is a bit sluggish at times on 4K, but… I just can’t justify the upgrade price to a graphics card that could improve. So, I’ll wait another gen, and probably get either a 4080 when the 5x series is out, or wait until the 5x series 5070-eqivalent is at a reasonable price. Other than increasing storage, I don’t see any other demands for CPU or GPU coming this console generation…

Can it go back to Codemasters where it’s meant to be, please? TOCA Touring Cars is still awesome, however many years on it is.

How are you getting on? I’m really considering getting this - I get paid today and have a week next week without the family… Been playing and enjoying Planet Crafters and Forever Skies, and I’m in the survival-building-exploring mood at the moment.

Thank you, just added it to my account. Not heard of it before, but I do like the Geometry Wars-style combat games, so I’ll have a go at it on the Steam Deck later.

I’m cautiously optimistic, but not preordering because, well… because.

A bit perplexed where the hollow where the lake of the watcher has gone in that image, unless it’s another door into the mountain - though as it’s got the iconic, “Mellon” door, I somehow doubt it. Still, it’s clearly years onwards, so maybe it’s all been filled in and worked on.

Fingers crossed, I really want a new LotR game that’s good, and this looks like it could be one. Maybe a touch of Ancient Domains of Mystery in with it?

hint hist hiss

I’m afraid I don’t have time to look, or I’d try and diagnose the issue myself… It’s an awesome resource I’ll be making use of though!

C# 404’s - possibly some encoding issue?

service: and continer: do the same thing when run inside the same docker-compose.yml. When gluetun is run separately, you’ll need to reference service: in order to reference it because it’s outside the same compose file. The difference is slight, but noticeable if you’re running multiple compose files. HTH :)

And this is happening on the BETA channel. If you’re running beta, and you expect no issues, you’re an idiot. If you’re running beta, and you’re unable to investigate those issues and resolve them (Which, as you’ve such a clear, lucid understanding of what’s going on you clearly are able to), then you’re an idiot. If you’ve enabled developer options without understanding tech, and how to fix things yourself, you’re an idiot.

There’s no protecting against idiots, they’re on their own.

The vast majority of people will not see this issue because you have to go out of your way to see this bug.

Amazed no one has mentioned Antimatter Dimensions. It’s now on Steam, but was originally on a few sites (I played it on Kongregate). Fantastic, and now with the latest update and the ‘aero’ skin and hidden games, it’s multiple games (Including the original Paperclips) inside one :D

It might be eventually given the close relationship with Ubisoft and GamePass… probably not at release, though.

For those who know in the UK - the Argos catalogue was always my favourite thing to browse as a kid :D