It surprised me to see this. The good news is that apparently it doesn’t affect the revenue of creators…

Still, I don’t really know what to think about it as I’d just want the creators to move willingly to another platform.

To be honest it looks great and at first I thought about how impressive it is.

Then you think about how it modifies what was created and how it could lack consistency with a character looking a certain way in a part of the game and differently later.

I don’t know know what to think about these technologies like FSR and DLSS…

I don’t think I mind the fake frames as it could give you more performance on something like a Steam Deck, but the rest is tricky…

Interesting article. I think it would be really stupid to not reuse stuff if your game is set in a realistic universe (would be different for a cartoonish universe).

In fact, it would even be a way to avoid using AI (even if I think we’ll end up with devs reusing stuff and using AI).

Then you can use colors or lighting to create a different feel to the game, just like different movie directors can film the same place in a totally different way.

As you can see, I care about achievements: https://sh.itjust.works/post/56525516

As others have said, it’s a great incentive to go deeper in a game. It should just not become a grind and that’s why I don’t 100% a lot of games.

It can also make you remember what branch of a story you went for in a story driven game.

If it gives data to developer about how a game is played, it ain’t something I mind as the way I play isn’t a important privacy wise as other data.

What’s stupid is when people buy a game just because it has easy achievements though…

Oh yeah the Deck can be a quite powerful desktop computer if you enjoy KDE.

I use it like this from time to time after configuring to behave like Gnome, but I prefer the original flavour.

If I see that the game needs some tweaking, I’ll try 720p at 60 or 30 fps.

You can dock your Deck, but I think you should think about it as an underpowered Playstation 4 or a turbocharged Playstation 3.

I also think that the docking experience isn’t so fluid if you dock it to a TV and use a console controller. When it’s docked to a PC monitor and wired keyboard/mouse, it’s smoother as you have less configuration to do.

I use Joplin through some WebDAV with my cloud provider, kDrive.

Works perfectly once set up.

I don’t know if you could make it work directly from your phone to your computer though.

The voice chat isn’t activated on my kids account as hés clearly too young. I didn’t have anything to do to disable it, but I wouldn’t feel comfortable if he wasn’t playing Roblox in the luving room where I can see what hés playing.

Also he loves it when I watch him play so we get to share and discuss a lot about the games he plays.

I guess Roblox is a game where you have to have good parenting behind.

My son plays a lot of Roblox (1 hour a day at my place , way more with his mom).

At first I had a really bad impression about it because I thought it was just another microtransaction hell with pedophiles lurking around.

In the end, hés not really spending money and there are some pretty good and different games on the platform.

I also appreciate the fact that Roblox made him accept that you can play graphically simple games and have fun on cheap hardware.

So, while I’d prefer if he only played single player games on Linux or Playstation like me, I think Roblox is better than what people are saying.

I’m not saying it’s good for the game industry or consumer, but it’s almost better than an Nba 2k with its constant microtransactions despite paying for the game already…

Yeah I know. What I wanted to say is that it would be an incentive to buy one (and convert it to Linux) if they were losing money on every unit.

That would feel even sweeter if they were losing money on every Helix sold.

To be honest, my Linux daily driver is a Microsoft Surface Go 1 and it has served me well for the last 6 years.

Still it’s not what I’d get if I had to choose again.

So if I have to upgrade from my Steam Deck/Playstation 5 gaming combo, it’s probably be a Steam Machine, even if it’s way less poweful than Helix.

It’s a great game despite EA being behind it. I enjoyed the first one better, but I’m looking forward to the third installment.

New Star GP. I gave it to my son but ended up playing it way more than him as it’s a quite complex game for an arcade racer.

Still, I’m trying to find other games to divert him from Fortnite and Roblox 😅

Sounds crazy to me that people aren’t shutting down their computers when not using them. For me it’s like turning off the light off in a room you’re leaving. I can still hear the voice of my mum giving me a lecture about not wasting energy and I’m thankful for this.

It’s such a small gesture and it can already improve your carbon footprint a tiny bit.

The only exception is when I’m downloading a game or backing up my computer.

Add Mass Effect, Dead Space and Star Wars Jedi series…

But yeah I wish all of these were DRM free, without any online connection and on GOG.

While I understand the pain of someone having no hardware right now, I think you should still be able to get an old gaming PC or an old Playstation 4 to enjoy games for cheap.

In fact, almost everyone has something like this lying around…

While it means running old AAA or lower demanding current games, it’s still great gaming time.

You haven’t read my comment I guess.

I have a lot of games that I bought (mostly for max CHF 20.-, so max 25$), but they are only playing free live service games.

I have kids and I have a huge library of games on Playstation and PC. What are they playing?

Fortnite and Roblox instead, which they could play for free if they didn’t want to get cool skins. So, no, games aren’t as expensive for kids as they used to be, except if they waste a lot of money in predatory schemes in games where they could play for free and just 1-2 things to support the devs.

The price of new games isn’t a problem for me as they are still cheaper than what they were when I was a kid. In my country Switzerland, an expensive new game is stll less than CHF100.- when some Nes games were CHF120.- thirty years ago. Back in the Playstation 1 era games were around CHF89.- and now most Playstation 5 games are around CHF79.-.

And that’s not taking inflation into account!

Gaming is one of the few things which has become cheaper in my lifetime, especially now that I get a lot of old games on my Steam Deck and only racing sims on my Playstation 5.

For me the problem is that you can pay such an amount and still be subject to many popups begging for your money (microtransactions) or DRM’s (always online or others).

Or that, thanks to digital games, you’ll soon not be able to resell an expensive game that you didn’t enjoy enough to keep.

And also the fact that games aren’t really prettier than 10 years ago but that you still need better hardware to play them.

I think game companies really need to have a look at why their games are becoming so expensive, because I don’t think it’s because they are treating their employees better.

That was an interesting read, thanks!