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Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” by NeryK in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 43 points 4 months ago

The Epic Games Launcher is so far behind on features compared to Steam it's not even funny. Epic chose not to try and compete with Steam on that front and to try and force users onto the platform with exclusivity deals and sweeten the deal with free games.

The one user-centric killer feature Epic has in their stack IMHO is the built-in multiplayer crossplay. Except it's not even exclusive to their store ironically (you do need an Epic account for it though).

Konami is intent on region locking Japanese players out of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance by NeryK in c/games@lemmy.world

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 36 points 5 months ago

Bottom line: Konami is a weird company making odd calls and has been for a long time. Someone in charge likely decided 11 years ago that MGRR should not be released on PC in Japan and that's all there is to it.

After Initial Success, Helldiver’s 2 Has Lost 90% Of Its Players With No Signs Of Recovery by NeryK in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 210 points 6 months ago

Like every PvE game which does not have hundreds of people working to churn out content, its playerbase will dwindle until only those who do not get bored by its gameplay stick around. Whether it's Left 4 Dead, Payday, Deep Rock Galactic or Vermintide, those types of games follow this pattern...

And I for one, see no fucking issue with that. It's a great game, people play it until they have had their fill and then move on. Helldivers 2 is only an outlier because of how hard it hit at launch. It absolutely does not have the content pipeline to keep a large playerbase engaged, so yeah it will not keep printing a lot of money, just a little bit every now and then.

Now excuse me as I go and spread some managed democracy.

jwz: Mozilla is an advertising company now by NeryK in c/firefox@lemmy.ml

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 31 points 6 months ago

Vivaldi is closed source and based on Chromium (albeit modified), so it does not sound all that appealing. As long as uBlock origin, NoScript and Tampermonkey can unleash their full potential in Firefox, I'm likely to stick with it.

Behind ‘Suicide Squad,’ the Year’s Biggest Video-Game Flop by NeryK in c/games@lemmy.world

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 32 points 7 months ago

$200M ain't no pocket change. One would hope such high-profile failures as this or Avengers would curb execs enthusiasm for live service games, but I'm not holding my breath.

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Took the plunge after 2 years, and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 7 months ago by NeryK@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Now that my Steam Deck LCD has been relieved of his duties as a daily driver desktop PC, I finally went ahead and replaced the Delta fan with a Huaying one. It turned out to be relatively easy to do ; and lo and behold, it is indeed quieter.

Recent adopters may or may not know there was a medium-sized kerfuffle about disparities in noise profiles of early Steam Deck units. It was proved and narrowed down to a difference between 2 fan models (see Gamers Nexus detailed analysis).

Obviously the one I got was a "bad" one, emitting a high pitched noise when running at full speed. I did not find it unbearable but it was still not ideal, particularly when using the SD in quiet environments.

Took me 2 years to get to the point where I figured it was an acceptable risk to attempt the replacement. How many of you did the same and kicked the Delta out of your unit ?

List of really good AA games? by NeryK in c/gaming@lemmy.ml

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 31 points 7 months ago

Here are a few picks off the top of my head:

Control: TPS, open-ish world, present day setting, solo only
Deep Rock Galactic: FPS, mission-centric, sci-fi setting, solo & co-op
Generation Zero: FPS, open world, sci-fi setting, solo & co-op
Kena: Bridge of Spirits: Action-Adventure, open-ish world, fantasy setting, solo only
Outward: RPG, open world, fantasy setting, solo & co-op
Remnant: From the Ashes / Remnant 2: TPS, open-ish world, sci-fi & fantasy setting, solo & co-op

PSA: A website called SteamHistory enables stalkers through Steam mass data harvesting. Here's how stalkers found me despite creating a new, private, anonymous account. by NeryK in c/games@sh.itjust.works

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 43 points 7 months ago

tl;dr: Watch what you put online and who you friend, especially on Steam. Once it’s on the internet, it’s there forever.

That right here is very much what it boils down to. Whether it's SteamHistory or The Internet Archive or whatever public or private data store... Any information you publish is out of your control as soon as you do.

Helldivers 2 went from one of the most beloved Steam games to one of the most hated pretty quickly by NeryK in c/steam@lemmy.ml

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 39 points 8 months ago

Vocal minority is the assumption when this sort of collective outrage manifests. This time though, thanks to Steam player count we will actually get some hard numbers and see if that has an effect or not.

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Goodbye Roblox on Steam Deck (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 10 months ago by NeryK@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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Well, shit. Unfortunate news from the Vinegar Discord: Roblox will block Wine in future releases.

This is going to end my "Steam Deck as a primary desktop PC for my kid" experiment.

[@games](https://lemmy.world/c/games) The Suicide Squad may already be dead, with Kill the Justice League game previews not looking so good by NeryK in c/games@lemmy.world

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 39 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

It's kind of amazing they chose to go with that design, when they hadthe benefit of hindsight with recent superhero-backed games:

the live service Avengers game flopped pretty hard
the singleplayer Spider-man games did gangbusters

"Well duh, let's try and make one of these live service games".

Best games that can be completed in under ten hours? by NeryK in c/patientgamers@sh.itjust.works

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 38 points 1 year ago

Ordered-ish by recommendation:

SUPERHOT (it's the most innovative shooter I've played in years)
Hellblade: Senua's Sacrifice
Sayonara Wild Hearts
Carrion
Planet of Lana
Jusant
The Artful Escape
The Gunk

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Memory-safe languages so hot right now, agrees Lazarus Group as it slings DLang malware (www.theregister.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NeryK@sh.itjust.works to c/programming@programming.dev

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Forgot your sudo password ? Here is a working fix, quick and painless. (www.youtube.com)

submitted 1 year ago by NeryK@sh.itjust.works to c/steamdeck@sopuli.xyz

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TL;DR: watch the 2 minutes video for the fix.

Story time !

It's been a hot minute (~1year) since I needed/wanted to tinker with my Steam Deck. It's currently living its best life paired with the official dock as a desktop PC for my kid (e.g. YouTube and Roblox dedicated machine). So yeah, I went and forgot the sudo password I set back then, and I unhelpfully did not save it in Keepass or anything.

Today I put in the work to reset it... Here goes my journey.

Try out every password variants of mine I can think of for 20 minutes. FAIL.
Google it, stumble on some real stupid "solutions" promoted to the top of the results. FFS Google.
Lots of YT videos seem to agree that recovery media is the way to go. Seems overkill. Cannot we get a root shell at startup or something ?
Find an alternative method that looks suuuper risky (tinkers with the recovery partition) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYBpEysFMDM]. Nope not going to try that one.
Go back to /r/SteamDeck (been a while) again the consensus is to use recovery media. Ok ok, recovery media it is !
Follow instructions at https://help.steampowered.com/en/faqs/view/1B71-EDF2-EB6D-2BB3 and make a bootable USB drive. Easy Peasy.
Muck about for a while with the dock's USB ports because the drive is too large or the ports are too close together. FFS Valve.
Boot successfully on the recovery media, and start the 3 commands-long procedure.

sudo ~/tools/repair_device.sh chroot
rm -f /var/lib/overlays/etc/upper/passwd
rm -f /var/lib/overlays/etc/upper/shadow

First command fails, which is a shame since the others cannot work if this one does not. Fuck.
Back to googling and redditing (beggars can't be choosers). Find someone with a very similar error in a quite recent post. No answers though, except one by the OP himself who says he found a way AND DOCUMENTED IT. Thank you /u/TheArtfulAardvark for proper Internet etiquette. Obligatory XKCD curse avoided.
Watch the 2 minutes-long video with cautious optimism. Does not seem too hard nor risky... To good to be true
Perform the procedure, goes more or less exactly as described in the video (not exactly the same version of the boot menu, but same items).
Fail to return to gaming mode with CTRL-ALT-F1 for some reason, so trigger a command line reboot.
Check that the parameter added to GRUB was not saved (it was not).
Return to desktop mode and finally set a new password with passwd. Exhales. Thanks for the video and instructions 10 Minute Steam Deck Gamer.

Angry Call of Duty Fans Are Review-Bombing the Wrong Modern Warfare 3 by NeryK in c/technology@lemmy.world

[-] NeryK@sh.itjust.works 45 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The new MW3 steam reviews are locked until its official release, as is always the case. People are venting where it is both possible and making some sense.

The author likely is aware of this and just likes to poke fun at angry CoD fans.

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Stuff I always have in my pockets when outside the house (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by NeryK@sh.itjust.works to c/edc@sopuli.xyz

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Nothing particularly original, but it's mine, so here goes.

Earfun Free 2: good for listening to podcasts on the go.
House keys: well, duh.
Olight imini: handy and really tiny flashlight.
Mini push dagger: oldest thing in there, got it more than 20 years ago. Says "United" & "Taiwan" on the sheath, so it likely is from United Cutlery.
Kershaw Launch 11: my current all-time favorite pocket knife. Small enough to fit in a 5th pocket (but not "deep-carry"), yet handles really well with my not-too-meaty hands.
Bellroy Card Sleeve Black: small enough to keep credit cards and such in regular pants' front pockets.
Zippo Lighter Spectrum: really a fidget toy for me since I do not smoke, so pretty though !
Kleenex mini pocket tissues: the runny nose unwavering companion.

Not on picture: Samsung Galaxy S20 with a Spigen Tough Armor case.