A lot of good options in the highest rated free steam games. Helltaker, Grimm's Hollow, Doki Doki Literature Club, The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, Project Kat, the Expendabros, Eternal Senia, and the Supper should all run on low-end systems and vary from "enjoyable" to "fantastic," although most are short. I think the longest are Doki and Senia at 4-5hrs, while stuff like The Supper is only 20 minutes.
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I got the same "spins forever" issue when I tried to make my last comment on my desktop browser. So I took my phone out, opened Jerboa, and tried to comment that way, but ended up getting the response "language_not_allowed". It appears to be this bug: https://github.com/LemmyNet/lemmy-ui/issues/1015
I finally got it to work by returning to desktop, and when typing my comment, hitting the "select language" dropdown, selecting english, and then posting.
The developers have said they will be switching from EAC to FaceIt anti-cheat in the near future, which will completely block Steam Deck and linux. As a fellow Deck user (and desktop linux user), I think controller support is the least of our worries
As a day 1 player with probably 1.5k-2k hours, I never gave them a dime until they enabled linux Easy Anti-Cheat support about a year ago. Even then, I only gave them $10 for one battlepass, and have chained every battlepass since then off of the rewards from that first one. But they were one of the first major multiplayer games to explicitly enable linux anti-cheat support/target the Steam Deck, and despite all of the flaws this game has, I wanted to show that I supported that particular move (which they should be able to tell, since I play on linux and Steam reports per-platform purchases).
A tankie is someone who supports authoritarian communism (I believe the term originated from using tanks to suppress protests)
Here's a post showing that the main instance of Lemmy (hosted by the main 2 Lemmy devs) removes any negative posts about the Chinese or Russian governments for "orientalism": https://lemmy.pineapplemachine.com/post/5784
In the comments of that post, you can find one of the devs borderline defending what China is doing to the Uyghurs: https://lemmy.pineapplemachine.com/comment/5950
That same dev has a github repo called "essays on communism": https://github.com/dessalines/essays
I'm pretty sure both of the devs' profile pictures are Fidel Castro too
Pixel 5a with CalyxOS. Battery life is absolutely insane, probably because it's de-googled. Solid 2-day phone. Plus, has a headphone jack.
Previously had a Nexus 5 and Oneplus 3 with LineageOS. I held onto that OP3 until Lineage dropped support, so nearly 6 years, and plan to do the same with my 5a+Calyx.
Have the earbuds that come with Samsung phones (plus Sennheiser HD598s for when I really want to listen to something), and own no apple devices. Have a linux gaming desktop (Pop!_OS) with KDE connect, which is awesome, and a Steam Deck. Used to have a smartwatch, but didn't get enough use out of it to justify buying a new one.
DUSK and CULTIC come to mind. The original 1993 DOOM and 1996 Quake are also absolutely still worth playing, but it sounds like you may have already played them. Maybe Post Void, Cruelty Squad, or HROT if those seem up your alley.
I've heard great stuff about ULTRAKILL, but I would wait for it to leave early access before getting it.
If you care about the technology behind games, Digital Foundry is fantastic
Despite beating over 40 games this year, I still haven't purchased a game that released in 2023. I've just been clearing out my library, and playing free stuff.
Of the free stuff that's come out this year, my favorite has actually been The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog, with Pineapple on Pizza being a close second.
Of the games I've beaten this year, Half-Life Alyx wasn't just the best, it's the best game I've ever played and the runner up isn't even close. Although if we're excluding VR, A Short Hike probably takes the cake for best I've played this year.