torvusbogpod

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Linux hits 4% on the desktop πŸ§πŸ“ˆ in c/linux_gaming
[–] torvusbogpod 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Unknown is TempleOS

Google's annoying 'update ownership' sideload warning spreads to more apps and phones in c/[email protected]
[–] torvusbogpod 4 points 11 months ago

Yeah this actually feels pretty sane tbh

Vintage Story 1.19 Update in c/games
[–] torvusbogpod 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah my friend and I had a dedicated server for a while. Super easy. They even have a Linux binary.

A Pig's Brain Transcended Its Body, Surging to Life on Its Own. Humans May Be Next. in c/science
[–] torvusbogpod 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Bro no, this is what they did to Cain in RoboCop 2

*Permanently Deleted* in c/retrogaming
[–] torvusbogpod 3 points 11 months ago

Yeah Sega of Japan, particularly Sonic Team, actively refused to provide STI (American dev team) with source code necessary to build the game

I don't... in c/linuxmemes
[–] torvusbogpod 8 points 1 year ago (5 children)

What did they say?

That Portal 64 demake we liked so much has been kiboshed by Valve: 'They have asked me to take the project down,' creator says in c/retrogaming
[–] torvusbogpod 26 points 1 year ago (18 children)

Valve removed it because it used official N64 APIs that Nintendo holds as classified information. I think if it had totally been bottom-up crafted from scratch, it would have survived. But Valve does NOT wanna deal with a Nintendo lawyer.

MSI CLAW gaming handheld leaked, features Intel Core Ultra 7 155H with Arc graphics and 32GB memory in c/games
[–] torvusbogpod 10 points 1 year ago

32GB could be useful if the bandwidth is fast enough to be suitable VRAM, because then you can run games that want 16GB allocated to the CPU without having a GPU performance drop

Gaming Industry Faces Peril Due to New Regulations – Are China’s Stricter Gaming Policies a Blueprint for Global Change? in c/[email protected]
[–] torvusbogpod 35 points 1 year ago

Not sure if I'd call this "peril..." Call me a boomer, but if killing deliberately addicting feedback loops spells peril for the industry, then the industry has lost the plot.

Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney was asked by Verge why there is no support for the Steam Deck for Fortnite in c/[email protected]
[–] torvusbogpod 8 points 1 year ago

Yeah they used to ship Linux executables on the same disk for Unreal didn't they?

Darling runs macOS software directly without using a hardware emulator in c/[email protected]
[–] torvusbogpod 7 points 1 year ago

Might be a good way to run Photoshop if it's more compatible with Adobe apps than Wine

You can buy this forgotten '90s shooter from its original website, which is a perfectly preserved time capsule of PC gaming's golden age in c/games
[–] torvusbogpod 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yes I too look nostalgically look back on my games having nothing but beep audio because I didn't have one of three sound cards my chosen game decided to support

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