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MentalEdge, do games w Why don't Steam or Discord offer the option to hide when we're typing?
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Unless they were looking, they wont have seen it. And as far as I know, just the cursor being active sends the “typing” indicator in some apps. When I see it for just a second I just assume someone hovered over the chatbox for a bit.

No-one thinks it’s weird for it to pop up for a second and then go away. Or for it to appear for a good while and still not get you a message. Sometimes I’ll write a first draft of a response right away, then leave it there for hours while I think about it some more, before finalizing it.

It would be smart if chat apps implemented a minimum, where “typing” won’t apper until you’re three words into writing a response or something.

That way it wont go off over nothing. It’s still useful, it lets you/them know whether you’re getting/giving an immediate response, so you/they know whether the conversion is continuing right away, or later.

daniskarma, do games w Microsoft's real problem was never PlayStation

Who even uses steam big picture?

In my experience it has always had an horrible experience.

Also pc gaming has always been a thing.

It’s just that consoles have been harder to justify not only because pc gaming have gotten better. But because consoles have gotten worse. It’s no longer plug and play, now you have to do the same steps of installing, downloading things, checking if your version of the console can run that game… At that point big consoles are harder and harder to justify.

Sony will go behind of they don’t do some changes. Xbox fell sooner because they had a thinner base. But sony is not out of danger.

Nintendo is probably fine as they rotated to handhelds, which are a different niche than normal pcs. And because they hold massive exclusive IPs.

atomicpoet,

I use Steam Big Picture.

Specifically, I have a desktop PC, with an RTX 3090, hooked up to my TV.

Now I don’t recommend doing it this way anymore. It’s probably better to buy something like a Legion Go, hook it up to an eGPU, while you dock it to a TV.

But probably your bigger question is, “Why do I use Steam Big Picture?”

Because I specifically want to play PC games on my TV. Half my Steam library natively supports gamepad. And of those that don’t, I can easily adapt keyboard controls to a gamepad—if community-built options have not yet been made.

Truly, Steam is what Xbox should have been.

Sylvartas,

Pretty sure Big Picture uses the exact same interface as the steam deck nowadays, which is a much better experience than the old thing. At least when I stream through Moonlight, I haven’t manually launched big picture in years.

XiberKernel,

When was the last time you used Big Picture? I have a micro ITX build hooked up to my TV running Bazzite desktop, and have Big Picture loading at boot.

It’s a console. And it’s fantastic. It also lets me mod it so I can make it look like a Wii U if I wanted.

daniskarma,

Last year. It still had a lot of lag moving around in my machine.

acosmichippo,
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been using Big Picture for years. it’s a better experience than the ad-riddled UIs of the xbox and playstation.

Pappabosley, do gaming w I have a shelf of boxes that I just can't throw out...

But if i threw out the box, where would i keep the manual, warranty card and a few little screws or other bobbins that are always left.

Scolding7300,

I’ve got a big zip bag with manuals, and for screws and such I write a post-it note with a description/appliance name and I just tape it to the parts (tape it all together if there’s multiple

nyctre, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #22

Thanks again for these, fun read as always. Really sucks to hear about the health stuff. Rooting for you to get good news from the specialist!

Helluh, do games w (PC) Chill farming games (non-Anime)?
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Seconding Graveyard Keeper and Traveler’s Rest.

I would also like to recommend Schedule I. It’s not exactly a farming game, but there is farming, and it has a similar chill vibe.

Farming Simulator 25 is surprisingly very fun, but the time it takes to complete work can be draining.

Palia is free, and the actual farming portion is super neat with the way crops interact with each other based on placement, though it might be too cute.

Apico is bee farming, so slightly different. The creator is making a similar game with frogs.

Staxel isn’t exactly anime but might not be your style either, I adored it, but it makes me motion sick to play.

ComfortableRaspberry,
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Oh boy, I had the same issue with Staxel and I don’t get it… why? This annoyed me way more than I expected

Dyskolos,

Might be a slightly off (unchangeable) FoV. I, too, could not play this one very long.

ComfortableRaspberry,
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This is sad. For the same reason I can’t play Half Life 2, Portal and Talos Principle >.<

Dyskolos,

But in those you CAN most definately change the FoV. Usually you need to just try out your optimal in regard to monitor-size and resolution. Staxel had no option for that as far as i remember. When you found your FoV your nausea/motion-sickness should be gone for good. At least this is the culprit in most of the cases and some devs still haven’t learned :-)

NuXCOM_90Percent, (edited ) do games w Hesitating getting a Switch 2 (1st game console in 15 years)...

I would very much not trust a 7 year old with a 450 USD device but you do you.

Honestly? If what you want is something to play “nintendo games” with the family? I would just go buy one of the pi-like devices or even go full sicko with an FPGA and then totally obviously legitimately purchase and rip every single game you want.

But in all seriousness, a small raspberry pi-like device running ES-DE (fuck the hateful transphobic shithead behind Retroarch) is probably the genuine best choice for someone who wants to play the games of their youth without thinking much. AliExpress is nowhere near as good as it used to be but Retro Game Corps has reviewed a LOT of these kinds of devices over on youtube.

And if you want the portability? You can buy two (there are plenty of gameboy-like devices in that space) and still come in way under the price of a switch 2. Which, again, seven year olds are stupid and destructive.

Yermaw,

the hateful transphobic shithead behind retroarch

Brand new concept to me, we cant have anything nice.

Glide, do games w What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?

Bugsnax. Substantially better game than I anticipated.

chunkystyles,

I adored the details they gave the characters in that game. I accidentally

Tap for spoilergot the good ending just because I wanted to see the story of each character

It also had such nice and natural-feeling LGBTQ characters.

Kyle_The_G, do games w What are your favourite single-player games without much fluff, grinding or difficulty spikes?

mass effect, cyberpunk, clair obscur, baldur’s gate 3 all super fun and have difficulty options. Doom is pretty fun too. I’ve just been ripping through game pass single-player campaigns and RPGs.

Talaraine,

All of these are top notch

Kyle_The_G,

Ya I’m a big single-player story-driven player. Other recommendations are red dead 2 (never played 1, I’d like to), lies of P, sekiro, elden ring, bloodborne, uncharted series, death stranding (I love this game but completely get why people bounce off it), alan wake 2 (also not for everyone), control, and I’ll always have a soft spot for halo 1-3+reach. Theres probably a bunch more i’m forgetting but I loved all of those games. I just love a really good story.

ampersandrew,
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I would describe Red Dead Redemption II as having significant fluff, not just in how much time it wastes getting from A to B a lot of times but also in that whole island chapter, Act 4, I think.

Kyle_The_G,

ya thats fair

nyctre,

Time spent riding during missions has never felt like fluff to me. As it’s usually filled up with dialogue and stuff. Plus the nature and views and stuff are relaxing.

For the in-between missions riding you can just get one of those cheat menu mods and use the teleport feature.

ampersandrew,
@ampersandrew@lemmy.world avatar

It’s the in between missions riding that I was referring to. The previous game was much more lenient about giving you opportunities to fast travel. Also, when I played the game, mods weren’t an option, and OP might be looking for Xbox games.

nyctre,

Oh, you’re right, I missed that part. Shit.

dylanmorgan,

Sekiro? I guess it’s less of a difficulty “spike” if it’s just a difficulty cliff from the jump.

Kyle_The_G,

these are my favourite games, thats why I put them in the second comment I realize they’re a little on the more difficult side. My bad I didn’t clarify.

dylanmorgan,

That’s fair, I may have been traumatized by spending 3 hours trying to get through the first section in Sekiro before calling it 😅

Kyle_The_G,

One thing i’ll say about sekiro is that it demands you learn “the dance”. You need to play the game on its terms and learn the rhythms, essentially you just need to “git gud” but it is absolutely worth it once it clicks. Its an incredible game once you finally get a feel for it.

Ghostalmedia, do gaming w What is your personal favorite multiplayer game and what is it's fatal flaw?
@Ghostalmedia@lemmy.world avatar

Halo

Fatal flaw is that 343 Industries sucked in comparison to Bungie, and released such shitty products that the player base has fallen through the floor.

I miss couch co-op.

renamon_silver, do gaming w Did you even try?

Bro probably spent hours grinding before that drop

ech, do gaming w Did you even try?

Are you a hobbit? Cause that’s a dagger/knife.

NessD,
thejoker954,

Based on the pommel and cross guard, I’d say it’s a short sword.

ech,

What short sword has a handle that makes up nearly half its length?

thejoker954,

The handle doesn’t look that long to me. The blade looks to be at least twice as long as the hilt - and the hilt looks like it could only hold a single handspan comfortably.

tetris11,
@tetris11@lemmy.ml avatar

It looks like a Badgarlass

Aielman15, do games w Steam Deck / Gaming News #21
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Skyscrapers at night are always a sight, but they especially shine in pixel art! There’s something weirdly retro-futuristic in those pictures.

SolidShake, do games w Overwatch 2 slaps

I gotchu man.

Overwatch is a good game. No joke. People hate on it not for the game but for the devs. That’s why it has negative reviews but such a big player base each day.

overwatch 1. Hero shooter, it was going to be an MMO.

Overwarch 2. Was going to be a new* game with a brand new PVE mode that people have wanted for years. Probably since the first Halloween event. Blizzard decided randomly to scrap that idea after selling it to the fans. Dick move right.

Then they decide to remove the loot system. Which was fine I guess except now everything was 100% battle pass or pay for special things.

This is where I gave up. Because in a nutshell they took overwatch 1 and released overwatch 1 +1. Only difference is the name, got rid of some freeby features blah blah blah.

That’s why people don’t like it.

However. It’s been out for a long time and a new generation is going from Roblox to more mature games. So if you’ve never played OW before at all. Then absolutely it’s a fun game. And I’m glad you find it fun and have a good time playing it.

Yermaw,

Its weird how annoying the battle pass system is. On the one hand I get it, they want that sweet battle pass money that everyone else is getting, and I don’t really care about cosmetics anyway.

On the other hand, I paid full price for 1, and was willing to pay for the PvE, and it feels like they just said “fuck you pay me” out of nowhere.

Varyk, do games w Day 342 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

I’m with you, Mario 64 is one of my all time favorites.

i still play it every few years and sometimes I’ll get the urge to watch the latest world-record speedrun, it’s so much fun to even just watch.

pretty much the only game i do that with.

great screenshots too. there are so many mods for SM64 but I almost always play vanilla, so it’s fun to see you guys as different characters.

SM64 Toad is a psychopath for sure.

congrats on getting to share the game with your friend, and almost hitting a year with your screenshots!

MyNameIsAtticus,
@MyNameIsAtticus@lemmy.world avatar

Thanks! We had a lot of fun playing and i’m excited to hit a year

aeronmelon, do games w Day 340 of posting a Daily Screenshot from the games I've been playing

I still think Kart 64 is one of the best of the series, but I don’t get the prejudice against ghosts. :)

MyNameIsAtticus,
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I didn’t realize there was a prejudice against ghosts. Like the Time Trial ones or the power up?

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