PerfectDark

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Oh gosh, thank you!

Now I’ll repeat what I do whenever I post these:

I solemnly swear it will be a full week before the next of these posts

(…maybe it’ll be sooner!)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

The great disappointment of the Miyoo family has been the Flips! Even the new V2 version looks to be a bit of a mess, though as always with these - YMMV!

I adore my Miyoo, every time I look at alternatives I just can’t bring myself to replace it!

PerfectDark, 3 miesiące temu

*I’m a ‘Miss’, not ‘bro’!

And thanks, that’s really kind of you!

I guess…well I’ve thought of it a few times, but in the end (and don’t judge me, hubris coming here) the idea that there might be one extra reason to come to Lemmy - to bring even a few extra people in to the fediverse, well that makes me happy.

Its an over estimation of my posts’ worth (I see quite regular down votes), but I like that this is where you’d find my posts.

…if that makes any sense? Anyway, I have considered it many times.

PerfectDark, 3 miesiące temu

You should check my previous weeks of News Posts!

I go into detail on which ones I use to play GOG games, with links and guides and videos etc!

Junk Store and Heroic are my recommendations, they both handle GOG so well :)

PerfectDark, 3 miesiące temu

I wasn’t ever much of a fan of achievements, but the last, idk 6 months or so I have been so invested in them. Its nice to check my profile on GOG and see my play-time and achievements logged :)

Comet does all I need to, but I am also looking forward to the upcoming overlay!

PerfectDark, 3 miesiące temu (edited 3 miesiące temu)

The Switch can be a hard one to say. If you get the last release (the ‘Early Access’) of Yuzu, and you use the GreemDev build of Ryujinx he maintains now (he was a Dev of Ryujinx proper, before it closed shop) - then you’ll be totally fine.

Even tricky games such as ToTK have dedicated mod packs like this one known as the optimizer (which is which greatly improve performance, heck I even wrote my own mods to make it play well.

I had a vast Switch collection before my Steam Deck, which I then sold because I emulated it all on the Deck so well.

Then you’ll find titles like BoTW which play far, far better through Cemu. Cemu emulates Wii U games, and Breath of The Wild on the Steam Deck is perfection - high FPS, higher resultion, mods, you can even tweak how much or how little cell shading you have, or fog on the landscape. It is the single best way to play BoTW.

In the end, I’d recommend a Steam Deck. You get:

• your Steam library
• GOG, Epic and Amazon titles through Heroic or Junk Store
• emulating every system through RetroDECK, with fun things like Retro Achievements, mods, texture packs etc

My biggest two issues I’ve found on specific Switch games has been Tears, which doesn’t run perfectly (but is playable) and Metroid Prime Remaster (there is a literally fraction split-second load time at each door)

I’d recommend the Steam Deck, because it can do so much more. If you have specific questions, you can reach me on Matrix if you’d like!

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PerfectDark, 3 miesiące temu

Drat! I had users complain last time about Boost. It has to be the amount of images / GIF inclusion I have in these, but using Thunder and Jerboa, I see zero slow-down, so it has to be specific to Boost!

PerfectDark, 3 miesiące temu

Thank you so much for sharing this!!!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Here is the latest thread on it, on the GOG forum! No dead link here :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I keep meaning to play Museum!

I saw a little ASMR video on YouTube of a girl playing it and it looks

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Oh thank you!!!

I just use Jerboa and the desktop site, and don’t notice any issue on either method. It could be your app?

To be fair I have a lot of images in there too, so that may have some impact for your app?

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

As with each of these I post, I am just amazed that what I stumble over, save and share here in these posts is as interesting to others as it is to me!

Thank you for reading through and having fun :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I make sure that every game I buy on GOG is done so through Heroic, so that the team (hi, Linguin!) gets the small % of each sale. I do love that GOG have an arrangement with them - it makes me very glad there is some option. And lucky for us, that option is amazing.

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Thanks for saying so!

I used to share these so very often on Reddit, esp on my own sub-reddit there…and it’s honestly the one thing I missed about being there. I’m very glad I remembered about Lemmy and re-joined here, because it’s been so much fun finding a (mostly) willing audience for this kind of post again!

I’m trying to force myself to write these only one per week, but so far the majority were only 3 or 4 days between each. I’m sticking around :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I love this idea!

But I am mostly lazy.

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PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Ironically I felt like I had to leave a few out, I found so many interesting custom consoles lately!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Jerboa and Thunder.

Neither of which show any slowdown when scrolling through my post!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Oh thank you!

If you filter by my username here, you can sift through my nonsense. As I’m guessing the title has given away, this is the sixth of these I have written up!

They’re meant to be weekly, but I don’t think I’ve been able to wait a full week between writing these yet!

You’re very kind:)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

So kind of you to say!

Six of these so far, and considering how happy they make me, I don’t expect I’ll slow down any time soon! Just glad people find these as interesting to read as I do writing them!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Gahhh you’re way too kind!!!

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PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

I keep forcing everyone I know to watch it!

imLinguin is my latest casualty being forced by me to watch through it!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

That’s the best thing I could ever read! Thank you so much, and I’m glad you found it interesting :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Thank you!

You might be right, at least they won’t go anywhere until I do decide where to back them up in one collection. If you remember, or come across it, let me know!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Heroic will be a great way for you to get those games working on your Steam Deck!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I’m the weirdo who thinks that writing these up is just the most fun I could have. Last year I did these weekly on Reddit, and I missed it a lot when I left that site. So…I’m so glad there are people here who enjoy these. I’m so glad I returned to Lemmy!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Yes! That’s exactly how Heroic works!

Check their website if you want to look at the FAQ, its extensive in what it covers there!

But, it definitely bypasses the need for Epic’s launcher. As with Amazon Games titles, and GOG as well! An all-in-one :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Hmmm that’s pretty specific!

I’d look at:

• Cara Ellison. She’s touched on it before, that I’ve noticed when writing for The Guardian - how strong videogames are for the medium of telling stories, and also for expressing art.
• Matthewmatosis on YouTube, does some great work on at least the artistic choices teams make when creating the games
• Critical Distance is a good site, critiquing games as a serious art form

I mean…this is in my eyes, and in my experience reading them. The thing about art is though…it’s so damned subjective, so what I found related to that point, you might find is totally, totally off-the-mark!

Hope it helps, a little though! <3

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu (edited 4 miesiące temu)

Well, you’ve got a lot of options!

Since getting my Steam Deck, I sold my Switch collection, since (for the most part), emulating Switch games are a breeze. Theres obviously ones which perform poorly, but the vast, vast majority run so well!

You can always get the original launch model of Switch - you can jailbreak it with a little ‘jig’ and its the easiest thing in the world. No mod chip required. There’s even tablet-only ones, even OLEDs on aliexp if you want to have someone do they hard work for you, too!

The Steam Deck is incredibly hard to beat - Steam games, GOG, Epic and Amazon games. Emulation. Its a lot of gaming :)

(And as to frequency posting these? Lately, every 3 or 4 days!!!)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I know Lazorne is on here, so I have no doubt this comment will make them smile!!!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I’m a sucker for OLED screen

R.E. the OLED, you can write me on Matrix if you’re there (or join the Revolt server!) and I can help you with a pointer for it!!!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I only access it via their website!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I’ve seen the same.

And I can’t claim any ownership of this, this is purely Gardiner’s server! I just…happen to know a lot of the devs and creators in the space, and I’m slowly inviting them in because - well I guess a place like this, more focused and small where we can chat about what we love: developing for Linux, and gaming on Linux might be a nice thing!

I’d just encourage you to make a throwaway account (if you’re so inclined!) and ask in the server yourself! No one can answer better than Gardiner can :)

This is literally like…idk 2 hours old at this point. No ‘big’ posts have been made, just me prodding the odd folk (like here) to join in and see if they like it :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I think there is an option for DRM-free. It’s going to be a controversial take but…when companies pull this kinda thing? I’m more inclined to be a pirate girl than support this kind of process.

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Its far less than it used to be.

Check 1337 and you’ll see the quality of uploads is generally the exact same literal thing as you’d find on a streaming service, or disk.

I fucking loathe DRM. loathe it!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

There’s zero percent chance of this.

Sadly, of course, coz I’m the world’s #1 GOG fangirl, but…I mean Remedy asked every publisher if they wanted to be involved. None did.

Alan Wake 2 just would not have happened without Epic. They fronted the money: Epic is the reason it exists at all!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Hey, this is so sweet of you to say!

Nope, no selling here. Ironically I had a couple of legit job offers for this kind of thing when I was writing these on Reddit last year (before leaving it). So…in some odd alternate universe, I might have been doing just that selling!

For now, I’m very fediverse-addicted. No selling here. I’m glad you enjoyed the few things I found interesting myself! :)

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I have done 5 so far now!

(One more than this you commented under!)

And yes, I hope to make them a weekly occurrence :) And thank you so much for saying so!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

Simply untrue.

These are known, and you’d better believe Nintendo knows everything there is to know about each and every emulator that exists. They tried pressuring the team behind Cemu years ago, but it ended up being pointless.

Some of these are years and years and years old.

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

The irony, after you posted this we’ve seen Nintendo send out a DMCA notice for a ton of Ryujinx forks! Link here is to my post on it!

PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

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PerfectDark, 4 miesiące temu

I’ll install, and report back on how it is! <3