Use SteamDB to check price histories. Steam Sales often present the lowest historical price on any game.

Quest 3. I only play Resonite which has native Linux compatibility so it might be easier for that reason.

I’m a lifelong Windows user and tried Linux many many times but could never wrap my head around it. Recently I installed Nobara and it’s exactly the noob-friendly experience I need. All of my games run flawlessly, even the VR game I play. And everything is just FASTER. I never realized how bloated Windows was until now. I can’t imagine going back to Windows at this point.

How long until they make a vibrator that fits these?

Friendly reminder that voting to authorize a strike is not the same as striking. Nearly every union contract negotiation involves voting to authorized a strike. It simply means that if an agreement cannot be met by x date, the union has agreed to have the option of striking. It’s very unlikely that a strike will actually occur.

Do you have a VPN installed? If so, try disabling it and make sure that the Browser Protection setting is off (sometimes this runs even when VPN is disabled)

Is there a fool-proof beginner’s guide for Matrix? I started reading the documentation the other day and got a bit overwhelmed. Never did end up figuring out how to use it.

I’m still holding out hope for full-dive VR in the next 20-30 years.

I just hope my hands hold out long enough. I already have terrible arthritis in both hands.

Interesting. I still play an oldschool MMO (FFXI) because modern MMOs don’t capture the same magic. I’ll be curious to try this game when it drops.

If you’re a fan of the anime, the .Hack// games hold up pretty well. There’s a little OVA that is included with each game to give more story.

I would consider vet to mean that they completed their tenure there, similar to how a soldier becomes a veteran after their service ends.

I was playing Apex and any time there was a Playstation player on my team the framerate dropped down to like 5FPS for minutes at a time. So I think it’s still struggling

The PS5 can play pirated PS4 games? That’s badass.

Hype!

I suspect that most of the sales will be to tech reviewers on YouTube.

Interesting concept. I’m a sucker for atmospheric horror and might give this a shot when it comes out.

In 2005 I was playing Final Fantasy XI Online and met a group of 5 Japanese players in an expansion area. We wound up partying together for 8 hours straight. They all spoke English in chat for my sake, and we had an incredible rhythm together. We discussed new anime and a few English cartoons that had recently made it to Japan. We took a selfie together at the end of the 8 hours. It was the best gaming experience of my life. I’ll never forget it.

It was my most played game this year and I played it entirely on Steam Deck.

Beautifully written and spot-on

You had to team up to accomplish anything, so it was easy to make friends. The game also had zero handholding, which made it incredibly immersive. You can still experience the game as it was in 2004 on the private server HorizonXI. It’s popular and has thousands of people online at all times.

Kids these days will never know the relief of hearing the swooshing sound when you finally see the Playstation logo after praying for a disk to read

The Wild Arms opening music and scene always does this for me. I’ve been replaying it on a CRT and it holds up decently well.

Inscryption absolutely blew my mind. I’d toss Undertale on there too.

It’s a good fuckin game.

Right? It’s one thing to look at photos, but this was her personification of herself in her happiest moments. She met her husband on Xbox Live so I know it meant a lot to her.

I’m thankful that the Xbox 360 avatars are staying. It’s comforting for me to look at my dead sister’s avatar and achievements when I’m missing her.

Interesting. I wish they had shown the interface.

Final Fantasy XI. I’m almost exactly 1,000 hours into it, and only halfway through the storyline. I haven’t even touched end-game content. I’m playing on a free private server called HorizonXI that is well-populated and feels more like the game when it came out versus the modern day solo experience.

The only other time I’ve heard of this was Stardew Valley. ConcernedApe is a treasure.

Exactly - People don’t seem to realize that cloud gaming responsiveness only really matters in competitive games and shooters. Turn based games or more casual games run perfectly fine with fast Internet.

Don’t forget AGILE. That should solve all of their problems, right?

There’s no way it’s really been 10 years, right? This game just came out. ;_;

https://xkcd.com/1667/

I mean, yeah. The FF7 Remake is completely different in every aspect. I’m feeling doubtful that we’ll ever get it on Xbox.

FF8 never got a Remake. It got a Remaster.

Maybe they should release FF7 on Xbox

I used Humble Bundle many times years ago when it was an actual charity. In the past few years I used them once and my game code didn’t work, and they told me to pound dirt. Fuck Humble Bundle.

Which competitor?

I’ve been using AKG Q701s for well over a decade. They’re hard to drive, but extremely comfortable and the sound quality far surpasses anything under $500. I like that they’re open-ear and breathable - I forget that I have them on. I’ve gotten to the point of buying several backup sets on Ebay any time a good deal pops up, just to make sure I’ll be able to use this same model for the rest of my life in case something happens.

The Q701 model is technically no longer produced, but K702 is identical other than the headband style. They retail around $150.