ErableEreinte @ any1th3r3 @lemmy.ca

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Probably the best soundtrack I've heard in a video game, period. He talks about composing for the game here (and likely in many other outlets).

I picked up Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (again, but I lost my save file, so I'm starting over).
It was that or Genealogy of the Holy War, but I'm going with the "easier" of the two first.

Same dev then, Funcom

Au lieu de rendre la chose plus difficile pour les seniors avec leur idee de boîte postale communautaire, on pourrait regarder ce qui se fait à l'étranger et proposer des services aux seniors.

Interesting!
I could only find limited info about the SoC's TjMax / operating temperatures, although we could assume it's somewhat similar to the actual Tegra X1, in which case:

• This datasheet lists a TjMax of 105°C (page 2) and several thresholds before that (page 17) at which the APU would downclock (or shut down), with no actual value unfortunately.
• Gamers Nexus talks about the above, with a supposed throttling threshold at 70°C - and possibly 90°C - where frequency drops by 6%.
• Digital Foundry made a video testing Switch overclocking years ago (apologies for the ResetEra link, but there's a good summary there), where they had operating temperatures in the 60s (though I'm not sure that's the junction temperature).

That being said, my (V1) Switch is modded so I could test that a bit more, and check operating temperatures and frequencies before/after a repaste.

Ditto (but 2077 instead, haha). I've had no issues, except I wish it'd be possible to export the mod collection and reimport on a different device - eg going from desktop to Steam Deck and vice versa, which I've had to do manually.

You can refer to list of games with HDR support.
As far as HDR in native Linux games, recent changes won't help, but you should be able to get that working with a couple env vars.

To be fair, Heroic already use their GitHub repo to track issues.
I agree with you that Discord shouldn't even part of the equation to begin with, but it's become so prevalent everywhere that I imagine it's hard for devs to fully bypass.

Thanks for another great post and a very interesting interview! FWIW I cross-posted it to !linux_gaming@lemmy.world

The only way I get to roundabout $200 now is if they are talking about 1983/84, but the NES hadn't even released in NA back then, so that's somewhat unlikely?

Nope, 8bitdo (via their eshop) ships directly from China to Canada, alongside a number of other countries.
The change is only wrt shipping to US.

Not exactly, you need Steam to install it, but then per PCGW's wiki:

DRM-free when launched directly via

<path-to-game>

\SwGame\Binaries\Win64\SwGame-Win64-Shipping.exe while EA app is not installed.

I can't confirm for Steam, since I only have the game on EA app, but the game's wiki page on PCGW shows the same DRM-free info (with correct launch steps).

You're right, they do - this Steam DRM-free games list shows Jedi Fallen Order is the most recent DRM-free EA published game on Steam afaict.
Same goes for DRM-free games on the EA app.

I might have a very odd bug, but VLC only plays one song normally and then any song after that is complete silence. No updates or reinstalls could fix it.
YMMV perhaps?

As enjoyable as ever to read!
I think you might have missed the link to Nightdive Studios' future endeavours? Or Voyager is not showing it at least.

I almost didn't mention my game of the moment - I've been diving deep into Hollow Knight on the Deck, I just wish it supported HDR but otherwise it's an experience like no other.

I found this Proton issue specifically mentioning issues with Death Stranding: Director's Cut.
FWIW, Death Stranding (non Director's Cut) doesn't support the DualSense either way AFAIK.

I guess, by some standards, I could be qualified as a collector - I buy games for OG hardware before playing them.
However, and I don't believe I'm the only "collector" doing this, if a game is bad, didn't age well, etc, I will definitely say so and likely would sell said game if I've no interest in playing it again.

Sure, there are collectors who don't play games at all and review based on price, if that, but I know there are also people who do it like I do.

That sounds encouraging, thanks!
I'm not concerned about coil while, since I'd also be playing with headphones on, but that's noted.
I read about recent developments wrt FSR4, it sounds like that's potentially close to functional indeed.
RT performance is a downside, however AFAIK that's par for the course with AMD on Linux?

I'm somewhat torn between getting a 9070 XT now, or getting a cheaper, used GPU while the experience and/or drivers get ironed out. My only real worry is GPU prices going up as a result of US tariffs, so I'm leaning towards 9070 XT rather than the alternative .

Thanks for your write-up!
About a month later, would you say the experience has gotten better? Did you encounter any issues?
I'm able to get a 9070 XT close to MSRP ($949 CAD + 12% tax), but I've seen conflicting reviews regarding current performance (or crashes) on Linux, so I'm not 100% sure this would be an ideal choice.