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And when it finally does drop, it’s just a slightly prettier version of GTA 5.

I’m fairly sure a major reason it isn’t even an idea here is because they fear the suicide rates would go up.

They even limited the amount of basic ass painkillers you can buy at a time.

I’ve grown too jaded to even consider buying it.

Might sail the high seas again, but even that’s unlikely.

Ravaged. Great little Arena Shooter. A bit ahead of it’s time, I guess.

W3 is definitely a slow burn game, for better and worse. It might have been a bit overhyped, but for the most part I feel it deserved the praise it got.

I will also add that after completing it, I never really returned to it.

Above NES games? That’s pretty high praise.

I use Mint as well. Haven’t had any major problems using it for gaming.

Steam and Lutris pretty much has me covered.

I had already dabbled in Linux on and off years back. I already wanted to switch, but I’m a moron at computer stuff, so Linux was always a bit out of reach. Too much to learn and memorize for the basic things I needed it for. (addendum: We’re talking about 25 years ago)

But Win 10 annoyed the piss out of me. Like, to the point of breaking my laptop in a fit of explosive anger. I’m not usually a “throw-the-controller” kind of guy. But that shit got to me.

So around the time Win 11 was first announced, I decided to give Linux yet another shot. And lo and behold, I found Mint. Everything was setup and streamlined exactly for a moron like myself. It was literally easier and more straight forward than Windows.

And with a little bit of reading and copy/pasting commands smarter people than myself have written around the internet, pretty much any problem I’ve encountered have been solved within a few minutes.

So I recommend Mint to anyone looking for alternatives to Win 11.

It has been good to me.

And a big Thank You to all the glorious nerds that take the time to not on only make this, but also take the time to help us hapless dummies fix the small problems we encounter in the process of switching.

It’s all in the habit. So yeah, if you only play every game once? Great value.

But for anyone that easily sinks a couple of hundred to a couple of thousand hours in to a game they like? Game Pass is a very bad deal.

Sure.

Yeah, principles. Some people have them.

Nah, principles > entertainment.

And as much as I loved C&C and Red Alert as a kid, it’s a bygone age thing. But I am surprised they actually made a remake. Didn’t see that coming.

If only it wasn’t EA

I didn’t hear about a C&C remake… Well, shit!

Was EA even doing anything with any of the actually good IPs they had? I haven’t heard of anything particularly interesting coming from them in a while now (ie. decades).

I’m reminded of Dan Bulls rap on Wolfenstein. “Brought big bloody bag of guns to the party, 'cuz what’s the point in just punching a Nazi”

Then it’s just a question of the audience wanting it.

Just rumors and speculation, for sure.

But the Steamdeck was a good idea and I doubt they’ll leave it “one-and-done”.

Well, it seems at least one company has admitted that only focusing on making games high-end games might have been a bit self-defeating when there’s an even bigger market with slightly older tech they could have been selling to. So there’s that.

I also remember reading somewhere that there’s just been a breakthrough in battery tech (It was probably mostly in regards to electric vehicles, but if it can be be applied to smaller devices, that’s also a good start).

Maybe there doesn’t have to be a sacrifice in battery life on the next-gen Steamdeck. It’s small stuff like this that would make me think that maybe the next gen isn’t too far in the future.

But again, what the hell do I know? I’m a PC guy. Fairly happy with my stationary setup.

The estimates I’m seeing is only 3 years. But yeah, that’s probably a bit long for OP.