I created a #python script to generate a custom #emulationstation collection of all 5-star #retrogaming games present on #steamdeck. this is a great way to have the best games easily at hand, especially when using large collections.
@steamdeckhq it is more of a specialized tool. What it does is after you are done setting up, have games, scraped metadata etc you can run this to generate a playlist like shown in the screenshot which contains only the 5 star games. Emulation station does not offer this as a filter by itself so this is a way to still get that list without manually having to add all the 5 star games through the UI one by one.
At the train station starting the trip back home after #rennsteiglauf and a nice morning walk in the sun through the higher parts of Eisenach towards Wartburg. The ICE train is arriving here in a couple of minutes according to the announcement. The app and the email still say my journey was cancelled and I should find alternative solutions. #db#bahn fun continues. 😅 #trailrunning#running
A friend taught me about this thing called step recording using #Reaper. I can use this to make custom sounds for my programs. Is there some sosrt of person who is teaching this? #Blind, #MusicProduction
#iran helicopter incident is another #news event that is easily followed just using #mastodon. The “translate” option is wonderful for this purpose, as a lot of people currently commenting are from EU so there is lots of DE and ES talk.
Fifth month of using #ubuntu#linux for my daily work driver which includes lots of #msoffice work as well as plugging into several different types of usb-a and usb-c hubs in office spaces, connecting displays, webcams and mics. It all just works. Except for that one #displaylink screen which required me to install a driver from a download site.
I remember toying with Red Hat 5 circa 1998. #FOSS truly has come a long way.
Won my second run yesterday in Slay the Spire. I really enjoy the game and I'm learning a lot about deckbuilders at the same time. It gives me plenty ideas for my own deckbuilding game.
Waiting for this government site page to load... it's giving me time to think deeper about the mysteries of the universe. Painful to do useful work today. How did I survive the PSTN with a dial-up modem connection? Ugh 😤
@nixCraft surely you didn't forget the fact you needed to "connect" before beginning a download. 56k dialup still took >30 seconds to connect. we were so patient :)
As much as #Linux#Gaming has improved over the years, native Linux gaming really hasn’t improved a whole lot. I still find myself having to force a native game to use #Proton quite frequently when I play on #SteamDeck#VideoGames
@paulthenerd some games (like euro truck simulator 2) which offer native windows and linux clients actually perform (drastically!) better on steam deck when using proton with the windows binary. most devs don't have time to do deep optimization for multiple platforms. makes more sense to ensure proton compatibility and forget about linux native
as video games take more and more digital storage space, i'm increasingly more fascinated & interested in some of those that don't. not for a lack of complexity or anything either, but a different approach and focus.
i like these compact, dense video games that do a lot with a little. I think much of it simply comes from my appreciation of older games in general, which had no choice but to maximize the use of their modest resources.
