🖥️ General PC Discussion

[DKDetective]

I have them all, including a decent PC rig, but it's hard to choose any one as best. Right now it's PC, next week it might be the Switch or the PS5 or the Series-X. Even the S/NES Classics come into rotation.

I can't agree with that unless you are either talking about economics/pricing since PC definitely is the most expensive platform and that can be a barrier for entry for many. But if you have the money for a good rig, PC is clearly the best platform. It has all of the Xbox exclusives and increasing most of the PlayStation ones as well. It is also the platform with the largest catalogue of old titles. Heck, you can run all of those old NES and S/NES classics on PC using an emulator. I haven't felt the need to buy a console other than the Switch is nearly a decade because PC pretty much is a one-stop shop.

 

[Teelie]

It's more than just what games you can play on what platfom. I can play everything on a PC (PS, MS have their ports), especially if I wanted to go the high seas route with some of the older modern titles (risky) but I grew up with console more than PC and console still has its advantages. I can't sit on my couch with a PC, I have a much, much bigger televsion than a monitor. And I like to use a controller from time to time. Yes, you can hook up just about any controller to a PC but it's not the same to me.

 

[Iceman]

I play with a controller except for RTS and always on the biggest TV/film projector possible. But yeah, some console gamers won’t ever want the extra steps needed for pc. For those that can though, the differences are too crazy at the top end now.

 

[B]

I can't agree with that unless you are either talking about economics/pricing since PC definitely is the most expensive platform and that can be a barrier for entry for many. But if you have the money for a good rig, PC is clearly the best platform. It has all of the Xbox exclusives and increasing most of the PlayStation ones as well. It is also the platform with the largest catalogue of old titles. Heck, you can run all of those old NES and S/NES classics on PC using an emulator. I haven't felt the need to buy a console other than the Switch is nearly a decade because PC pretty much is a one-stop shop.

The line for PC being the most expensive platform has certainly become a lot more blurred & complicated from when I was younger.

I recall when the PS5 was released a few PC media outlets ran articles about how much a PC with similar specs would run you back. The PC was still slightly more expensive, but it's not like the old days when it would have been double, triple or quadruple the cost of the current console in some cases, it was only a hundred or two dollars.

It still is the most expensive to get going & get started no doubt about it, but I think the gap has closed or at least become blurred when you factor in other benefits & costs outside of the hardware.

 

[blueharvest]

Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 Are Now Playable on Modern PCs

GOG has announced that both Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 are now enhanced and fully playable on modern PCs.

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[Venom 1988]

Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 Are Now Playable on Modern PCs

GOG has announced that both Dino Crisis and Dino Crisis 2 are now enhanced and fully playable on modern PCs.

insider-gaming.com

Man I wish these games got the REmake treatment.

 

[blueharvest]

New Reports Says The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 Could be Re-Released on PC This Week

EA could be re-releasing The Sims 1 and The Sims 2 with all their expansions to celebrate its 25 anniversary.

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[B]

Sony finally surrenders: PSN accounts will be 'optional' for games on Steam including Spider-Man 2 and The Last of Us Part 2, but they'll give you free stuff if you sign up

 

[Iceman]

So that 5090, yeah already sold out everywhere I looked. Probably was sold out on the dot to be fair.

 

[Teelie]

People with money... and scalpers definitely, waste no time buying something like that.

 

[Lily Adler]

Blast from the past.

 

[blueharvest]

eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed

"I got the frame from Target."

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Lily Adler]

I really hope that is not the new Steam Controller. The first one looks better.

 

[Lily Adler]

Hey @Gee been thinking of using Thunderbird for email on desktop and mobile, thoughts?

 

[Gee]

Hey @Gee been thinking of using Thunderbird for email on desktop and mobile, thoughts?

I used it for a bit during its early years mostly for RSS feeds and newsgroups.

I suppose you want to aggregate your email accounts into TB? On my phone, I have Gmail (family/friends and spam stuff), Outlook (work) and Proton Mail (government/taxes, banking/investments), and I like to keep those accounts separated. On desktop, I simply use my browser. I personally don't have a use for a mail client today, but if it's something you find attractive then, sure, TB is great if you have privacy in mind (and we know Mozilla has that covered).

 

[Lily Adler]

Fedora Gnome or Chromium broke using Web Apps as your default at one point, so now all my mail and phone links do nothing in Firefox. I had it set up so if I need to call someone Google Voice would open in Chromium and mail would open up Outlook in Chromium.

I used it for a bit during its early years mostly for RSS feeds and newsgroups.

I suppose you want to aggregate your email accounts into TB? On my phone, I have Gmail (family/friends and spam stuff), Outlook (work) and Proton Mail (government/taxes, banking/investments), and I like to keep those accounts separated. On desktop, I simply use my browser. I personally don't have a use for a mail client today, but if it's something you find attractive then, sure, TB is great if you have privacy in mind (and we know Mozilla has that covered).

Okay well I figured out what happened here. I downloaded the Flathub version of Chromium instead of Fedora's which because of Flatseal is sandboxed. So I downloaded the other one and now my system recognizes my Chromium web apps and can set them to default system wide.

 

[DKDetective]

@Gee
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review

 

[Iceman]

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eBay users are getting back at graphics card scalping bots by listing pictures of the RTX 5090 for $2000, occasionally framed

"I got the frame from Target."

www.pcgamer.com

I’d laugh at bots and scalpers getting F’d over, but how do they make sure the buyer is one of those and not some innocent clueless person?

 

[blueharvest]

Valve Is Building a 'Steam Console' To Rival PS5 and Xbox, Rumour Claims

The latest rumours have suggested that Valve is (still) building a 'Steam console' to rival PlayStation and Xbox units.

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[Lily Adler]

Valve Is Building a 'Steam Console' To Rival PS5 and Xbox, Rumour Claims

The latest rumours have suggested that Valve is (still) building a 'Steam console' to rival PlayStation and Xbox units.

insider-gaming.com

Again, just partner with one PC manufacturer. Flooding the market with multiple "Steam Machines" with different specs was incredibly stupid. It should have been the Alienware one and that's it. Just let PC manufacturers put Steam OS as an option for their gaming units.

 

[blueharvest]

Steam Will Now Warn You Before You Buy An 'Abandoned' Game

Valve has implemented a new UI update that warns users if they're about to invest in an early-access game that hasn't been updated in months.

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[B]

Steam Will Now Warn You Before You Buy An 'Abandoned' Game

Valve has implemented a new UI update that warns users if they're about to invest in an early-access game that hasn't been updated in months.

insider-gaming.com

While this is a good idea, it needs further refinement or clarity as a feature I feel as I own a couple of games that I regularly & occasionally go back to play in early access that have gone 12+ months without a major update but they are definitely not abandoned.

 

[Gee]

@Gee
Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 review

From what I've read/seen so far, one of the better optimized games in recent times. I guess it unsurprisingly shows how good CryEngine is.

 

[blueharvest]

Ubisoft's grudging crawlback to Steam continues with achievements for Watch Dogs 2 added a mere 9 years after release

Yes, it has one for petting dogs.

www.pcgamer.com

 

[Lily Adler]

GTK4 DING extension updated this morning and broke on my system. I have regular DING to fall back on, but I loved GTK4 because it played with my other extensions better. I hope they fix it.