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Absol95
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#PSvitaNation
The Hub logo looks a lot like the EA Origin symbol. Oh, and you ever notice how when Activision games do get to be on Steam, the discounts for said games are only by like 5-15% (or 20% if Actiblizzard feels generous) during seasonal sales?
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@Azure Fang  
i disabled hunger mainly because i dislike being rushed in a game for no reason, and because having no food spawn in a floor and then 10 out of 10 food are rotten in the next because rng is just straight up bullshit
 
also because i spend way too much time creating killzones with turrets and beartraps
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@Officer Hotpants  
The specs are available: https://www.steamdeck.com/en/tech  
AMD APU
CPU: Zen 2 4c/8t, 2.4-3.5GHz (up to 448 GFlops FP32)
GPU: 8 RDNA 2 CUs, 1.0-1.6GHz (up to 1.6 TFlops FP32)
APU power: 4-15W
16 GB LPDDR5 RAM (5500 MT/s)
(based on purchased model)
64 GB eMMC (PCIe Gen 2 x1) [$399]
256 GB NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4) [$529]
512 GB high-speed NVMe SSD (PCIe Gen 3 x4) [$649]
All models include high-speed microSD card slot
Resolution: 1280 x 800px (16:10 aspect ratio)
Type: Optically bonded LCD for enhanced readability
Display size: 7” diagonal
Brightness: 400 nits typical
Refresh rate: 60Hz
Touch enabled: Yes
Sensors: Ambient light sensor
Bluetooth 5.0 (support for controllers, accessories and audio)
Dual-band Wi-Fi radio, 2.4GHz and 5GHz, 2 x 2 MIMO, IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac
Stereo with embedded DSP for an immersive listening experience
Dual microphone array
3.5mm stereo headphone / headset jack
Multichannel audio via DisplayPort over USB-C, standard USB-C, or Bluetooth 5.0
45W USB Type-C PD3.0 power supply
40Whr battery. 2 - 8 hours of gameplay
microSD: UHS-I supports SD, SDXC and SDHC
External connectivity for controllers & displays: USB-C with DisplayPort 1.4 Alt-mode support; up to 8K 60Hz or 4K 120Hz, USB 3.2 Gen 2
Operating System: SteamOS 3.0 (Arch-based)
Desktop: KDE Plasma
It’s a PC and you can install additional OSs.
 
All things considered it’s actually incredibly cheap. But it’s not upgradeable or serviceable, those control placements remind me of the hand-cramping days of the PSP, the price difference for the internal storage differences is criminal, there’s no information on TPM 2.0 support so no idea if it will support Windows 11, being a Linux-based computer it relies on Proton for compatibility which is far from perfect, and that battery life leaves a bit to be desired.
 
Pretty much, it’s for hyper-enthusiasts since you can already stream Steam games to tablets/phones.
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And, done. That was a pretty fun campaign.
 

 
I united the eastern ponies under communism and then brought nuclear annihilation freedom to our gryphon neighbours.
 
This is first time I saw the Griffonian Empire totally eliminated. In the west, Equestria had civil war, Celestia won, went Daybreaker when the changelings invaded, and then was overthrown by republicans in a second civil war.
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@Fleur de Lis  
There is a story at FIMfiction about humans visiting a post-Griffon Empire state with a puppet government installed and maintained by humans. Part of the backstory is the rather strong implication that griffons opened magical portals to Earth and started a war, and humanity responded by opening a can of radioactive whoopass. The griffons got nuked nearly back to the Stone Age. The survivors are singed, resentful, and plot revenge. They still don’t grasp, or maybe just don’t want to believe, how numerous humans are. They also don’t grasp that if we get angry enough, someone else’s planet will get stuck dealing with the higher background count and the continent that got turned into a self-illuminated glass parking lot, so the threshold for unleashing the holy cleansing thermonuclear fire is a lot lower than it would be for, say, North Korea.
 
Griffons view humans as prey animals who cheat with tools and engineering rather than facing the world with just fangs and claws, and are maybe still in shock and have a sort of cognitive dissonance going where they don’t grasp that the only reason anything is still alive on their planet above the level of those deep sea tube worms that live near volcanic vents is that humanity didn’t get angry enough last time to glass the place entirely.
 
It’s evocative. It hints at a lot without stating it explicitly. The author did a very good job of worldbuilding, posted two very short stories, and hasn’t logged on in five years.
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@Anonymous #0A6B  
Part of the backstory is the rather strong implication that griffons opened magical portals to Earth and started a war, and humanity responded by opening a can of radioactive whoopass.
 
that sounds a lot like Gate, yknow, that one anime where a medieval fantasy world tries to invade modern japan, killing civilians, so the JSDF just basically invade back and make the statement that dragons and wizards cant outsmart bullets
 
only reason they didnt nuke the whole continet was because they really dont have access to them and because the entire world (earth) is watching
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@TeamBlueplant  
That, and the Japanese are rather squeamish when it comes to nucular weapons. It seems to be a trope, if I may use that horrible overused word, in animoo that the Japanese representatives protest vociferously when told that the only thing that can save the world is nuking the monster. This is because they’re still butthurt over certain events back around 1945-ish.
 
Three quarters of a century later, even in fantasies about alien invasions and giant monsters they prefer a giant suit of armor–I mean, giant robot–that runs on the pure heart and weeaboo fightan spirit of its pilot. Nukes cannot kill the Monster of the Week, but the pilot of the giant robot can do it easily by punching it in the face. That giant robot makes sure the ladies know who the biggest guy in town is. And that steel armor, always standing insistently upright, never lying down, is never, ever soft. Freud would have a field day with them. Either we nuked them too much or not enough.
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I started replaying Ratchet and Clank, and damn were there many jokes that completely went over my head as a kid. Gameplay isn’t stellar, but that’s because I’m playing the first game atm, and it gets better and better with each entry in the original trilogy. No clue if anything else after that is worth it
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@Humble Oriathan  
From a few posts above.  
Pretty much, it’s for hyper-enthusiasts since you can already stream Steam games to tablets/phones.
 
I’d love to have one to toy around with it, maybe dual-boot a flavor of Windows as a mobile PC for when I’m doing tech work, but I have little faith it’ll last any longer than Steam Machines did. Just can’t justify paying $399 for 64GB storage, a 7” screen, no confirmation of TPM 2.0 support, and controls that immediately invoke PSP-era “claw hand syndrome” flashbacks. GabeN needs to stop playing with toys and learn to count to three.  
/opinion
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@Azure Fang  
Not sure if want tbh…does look kinda cool, but eh…I have too many games that I feel I wouldn’t play very well without a mouse and keyboard, like PoE and Planet Zoo. You can plug mouses and keyboard into the steam deck, but then at that point, why would I bother when I could’ve just gotten a laptop that runs just as well?
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@Absol95  
I’d kill for Portal 3 being a prequel set during the active years of Aperture Science, with the ending being the famous “Lemon Monologue”.
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@Humble Oriathan  
100% hyped. The one reason I have a switch is to play games on the go (since doing so on a laptop is uncomfortable).  
Plus, there’s already been a good push in proton development due to it, and it’s likely going to keep pushing linux gaming forward, so I reap benefits even if I don’t ever end up getting one.
 
@TeamBlueplant  
I d e s p i s e gaming laptops with a burning, fiery passion (spent ~7 years using them until I finally got myself a proper desktop), so to me it’s pretty much the best product to come out in recent years.
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@Acres  
Yeah I used to be in the same boat, thought it was only a thing for smart people. Turns out, it’s really super easy (the hardest part is actually picking your parts, and there’s tonnes of help with that online)
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