conciselyverbose

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[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

I use Kindle and Hoopla to read borrowed library books. On iPad I use MapleRead, which is my definite favorite app because it allows a lot more choice in terms of density. I do most of my reading on Android because my ereader is Android and it's just better than LCD/OLED for reading, and I use MoonReader there. I don't love it compared to MapleRead, but after a lot of experimentation it's the least bad I found on Android.

I'll also add scribd. It's a subscription service, and discoverability kind of sucks balls, but the library is OK and I usually find 20-30 books a month on there to read that aren't available from my library.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

It does run on steam deck. I had to switch to proton experimental, and the graphics have to be toned down a good bit for 40FPS stable, but because combat is turn based, it won't get you killed. It also handles reasonably well with a controller. It has enough complexity that some stuff takes more than one level of menu to do, and I've made some mistakes due to the differences with their control scheme for Divinity Original Sin 2, but once you get comfortable with it I think it works pretty well.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago

Actual big and broad RPGs, especially with AAA production, aren't super common. JRPGs are a bit more available, but if you have the itch for different formats, your options are few and far between.

This year is kind of a wild year because there are a bunch of big RPGs in different formats coming out (Diablo 4, Final Fantasy 16, BG3, Starfield), but there are a lot of years with none.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

Oh but average person don’t care about C compiler, torrent client, blah blah blah.

I'd almost buy that as an argument if Windows wasn't 90% bloat. So much built in adware, and they allow OEMs to ship with their own adware on top as well.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I would love to see the league do something but I don't see how. You can't take away the ability to say you're not happy and the media will do everything else.

I'm all for massively punitive punishments to a guy pushing to a specific team that hard, though. Fine the player 75% of their salary for the remainder of the contract. But good luck getting the players to agree to 75% of one game worth of fines for it.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (3 children)

It's not like players honor their contracts.

You get the length guaranteed then force your way out when it's convenient.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If you just keep taking the guessed next word from autocomplete you also get a bunch of words shaped like a conversation.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

I might not have bought it if it didn't work well on controller. I know myself enough to know I won't take the time at a desktop.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

No, and that definition has nothing in common with what the word means.

Autocorrect has plenty of information encoded as artifacts of how it works. ChatGPT isn't like autocorrect. It is autocorrect, and doesn't do anything more.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

I don't really think it was. It's something compelling to a small niche of Valve fans, but it isn't something to draw a casual audience. And the hardware has to be sufficient and wasn't close.

They're partnering with Disney. If they have a Star Wars ship and an Encanto house (or whatever recent one) for people to explore, in actual high quality (because the main limitation for VR so far is that the hardware wasn't close to good enough for anyone who's not an enthusiast), plus support for floating your MacBook screen and phone/tablet apps, that's going to move a lot of units. If they do it with Apple's huge marketing behind it, it's going to move more.

Not this version. The second cheaper version after they've been hearing about it from early adopters and can walk into an Apple Store and demo it, though. Apple is very good at getting people to see their stuff how they do.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I'll probably play with settings again. At the point I had it yesterday, I had forgotten to make a space so had to waste time moving games around, then had 10MBb/s for an hour until resetting my router to get 40 and start making progress, so I really just wanted to play.

I wanted to verify that it's playable. The controller support is a little bit of an adjustment but I don't think it's bad.

[–] conciselyverbose@kbin.social 10 points 2 years ago (6 children)

Can you add it as a non steam game and force proton experimental? That's what worked for me for the steam version.

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