I think there are some people who get out of touch due to things like kids or work and it was just seen as something you grow out of. But I think people generally have more of a work/life balance now. And they also realize that you can play games with kids when they are old enough.

I know for me personally, what will most likely happen is that I will always love and cherish video games as an artform no matter what. What will change is the amount of time I have to play.

As long as you are still enjoying gaming. Keep going!

I’m hopeful that this will be a strong showing for RPGs. Even if the 2D Mario rumors prove true. Their holiday season still sounds like it could be light. But it would be a good opportunity to for FFT remaster, DQ3 2D-HD, or some other RPG to show up. Persona 3 Remake has an unlisted video that lists Switch even though the updated press release excluded it. So that might show up here too. I’ve seen some speculation about F-Zero being back or a Paper Mario TTYD remaster coming. But while I’m not saying it is impossible. I just really don’t want to get my hopes up too much.

If we see anything longer than 30 seconds for Everybody 1-2 Switch, this thing will be doomed.

This is incredible work! The Vita was a gem. I’m glad MVG made a video showing the progress. I had not been keeping up with the progress.

I thankfully still have my Vita and it is modded and working. But there are some games unfortunately stuck on that thing.

Mostly relaxing games like Unpacking to kill time while I wait for FFXVI. I’m afraid of committing to other games at this point. Though I think I might get back into Vampire Survivors to help kill time too though.

Arkham Collection as a whole is worthwhile purchase IMO. It nails the mood and atmosphere of Gotham. While emphasizing on Batman’s ability as a detective as an important factor to the gameplay.

Arkham City is a sequel to Arkham Asylum. I say go in order.

This, it’s so relaxing and satisfying.

Also would add Unpacking as well.

Boy hits things with key

That was informative. Thank you! It makes me actually want to experiment. It sounds like the best results are on Sonoma. But I’ve heard some of the glitches with the software are not in a tolerable state yet. But I’ll try the beta when it goes public or when I feel confident about the stability.

The tools for this are interesting. But I think the headline was slightly misleading to be called a Proton-like tool. This is more of a diagnostic tool than a translation layer to play games for troubleshooting than anything else. Even maxed out M2 Ultra devices are only getting like 30-40 FPS on Cyberpunk because of how many resources the tool uses. I personally hope it does incentivize some devs to port to macOS as a primary Mac user. Devs need to see a cost benefit to do it. Apple convincing one dev per year to port a AAA game to Mac is not enough of an effort to actually convince people of anything.

That being said, Apple has had very inconsistent messaging regarding gaming in the past. And Steve Jobs notoriously did not care for gaming. Really, the only gaming success they are having right now is mobile games. And despite on/off rumors of a dedicated gaming device. I would just not be encouraged based on the majority of offerings on Apple Arcade that there would be much worthwhile. The only reason I even have it is because my phone plan includes it. Otherwise I would never touch it.

FFXVI, Armored Core 6, Starfield (after that presentation, was highly skeptical before), Mortal Kombat 1, Alan Wake 2, and Spider-Man 2.

I think all of them look great. FFXVI is my most anticipated overall. Ever since it was revealed in 2020 I’ve been sold on that game.

No reviews yet, this is just revealing the PS5 demo release date and the content to expect. June 12th for anyone who doesn’t want to click the link.

This is where MS has a chance to really make a splash and show what all of the developers they have been acquiring are working on. I hope it’s successful, my Xbox has turned into a Rock Band 4 machine.

Well, what was nice about it I think is that a lot of games go on sale on Steam a lot. And if they aren’t on sale on Steam. There is a decent chance they would be on sale on GMG or Gamebillet or some other seller like Humble with their bundles. So whatever games I re-purchased from console, was never ever full priced.

I think the Persona/Fire Emblem social aspects are the weakest parts of the game. But I really loved the gameplay and strategy. I think the plot is okay. If you don’t mind the comic book style of tacky in it. There is a lot to enjoy. But it’s not innovative by any means. I consider it a solid 8.5/10 kind of game though. I think playing on a handheld helped.

I’ve had my Steam Deck since April of last year. I love it. I love the community that has formed supporting it. The last game I beat on it was Midnight Suns. Since I got my reservation for it in July 2021. I went from about 4 games on Steam. To over 140 games.

It’s probably my primary console whenever possible.

This happened with me too. It felt like I was cheating with how I got from point A to point B in some areas.

Trombone Champ,

The game is a bit of a challenge at first. But even if you screw up, it’s so fucking hilarious. I just love it. My wife hates it when I play it. But I adore the game.

PowerWash Simulator is another one that is actually pretty relaxing for me. Some of the DLC coming looks fun too.

You sound a lot like my use-case lol

I also main a Mac for computing. And the other Linux and Windows PCs I have are not gaming machines in the slightest. Since my reservation in July 2021, I went from around 3 games on Steam. To nearly 150.

I’m just excited that the portable gaming PC space is growing. Steam Deck has some real competition now in the space. I had always dreamed of some day owning one but the pricing was more than I could justify.

I like watching AfroSenju, I think his personality is pretty hilarious. Though I only watching him once in awhile because sometimes the humor is just a little too one note. I also like Throne to watch Madden being a shitshow for free instead actually paying for it. But he has not posted in about a month and he sounded pretty fed up with the game at this point. I don’t like other Madden YouTubers but he also reps Minnesota sports so I appreciate that as Minnesota native and sports fan.

Oh yeah, I’m totally down for that if it helps more people get to use it. It is a great machine. I love my Steam Deck. I was lucky and got my reservation within about 5-10 minutes. So I got mine within a month of release. I’ve been using Chiaki4Deck to use Remote Play on my PS5 downstairs and it works great. But it’s also been great for re-exploring a lot of 360/PS3 era games that had PC versions and controller support. A lot of those look great on a handheld to this day.