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Comment Re:credibility (Score 1) 122

Some run through Proton, many don't, even some that are claimed to. You may want to take a closer look at those compatibility ratings.

Outer Worlds is listed as "Playable" on Steam, but cut scenes don't work. A story-driven RPG is not "playable" without cut scenes.

The "Verified" rating is what actually denotes a playable game. With those, you still often get graphical glitches and performance issues. Everspace 2 was definitely playable with Proton, micro-stuttering made the Windows version the clear preference.

The games that I've ran well on Linux tend to be older, low-key graphics, or more "casual" fair. Klonoa, Digimon Story: Time Stranger, and Psychonauts 2 all played wonderful on Linux.

Comment Re:Gamers Nexis fires back (Score 2) 122

Thanks, Steve.

After he called them out on the McAfee adware, and now this data exfiltration, there must be someone at LG getting very upset with him.

For my part, I'm wondering who I'm even going to buy my next monitor from. I have two LGs on the desk right now, not because they had the best specs, but because the company seemed less slimey than Samsung. I don't know who else even manufactures OLEDs or mini-LEDs.

Comment Re:Who's making the dumb ones? (Score 1) 160

I have a 49" LG ultrawide monitor, which works well for movies, especially ones that are wider than 16:9.

I thought I avoided the problems by buying the "dumb" version (yes there is a "smart monitor" now in addition to "Smart TV") ...
But this one is doing some new bullshit I didn't even know monitors could do, and installing McAfee adware on any Windows device that it plugs into. Can't recommend.

I think we're fast approaching a point where the monitors are enshittified as much as the TVs.

Comment Re:Location of microphone (Score 1) 160

*click* Play apocalypse now *release*
and 3 seconds later it pulls up the movie.

This would make me feel like a boomer, desperately seeking someone to sell him those sci-fi gadgets he was promised back in the 50s...

I can't be the only one who would feel that kind of shame and embarrassment. Obviously there are people who use these features, but I don't ever see them in public or in the workplace doing it. People seem to want to keep this kind of degrading interaction behind closed doors.

Comment Re:Sorry Costco ... (Score 1) 160

I had a good opinion of them until earlier this year. I had even some amount of brand loyalty, I liked one of their monitors and got another one. Turns out the new $1800 monitor I bought came with McAffee adware ready to push into any Windows device it plugs into.

I'm not even sure who to go to at this point, I think it's only LG and Samsung manufacturing OLED panels. I think there are third parties that rebrand the panels with different cases and electronics, hopefully those stay spyware-free into the coming years when I'll need an upgrade.

Comment Re:In a few years it'll be the only channel they n (Score 1) 70

The number of no-talent, no-effort guys emboldened to take a stab at stardom is going to way outweigh the number of undiscovered supergeniuses.

The ratio is so terribly lopsided that I'd be surprised if there ends up being one piece of content airing on this channel, ever, that is worth watching more than 5 minutes.

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