There will be no Batman posts this evening, or for the next few days. I got a lot of work done on the project this week, think I’ve earned a break. I will zen the last five work days out of my mind, and fill it with non Batman things.
They Have The Right Idea….?
I should be doing this… minus Batman(s), and probably all the other stuff.
From The Overlord’s Corner
Continuing to inch forward on “Operation Batman Diary” with success…? I’m thinking another week or two will be spent on this before adding it to the final composition. Aside from SFM work I did go through Part 1 of my wardrobe getting rid of things. I put together a tiny pile of things I’ve barely even used, and I’m going to see if a couple friends of mine want them. No sense throwing perfectly good things away if I can give them a good home. I’m sure I’ll have more to add, but I’ll save that for another weekend.
Otherwise I’ll probably accumulate so much junk that I’d have to deliver it via treasure chest. 😛
Aperture Desk Job Did Not Disappoint
If you’re a Portal fan and haven’t played Aperture Desk Job, that needs to change STAT! It’s mainly made for the Steam Deck in mind, but you can still play it if you have a controller. It’s a thirty minute sit behind a desk simulator, and you play a newly hired employee tasked with performing QC work on… toilets? Your boss is a Personality Sphere by the name of Grady, who is just about as insane as any other employee you would meet at Aperture. Cave Johnson also makes a return!
I don’t want to go much in to detail, it’s like Jazzpunk or The Stanley Parable in a sense. It’s one of those things that is best experienced yourself.
Fucking The Time Egg
Enjoyed Quantum Break in glorious 4K this evening! I kept thinking about this one while playing around in Control, and how I should try and maybe finish it? Like a bunch of other games in my library? Although I’m finding things I missed the first time going through these levels, mainly skill points. I wish I could write more about it, but it was just a happy gunfight with time breaking powers. 😛 I had fun though!
I’m not sure if I’ll continue my adventures, or go on another path entirely… I kinda wanna check out Aperture Desk Job.
Cherry Blossoms On The Brain
One of my fave blogs to read is SoraNews24 when I want to read about all things Japan. Lately, they’ve been filling my RSS feed with tantalizing images of cherry blossom inspired beverages and desserts, usually from their Starbucks. They are very inspirational to look at, especially during the gray winter. I even had to treat myself after work today to a homemade Sakura Latte! With whipped cream even! I also have some cherry blossom syrup for teas, and for sakura sake. I might consider making a cherry blossom themed food substance over the weekend.
Konami? That’s Not How SteamOS Works…
I’m not sure what compelled Konami to make this announcement; other than maybe other developers prepping their games to be Steam Deck friendly… But they released an announcement the other day about the Castlevania Advance Collection stating the following:
Before purchasing this software, please be advised that it cannot be played on Steam Deck as it does not support SteamOS.
For the record, it does run under Linux/SteamOS just fine with Proton. It’s quite evident that Konami has no idea how Proton works under SteamOS/Linux. Hell, they didn’t even bother to try testing it themselves with a Linux distro, or ask a third party to verify that it works. Also, out of all of the games they’ve released on Steam, why did Konami choose the Castlevania Advance Collection? Quite a few of their other games have been verified to run on the Steam Deck (the Metal Gear games being among them) and they just randomly choose to post an announcement about a game that doesn’t work on Steam Deck… even though it does?
I haven’t played much of it myself, but I can verify that it runs under Manjaro on my Linux powered Surface Pro, which is very similar to current SteamOS. It would have almost made sense if they posted an announcement about a more resource demanding game not working on SteamOS. It would still have been wrong, but at least Konami would have been aiming a little higher, a little more graphically demanding.
Sometimes if you don’t know about how something works, it’s best not to say anything at all.
Evening Open Thread
Not much to report… Worked on a project and listened to an episode of Welcome To Night Vale:
Valentines Day is a scary fucking time in Nightvale.
Open Thread!