The Mind Of OverlordTomala
Gaming

Crashing Out

Gave my desktop some much needed gaming love this evening with some Crash Bandicoot. This is another title that runs really well on the Steam Deck, and Linux in general. After one week of playing aboard the Steam Deck I think I’ve made a good purchasing decision! The battery life is good (depending on the game, don’t expect 4 hours out of Elden Ring), the system is lightweight and fast, and I’ve only had two games fail to run on it. Every lunch break is an adventure again! It’s also nice to just sit outside after work to get some fresh air, and goof off in a game for a few minutes before snapping back to reality.

It’s kind of funny to think about. I can play games on a TV with a controller, play on a laptop, a hand held, and at the comfort of my desk. All with one game library! No need to buy the same game on other platforms over and over again!

Gaming

Freefalling

I’ve been playing with my poor neglected computer. I’ve been playing more on the Steam Deck since it arrived, and I’ve only been using my desktop for video work… until I decided to take a break and play an indie game I haven’t played AaaaaAAaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAA!!! A Reckless Disregard for Gravity in quite awhile. It’s a fancy little falling simulator with a half baked storyline. It was a fun little distraction while moving video files back and forth. I deleted the last of the TF2 footage, deleted some Borderlands 2 footage, and now I’m moving some Broforce footage over to an SSD I use for video editing. I might even pick up on it over the weekend, if I’m up for it.

Gaming / Hobbies

Meanwhile…

Despite all of the posts I’ve been making about the Steam Deck, I’ve actually been going through quite a bit of footage! I have several videos lined up to release all the way thru now and October! Within just the last couple of night’s I’ve managed to rid my storage of over 400GB! I can almost fit my footage onto one drive! I might get to a point where I feel like livestreaming someday!

Gaming

Open Thread

I woke up this morning with a grogginess that reminded me that I should probably drink some matcha or have some form of matcha substance. It was a good night of sleep with the aroma of a guava candle that made my dreams too sweet to remember. Gonna make up for that with a white choco matcha!

My one hour of Steam Deck escape at work today was Okami during lunch, with some teriyaki noodles and pocky to snack on. I’m starting a clean save on my Deck just to see how everything performs, and so far everything has gone without a hitch! I’m installing Abyss Odyssey on it, in case I have the sudden need to torture myself during tomorrow’s work lunch excursion. 😛

Gaming / Hobbies

Keep On Rocking In The Steam World

Today at lunch I decided to be a cat. I have Stray setup to play, and get some more achievements. 😛 Did some Broforce a bit earlier too, it isn’t rated for the Steam Deck, but it is Linux compatible. Playing these old games on it makes me think back to my old GBA. If anything, the Steam Deck is what the five year old me would have loved; a portable hand held that could play DOOM or Jazz Jackrabbit would have been siiiiiiiiiiiiiick.

I’ve also been taking a bit of a walk down Memory Lane, and ended up finding content for some TF2 videos! Unlike last night’s video these ones will be nothing but gameplay, just a good time. The unsuspecting internet will just have to wait until October for more questionable animation. 😛

Gaming

Steam Deck Sunday

Today was great! I woke up at my leisure, made an excellent breakfast, rendered the ending in SFM, and played around more on my deck! I added my Yakuza mods onto the Steam Deck, and played/tested some other games. Okami runs perfectly. Trine needed a bit of a controller adjustment, but otherwise it was fine. I think I have enough of a good assortment to carry around for now, and enough modding to raise some eyebrows. 😛

Gaming

The Deckening

I spent today playing “What can I play on my Steam Deck?”. So far I’ve only had two games not work for me, but they were not on the verified or playable lists. I’ve been spending the evening pumping as many games onto the SD and built in storage as I can. 😛 It’s gonna be great being able to play during lunch breaks again. I stopped carrying my gaming laptop to work after injuring my back last year, just to make sure I didn’t put any additional strain on it first thing in the morning. Now I finally have something portable, light weight, and I don’t have to re-buy my games on another platform! Epic w00tage!

Now that it’s the weekend I have the options of gaming on the couch with 4K sweetness, or lounging around literally anywhere outside with the Steam Deck doing mad science experiments… decisions, decisions.

Gaming

I Regret Nothing

My first day out and about with my new Steam Deck was a success! I tested a bit of Sonic Mania, Team Racing, and Stray. All of them ran as if they were natively ported! The battery life so far seems to be holding up. One of my friends joined me for lunch today and they thought it was a Nintendo Switch! 😀 I’ve also been checking out the included desktop mode. It’s a super light version of KDE. Steam OS seems nice so far, but I’m kinda disappointed by the lack of items in their repository. Usually I could just install smb or KDE Connect for networking between other systems on a local network, but they don’t provide those on their repo… I would think Valve would want to put that option in for LAN gaming and network access.

It’s not that big of a deal though… I can always fork it in from another repo! 😛 I did that all the time under other distros when I couldn’t find something.