I saw there was a somewhat similar post to this, but I’m kind of celebrating the fact that this was the first year I was able to game exclusively on Linux! I’m very thankful for all of the effort from the people involved in all of the aspects of Wine/Proton, it’s great to not need to reboot to play games.

  • stargazingpenguinOPEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yes, in bed is the perfect spot for it! I often use it on the couch or on the back porch as well. And it’s a game changer for when I’m in bed sick too. When I’m feeling half decent I can just grab it for a bit and chase away the boredom, and then put it down just as quickly.

    I don’t think I’ll be using as my primary device anytime soon, but there’s always that possibility! I like high resolution monitors and high graphics settings too well on some games!

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I honestly don’t care much for graphics settings, and I mostly play older AAAs and indies anyway. Gaming isn’t the primary purpose of my computer, so my GPU is just good enough to make that pleasant (6650XT), and i can usually get decent frames on my 1440p monitor.

      So yeah, the Deck is perfect for my use case, especially since I usually play with a controller on PC anyway. I still use my PC for certain games (strategy games, RDR2, and certain shooters), but it’s just really hard to beat the thing sitting on my nightstand.

      • stargazingpenguinOPEnglish
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        11 months ago

        It does sound like it’s perfect! I enjoy seeing what all people do with their Deck, it’s sometimes pretty impressive. I’ve definitely used mine for retro gaming before, it’s great how capable they can be.

        • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          11 months ago

          I still haven’t gotten into emulators because there are enough other games to keep me well stocked with fun stuff to play. Maybe I’ll play with it over Christmas break.

          • stargazingpenguinOPEnglish
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            11 months ago

            It can be very enjoyable if you like some of the older games. I’ve always liked a lot of the SNES games for some reason, and I’m too young to be nostalgic for it! I have myself one of the original consoles and a small game collection, but sometimes it’s nice to use emulation as well.

            • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              11 months ago

              I love older games. I only played like two games for SNES (borrowed from a friend), but we had an old NES and Sega Genesis that I have a ton of nostalgia for. I actually have a RetroPie system set up in my house (on my TV in my bedroom).

              I just haven’t gotten around to configuring emulators on the Deck. I’m sure it’s not hard, I’m just incredibly lazy since I have so many other games that already work OOTB on the Deck (hundreds I haven’t played).

              • stargazingpenguinOPEnglish
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                11 months ago

                It’s not too hard, but it sounds like you might have some overlap with your current setup at that point. I certainly understand the too many games situation though! We’re very spoiled for choice on that.