Articons seems to still have it

I guess it makes complete sense for these “live service” games, but it’s so weird to me that the game itself changes and you lose access to something you might already have paid for!

So it’s all just a way to sell you cosmetics?

I need all the protection I can get now Big Subreddit are after me!

Technically yes, but if you’re already paying for the thing you actually wanted then it’s essentially a free trial on top of that

It’s a free trial. I don’t know why everyone’s so shocked, they’re essentially giving you one or two free books in the hope that you’ll be hooked and want to pay for more!

Google will be shuddering

Well it is spooky season

I don’t really play online multiplayer games anymore, what actually are “seasons” (and “battle passes” for that matter)? I’ve seen them mentioned in games like rocket league and overwatch which I’d paid for, but they cost more money and didn’t appear to be DLCs/expansions so I just ignored them.

Come on man, let that shit die with Reddit!

I think it might be one of the best purchases I’ve ever made. It definitely doesn’t fit everyone’s use-case, but it fits mine very well!

You can still use them with GadgetBridge if Rebble ever goes away too!

the first good wearable computer ever made

That’s an opinion and a half! People might consider it collectable but they’re not exactly rare.

Use Microsoft Teams for a while and you’ll appreciate how good you had it with Slack!

That sounds cool but also so unnecessary! Do you look at the physical buttons when you’re playing? Can you not just set up on-screen buttons to use with the touchscreen?

If you’re building a high-powered machine, maybe, but one of the points of these handhelds is that they don’t have a chunky GPU, a case full of fans, and an always-available power supply. Ignoring the points others have made about suspend/resume, Windows is a bit bulky and bloated, and running it on hardware that wants to be performant and power-efficient is apparently not that practical.

Maybe not a failure of a device, as us enthusiasts would probably still be able to make something cool of it. A failure of a product, definitely, as it probably wouldn’t be successful enough with the casual user for the manufacturer to support it for long.

I’ve got a sort of breastfeeding pillow which takes the weight very well

Could you just pair Nintendo joycons with the Deck? Or maybe the ones that come with that new Lenovo handheld?

A new Steam Controller gamepad wouldn’t have an entire Steam Deck chip inside, though, so that seems less likely.

Very useful for the people who send out phishing scam emails