I agree with you that it’s slow – and yet, it is one of the very few games I actually finished. That’s highly unusual for me. And then I went back and played it again.

It’s a game designed to be sipped, not gulped.

To each their own I guess (which is the point after all :) ). I’ve never had an issue with Jellyfin for music in the few years I’ve used it. All setups are different though.

I’ve never had an issue, hm.

Fantastsic post!

FWIW I suspect Jellyfin is the better choice for libraries with both music and movies. That said, we live in a world where multiple FOSS options exist to serve these roles. That should be appreciated and noticed by waaaay more people.

I legitimately don’t understand why people pay these prices. If no one buys, prices drop. Impatient rich people poisoning the well

$70 is still crazy.

The original one was OK. Not great, but OK. Felt and played like a $40 game. Felt much better for $20 on sale.

This idea that $70 should be the baseline for games is insane on its own. Tbh, some of the most fun games I have played with the best replay values have been sub-$30.

HL3 has been rumored to be on the way for longer than lots of people on the internet have been alive

Maybe tariffs were just a way to convert what could have been corporate greed into Trumpian incompetence

Something something about showing connections between points in a circle… the chocolate starfish of life.

Dogshit dogeshit

That’s about what I paid for mine as well. Feels like I stole it for how it benchmarks. Last gen x3d is definitely overpriced in comparison.

I absolutely love my 9700x.

At the bone stock 65W TDP, it runs incredibly cool and is a nice performer. 105W TDP is now officially supported as well, which gives you even better performance and it still runs cooler than any major player from Team Blue.

At this point I’d rather have efficiency rather than push for those few extra frames with Intel and need hundreds of bucks more in cooling hardware and power draw.

I like the concept, but nothing except the folding screen is interesting here.

It’s true that this is one of the few places where folding the device actually may make some sense, given how long it is otherwise. But unless we’re talking about a folding Steam Deck or something very similar, the Samsung-ness of it all would make the end product very mediocre.

I tend to use food names, like tomato and sausage. But no potato, and definitely no apple.

I also utilize the special-use domain home.arpa for all my LAN systems, so accidental collisions are largely impossible.

No. Exclusives suck for everyone in the long run. In this case, it would also be pretty heavily set against the Linux / FOSS ethos, too.

Could totally be a negative change. Could be a positive. Only time will tell.

The fact that GTA V’s crowd system still stands out for feeling relatively “real” – a 12-year-old game – suggests to me that it’s more about design and execution than actually needing a lot of technological advancement.

Yes, there were big claims before and yes, everyone should be extremely cautious. Never preorder games. It will likely suck, and even then just from the general trend in AAA gaming.

BUT there is a big difference this time around, specifically: they’re no longer using their own engine. That does change the equation.

The value is getting you not to use competitors.

Free games are pure marketing. Don’t confuse it.

They can take them away at their whim.

Their sole purpose is to get you used to using Epic over other services.