Thanks for the recommendation. This is excellent, and so far it works brilliantly for a a PWA.

I like DuckDuckGo, but as others have said it’s a shame it’s using Chromium. I’d probably recommend this to someone non technical as an all in one privacy focussed browser, but it’s not for me.

That looks rather nice. My Pixel 6 should be good for a few years yet, but I’d like to think my next phone will be a Fairphone if they keep improving like this.

I’ve always wanted to try a farming sim. I think I own two versions of Stardew Valley but haven’t played either of them!

I know if I do get into one it will be game over for any other games.

I think the bubble has certainly burst. COVID resulted in loads of new consumer investers, and the visibility of crypto had never been higher. Exchanges were being advertised by major celebrities on Superbowl ads!

Then the market crashed, and all those investers realised what a mistake they’d made. I don’t think it’s a mistake many will make twice.

It was such a bizarre time, with major governments talking about minting their own NFTs or even their own digital currencies. That all seems to have quietly gone away now, thankfully.

I found PCPartPicker really useful when I last built a PC:

https://uk.pcpartpicker.com/

It helps you pick compatible parts, and links to sites you can buy them from. I’d still shop around for the best price after building your list(s), but it’s a great place to start.

Oh wow, I had no idea this was so extensive. I doubt I’ll have time for this on release, but I’m looking forward to trying it out. Sometime…

I love Nintendo and have a Switch I still use, but there’s clearly a lot more to discuss about the Steam Deck right now than there is that console. The hardware is much newer, and there are far, far more questions people are asking about it as it’s a much more open device. Nobody’s asking how to set up multiple stores on the Switch, for instance, and for obvious reasons.

The Starfield Direct showing really sold me on this. It looks like it comes the closest to my dream space game of anything released so far. Elite Dangerous nailed the feel of piloting your own spacecraft, but I didn’t get on with the actual structure of the game. No Man’s Sky continues to do amazing things, but its spaceflight feels a bit too stripped back for me and it still feels a little too aimless for my tastes.

This looks like a perfect middle ground, all backed up with a full blown Bethesda RPG too keep me engaged. :D

My only criticisms based on the Direct are that characters, and indeed character interactions still look a bit dated compared to more recent games, especially Cyberpunk 2077, and that the combat still looks a little janky. Don’t get me wrong, it looks a lot better than Bethesda’s older games, but still seems to be showcasing some rather basic AI and spongey enemies. Hopefully the RPG elements will make this side of the game feel more rewarding.

It did look cool, although I’d like to have seen more of the game beyond the combat. I wasn’t expecting something like the Starfield deep dive, but from the trailer alone you’d think combat was what the whole game was about.

What an amazingly hostile move. It’s finally pushed me to delete the mobile app altogether.

While Meta are obviously bad news, it is cool to see ActivityPub getting traction from the big players.

But no, definitely not for me. Mastodon is just fine.

Raises hand

I love my Steam Deck, although at the moment it’s mainly being used as a PS5 remote play device while I’m playing God of War:Ragnarok. I play all sorts of stuff on it though, and it probably gets more use than my desktop gaming PC these days.

Welcome! I’m new here too, so thanks for helping keep this place chil and cool. :)