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The Nextlander Podcast 092: Not My de_dust
🕑 Added 2023-03-09 00:43:21 +0000 UTCThis week: the Yellow Turban Rebellion has never been so up close and personal in Wo Long, Dead Cells completes its destiny and becomes a Castlevania game, Alex gets a Steam Deck, Starfield gets a release date, a new Counter-Strike of some sort might be on the way, and more!
CHAPTERS
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(00:00:10) Intro
(00:01:01) From breaking game records to breaking nails
(00:05:03) The ranking of the most disgusting office behavior
(00:07:16) Alex got a Steam Deck!
(00:15:23) Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty [PlayStation 5, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows)] on Mar 03, 2023
(00:33:56) First Break
(00:34:00) Dead Cells: Return to Castlevania [Nintendo Switch, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation 4, Xbox One] on Mar 06, 2023
(00:45:01) Rhythm Storm Demo [2023]
(00:52:27) Dead Space [Xbox Series X|S, PC (Microsoft Windows), Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 5] on Jan 27, 2023
(01:04:10) Second Break
(01:04:15) News
(01:04:50) Starfield gets a new release date
(01:06:20) Xbox Games Showcase also gets a date
(01:12:25) Counter-Strike 2 our Counter-Strike on Source 2?
(01:20:13) Playdate gets a store and price increase
(01:24:59) Emails
(01:37:21) Wrapping up and thanks
(01:39:53) Mysterious Benefactor Shoutouts
(01:42:13) See ya!
Comments
Joe Noneya
I have a Steam Deck and it has surprised me with how powerful it can be. The benefit of the low resolution certainly helps with performance but the Proton layer that helps run windows games is super compatible with 99.9% of games I've thrown at it. In certain games like Elden Ring, the performance is more stable than many people's window's machines. Proton is able to smooth out stutter that seems common in modern games. I could go on and on about how capable the Deck is, but I'll finish with emulation. I have installed every PS1, PS2 game I would ever want to play and they all work beautifully at 2x. There's a package of emulators called Emudeck that takes care of the installation in a few clicks. PS3 emulation is doable but it is more game dependent. Some games in Steam lack cloud saves, as well emulators, so I use WINSCP to sync my save folders in between machines. Before you know it you'll be knee deep in Linux making Mr Torvalds proud.
Robert Denby
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