I'm not excusing them for this crap but my guess is they've made it more and more challenging to get new accounts created over time because banned cheaters used it as a way to circumvent some of the banning behavior. I'm guessing you may be stuck in whatever quagmire their process adds to remediating those people and it's definitely broken like you're observing. Maybe you're on accidentally on banned IP list?
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Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
I did finally complete a Steam account setup.
Something else I found out is that Adults who are members of the same Steam Family can also share each other's game libraries. I was assuming it was a one-way thing with the person making the invitation being the one sharing the games, but since my partner's roommates are also gamers, kiddo sees all their games too.
Something else I found out is that Adults who are members of the same Steam Family can also share each other's game libraries. I was assuming it was a one-way thing with the person making the invitation being the one sharing the games, but since my partner's roommates are also gamers, kiddo sees all their games too.
sedrosken
Florida Man
I've been using library sharing to share my own (not insignificant, ~490 titles now) library with my sister for years now. One thing I like to do is buy old games when they get cheap on Steam or GoG, and then grab more appropriate install media for the target platforms where appropriate and use the CD keys the Steam versions usually come with. Legally questionable at a minimum I'm sure, but it's a lot better than just outright pirating everything, which I could still do.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Menace is coming out next week on all the storefronts. I like my turn based strategy games, my Battletech and various forms of X-Com. Menace is a marines in space kind of deal with squads instead of individual units and it's made by people who very clearly love the same kind of game I do. It's been quite a while since I've run across a PC game that's definitely a launch day purchase for me.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Steam Headless is a Docker Image preconfigured to support nVidia (or not-nVidia, but nVidia is the one people struggle with) GPUs and Moonlight for game streaming. The idea is that it will interact with locally installed games under /mnt/games, a path it will share with the host system and automatically handle game downloads. In theory, you can then just connect whatever other PC to your Docker container and stream your games from that instead of wasting crap tons of space on keeping Steam games installed on multiple systems. Your host PC can still access the games as normal.
Mercutio
Fatwah on Western Digital
Apparently, Windows 11 is getting an Xbox mode soon. It appears to just be a controller-friendly game launcher for Microsoft-first gaming, but even the Xbox people I know really don't play those Xboxy titles they get through their $30/month Game Pass subscriptions on PCs. So congratulations on recreating Playnite or GoG Galaxy or Steam Big Picture mode, I guess.
I guess I'm glad to hear that Windows might be more functional for a small group of people who want to couch game and haven't already addressed the matter of how to start games already.
Apparently, next-gen Xbox hardware will be called "Project Helix" and will begin shipping dev kits in 2027 while Sony's next Playstation may launch sometime in 2028. It sort of sounds like the expectation is that the XBox will be the more powerful hardware and will more or less be a PC that can run actual software made for Windows, but Sony's deal may work for it because it'll be cheaper and may wind up being a more efficient system. Both systems are supposed to use a next-gen AMD APU from whatever is coming after Gorgon Point (HX 4x0).
I got a little Oculink dock for my HX 370 mini PC so I can use the 5070Ti I have and goddamn if it isn't the stupidest setup in the history of ever. The HX370 barely makes noise but the 5070 more than makes up for that. I can see why the guy I got it from was willing to ditch it. I set it in my server rack and set it up to run Sunlight, but now I'm terrified of how janky the whole rig is with a PSU and GPU just sitting out on a shelf. If you're going to get an eGPU, definitely buy one that can be fully enclosed.
As a final note on this topic, absolutely fuck Wayland and everything that looks like Wayland. I need a couple full nights of screwing around with it before I finally trashed it and went back to Xorg, which at least obeys its config files. I see most mainstream Linux distros are talking about removing Xorg entirely. I thought perhaps Wayland would be better by now. It is not.
I guess I'm glad to hear that Windows might be more functional for a small group of people who want to couch game and haven't already addressed the matter of how to start games already.
Apparently, next-gen Xbox hardware will be called "Project Helix" and will begin shipping dev kits in 2027 while Sony's next Playstation may launch sometime in 2028. It sort of sounds like the expectation is that the XBox will be the more powerful hardware and will more or less be a PC that can run actual software made for Windows, but Sony's deal may work for it because it'll be cheaper and may wind up being a more efficient system. Both systems are supposed to use a next-gen AMD APU from whatever is coming after Gorgon Point (HX 4x0).
I got a little Oculink dock for my HX 370 mini PC so I can use the 5070Ti I have and goddamn if it isn't the stupidest setup in the history of ever. The HX370 barely makes noise but the 5070 more than makes up for that. I can see why the guy I got it from was willing to ditch it. I set it in my server rack and set it up to run Sunlight, but now I'm terrified of how janky the whole rig is with a PSU and GPU just sitting out on a shelf. If you're going to get an eGPU, definitely buy one that can be fully enclosed.
As a final note on this topic, absolutely fuck Wayland and everything that looks like Wayland. I need a couple full nights of screwing around with it before I finally trashed it and went back to Xorg, which at least obeys its config files. I see most mainstream Linux distros are talking about removing Xorg entirely. I thought perhaps Wayland would be better by now. It is not.
sedrosken
Florida Man
What kind of setup were you running that Wayland didn't just work out of the box for you? I'm running a RX 5700 with a 1440p120 display and a 1080p60 on its side and everything just worked for me, in fact I usually have to fuss around more with Xorg at this point. I'm on Debian 13 with KDE, I think the compositor you're using (I'm using KWin) may make a difference.
I'm shocked Xbox is considering shipping anything at all considering the death spiral they're in. The new head of department last worked heavily in the AI division, I think? I had read some news that they were winding down the entire division. Maybe my source was wrong.
I'm shocked Xbox is considering shipping anything at all considering the death spiral they're in. The new head of department last worked heavily in the AI division, I think? I had read some news that they were winding down the entire division. Maybe my source was wrong.