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Cake day: June 30th, 2023

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  • I wonder how people will show off all of the books they haven’t read, what with analogs going out of stye and all.

    I don’t know whether this is sarcasm or not, can’t figure it out. But if isn’t, well, I suppose they won’t.

    Reading is usually for oneself and not to show off, so I assume, people who purchase such a thing wouldn’t care about showing off.

    I like reading normal books but, I currently prefer devices (I.E screens) because it’s easier to carry around, multiple books possible and less preying eyes “what are you reading”.




  • You can change your context with a new console, but I think it may be cheaper to do something like buying a controller and playing games while standing up, or on your couch/armchair

    I will try this! Will try the standing. Though, eventually I’ll sit due just tired of standing up. The gaming PC is in my bedroom so there’s not really much room for couch and such.

    I have a controller that, I often use but same issue happens of being exhausted of the feeling ‘being behind a desk and screen’.

    You can also achieve this by identifying the things that you have to do in your job that mirror videogame genres you enjoy and picking a game that shares few of those qualities.

    The thing is, I don’t think anything mirrors my work. I currently have a very basic accounting job and it’s not even that demanding. My work week exists of a mix with doing accounting, listen to podcasts, watching videos on phone and such.

    It’s one of the most relax work I have ever had to be honest. Yet it’s the first job where this feeling of exhaustion started.


  • I also find stress relief games. Mindless 3rd person action games for me. Mad Max was great because I could drive around picking fights or crashing stuff. The Batman Arkham games and the Shadow of Mordor games are other great examples for me.

    Yeah, so for me it would be most Switch games through emulation (such as Captain Toad, 3D World and Odyssey) and P3R/P5R.

    I have not found any relaxing “cozy” games that work for me. Nothing has really grabbed my attention enough to stick with.

    I checked ‘cozy’ games but like you, they don’t seem to be my type of games.

    I’m truly debating about the Deck but €670 is a lot to invest when being uncertain. Also what if it wouldn’t fix the exhaustion issue of screens and desks.


  • How long have you been working a day job? It might just be a period of adjustment.

    For about 2 months and a few days now. So I think, I already adjusted to the changes.

    School life vs work life is a lot different, so it takes time to adjust for most people.

    Definitely! It was tough the first few weeks, lol.

    Also, if you work from home, that may also be a factor. If so, try not working where you game if possible. That was a huge thing for me.

    At the moment I don’t yet, I purposely asked if I could work full time at office. I still live with parents and the distractions are a bit much. Might try working from home sooner or later though.




  • I don’t see the problem with having both- they fill different niches.

    Money. Steam Deck OLED costs in my country €700, Switch OLED €350-360 and the Switch 2 will be around the €560-600.

    steam deck, I’d be really sad to not have any Mario kart, Zelda, etc…

    I’m so close on purchasing a Steam Deck OLED to game in weekends or in bed after full 5 days behind a desk job. But I’m always worried that these games won’t work well with emulations. I’ve been researching like crazy but keep reading different things.

    And spending €700 with uncertainty is not my favorite thing to do.







  • Heavy emulator user here, the Deck made my Switch obsolete

    Oh wow, that the Steam Deck had such an effect on the usage of the switch.

    If you don’t mind the tinkering to get the emulators configured, the Deck is a no-brainer for me

    I don’t really mind tinkering with it, already know my ways with emulation on PC. However, I have no knowledge on Linux and that’s what worries me a bit.

    However, the Deck can also run every other console up until Switch/PS3/Xbox 360

    So the Steam Deck can run the PS2 emulation and play these games (just as the PC can?).

    Most of the games of the Switch I’d like to play are the Mario games. I can name them all if necessary but will do it later (at the moment at work).

    On the Deck, ToTK can struggle to reach even 30 in many areas without community modpacks.

    Can the Steam Deck run Breath of the Wild without issue?




  • Always love reading your posts!

    You seem to emulate a lot on Steam Deck (right?). May I ask how smooth the emulation of Switch games goes?

    I have been heavily debating between Switch OLED and the Steam Deck (and then emulate Switch games). But keep hearing different things about how smooth things run.

    Steam deck going to cost €700 while Switch €550 (switch + get someone to mod it).

    Also; I assumed that BlueSky can see posts from Mastodon but unfortunately can’t find you through BlueSky.