I personally use Matrix for text and Mumble for voice, but most probably won’t go anywhere. Discord is convenient, and most users won’t care enough about some extra ads to put in the effort to migrate.

In case it is helpful: Big Picture Mode does show non-Steam games. Go to the library and there is a tab for them. They’ll also show in the recent games list on the home page.

I’m surprised that Chipzel (of Super Hexagon soundtrack fame) has yet to be mentioned: https://chipzelmusic.bandcamp.com/

For me it was Brotato.

I wrote a Matrix bot that can be used for my community to schedule gaming events. I just pick a time to play a particular game, and play with whoever shows up.

I am 90% certain it was never meant to refer to the generation that played it, but to the over the top action.

But they did mention that community servers would be able to pick which Anti Cheat they wanted to use?

As I understand, there are three tiers to this:

• Official servers will use FaceIt exclusively.
• Servers rented from official partners will have the choice of FaceIt or EAC.
• Community-run servers will only be able to use EAC, and won’t be hooked into the global progression system.

One of the many problems with FaceIt is that the server-side component is not allowed to be freely distributed, which is why community-run servers won’t have the option to use it.

Personally, there is no way I am buying this unless if they reverse their plans to use FaceIt.

I feel like there are too many to list, but an obvious one that I don’t see mentioned is Halo. The Master Chief Collection is pretty great, and has a ton of content that can all be consumed in short sessions (except for certain levels on legendary difficulty).

It is also still on sale on Steam for a little longer, if you don’t have it already.

My only problem is being a misanthrope, and scared of the general multiplaying public, I’m always intimidated by public games, but I’d love to convince enough buddies to play a campaign through.

I have 183 hours in Barotrauma, split between multiplayer and the sub editor (and a little bit of testing my sub alone). I have never played a public game or single player, it has basically all been the campaign with friends.

Most recently, I’ve been hosting occasional Barotrauma events with my inclusive gaming community, each one continuing the campaign we started early this year. The last event was just over the weekend. I don’t know when the next Barotrauma event will be, yet, but anyone who can follow our Code of Conduct is welcome to join!

It isn’t just for menus, having good mouse input allows you to play significantly more games than with just joysticks.

The touchpads also can act as extra buttons or touch menus, giving you way more input options for games where you don’t need one to be a mouse.

It will always happen. Games are going to generally target the lowest common denominator: the weakest of the current generation mainstream consoles. Right now, that means Xbox Series S.

I hosted a Barotrauma event with my inclusive Linux gaming community. We had 5 people playing through a campaign that we started early this year, and we ended up playing for a long time.