Dunno if it would be enough for a hot sauce. Maybe use it to add spice to a salsa or guac? Make some spicy enchiladas?

And here I am, stuck midway through my second play through so I can’t access the DLC ;_; Oh well, good excuse to return to the game properly. It really is something special.

And the two-ish new weapons seem very fun, so far.

Then there’d be so many more things to mindlessly grind for!

(I’m kidding, but I do think what’s holding Elite back is FDev’s insistence to not do game design and to just keep adding mindless busybody work - ended up leaving the game as a result)

That looks so good; well done!

Those seem like some very good changes. This way you don’t have to grind to complete the whole pass if you only want some of the skins. I only play a few of the characters, so that makes them a whole lot more appealing. Still won’t monetize for them, but I’ll at least get the ones that have something good for Brig or Jetpack Cat.

So, generally, with high quality American Mac and cheeses you won’t get the tongue tingling you get from fondue as it doesn’t have any wine in it - but, it is normally a relatively pure expression of cheese, usually through the addition of processed cheese product (American cheese, Velveeta) or - these days - sodium citrate.

The fun comes from the flavors of complex cheeses being delivered via an unusual texture (liquid brought on from cheese and milk/water binding via sodium citrate), and that’s harder to get at home.

If you’re looking for that “bite” as you call it, I’d highly recommend using Heston Blumenthal’s (the 3 star Michelin chef from the UK) recipe which uses white wine in lieu of sodium citrate or a roux (looks kind of like you used a roux in your recipe, but I’m not sure) . It creates a sauce that is much more comparable to fondue, and might be right up your alley!

Strange, it looks very good! What did you not like about it, if you don’t mind my asking?

As a cilantro fiend, all I need for something to be guac is avocado, cilantro, and lime 😅.

Different tastes for different folks, I guess.

You can host a server which uses software not written by Element. Same for the client.

I don’t trust the Signal devs because I have no reason to. I don’t want to use anyone else’s servers unless I’m paying them or they’re paying me 😅

And I love swapping/trying new clients.

Matrix is literally an open standard, use a server and client written by people you trust, or write your own.

Signal is literally made by a private company and is completely closed source.

Don’t forget GPU makers struggling to justify the usual price increase for a “new generation” of cards, and - as a result - pivoting to selling cards the promote upscaling by default.

Not only do our games no longer run properly, they also look fucking blurry while doing so! Yaaaay.

Was building a PC years ago, while in college, and forgot to get a Windows license (eventually got one through my university). After finishing the build I was so hyped to use it I just installed Linux (had played around in it in a VM in the past, so I knew my way around).

Got used to using Linux as my main OS after that, and stuck with it. Paying for a $100 OS is silly when the free alternative is just as good (though, I admit I do still use Windows for work).

Note: I used to game in Windows as well, I don’t do that anymore. Thanks, Steam!

This is because certain features (like haptic feedback and adaptive triggers) work by exposing them as an audio device to the host system, which isn’t functional over Bluetooth (the reason I heard is that Bluetooth just doesn’t have the latency for that, if there are third party projects that have found a way around that then great!).

All normal controller features work fine, you just can’t use some of the PS5 exclusive stuff. I don’t know of any games, including PS5 games ported to PC, that absolutely require the wired gestures.

Note this applies to all PCs, regardless of OS.

While I agree with you, I also think you could - you know - not be an asshole about it? What’s up with the unnecessary name-calling?

People are less likely to hear you out when you indiscriminately sling shit at everyone in the room.

I got the “you didn’t get in the queue” mail. C’est la vie.

Eh, I don’t mind running the settings slightly lower for better performance. It really isn’t possible on the steam deck. E.g. Can’t even play a game like blue prince at 1080p without massive frame drops.

As far as hooking my proper pc up goes, I don’t have cables long enough for that, and wheeling the damn thing over with a cart (which I actually do sometimes) has gotten pretty old.

Also, the reviews showed some good performance at 1440p. As I don’t think I’ll go above 1080p with upscaling, I’m excited.

I signed up to get one the moment I heard about the price. I like gaming on my PC, but I much prefer playing certain games on the big screen in the living room. Likewise, my partner has gotten used to the Steam Deck’s UI so it’ll be great to get her more into gaming.

The Steam Deck + Dock is what I currently use, but playing everything in 720p upscaled to 1080 (or just playing indie games) is pretty frustrating.

And I’ve used moonlight/steam streaming/even Nvidia gamestream (I have an Nvidia shield) - while they’re fine solutions, I don’t like the compression artifacts of streaming. Also annoys me that the game physically renders on my computer.

So, yeah, TL;DR I want a Steam Machine. I’m also excited to use desktop mode on occasion. And when the machine finally runs its course, it’ll be a nice looking server for the closet!

That’s unfortunately in place to stop scalpers. Realistically, once demand dies down, you’ll be able to order anonymously/with a new account like most pre-existing steam Hardware.

Same here, loved that game. I think it was almost criminal that its sequel was canceled, especially as it was allegedly almost complete.

Good, now you know how we Prey original fans feel. First time?

(this is a joke, I like Arkane and hope they don’t get shuttered) (also goddammit why name it Prey when it has literally nothing to do with the original IP you still own? Bethesda you clowns)