One thing that has changed in the professional game industry is that(mastodon.social)

26 points by luu 3 years ago | 38 comments

I only lost 10 minutes of data, thanks to ZFS(mastodon.social)

370 points by chromakode 3 years ago | 224 comments

A Mastodon thread by Max Goodhart describing how ZFS snapshots replicated with zrepl let him restore his laptop after an SSD died, losing only about 10 minutes of data.

A time-travelling door bug in Half Life 2(mastodon.gamedev.place)

470 points by AshleysBrain 11 months ago | 68 comments

A Mastodon thread by Tom Forsyth recounting a time-travelling bug caused by a door in Half-Life 2 during development.

Inspired by aircraft IFF interrogator antennas, I decided to build my own array(techhub.social)

65 points by luu 2 years ago | 12 comments

Why are there so many CPU bugs nowadays(mas.to)

20 points by riffraff 9 months ago | 6 comments

New Outlook is good, both for yourself and 766 third parties(godforsaken.website)

204 points by commoner 2 years ago | 43 comments

Steam Deck OLED(store.steampowered.com)

870 points by robbiet480 3 years ago | 592 comments

Valve's Steam store page introducing the Steam Deck OLED handheld, highlighting its HDR screen, longer battery life, and faster downloads.

Meta is using the Linux scheduler designed for Valve's Steam Deck on its servers(phoronix.com)

599 points by yellow_lead 10 months ago | 318 comments

Phoronix news article reporting that Meta uses the SCX-LAVD Linux scheduler, originally built for Valve's Steam Deck, on its large servers.

Valve is about to win the console generation(xeiaso.net)

492 points by moonleay 11 months ago | 375 comments

Blog post by Xe Iaso arguing that Valve's new Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame, alongside the Steam Deck, position it to win the console generation.

More than 75% of Steam games tested are playable or verified on the Steam Deck(mastodon.cloud)

579 points by ekianjo 3 years ago | 354 comments

A Mastodon post from Boiling Steam reporting that over 75% of tested Steam games are rated playable or verified on the Steam Deck.

Valve Announces New Steam Machine, Steam Controller and Steam Frame(phoronix.com)

385 points by doener 11 months ago | 122 comments

Phoronix news article on Valve announcing a new Steam Machine Linux console, a new Steam Controller, and the Steam Frame VR headset.

Steam Machine launches today(store.steampowered.com)

1859 points by theschwa 4 months ago | 1620 comments

Valve's Steam store news post announcing the launch of the Steam Machine, a compact living-room gaming PC for playing Steam games on a TV.