YouTuber won DMCA fight with fake Nintendo lawyer by detecting spoofed email(arstechnica.com)

211 points by isaacfrond 1 year ago | 85 comments

Valve says Steam users don't own a thing, GOG says its games can't be taken away(gamesradar.com)

111 points by josephcsible 2 years ago | 51 comments

Game Over: Steam won’t Run on Windows 7 and 8 after January 2024(arstechnica.com)

47 points by PaulHoule 3 years ago | 43 comments

Linux surpasses the Mac among Steam gamers(arstechnica.com)

368 points by Sporktacular 3 years ago | 296 comments

Ars Technica article reporting that Linux has overtaken macOS in Steam's hardware survey share, driven largely by the Steam Deck handheld.

Steam Censorship of Adult Games Shows How Payment Processors Wield Immense Power(ign.com)

33 points by diggan 1 year ago | 1 comments

Starfield’s missing Nvidia DLSS support has been added by a free mod(arstechnica.com)

19 points by mannylee1 3 years ago | 8 comments

Steam games will need to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on store pages(gamingonlinux.com)

868 points by jrepinc 2 years ago | 595 comments

GamingOnLinux news article reporting that Valve now requires Steam games to disclose kernel-level anti-cheat on their store pages.

Backups Aren't Simple(filipovski.net)

318 points by afilipovski 1 month ago | 190 comments

Personal blog post by Aleksandar Filipovski arguing that backups are more complex than they seem, starting from a family story of losing photos to a reformatted drive.

Linux is good now(pcgamer.com)

1060 points by Vinnl 9 months ago | 847 comments

A PC Gamer opinion piece arguing Linux is now good enough for desktop use and urging readers to switch in 2026 to feel ownership of their PCs.

Murder-suicide case shows OpenAI selectively hides data after users die(arstechnica.com)

411 points by randycupertino 9 months ago | 240 comments

Ars Technica article on a murder-suicide lawsuit accusing OpenAI of withholding full ChatGPT logs and selectively hiding data after users die.

New study reveals most classic video games are unavailable(gamehistory.org)

430 points by coldpie 3 years ago | 390 comments

Video Game History Foundation article on a study finding 87% of classic video games are commercially unavailable today.

Nvidia's Risky Business(stratechery.com)

325 points by jonbaer 2 months ago | 157 comments

Stratechery article by Ben Thompson analyzing Nvidia's business risks, opening with a historical anecdote about financier Jay Cooke.