Hacker News with Generative AI: Gaming

SteamOS Destroys Windows (pointieststick.com)
With the release of the Lenovo Legion Go S gaming handheld, we’ve now got a real apples-to-apples comparison of how Windows 11 fares against Linux (specifically, SteamOS with KDE Plasma) on the same 1st-party supported OEM hardware in a gaming context. And the results are pretty devastating for Windows in terms of performance and battery life — according to even windowscentral.com!

Gaming, Operating Systems, Linux, Windows

12 points by LorenDB 30 days ago | 0 comments

SteamOS 3.7.8 Brings Official Support to Non-Steam Deck Devices (boilingsteam.com)
SteamOS 3.7.8 was just released a couple of days ago and it comes with a long list of updates. One of the most important developments is the official support of Non-Steam Deck devices.

Operating Systems, Gaming, Steam, Linux, Hardware

18 points by ekianjo 31 days ago | 0 comments

Can It Run Doom? An Archive of All Known Ports (canitrundoom.org)
"Everything can run DOOM, but can it run you?"

Gaming, History, Software, Entertainment

19 points by thunderbong 31 days ago | 3 comments

FromSoft's singular mech game Chromehounds is back online (readonlymemo.com)
On Wednesday, Resetera member wwm0nkey posted a thread I've been waiting to see for years: "Fans are working to bring From Software's ChromeHounds back online."

Gaming, Online Gaming, FromSoftware, Resurrections, Video Games

160 points by pabs3 32 days ago | 27 comments

WavePhoenix – Open-source implementation of the Nintendo WaveBird protocol (github.com/loopj)
An open-source implementation of the Nintendo WaveBird protocol using Silicon Labs Wireless Gecko SoCs

Open Source, Nintendo, Hardware, Gaming, Wireless

139 points by zdw 32 days ago | 14 comments

SteamOS seems to destroy Windows 11 on gaming performance and battery life (windowscentral.com)

Gaming, Operating Systems, Performance, Battery Life

14 points by dingi 32 days ago | 1 comments

SteamOS now released officially for any device (steampowered.com)

SteamOS, Operating Systems, Gaming, Hardware

90 points by cultofmetatron 33 days ago | 9 comments

Gamers Are Making EA, Take-Two and CDPR Scared to Use AI (forbes.com)
This past week, Fortnite introduced an AI Darth Vader using James Earl Jones’ voice to respond to players’ voice chat. It was goofy fun (and in keeping with Jones’ voice rights deal), but AI is not starting to make some large publishers nervous for a few reasons.

Gaming, Artificial Intelligence, Video Games, Business

15 points by healsdata 33 days ago | 7 comments

In Ukraine, gamers make the best drone pilots (lemonde.fr)
Now more deadly than any other weapon, drones have changed the face of the fighting between Kyiv and Moscow. Pending a solution to the conflict, Ukraine is focusing on training and recruiting the people who make the best pilots: gamers.

Warfare, Drones, Gaming, Ukraine

9 points by throw0101d 33 days ago | 2 comments

My Epic, 40-Year Dungeons and Dragons Odyssey (timharford.com)
In 1984, when I was 11 years old, a friend told me about something new, something exciting. He urged me to try it. He struggled to explain exactly what it was he was talking about, and I didn’t really understand what had so fired his enthusiasm. But that enthusiasm was unmistakable, so I tried it. And I loved it.

Gaming, Personal Stories, Nostalgia

11 points by jruohonen 34 days ago | 0 comments

Valve takes another step toward making SteamOS a true Windows competitor (arstechnica.com)
Valve continues to plan for a SteamOS future that goes beyond the Steam Deck.

Operating Systems, Gaming, Steam, Windows, Competition

148 points by austinallegro 34 days ago | 151 comments

The Monster-Slaying Game You Can Play Almost Anywhere (nytimes.com)
For decades, tech enthusiasts have made the 1993 video game Doom playable on screens of all sizes, including treadmills, calculators and pregnancy tests. (Even this article.)

Gaming, Retro Gaming, Technology, Nostalgia

22 points by jaredwiener 35 days ago | 10 comments

Why console makers can legally brick your game console (arstechnica.com)
Earlier this month, Nintendo received a lot of negative attention for an end-user license agreement (EULA) update granting the company the claimed right to render Switch consoles "permanently unusable in whole or in part" for violations such as suspected hacking or piracy.

Gaming, Legal, Consoles, EULA, Software

33 points by speckx 35 days ago | 28 comments

Gamers and reviewers should learn from the mess with the Nvidia RTX 5060 (theverge.com)
Nvidia has gone too far.

Gaming, Hardware, Reviews, Technology

20 points by speckx 35 days ago | 6 comments

Making Minecraft Mods with LLMs (creativemode.net)
13 years ago, Minecraft captured my imagination.

Minecraft, Gaming, Creative Projects, Artificial Intelligence

21 points by wilson090 36 days ago | 2 comments

Oodle 2.9.14 and Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs (wordpress.com)
There’s a hardware problem affecting Intel 13th/14th gen CPUs, mostly desktop ones. This made the rounds through the press last year and has been on forums etc. for much longer than that. For months, we thought this was a rare bug in the decoder, but from stats in Epic’s crash reports for Fortnite (as well as stats for other Unreal Engine and Oodle licensees) it was fairly striking that this issue really seemed to affect only some CPUs.

Hardware, Software, Gaming, Bugs, Performance

16 points by matt_d 36 days ago | 1 comments

One of the Most Popular Games on the Planet (kotaku.com)
It’s likely that you’ve never played or even heard of Grow a Garden, a new user-created experience in Roblox. But millions of people have. In fact, the very simple farming sim at one point had over 5 million active players, beating out games like Counter-Strike 2 and Marvel Rivals on Steam. It’s likely Grow a Garden is one of the most played games on the planet right now. And it was developed by a teenager in a few days.

Gaming, Roblox, Casual Games

53 points by bryan0 37 days ago | 29 comments

Therapeutic video game shows promise for post-Covid cognitive recovery (psypost.org)
A therapeutic intervention using the AKL-T01 video game was found to improve cognitive processing speed and task-switching performance in individuals with persistent cognitive deficits following COVID-19 infection.

Gaming, Health, Cognitive Science, COVID-19

5 points by isaacfrond 37 days ago | 0 comments

Fortnite Returns to the US App Store (techcrunch.com)
Popular battle royale game Fortnite has finally returned to the U.S. App Store amid game maker Epic Games’ lengthy legal skirmish with Apple.

Gaming, Mobile Gaming, Apple, Legal Disputes

5 points by Sourabhsss1 37 days ago | 2 comments

Fortnite is now available again on the US App Store (apple.com)
Fortnite is back!

Gaming, Apple, Mobile Gaming

35 points by minimaxir 38 days ago | 10 comments

Actors' union complains about Epic Games cloning Darth Vader (theregister.com)
The union representing American actors has complained about Llama Production, which is owned by Epic Games, over the use of generative AI in a new character for Fortnite.

AI, Gaming, Unions, Copyright, Generative AI

6 points by rntn 38 days ago | 0 comments

Hasbro, the custodians of D&D, have no idea what to do with BG3's success (pcgamer.com)

Gaming, Business, Video Games

17 points by AntiRush 38 days ago | 1 comments

Palette lighting tricks on the Nintendo 64 (30fps.net)
This article is a continuation to my Bluesky thread from April.

Gaming, Nintendo, Retro Gaming, Hardware

225 points by ibobev 41 days ago | 55 comments

Postman for MCP (usetexture.com)
Texture is both a collection of public MCP servers and a platform for creating your own.

Minecraft, Server Hosting, Gaming, Community

31 points by andes314 42 days ago | 10 comments

Apple Says Fortnite for iOS Isn't Blocked Worldwide, Just the U.S. (macrumors.com)
Apple today clarified that it has not blocked Epic Games from updating the iOS Fortnite app in the European Union, but it is not planning to allow ‌Epic Games‌ to offer Fortnite in the United States App Store at the current time.

Apple, Fortnite, Lawsuits, Gaming, Mobile Apps

9 points by smileybarry 42 days ago | 1 comments

Apple has blocked our Fortnite submission (twitter.com)
Something went wrong, but don’t fret — let’s give it another shot.

Apple, Gaming, Legal Disputes

6 points by stephc_int13 42 days ago | 1 comments

The most annoying video player of all time (mux.com)
It’s 1995. The arcade is a cathedral of noise and neon. I’ve thrown my hands up in the air, again, in disbelief; the unfairness of the Area 51 sneak attacks has me all riled up. I clutch a single quarter, heart pounding, eyes locked on the “Continue?” screen. Ten seconds. Nine. Eight. The world shrinks to a single question: Can I keep playing? Should I? What time is mom supposed to be here?

Video Players, Nostalgia, Gaming

21 points by mooreds 43 days ago | 10 comments

My full statement regarding DOOM Eternal (2022) (medium.com)
Marty lied about the circumstances surrounding the DOOM Eternal Soundtrack and used disinformation and innuendo to blame me entirely for its failure.

Gaming, Music, Controversy

16 points by microsoftedging 43 days ago | 7 comments

Epic CEO says Apple still hasn't approved Fortnite iOS, suggests obstruction (videogameschronicle.com)
Epic CEO Tim Sweeney says Apple has still yet to approve the addition of Fortnite to the iOS App Store, and has suggested it’s obstructing the process.

Gaming, Apple, Business, Legal

7 points by deminature 43 days ago | 1 comments

A note about the security of your Steam account (steampowered.com)
The account details of 89 million Steam users have reportedly been hacked.

Cybersecurity, Data Breaches, Gaming, Steam

16 points by taubek 43 days ago | 8 comments