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Comment on Rumor: Insider claims Xbox handheld under development in ~games
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Comment on Looking for games that can be played with only the mouse in ~games
BurrowingInsect Link ParentI believe there is a mouse control option for movement in the PC version of Vampire Survivors as well, can't check at the moment. For some social suggestions, I believe Among Us can be entirely...I believe there is a mouse control option for movement in the PC version of Vampire Survivors as well, can't check at the moment.
For some social suggestions, I believe Among Us can be entirely played with the mouse in groups using microphones.
And most top down ARPGs are designed in a way they can be mouse only, I won't lie to you and say a keyboard doesn't make them better experiences - but there's many co-op options and a few mmo options for multiplayer. The mousiness might vary on specific title, but I know the MMO Albion Online is fully mousy as an example.
And speaking of MMOs, if I remember right both versions of RuneScape can be entirely played with the mouse but it's only been over a decade since I last played it.
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Comment on What is your experience with foldable phones? in ~tech
BurrowingInsect LinkI had a first gen Microsoft Surface Duo until one of the screens failed and a screen replacement cost more than I bought the phone for. Brand new, on sale. I wouldn't necessarily read that to fuel...I had a first gen Microsoft Surface Duo until one of the screens failed and a screen replacement cost more than I bought the phone for. Brand new, on sale.
I wouldn't necessarily read that to fuel confirmation bias about durability concerns of the concept of foldables, mind you. Microsoft hardware is... esoteric, at the best of times. The Surface Duo was no exception, because you couldn't put a full case on it and it was high gloss backing it would never stay where I put it down at and eventually it flung itself straight into water, which is probably what eventually killed it.Anyways, Microsoft's inanity aside, I found that there was actually a lot to like about it as a phone for a single device for everything user, having spreadsheets and emails open simultaneously, videos and IM chats side by side, it was actually sometimes even nicer than a desktop while I was researching things to have the two screens side by side for comparing things.
It was also buggy as hell, and not only because of app support.
Sometimes it was like pulling teeth to get it to do what I wanted to do.
But that's all software that could be ironed out.Still though, even as close to a sensible experience a folding into a larger device phone got, I'll never buy another folding phone.
By the end of it, I just felt like the very concept was itself a beta test, placeholding for something that may never actually be real: Rollable phones.
The use as a single screen phone really did suffer for multiple reasons, and I just could not imagine ever paying a premium for a mobile device with variable screen sizes unless I could dictate the actual size of the screen myself.
Going forward, I just get equipment that is sized for the tasks I want to do instead of struggling with an all in one that always had a little bit of awkwardness about it no matter what I was doing.
For all the niceties it offered, I do not miss anything about it compared to just having a phone AND a tablet or laptop.
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Comment on What's your method for shopping for laptops? in ~tech
BurrowingInsect Link ParentGiving support to Notebookcheck was exactly what I clicked here for. Specifically their thoroughness about every detail, including going past "Does the screen look good? Y/N" that most other...Giving support to Notebookcheck was exactly what I clicked here for.
Specifically their thoroughness about every detail, including going past "Does the screen look good? Y/N" that most other reviewers leave it at.
Lots of other outlets won't even mention PWM screen dimming tech as a thing, which you can believe for yourself about how big of an issue PWM really is.I personally have to look at screens for long portions of my day and I'd simply prefer if they weren't microflickering all the time while I do so.
I really can't read an Xbox handheld as anything other than "The Xbox Dead on Arrival" because it's been a long, long time since there was any new Microsoft hardware offerings that didn't have a Caveat Compromise about them somewhere. And while I've and plenty of others have at some point thought the compromises on any random Surface product were acceptable for intended use, the alternative here is a $399 from new Steam Deck that is deliberately targeted by developers hardware and indefinitely community supported already.
With the famous tender loving care Microsoft gave the ZUN and Windows Phone. "The alternative is 399." just seems infeasible for Microsoft to compete with to me.