PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate, while I love the games music, it’s not necessary since it’s a tower defence game.

Exploration and slime optimization.

The exploration was more just looking around, and since the game is finished I can explore to my heart’s content.

As for slime optimization, the farm has only so many plots of land. So mixing your slimes into mixed slimes lets you feed the slimes easier to feed and maintain.

The goal being a farm that doesn’t create monsters from free roaming plorts while making the most money.

I’m in it for the exploration and without guides its a good time sink

Oh and for games that will just kill your down time (if that’s what you are looking for).

With mouse and Keyboard

• Civilization 5 or 6
• Cities Skylines
• Jurassic World Evolution
• Kerbal Space Program

With just a gamepad

• Elder Scrolls 4/5
• Fallout 3/4/New Vegas (in order)
• GTA San Andreas (though if you can PCSX2 with the widescreen patch)
• Batman Arkham Asylum/City/Knight
• Saints Row 2/3/4
• Watch_Dogs (can’t say how nice UPlay will be with no login)

With multiple controllers (and friends)

• TMNT Shredders Revenge
• Castle Crashers
• LEGO [INSERT FRANCHISE HERE]
• Most ROM bundles like Disney Afternoon, Capcom Arcade Stadium, Sega Genesis Collection etc.

Lemmy communities you should keep an eye out for is: !gamedeals@lemmy.world for freebees and discounts. The other social media site that shall not be named also has a similar community with the same name.

As for new games when in doubt, Humble Bundle. They currently have some fantastic game deals right now if you are a fan of Capcom or Indi games. Outside of the Destiny 2 bundle I’ve heard nothing but positives from them.

Now as you say you are new to PC gaming I’m going to recommend you some niche/personal fav games of mine that either aren’t on consoles, or aren’t know well on consoles.

• Antichamber, a first person “shooter”, that’s more of a mind bending puzzle game. The most atmospheric game I’ve played and a wonderful time.

• Most thing from Valve, Half Life 1 & 2, Left for Dead, etc. All good fund and often onsale for dirt cheap. Get it if you find it for the right price. The YouTube series “Freeman’s Mind” is worth a watch if you want a see what the gameplay is like.

• Portal 1 & 2, Valve FPS and puzzle games. Well known, and obviously recommended. Play in order is advised.

• Slime Rancher if you are looking for a framing game in the first person

• Star Wars Dark Forces, Star Wars in the Doom Engine. Not the biggest fan but it’s the first in a series of fun adventure games.

• Star Wars Jedi Knight Dark Forces II, This is an interesting genera of game. It is a FPS, but it’s in the mission structure of the old doom games. With a narrative of Star Wars. There are light sabers, and you can cut off your enemies limbs. Fun time

• Star Wars Jedi Knight II/Jedi Academe, aka Dark Forces III. Same as the first game but you get your saber quicker. Had a blast with academe.

• Super Hot: Super. Hot. Super. Hot. Super. Hot.

• Team Fortress 2. Team based hero FPS before Overwatch. I’ve heard the quality went down recently but I haven’t checked.

• Wolfenstein The New Order. Just a very angry dude killing nazi’s what’s there not to love.

As everyone else is saying the issue is that priacy is easier.

That said if you have a HDMI recorder and a HDMI splitter (1 in 2 out) you can strip HDCP and record the signal.

With that said there are some fruity USB c tablets which will get you better results. Droid tablets can work too if you are OK with gui

Tbh this is how you’d normally download it with one additional step to get a password once if you haven’t signed in.

This is a portable from 2004

If you have a PSP Street then Sony gave you the proverbial middle finger since both Media Go (PC Software to download and manage digital PSP games), and transferring games from PS3 to PSP doesn’t work.

But if you have a PSP that can connect to WiFi you absolutely can still download PSP games. You just need to

1. connect your PSP to WiFi a challenge in it of itself

2. generate a Password for your account since Sony requires 2fa and PSP doesn’t support 2fa. Its on your Sony Account settings somewhere from a browser.

3. sign into your Sony account on your PSP

4. goto account management

5. select transaction management

6. select downloads list

7. select game you wanna download

Lots of guides out there for extracting PSP ISO or PS1 ISO from digital games on YouTube. Definitely worth looking into to preserve your collection

Because it was 2009, I was I kid, and I saw Mythbusters and I said yes. I learnt my lesson when they remove PlayStation Video years ago from PS3, and the PSP. I didn’t even know I could re-download it until I stumbled upon it in a menu years later.

I am just hoping and praying that this will not extend to their games. Sony’s been pretty good about game ownership to this point, look at those who bought the PT Demo and can still play it.

Alright, what this looks like is Sony’s deal with Discovery to sell and host their TV shows has been removed. From my quick glance there are no games being removed.

Still is BS, and beyond ridiculous. But it was inevitably going to happen at some point.

I am more pissed that I got informed that they are doing this from here instead of being told that I am losing my Myth Busters.

This is not a good idea. I tried it, and while technically yes it works. It’s just not worth it. Here are the steps you glanced over.

How to install SimCity 2000 on Steam from GOG.

1. Download EXE from GOG

2. Open the ~/.steam/steam/steamapps/compatdata/ so you can see which random ID the game is given

3. Open Steam and add a new non-steam game

4. Add the simcity2000 installer exe

5. Go into the installer properties and set the game to use Steam Play/Proton

6. Run the installer

7. Go through the install process and get the new game’s id. for me it was 3594652109

8. Complete the install and exit

9. Add the runner exe and the wine directory in the properties

10. Save your changes and run the game.

In my case this didn’t work, mostly because steam can’t launch a DOSBox preconfig link while Lutris can. I am certain that if you installed SimCity 3000 or Ubisoft Connect it probably will.

Regardless still not a good idea. While this will get you the same effect as Lutris, it’s much more involved and requires more conifguration. At least at this time. I hope Valve adds the functionality to install other games to Steam like in Lutris in the future as it will break down a lot of barriers. But as it is don’t do it.

Do you have a reference link/article for this? I want to see and try this for myself since it would make configuring remote play easier

Lutris has many functions, but what I use it for is a non-steam game Wine/Proton manager.

Basic principle of how Steam runs Windows games on Linux. Steam uses a modified version of Wine, called Proton to convert the native windows code to something Linux understands and can run. And has a pre-made Wine environment with all the appropriate files and directories so that when the game installs, it thinks it’s in Windows.

Now Lutris does pretty much the same thing, just without Steam. It too has pre-made Wine environments ready to install games, then with what ever version of Wine or Proton you have installed, you can install the game. For Ubisoft Connect, you aren’t just installing a game to a Wine Environment, you are installing a software manager to a Wine Environment, which can install other games, require software to your Environment, like on Windows.

Another benefit of Lutris is that if a game requires a specific dependency or needs to run with specific files and stuff, there are pre-made installers that will prepare the environment for you. For example here is the Ubisoft Connect install script: https://lutris.net/games/ubisoft-connect/

Plus since each game is installed to its own environment (except Game Launchers for DRM reasons), it means you can remove a bad environment without deleting all your games. This is a real boon if you buy your games from GOG.

However for the process it’s rather straight forward.

1. Find the game you want to install on lutris.net, if it’s not there just download the installer and try to run it.

2. Let Lutris install the program

3. Try to run the game in Lutris

3a) If it works, right click the game in Lutris and “Add to Steam”

TL:DR Lutris installs Windows games like Steam, and runs them like steam. But it doesn’t limit you to Steam games. Ubisoft Connect, EA App, GOG all work on Lutris to varying degrees of success.

Couldn’t you just install ubisoft connect and their subsequent games with Lutris? And add them to steam via Lutris.

That’s what I’m doing on my Arch install.

Still not possible to read adobe DRM epub on kindle as of yet. So you still need to strip the DRM first

Libby works on any Android and iOS device, so if you consider those E-Reader then no you didn’t miss understand.

However on proprietary E-Readers like Kobos and Kindles, Overdrive needs to be implemented by the manufacturer . It’s not an issue for Kobo, as Overdrive is baked in, but on Kindle it only works with the USA’s Library system if I understand it correctly (not from USA).

With that said since Overdrive relies on Adobe Digital editions it’s not the end of the world since you can remove the DRM and use calibre to cover the ePub to Mobi then move it onto a Kindle.

But getting the right device makes it less of a hassle.

Hey, just wanna shout out to your local library. Overdrive (Libby app) is amazing, but only works on kindles in the USA. Double check if kindle supports overdrive in your country and if it doesn’t you may want to get a Kobo or a third party e-reader instead.

Either that or you can use DeDRM to strip the adobe digital editions drms to keep the library books after they expire.

I might’ve already replied with it in this post, I might not have. Who really knows.

I don’t want to spill the beans on what I’m currently using since I don’t want it to be patched. But I can tell you what I use to use before my current config. Since apps and devices have updated to a point I found better ones.

I use to run an old Samsung Tablet with USB C video out and one of those Amazon bargain bin tablets with HDMI.

Once this bad boy strips the HDCP any old HDMI recorder can record the signal. At a time I used the Elgato HD60, but I’ve moved on since due to HDR content causing it problems.

PS2 discs can be ripped on a PC with a DVD player. Same with PS1. The PlayStation copy protection was on system not the media.

I already have one, not to worry. Plus they are easy to find on Amazon or eBay.