This week Gaming After Dark is back for a special episode, as both of us have received our Steam Deck from Valve and give impressions regarding our usage so far. There isn’t much in terms of news for this episode, it’s really a discussion regarding what our experience with Valve’s handheld Linux PC was. Nonetheless, we did cover a few topics. Hit the jump to listen and see more.
We covered the closure of Google’s Stadia, Sony’s upcoming release of Sackboy and alleged Steam Deck sales figures.
Don’t skip this week’s intro discussion because it’s pretty much the entirety of the podcast. Check it out and then hit the Discord!
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Spencer joined us in early 2015, previously a console centric gamer he switched to PC a few years ago. He later helped push for an increase in Japanese content on PC with the #SEGAPCPorts campaign. Previously he ran a SEGA fansite as well as co-hosted a gaming podcast. He thinks Duke Nukem 3D is the best FPS of all time, his text message alert on his phone is literally Duke Nukem saying “Let God sort ’em out.”
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I remember when the Steam Deck was first announced alot of people were disappointed with the fact that it would be running the Linux-based SteamOS; many even claiming they would get one just to install Windows on it.
Around half a year after launch, these people are nowhere to be seen or heard anymore…
It certainly didn’t help the Deck needs specialized drivers. You can’t just use the regular AMD Adrenalin drivers.
I was always going to give Linux a shot. But I was impressed and have no intention of installing Windows on my Deck.