dangrousperson

Since when have Xbox controllers worked for PlayStation? Plus Steam is free and Game Pass isn't, so a false equivalency

Then don't buy the Steam controller. I would assume 99.9% of those interested in the "Steam" Controller will have a Steam account

Looks like Peglin

I know the German translation is "Dänische Delikatessen" which translates to "Danish Delicacies", but googling tells me the english title is "The Green Butchers", which I think is the original title translated

Have you tried Wacom?

They have their own TablePCs and manufacturers make Tablet PCs with their digitizers.

There is a community made linux drivers for them, compatible TabletPCs are listed here: https://github.com/linuxwacom/input-wacom/wiki/Device-IDs#tablet-pcs

They also make touch screen monitors that start around $300 (up to thousands) that connect to any PC and should also work under Linux, afaik. Or you could get the cheap 'old school' tablets made from plastic that simply move and control the cursor, though they take a while to get used to, IMO.

I see you're a man of culture

https://youtu.be/Vq1iqwGQblo

other than the compressor the other comment mentioned, having a proper AV with multiple channels can also help with a lot of media, at least stuff that was mastered properly. Usually the center speaker carries mostly the dialogue and not much else, so I boost it like 7-8dB, this works pretty well for most things on Netflix and co, but Stereo (no center channel to boost) and shitty mastering (too much noise in center channel) still have the same issues

Noo, Wetherspoons is Pro-Brexit? That sucks, had no idea. TBF, I'm German and haven't been in 10 years either, but my Bro studied in London for 2 years back then and I visited him 2-3 times. The Wetherspoon down the road had by far the best prices and great meal deals. Sucks that its owned by a piece of shit

used to be, but in the last couole of years Legos quality has only gone down, while the price stayed high. Lego now has the same 'quality issues' that the other manufacturers have at more than double the price. Lego includes ugly stickers in $500+ 'Ultimate Collector Sets', which is just a joke, while the competition has printed bricks in most sets these days (super cheap sets still have stickers).

Explanation: Up until 2010 LEGO had a trademark/copyright on their Bricks, but a EU Court decided that the interlocking design can't be trademarked as a 'functional, technical shape'. Before then, mostly incredibly cheap Chinese knockoffs existed, since then other manufacturers have been improving quality control and in some cases surpassing LEGO now.

Check out: BlueBrixx, Cada, Cobi, Mould King

same

same

I know this is patient gamers, but this was one of the best years in gaming for a while.

My personal top 3:

Silksong - I played like 2h of Hollow Knight many years ago, then took a small break, but was so lost when I returned that I never touched it again, until Silksong got a release date and the hype made me check it out again. Amazing game and Silksong is even better. I 100% Silksong and I'm super excited for the free DLC next year. I kind of rushed Hollow Knight though, so I might return for some late-game stuff.

DK Bananza - honestly didn't expect to to enjoy it as much as I did, really fun and creative 3D platformer with some of the best and smoothest movements in any of them.

Expedition 33 - Honestly this was mostly off my radar for most of the year. I had heard about it now and then, but the turn based combat didn't sound appealing to me. When it was nominated for more VGA awards then any game before it, I checked it out as well. Also an absolute banger. Great Art, Story and the turn based combat is a lot more fun than I thought it would be, really in depth to get the most out of each character. While J personally enjoyed Silksong the most this year, I can definitely understand the hype around it

I'm also looking forward to playing metroid prime 4, probably some.time next year