Gaming
Games and the machines and communities around them.
hmmmm ok this happened after an update on my ROG Ally: the card is a 512 GB card... i tried rebooting and reseating it. nothing. i can't even tell if the card is dead or just has a brkoen file system... what should i try first? im comfortable following steps…
Ah, I went through something similar. I wanna get into city builders, but the couple Ive tried were stressful. One went bankrupt in teh first hour, the other had disasters that wiped out half my town while I was still…
hey, running a small multiplayer community server thats growing. things like spam, arguments spilling over from games, and new members not knowing where to post are becoming rgeular problems. what did ppl who've done…
help!! ive now crashed at one particular quest in a horror game eleven times in a row. the error: i really dont want to lose a full week of progress. What can i try before reinstalling everything?? I checked the games forums but found only a couple of…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts okay, this is annoying. my Windows handheld worked perfectly until a BIOS update. now the GPU doesnt work: device Manager says it can't start. I don't wanna reset the whole device if I don't have to. any ideas? The rest…
this is unbelievable. a hero shooter blue screens my PC while queueing: PAGE FAULT IN NONPAGED AREA every time, i updaetd GPU drievrs and reinstalled teh game. Everything else is stable. What's the next step? other games, benchmarks and long editing sessions…
im lsoing my mind with this update. the publishers launcher says it failed, retry, fails again at the verifying step: the game folder is on a second SSD. other games on the same drive update fine. what makes this one different? Id really prefer not to delete…
Honest question: does a subscription make u enjoy games more? Ive had Game Pass for a while. My library is a rotating catlaogue, and yet i spend more time browsing than playing 🔥 Part of me wants to cancel and just buy the few games i realy care about.…
hmmmm ok im trying to decide between a Steam Deck OLED and a gaming laptop. i mostly want something for playing in bed, but i also play some demanding games 😤 my friend says my handheld runs on a potato, which isnt helping me decide. for those whove owned…
little rant: why is depth of field on by default in sooo many games? its the first thing i turn off. on an older GPU, Im also hunting for better battery life. whats your settings routine? id love to build a little checklist for new games from this thread,…
ok weird one im part of a small clan that plays a competitive shooter. weve decided to accept newer players instead of only recruiting experienced ones, partly because the pool of veterans is shrinking. The problem:…
i was finally getting somewhere in a live service shooter on my PS5 Slim, and then right after teh title screen the screen froze for a second and dumped me back to the home screen with this: CE 108255 1... every single time now. ive restarted the console,…
not sure where to start with this one. my Xbox Wireless Controller disconnects every few minutes: The console is inside a TV cabinet, if that matters. Another controller seems slihgtly better but also drops someitmes. Anyone have a checklist for this? Any…
guys pls help I've been gaming happily for motnhs, but now I'm seeing green sparkles after I applied a memory overclock. screenshot from tonight: The card is a RX 5700 XT. I'm torn between 'it's a software thing' and 'start saving for a new GPU'. How do you…
my Legion Go has a Wi Fi problem after sleep lmao it shows: the symptom: connection drops every few minutes. im on a hotel network... my phone and laptop are fine, ive tried forgetting the network and reconnecting, any ideas?? Other devices on the same…
ugh. genuine question: how do you decide whether to buy at launch? For big open world games, i feel like i miss out on the community buzz if i wait, but day one a patch that fixed half the game stories are getting more common 🔥 Is there a rule you follow,…
not gonna lie this is driving me nuts this is driving me crazy. My Legion Go loses Wi Fi after sleep: the symptom: no internet, secured. im on a phone hotspot... what do ppl usually do about this? I'm comfortable changing settings in Device Manager or…
I've been playing online sports games for years, but voice chat has become so stressful that I started using report tools. It helps, but I lose the fun of teamwork. As one of the new players, I'd love to hear how others handle this. I don't want to give up…
so annoyed rn my partner laughed at me cuz i own dozens of free giveaway games and still bought another game this week. i want to enjoy games again instead of treatnig them like homework. What changed things for you? Id love to hear practical tips, not just…
help!! has anyone else had problems since the newest driver? For me, my main multiplayer game crashes during big fights: I'm on a RTX 4070. Before I start uninstalling things, is there a log I can look at to see what's actually going on? any routine you…
so annoyed rn i put my Legion Go to sleep by letting it time out, and when I picked it up later it showed this: it lost half teh battery in a day... that makes it hard to rely on as a grab and go device. is this normal for handhelds, or is something keeping…
guys pls help my a zombie sandbox server has been rock solid for months 🙏 Then the latest patch arrived and it died. SteamCMD output: Clients say disk write failure. Id love to fix this without wiping the world save. most important to me is keeping the…
this is so weird. my DualSense works in some games but not a sports game. connection is a USB hub... when i opened Device Manager i found this: ive reconnected it a dozen times... pelase tell me its a setting and not a broken controller. the controller is…
long time lurker first post lol curious about everyones habits here. I mostly play racing games on my original Switch, and I go back and forth. Docked is nice for the bigger screen, but handheld in the bath, carefully is where I actually have time to play.…
Help me understand this. I tried to install a new game on my second hand Steam Deck: the storage screen shows shader cache using more than the game itself. my games are mostly on the SD card, but teh cache seems to be on internal storage. is there a way to…
