“The future ain’t what it used to be.”

-Yogi Berra

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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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  • Heres the thing. If you get a deck, you know that at least steam won’t be gaslighting you to buy another one for a hot minute.

    I liked my deck enough that I bought the OLED when it came out to give my old one to my partner. Now we play in bed together side by side. She hadn’t played in years because well, life and being busy.

    A deck can (somewhat) replace a PC. A PC could not replace a deck. Its a fundamentally different thing. I am going to buy a banger gaming PC. My deck allows me to play and have fun until I can buy the rig I want instead of the one I can afford.



  • I play more than I ever had time to with a PC on my deck. Also, I can play in the yard, on the couch, or if I’m feeling fancy, with a monitor, mouse and keyboard. Its great on a plane,

    Also, it was a serviceable backup for the week where my work laptop died. I’ve felt priced out of a “fun machine” since the 30 series.

    Its graphics are so so. I am in no rush to buy triple A’s, although I did play through BG3 a couple times on it. Witcher3 was great.

    It depends on how seriously you are with yourself about always being docked. A $700 PC, if you can get a used Vcard, a PC is going to be an improvement. But have you ever been exposed to the mobility a deck offers? You can play in bed. At the breakfast table. In the back of a car. What the steam deck offers is bigger than just graphics. You may not think “I’ll do those things” because right now, its not even an option. But once it is… suddenly gaming on the porch with a beer becomes a mighty fine way do do things.