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  • I don’t feel like it’s fair to compare the newer DOOM games to one another. They’re more like different games than sequels.

    DOOM 2016 is an excellent reboot, fairly grounded.

    DOOM Eternal is a movement shooter / platformer with a ton of verticality in the areas.

    I haven’t played it yet, but I get the impression Dark Ages is even more grounded and geared towards wide open arenas. Almost gives me Serious Sam vibes.

    I’ve had a ton of fun with Eternal and I’m sure you’ll get more than your $4 worth!




  • For me, the visual fidelity is better and I found it to be a lot more stable overall, particularly in the framerate / latency department. This was the case over the local network but became even more pronounced when I played from another city. Back when I first set it up, Steam Link didn’t have HDR Support so doing regular navigation on my desktop looked all washed out and awful.

    I have a AMD cards in all my desktops, so Moonlight is out.

    Moonlight is the client side, it runs on the Steam Deck that is AMD based. Sunshine is what runs on the host - you need both.

    MoonDeck is a Decky Loader plugin that lets you run your stream for each game by its appid, letting you keep your controller layouts in order. Normally, you’d be launching Moonlight and then the stream, which means you’d have to have your controller layout for each game associated with the Moonlight appod and then have to manually switch between them depending on what you’re playing.

    It’s certainly more involved than the simplicity of running Steam Link, but for me the benefits were well worth it.


  • Teamviewer is such a scummy company.

    • If you sign up for a TeamViewer license, you have 7 days to cancel and get a refund. This does not apply to renewals.
    • Licenses are only available in annual installments.
    • TeamViewer’s license recommendation tool may suggest a license that is greater than your actual need. In my case, the cheaper license that best fit my business use case (one session at a time) was not presented during onboarding.
    • TeamViewer does not offer mid-term downgrades, but does allow mid-term upgrades.
    • You will get a renewal notice 30 days before renewal. TeamViewer requires written notice of cancellation 28 or more days before renewal.
    • TeamViewer does not offer the option for mid-term cancellations and will not grant a prorated refund for the remainder of your unused license time. When you cancel, you are only cancelling the next renewal.

    We got totally boned when our renewal notice went out just before a three day weekend. PayPal and our bank sided with TeamViewer. Apparently, someone tried to sue over this shady practice in California and the court also sided with TeamViewer. Probably would have dodged this bullet if I had thought to scroll through the TeamViewer subreddit, I went with them because I had positive experiences using the free version for personal use.

    Been using RustDesk for years with great success. I especially appreciate the responsible disclosure banners on the main site and GitHub warning users that they might be on the phone with a scam artist.

    IMO, all the proprietary remote access software (Teamviewer, Ultraviewer, Anydesk, Etc) companies are profiting from and therefore complicit in the use of their software to scam people.