The End Of Desktop Gaming – 2025 Edition

2025 Marks the End for Desktop Gaming, Managing Game Achievements on Linux, Building the PC of Theseus, and What Happens When a Console User Attempts to Steam Deck. Enjoy the show? Become a Patron! https://patreon.com/linuxgamecast LINKS Show notes: https://linuxgamecast.com/2024/12/the-end-of-desktop-gaming-2025-edition/ Studio Wishlist: https://throne.com/interfacinglinux Interfacing Linux: https://www.youtube.com/@InterfacingLinux Have questions about your Linux setup? Ask in the forums. https://interfacinglinux.com/community/ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 Intro 00:59 Building an open-source router 01:30 Goon Tube comments 03:22 Boxing days 04:41 Gravity always wins 05:59 Thoughts on small curved monitors 07:58 Old games looked and ran better 09:20 System requirements vs visual fidelity 11:41 Steam's be$t games of 2024 14:44 Why so many old games? 15:18 Remembering Warframe 17:13 Normies vs Steam Decks 18:52 Converting people to Linux 20:20 Unbiased experience 20:37 Console users like graphical options 22:56 Managing Steam achievements with Samira 23:46 Why do you manage achievements? 28:40 Flock of Dogs 31:06 FOUNTAINS 32:22 Hyper Light likes 34:08 OpenGamepadUI v0.35.0 35:48 You don't see *.rpm often 36:30 What game launchers do you use? 37:51 Input Candy for Game Maker Studio 39:23 Game controllers on PC are a new thing 41:04 RIP desktop gaming 2024 edition 42:12 When did gaming laptops get gud? 48:08 DO you have a PC of Theseus? 52:30 No longer having a personal PC 53:04 Content creation on mobile 54:02 The work Pad 56:53 YouTube subscription discord thingy