The Steam Deck Changed Everything For Me 

Holy shit dude lmao! I have around 250 on mine and I thought that was a lot! 600? I don't think I could play that amount in my lifetime haha! 😂

Thanks for watching! I hope you like what you see on the channel! Your sentiment about playing on a desktop computer was the exact thing that kept me away from PC for years. Since I was always on the computer for work, sitting at a desk to play more games felt like more work. I am so thankful that the handheld PC market is expanding because it's all the games I want to play with none of the mental blockage that comes with sitting at a keyboard.

@@kraftypk7283 The touchscreen and both haptic touchpads add so much for however I want to use the system!

Thank you so much!

Let me know what you end up doing if you start tinkering! Thanks for watching!

That's exactly what I love about it! I have been hacking and modding consoles for years before I got a deck, and you're so right. Getting stuff working feels a lot like that.

Just wait until you find out you can do a shell swap and have a hot pink Steam Deck to go with them (o )L(o )

Just another Jessica who has played Barbie Games on her Steam Deck.

There are DOZENS of you!

Thank you!!!

Thank you for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

I also stopped buying so many overpriced games after I got my deck, and my wallet is much happier...until Steam sales roll around. Having all the games on Steam on the go is such a huge selling point. And if that's all you want, it's completely worth it for that too. Thanks for watching, and I am happy to be back!

@@Under10Hours that is another thing I forgot to mention, it has always been a dream of mine to play high in games on a handheld and handheld games on a TV. With the steam deck I could do both. And like you said, all the games I have on there are games I've owned either previously or still do. I'm a sucker for my childhood games I played so it is such a dream to be able to do that. Even with upgrades, I'm perfectly happy with this :-) thank you again

I agree. This thing feels like the device I always dreamed of having, but never imagined I would ever get to own. I don't think I would believe you if you told me at 8 years old that this thing would exist. Although who knows? I fell for that 3-in-1 console baloney my friend told me about haha

Thank you so so much. That’s really nice of you to say :)

My only two issues with my deck, cant make PowerPoint for teaching, can't zoom for teaching. And 1 game a mmo dragon quest x online is windows only. But all else yea deck can do.

That's an interesting use case I hadn't considered. There are alternatives to Office, but if you have Office 365 for work, that won't help too much. Zoom is the real surprise for me. I don't see why they wouldn't have an app for Linux after everything that has happened the last few years.

Thanks for coming back and watching! I’m glad you liked it

That is so disappointing. I had no idea you couldn't just buy one if you wanted. Do you know anyone in the states that could help you snag one, if you still want it? Also, is this just a Steam Deck thing, or is this a common issue with other kinds of tech?

​@Under10Hours It's just a commercial decision by Valve. I think their choice is informed by the very strict consumer protection laws we have here in Australia regarding warranties, defects and refunds. Remember how Steam didn't have a refund system? Guess which country kicked up a stink to push them to implement one. I think that left a sour taste in Valves mouth. However, selling any electronic product in any country requires adherence to that countries regulatory rules, and maybe we have one in Aus that disqualifies the Steam Deck or maybe there are some registration fees that Valve just don't want to pay because they don't think the market is big enough here or they don't want to have a shortage of inventory for other countries. All that to say, it's a business decision by Valve not to sell it here.

I would be lying if I said I hadn't considered selling off some games as emulation has gotten so good. I still love them, but as my priorities change, being able to play these games reliably through emulation has made collecting every single game feel less necessary too.

Yes I love Pop OS! I am trying to find some video editing software to replace Final Cut Pro and I'll be close to hopping over myself.

Thanks! It was nice, but I’m happy to be back!

This entire section of the market is so exciting. I love my Steam Deck, but I also love that people are finding other devices in the same area that they love too. It's exciting to see how companies are experimenting to see what works, what isn't and letting these devices breathe a bit.

It me!

also tell me more about that pen o.o I LOVE a good pen

Surprise!

So that pen is a Kaweco Sport AL. The original pen was also a plastic Kaweco Sport in green, but I gifted it to someone who needed to get into journaling to calm their head. But then I started to miss the pen and upgraded to the metal one! It's an excellent pen, especially the plastic one because it get so small when closed. Perfect thing to pocket or throw in a bag. It was my first fountain pen, and it was over from there.

Thank you for watching, and I’m happy you liked it!! The games are Vigilante 8 and Bomb Rush Cyberfunk

I am a big fan of how clean KDE is.

So happy to be back! Thanks for watching!

Thank you! Happy to be back!!

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I don't think there is one right or wrong way to start a journal so I don't know if making a video would be helpful to a ton of people. When I started my first bullet journal in 2019, I had previously been trying to keep all my responsibilities in my head. After a while that stopped working, and I turned to RU-vid for ideas. I had tried digital and physical journaling years leading up to it, and I couldn't ever stick with it for more than a few weeks. Eventually the trend of Bullet Journaling popped up as an efficient way to reclaim your time. Not everything in the "official bullet journal" method worked for me, but over time I took what did work and kept it up and started adapting or removing what didn't. Today, I mostly use my journal as a scrapbook and a way to document and get my feelings out on paper. My notebook is an A6-size Hobonichi planner that has one page per day. Since the book is smaller, the empty page isn't as daunting. Plus there is a quote at the bottom of each couple of pages for inspiration. I use an HP Sprocket to print photos and make collages of video games, movies and books I liked each month. Or I'll put photos of major life events or world events (unfortunately a lot of those lately) on the days they happened. My only real advice for starting a journal would be to ask yourself why you want one in the first place i.e. organization, documenting your life, processing things that happened, etc. Then you can look at different content creators or go to r/journaling and get some inspiration. There's a lot of pressure on RU-vid to make your journal beautiful, and there is value to making something like that if it's calming and something you enjoy, but if that doesn't work for you, don't force yourself to do it. It's important to keep in mind that a journal is supposed to be a helpful tool, not a burden you feel tied to.

Thank you for the heartfelt reply!​@@Under10Hours

Of course! I hope it helped!

Happy to be back! Thanks for coming back and watching the new video!

It's a great device for emulation, and EmuDeck makes it a lot easier. There are tons of great guides on how to use it. It takes a little elbow grease, but since EmuDeck installs emulators in bulk, it streamlines the process a lot. The one thing I'll stress is that you do have to provide the system BIOS files for a lot of the emulators so make sure you get those as well. Also after the lawsuit with Yuzu, you might have to find it and download it separately. I just searched for a tutorial, and I found this one to be very thorough. If you run into any trouble, the community is very helpful and welcoming. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aZ8ipXiwpyc.html

@@Under10Hours oh ok thanks. Much appreciated. I've dabbled with emulating a little bit on an old laptop I had. Just need to get used to messing with stuff, it shouldn't be too hard

Of course Rockstar kills compatibility the day I post this :'(

Like a phoenix from the ashes, I have returned

I would love a Steam Machine, but I would even take it if they released SteamOS as an image for other computers besides the Steam Deck. I'd switch to it in a second.

Why would you want a machine that will be overpriced and probably a pain in the ass to upgrade? Don't get me wrong, I love my stream deck, but it would be cheaper and better to build an ITX PC as a living room PC and use steam big picture mode.

I like that Retro-Achievements are there. I have a plugin on my deck that allows me to track them as I play. But I go through ebbs and flows of chasing achievements. If a retro game I am playing has them, cool. If not, I am not too torn up about it.

My Switch has been collecting a lot of dust since then too. The only thing I use it for these days is playing Smash online with friends.

Same! Except I'm not going back until the next console comes out. I'll go back when I hack my switch and grab all exclusives/1st party games, along with putting emulators on my NS. I have a GameCube con adapter I got for Smash but never rly used

Forgot to mention Jsrf

Cannot wait for the new one!!!

The one with the Dodge Charger is Blur, a really underrated arcade racer with powerups and stuff. The game where I crash into a ferris wheel at 13:25 is Hot Wheels: Crash.

@@Under10Hours thanks

That sounds great. If only I could put that custom iso on every computer at work

There was a PC port that I was able to find. Past that, it was just a matter of installing it. www.reddit.com/r/BlurGame/comments/twr4jp/blur_works_on_the_steam_deck_tutorial_in_comments/

Dead Rising 3! It’s a good one! Definitely recommend the whole series

I agree. Scalping has gotten ridiculous, and I refuse to pay for any of that anymore. But if I emulate a game and it's perfect and I make a video on that experience, and then someone digs their old console out of their attic after seeing my video to play a game I discussed, we aren't having the same experience. Hardware is the baseline for what you can expect. Driver 2 is a great example of a game that plays very slowly on console, but is full speed after emulation. You can always get better through emulation, but you can't get worse than console.

Sure, but consoles also allow me to get soldering experience with cool modifications or repairs. You can't do much on laptops or handheld PCs unless you have a hot air station to upgrade the RAM or maybe the WiFi card, but that's about it. Any other soldering you would do on a computer would literally only be for repair purposes. That being said, I'm not the type who has much interest in systems older than 6th gen anyway. Anything older is easily emulated on a toaster these days, even on modded Xboxes or 7th gen consoles Also yeah, I'll agree with the game scalpers point. The only way to get good prices these days is to go to thrift stores or buy from local sellers, lol. Thats why I want to mod consoles to use ODEs/flashcarts or softmod them to play off their internal hard drives.

Yeah but emulation is free too, but you don't get that physical joy of using the original console though sometimes can be bad too I use a lot of different controllers these days as an adult - PS5 controller on PS3 console via converter for example and PS4 on PS2 respectively. Modern joys for older hardware.

Emulation isn’t always perfect, and some people prefer to play the original experience. Think dithering or other CRT display advantages. Also it isn’t always “legal” and some people care about that. People also like to display their collections. I wouldn’t call it scalping either because these games are out of print. “Retired” goods/toys/collectibles whatever you want to call them will always have a market value that is enforced by things like quality and rarity. Scalping is buying out current run products and creating a shortage. Like PS5’s in 2020-2021. It’s up to game devs and license holders to re-release games. Square Enix still sells the final fantasy games as new for their original hardware. Sure some people might buy up a bunch of games but it is largely the fact that they are out of print that is driving the costs. You can also modify hardware to play game isos. Dreamcast has no copy protection, ps2 has freemcboot and OPL, Xbox has Xbmc and other custom firmware. Swiss for GameCube. Wii’s are hilariously easy to hack. Then all you need is hardware for your ISO’s.

@@thommohawk1216simple solution 😅. Rpcs3 and pcsx2 ‼️‼️

That sucks! I hope there’s some sort of work around or alternative in the works. It’s the one thing that holds it back

The Legion Go seems like such an awesome device. I love the OLED SD, but 144Hz would be such an awesome upgrade. I really hope as Linux on these handhelds makes strides, companies start resolving the anti-cheat software issue.

It is! Great catch haha I grew up on all the Humongous games so I wanted to throw in a little nod to that.

In retrospect, mistakes were made and I am kind of stuck with it. I built an ITX board with a simple case that helps it stand out less in my living room. I got a 13th Gen Intel Core i5 (but with the design issues from the factory I should have gone with AMD), an RTX 2080 Founders Edition, and 3TB of storage on M.2 drives. It was a sort of budget build, but it handles all I want very well, even up to 4K on less demanding games. I mostly play in 1440p for anything that drops frames, and I am really happy with it. EDIT: Forgot to mention 32GB of RAM.

@@Under10Hours I want to learn about Arch linux to use my desktop computer with a CRT monitor and use interlaced resolutions! Windows knocks it out of the park for interlacing but im beginning to despise windows, i've read online that Linux can support interlaced scan even better than Windows but you have to tinker A LOT more to get it working at all in the first place. Have you got any experience on this?

Thank you!

It’s called Huntdown. It’s awesome!

That is hilarious!! Was lying about mythical game consoles the Kindergarten version of "my dad works at Nintendo"?? Why was it so common haha

Rockstar just had to pull what they did the day I uploaded this 🙄

Yeah anti-cheat is a major hurdle if you want to play online games.

Yeah fair enough. If you can't play the games you want to play, it doesn't matter how good the OS is.

@@Under10Hours I had a steam deck I gave it to my friend for free 3 days ago now I only game on my ROG ally Z1 extreme.

I’m pissed. That game worked the entire time I had it, and as soon as I post the video they decide it’s time to kill online compatibility

@@Under10Hours And guess what, most mod menus are back working again! It didn't make a single difference in the end. Rockstar is completely cooked and soulless at this point.

Maybe, but I am not trying Windows on a handheld anytime soon. My game purchases are probably getting influenced by this. I'm good with that for now.

The kernel-level anti-cheat software that a lot of online games use isn't coming to Steam Deck anytime soon so Windows is definitely better for that. But since Windows is a desktop OS that wasn't really made for this, I see a lot of sentiment that it has a long way to go on handhelds. There isn't a single perfect solution on either side. It'll be interesting to see how both evolve over time.

I installed Windows on a separate drive on the Steam Deck to try and play Starfield via GamePass. For me, it's definitely not worth sticking to. You aren't missing much, imo, unless you play online games.

@@Under10Hours Microsoft announced that they are getting rid of Kernal level access soon

It’s called Huntdown! It’s great!