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I haven’t written one of these in a while. Technically this would be the 3rd What Have I Been Playing posts, but the second one was hidden in my Switching Back To Linux post. The crazy thing is that not a whole lot has changed. So here’s what I’ve been playing over the past few many months. WARDOGS This has been my recent obsession and I kind of got bait-and-switched. During the play tests the game’s anti-cheat worked fine under Proton but at launch this was no longer the case, which REALLY sucks. I really really want to cut Windows out as much as possible. Luckily I only ever boot it to play a few games. But enough about that… WARDOGS. This game has been a real breath of fresh air for me lately. It’s kind of like a mix of Arma with Battlefield. Or I guess more accurately it’s Arma Light. Boiled down, there are 3 factions that are fighting for control of a single territory. It’s King of the Hill. 100 players. 3 teams. Buncha fun shit. Heli’s. Tanks. Urals to transport supplies between your home base and various player built “Forward Operating Bases” or “FOBs”. ...

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a few months now. I’ve started it a few times but always get distracted. Gotta love ADHD. Well, that and the fact that I have yet to stop messing with my configs. Idk why I do it, it’s like as soon as I have it set up the way I like it… I don’t like it anymore. Whatever, it’s good to be back. It’s definitely taken me too long. The reason that I wanted to switch back was pretty simple. I like using Linux. I don’t like Windows, and up until a few years ago, gaming on Linux wasn’t really a thing. There were some games that would run out of the box. But most games required some janky Wine work around or just flat out didn’t work, and it wasn’t really worth the time too much. I’ve always liked to have Linux on my lap tops but not always on my main gaming PC. But with the success of Proton and the Steam Deck, gaming on Linux became a whole lot easier. ...

I spent the better part of 4 years using MacBooks as my daily laptop. Starting in 2009 with a white MacBook that I was given by my parents as a graduation gift. I thought I was the coolest kid in the world. I loved that thing. I customized the heck out of it, and I used it all the time. I was a photographer and photographers used MacBooks. Fast forward a few years to 2012 and I upgraded to a late 2011 MacBook Pro. Again, I loved it. I loved the “power” it had – or rather I thought it had – I loved the look of it. It was sleek and sexy. The touch pad clicked in. It was awesome and I thought I needed a MacBook Pro because I was a photographer. ...