Yes! The steam controller was legitimately incredible for first person games. The combination of left joystick and right touchpad was incredible once you got used to it.
I love my steam deck, but I was really disappointed with the touchpads... they are just too small too really use for much of anything other than menus. As a result, I really only play 2d games, since I hate 2-stick controls...
Both can be true. I agree with you.
I remember just after all this kicked off last October there was an interview with an ex hamas guy (who is now an anti-extremism researcher) about what their plan was with all of this.
He mentioned how their plan had always been to force a reaction from Israel and then use social media to build support among specifically both the Muslim diaspora and progressive non-muslims in Europe/NA.
The worse it gets in Gaza, the better it is for Hamas. Their support in Gaza goes up, and they gain additional support abroad, while Israel loses support. Win/win/win
My sleep-routine is that I read (usually my kindle) in bed at night.
It's kind of great both because I like reading, but also because it makes me fall asleep.
The US is just an oligarchy. Most political scientists agree these days.
It might not be Russia-levels of oligarchy, but it's trending that way.
I went through a pretty big libertarian phase way back in my late teens.
Not the 'deregulate everything' type, but rather more of a 'everyone's place in society is governed by the choices they make' social-darwinist sort of angle.
Once I got out and experienced real life more (and learned about all the little nuances behind everything) I realized just how wrong I was.
Nowadays I'm a big leftist/socialist
Some parts of the US, not all
To be fair, before Trump took over the party, the Republicans were generally considered to be in a death spiral.
The prevailing idea was that the party just didn't have a future. Their brand was this basically an unappealing mix of boring religious people and self-professed 'sensible', common-sense stewards of the status quo. Looking at demographic trends at the time, they were trending towards irrelevance.
Then Trump took over and brought back the enthusiasm. They also started to court minority votes (Hispanics, Blacks) which tend to be very socially conservative. At the same time, the democrats slipped into the 'boring status quo protectors' role.
Hopefully the Dems wake up, but it might take a while.
Politics (especially among republicans) has become a bit religious, so it's not really THAT different I guess
The Dems should definitely move more central on social issues, as the US election system has a huge built in rural bias.
Then focus on more broad-reaching progressive economic topics. Less focus on legislation targeting specific marginalized groups and more on policies which would impact everyone directly. As a potential example, Universal Basic Income ("Freedom Bonus" or whatever it was called) was one such policy which was floated a couple elections ago.
You're right, I agree with you and I think his goals are both damaging and stupid... but at the end of the day his strategy is winning and we will obviously have to adapt to beat it.
For me, the biggest strength of the steam controller was using the right trackpad for FPS-style games... basically a virtual trackball mouse. Once you got used to it it's incredibly responsive and a huge upgrade on a joystick.
I never managed to get my deck to work like that. The trackpads are just too small and don't seem as responsive somehow? Granted, I do have quite large hands