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Remember GeForce Now? It's Nvidia's video-game streaming service. But
this one has a twist; you don't actually own (license, whatever) any
games on GeForce Now. Rather, you connect your Steam account to it,
and can stream any of the games* you own on Steam through the service.
This way you can play 'on the go' or without having to own a monster
PC, or repurchase any games on an entirely new service.

Putting aside the merits of streaming, it's not a bad idea and on
occasion I put it to use (mostly when I just want to quickly check out
a game without having to download 100GB of game-data first). The free
edition is not without its downsides (long wait times to get started,
limited play-time once you're in, and you don't get the super-fine
graphics of the paid subscribers), but for my use case, it works well
enough.

So I'm happy to learn that soon you'll be able to link your GOG
accounts to GeForce Now** and get access to those games too. It's not
available yet (I just checked; the options not there in the latest
version, but hopefully it will be there soon).

They're also adding support for BattleNet, MS XBox, Ubisoft UPlay and
Epic (already there), and VR storefronts (forthcoming). All of which
will greatly bolster the available library.

Me, I'm just happy little GOG is still in the mix...





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* well, not every game on Steam; just the ones that Nvidia has
hammered out a deal with the publishers. A selection which includes
many -but not all- of the most popular games (e.g., it has "Doom 2016"
and "Doom Eternal", but not "Doom: Dark Ages"... at least not yet).
Still, it's a goodly number of games

** more info here https://www.engadget.com/gaming/geforce-now-adds-gog-syncing-and-90fps-game-streaming-in-vr-headsets-130656731.html
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From Newsgroup: rec.games.frp.dnd


Damn, I did it again. I /really/ need to stop and make sure I'm
posting to the correct newsgroup before I hit send.

Well, ignore all the stuff I said. It's not applicable to this
newsgroup and I'll have myself thrown into the nearest incinerator
again as soon as possible.

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In the meantime, I'll just mention that the Hasbro CEO remains bullish
on AI, and in fact boasts about how much he uses AIslop in his own
campaign... but at least he seems to be aware of how hated it is by
everyone else and is pulling back from using it in future D&D products https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/hasbro-ceo-still-has-so-much-ai-based-grist-in-his-own-d-and-d-games-it-would-floor-you-but-hes-not-putting-it-in-mtg-cards-or-d-and-d-books-because-people-just-dont-want-it/

Me, I don't get the point of using AI in my campaigns. Half the joy I
get from playing the game is the creation itself. Why would I want to
outsource that to a computer? (The other half is the playing of
course... the happiness when the players do something weird and
wonderful, and pulling weird faces and making funny voices as I
pretend to be an Elf paladin or something. Again, why would I want to
give that up to let a computer fake the experience?!)

But it takes all sorts, I suppose.

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Anyway, sorry again for the mispost. I'd promise to do better... but
I'm not sure I could follow through on that. But I'll try.

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