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Table of Contents⌗
- Guides
- Steam Deck
- Hardware reviews
- Distro reviews/impressions
- Game reviews
- Interviews
- Opinions
- Guest articles
- Off-Topic
- Other
- Commonly used tags
Guides⌗
Hardware
- Overclock AMD GPUs
- Update the firmware on your DualSense
- Overclock your GameCube controller for less input lag
Game-Specific
- Use FSR 2.1 on any DLSS-enabled game
- Steam-Play-None – force native Linux client
- Sonic Adventure 2 modding
- Sackboy: A Big Adventure optimization (FSR 2.1, Steam network services over EOS)
- Sonic Frontiers modding for Linux desktop
Emulation
- Play Nintendo Switch local/online multiplayer with Ryujinx
- Use Smash Ultimate Mods on Ryujinx
- Slippi (Super Smash Bros. Melee with rollback netcode)
- 60 FPS/widescreen mod for Kirby and the Forgotten Land
Other
- Sync save files for non-Steam Cloud games
- Force native Linux game engines with Luxtorpeda
- How to use Proton GE
Steam Deck⌗
Guides
- Ship of Harkinian (Zelda: OoT PC port)
- Overclock LCD Steam Deck
- Overclock your GameCube controller adapter
- Overclock OLED display to 120 Hz
- How to undervolt – and if it is worth it
- How to set up Xbox Game Pass
- How to set up Project M EX Remix
- How to add your own BGM/SFX to the main menu
- Use Deck as host for NVIDIA GameStream
- BTRFS compression tool
- How to run DOSBox games
- What to get when buying a MicroSD card
- How to stream your Xbox to your Deck
- Sonic Frontiers best settings
- Sonic Frontiers modding
Accessory Reviews
- Clicky button kit
- DeckHD
- GameCube-themed Deck
- GuliKit electromagnetic sticks
- JSAUX RGB docking station
- JSAUX RGB backplate
- JSAUX ModCase
- JSAUX transparent backplate
- JSAUX case
- Messenger bag WaterField Designs
- Funalot Dock and Case
- DeckTop – wireless keyboard/trackpad combo with clamp
- Stand/USB-C hub hybrid
- Lifesaver
- DeckMate – Swiss army knife accessory
- Portal skin
Plugins
- Wine Cellar - easily install GE-Proton
- PowerTools - advanced options for tweaking performance
- SteamGridDB - customize art for non-Steam games
- CSS/Audio Loader - customize Steam theme and sound effects
Emulation
- Nintendo Switch emulation – Ryujinx VS. Vulkan
- Nintendo Switch emulation with Ryujinx – OpenGL vs. Vulkan
- Kirby’s Return to Dreamland Deluxe
- Metroid Prime Remastered report
- How does it Melee?
Other
- Steam Deck OLED recommendations
- Steam Deck OLED may have audio crackling on headphone jack
- Steam Deck OLED - battery king
- Steam Deck OLED repairability
- Don’t get rid of your LCD Deck
- SteamOS 3.5 performance enhancements
- Joysticks - aftermarket ribbon cable replacements
- How to improve docks
- Undervolting/overclocking – benefits vs. risks
- Steam Deck 2 details
- Be careful when going offline
- Fake or corrupt MicroSD cards – what to watch out for
- The Verge interview with Pierre-Loup Griffais and Lawrence Yang – summary
- Crisis Core Final Fantasy VII Reunion report
- FSR 2.1 VS. 1.0
- How the repair process works
- Portal series comparison with the Nintendo Switch port
- What to do if the shoulder buttons stop working
Hardware Reviews⌗
- BigBig Won Rainbow 2 Pro controller
- Steam Deck OLED, Limited Edition
- Uperfect UGame K118 portable gaming monitor
- PhobGCC (GameCube Controller)
- Intel Optane SSD
- Thelio desktop by System76
- Oryx Pro laptop by System76
- Launch Lite keyboard by System76
- Steam Deck
- HP Dev One Notebook with Pop!_OS
- Hecate G33BT headset
Distro reviews/impressions⌗
- ChimeraOS review – Arch-based gaming distro
- Nobara Project (Fedora fork) impressions
Game Reviews⌗
- Fighting
- Fraymakers – NATIVE
- Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl 2 – PROTON
- Metroidvania
- Clunky Hero – NATIVE
- Trinity Fusion – PROTON
- Frontier Hunter: Erza’s Wheel of Fortune – PROTON
- Itorah – PROTON
- Survival
- Smalland: Survive the Wilds – PROTON
- Roguelike
- The Vaults of Minos – NATIVE
- Battle Shapers demo – PROTON
- Puzzle
- Sonority – NATIVE
- SokoChess – NATIVE
- The Entropy Centre – PROTON
- Rhythm
- Project Heartbeat – NATIVE
- Headbangers: Rhythm Royale – PROTON
- Racing
- Flashout 3 – NATIVE
- Bootlegger’s Racing Story – PROTON
- Hot Wheels Unleashed 2 - Turbocharged – PROTON
- You Suck at Parking – PROTON
- On-rails Shooter
- Ex-Zodiac – NATIVE
- Action RPG
- SpongeBob: The Cosmic Shake – PROTON
- Sonic Frontiers – PROTON
- Kena: Bridge of Spirits – PROTON
- Destroy All Humans! 2 - Reprobed – PROTON
- XEL – PROTON
- Simulation
- Booze Masters: Freezing Moonshine – PROTON
- 3D PrintMaster Simulator – PROTON
- PowerWash Simulator – PROTON
- Trolley Problem, Inc. – PROTON
- Isometric
- Tunic – PROTON
- Platformer
- CTRL + ALT + REPEAT – NATIVE
- Other
- Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech – PROTON
- The Invincible – PROTON
- Torn Away Demo – PROTON
Interviews⌗
- Steam Deck Gaming
- Tim Besset, Valve contractor
- Hi-Tech Lo-Life, Steam Deck YouTuber
- Kyle, CryoUtilities dev
- Luke Short, winesapOS dev
- Ben Romer, Ubuntu kernel dev
- Steam Deck Checker, YouTuber
- Ruineka and Samsagax, ChimeraOS devs
- GDKChan, founder of Ryujinx
- Metroid Prime Remastered (unofficial version) artists/devs
- Noah, founder of Steam Deck HQ
- James Ramey, president of CodeWeavers
- Gardiner Bryant, YouTuber
- Liam Dawe, owner of GamingOnLinux
- ChimeraOS founder
- Project Heartbeat dev
- Thomas Castleman, lead Drauger OS dev
Opinions⌗
- Do you really want a Steam Deck 2 that soon?
- Games losing native Linux/Deck support - does it matter?
- Benefits of native Linux games
- Are we getting too many immutable distros?
- Top games of 2023
- Be wary of Steam reviews and Steam Deck ratings
- My top 10 favorite Steam Deck boot videos
- Portal 3 won’t happen
- Should Valve slow down the Deck verification process?
Guest Articles⌗
Off-Topic⌗
- Super Mario Bros. movie review
- Smash clones can’t keep up
- Metroid Prime Remastered review
- Metroid Prime retrospective
- Majora’s Mask retrospective
- A review of Reggie’s memoir
Other⌗
- Legion Go with ChimeraOS
- Xbox Game Pass impressions
- Sonic P-06
- LGC one-year overview
- Rest in peace, old Big Picture Mode
- The dark side of Valve
- Moving from NVIDIA to AMD – experience
- Why I Founded LGC
Commonly Used Tags⌗
- news, software update, guide, weekly news, lgc update, kernel, system76, steam deck, steam deck client update, steamos, steam deck plugin, steam, native, wayland, proton experimental, proton, ge-proton, wine, chimeraos, winesapos, godot, emulation, ubuntu, bottles, cryoutilities, distro update, beta, stable, metroid, smash bros, jsaux, valve, dxvk