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  • Re: What Have You Been Playing... IN MARCH 2026?

    From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Fri Apr 3 12:12:17 2026
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    On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 09:11:43 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
    thing:

    Same iPhone games! I hope to resume SW:TOR soon.


    Try The Room! On app store. Probably better on ipad though, bigger
    screen.


    Speaking of which, I got a new Android tablet; my third in four months
    (the first two broke; that's what I get for buying cheap.
    Knock-on-wood that this one doesn't go the same way, because I didn't
    pay much more for this one either).

    All I really want it for is as an e-book reader, so performance for
    pretty much anything else doesn't matter too much to me. Still, this
    new device has enough oompf to stream Steam games from my local PC. Of
    course, the controls suck but it /is/ an option. But unlike my iPad,
    I've almost no software for Android, games or otherwise. And the free
    offerings for Android-ware all look particularly sketchy, so I'm
    hesitant to add any of those games to my library. Especially since
    I've no idea how well any of it would run on my cheapo hardware.

    Although more suggestions wouldn't go unappreciated. I can't be
    reading ALL the time ;-)




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  • From rms@rmsmoo@moomoo.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sat Apr 4 10:46:42 2026
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    Speaking of which, I got a new Android tablet; my third in four months

    The OLED android tablets can be great for game streaming from pc or geforcenow: Moonlight + Sunshine seems to be the preferred method. Here's one guide https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1b0famk/moonlight_hdr_streaming_from_windows_11_host_pc/
    Using a steamdeck or ipad are also options; controller support & mapping
    have utilities/apps to help. I haven't tried these myself, but couch or bed gaming is very doable nowadays!

    rms

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  • From Spalls Hurgenson@spallshurgenson@gmail.com to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sun Apr 5 13:57:05 2026
    From Newsgroup: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action

    On Sat, 4 Apr 2026 10:46:42 -0600, "rms" <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> said this
    thing:

    Speaking of which, I got a new Android tablet; my third in four months

    The OLED android tablets can be great for game streaming from pc or
    geforcenow: Moonlight + Sunshine seems to be the preferred method. Here's >one guide >https://www.reddit.com/r/SteamDeck/comments/1b0famk/moonlight_hdr_streaming_from_windows_11_host_pc/
    Using a steamdeck or ipad are also options; controller support & mapping >have utilities/apps to help. I haven't tried these myself, but couch or bed >gaming is very doable nowadays!

    Basically, if your tablet can do HD video-streaming from youtube, it
    can stream pretty well from cloud-gaming servers too. Which, after
    all, aren't much more than video streams anyway.

    In fact, this cheapo tablet even came with an equally cheapo bluetooth
    keyboard and USB mouse, so if I really wanted to, I could have used
    those to play PC games. Or, like you said, invested in a bluetooth
    gamepad.

    But I'm not really interested in that sort of gaming. I'm too cheap to
    pay for streaming services, and don't like the idea of having to leave
    a PC on to act as a personal server either. Much less have to haul
    around controllers --K/M or gamepad-- just to get my game on. Even if touchscreen gaming is an attrocious option, it is at least more
    convenient.

    Maybe I should just browse the android play store. There's gotta be
    SOMETHING good on there that isn't made by the slimiest of publishers
    just out to make a quick buck. Right?
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  • From rms@rmsmoo@moomoo.net to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Sun Apr 5 15:07:47 2026
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    But I'm not really interested in that sort of gaming.

    I'm talkin newly released high-end games, played with low response delay
    & decent graphics settings, from your couch or bed. Well I'm not doing
    that, being a sit at the desk PC guy, but plenty of people are and will play that way, and it is very possible today.

    rms

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  • From ant@ant@zimage.comANT (Ant) to comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action on Mon Apr 6 00:16:41 2026
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    rms <rmsmoo@moomoo.net> wrote:
    Same iPhone games! I hope to resume SW:TOR soon.

    Try The Room! On app store. Probably better on ipad though, bigger screen.

    Hmm, it reminds me of Myst. Meh, passed. I always sucked at those. :D No time too.
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