Notices by Jer Clarke (jerclarke@mastodon.social)

This is my new favorite meme: As long as the font is sans-serif, every time someone mentions AI, just imagine they're talking about "Weird Al" and react appropriately 🤣

@lain @waltercool@pl.slash.cl @feld I haven't tried gog before, didn't realize it worked for macOS, maybe I'll give it a try sometime.

Don't love Steam at all, but it's longstanding and I’m "invested" in it at this point, so I shop there out of apathy (and becase games in the actual macOS App Store are always stuck at maximum MSRP forever).

@feld Isn't that for the SteamDeck product that runs Linux?

Either way, what I'm talking about is the way the list their games. You still see the apple logo on games that haven't worked since Catalina released because of the 64bit transition, which makes it really hard to find games to play on a modern Mac.

They clearly aren't willing to build their store to help macOS users find the games that will work.

@lain @feld Also, shouldn't this message also mention that the save games won't work in the final game? If that's still the case, it seems like really important information for anyone starting new saves.

To be clear, it's fine that the macOS version is delayed. Sucks but I'd rather wait for a stable version and build my save game off that.

The problem is Steam not giving any indication of this before taking my 90$. Very irresponsible of them. I even read the System Requirements for macOS and there was no mention.

There MUST be a way for them to communicate this to Mac users, and if not, they need to create one. Not that I should be surprised. Steam doesn't care about Mac users and never has.

PSA: Mac users should NOT buy Baldur's Gate III yet, as it is still in "Early Access" despite being fully released for Windows.

Steam didn't warn me AT ALL about this, and I ended up playing several hours of the buggy version before realizing that I will lose all my progress once the final game comes out (~Sep 6):

> Larian previously warned that save files from the game's early access period will not carry over to the game's full release

Source: https://www.eurogamer.net/baldurs-gate-3-early-access-players-should-delete-their-saves-now-then-remove-the-game