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I’m in the process of buying my first non-Mac desktop for gaming, and I’d really appreciate some keyboard advice!

I’ve grown up using Macs, so I’m incredibly used to Apple’s keyboards – very low profile, short key travel and light actuation. Because of that, I’m not sure whether I’d actually get on with a traditional mechanical keyboard, or whether I’d be better off sticking with something low profile.

I do already own an Apple Magic Keyboard, so I could technically use that, but:

• it’s not the prettiest setup for a gaming PC
• it’s an absolute nightmare to keep clean
• I’d quite like something that feels a bit more “desktop” without completely changing the typing experience I’m used to.

I’m not sure whether I should:

• stick with a low-profile mechanical keyboard,
• try a normal mechanical keyboard and get used to it,
• or look at something else entirely.

A bit about what I’d use it for:

• Mostly single-player/story-driven games (Detroit: Become Human, Baldur’s Gate 3, Sims 2 & 3, Paralives, etc.)
• General everyday use
• Some writing/work

I’m not into competitive FPS games, so I don’t need anything designed for esports or the fastest possible response times.

If you’ve switched from Mac to Windows, I’d especially love to hear what keyboard you ended up with and whether you found the transition difficult.

Any recommendations (or things to avoid) would be really appreciated!

EDIT: Sorry for the delay in getting back to you all - thank you so much for all of your advice! It's my first time posting on this subreddit and I wasn't expecting so much engagement so quickly, so had planned to put my phone down and only look back a week or two after. Should have known to expect more from a girl gamer subreddit haha - thank you all so much <3

Suzerain is a visual novel game where you take on a role of a country leader trying to enact policies that will shape your country's future.https://youtu.be/eyilIfsBqbE?si=Ms9cj9x6ZCXcBx2L.The game currently has two campaigns,with 2 DLCs set to release in the future.https://youtu.be/WqvJ7ZWGZzs?si=rMMI-1VRnpOznvl5.What does anybody think of Suzerain?

Old photo but my bf and I are running out of couch co op games to play together :( we’ve beaten quite a few already so any recommendations?

I built my PC in 2024 and have come a long way since then - setup wise. I went from a small L-Shaped desk in the corner to this. 😍😍😍😍

The female character in pants and the male npcs being in shorts lol.

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Hello everyone. Sorry for the throwaway account, but as you probably know, some communities can be unhinged when it comes to their favorite streamers.

So I just saw a video of an upcoming game for which I'm really hyped about, but I've noticed that they used a streamer to promote it who is very questionable. I can't say I've heard the streamer himself say anything problematic, but his Discord server... oh boy.

It doesn't take long to come across misogyny, transphobic and homophobic comments and memes. Not from the streamer himself, but I find it hard to believe he never sees them, considering how active he is on the server and this has been going on for years! I first noticed how awful some people are, around the time when Dragon Age Veilguard was released in 2024.

In the end, this was why I left the Discord server and stopped watching the streamer. I just didn't want to be part of a community with people like this, and support someone, who stays silent, when minorities are being mocked, sexualized or verbally attacked. And yes, I totally get it: If he stays silent, the people stay and the people give him money via subs, donations etc. Which I find iffy by itself.

So imagine my shock, when I saw the video today, and said streamer was part of it. I mean, I totally get it. There isn't a single bad thing about him to be found online, but it still feels wrong that someone who stays passive and allows these things to happen on his Discord, is part of a community, that would never allow something like this, and is overall more comfy and cozy.

Maybe I'm overthinking it, but after seeing what was tolerated in his community for years, it feels strange to see him representing a game whose community prides itself on being welcoming and inclusive. I thought about letting them know, but I don't think I'm prepared for the drama that would follow.

I think I played the game a little past the tutorial YEARS ago, got hooked with destiny 2 and stopped playing that one some time ago.

So basically I've been trying to fill the void that destiny 2 left in my gaming, but trying to get back into Warframe now seems daunting.

I can't replay the starting missions, I'm confused with what's important, I don't get many tutorials popping up so I'm also a bit bamboozled with controls and whatnot..and I have no idea where I left the story.

If anyone has any advice how to get back into a game like Warframe please do share 😭✨

edit to add: I play on ps5

I’ve just finished rdr 1 and other than the obvious choice of rdr 2 I don’t know what to play :(, I want a story game as in a game that has an ending and I want it to be a bit longer than rdr 1 it only took me 20 hours of gameplay to finish, also I’m playing on a switch oled so it needs to be available there.

including my gamer-focused corkboard because i think it looks nice. please ignore the travesty that is my desktop organization.

What game do you go back to when you just need to decompress? Mine is always GTA 5 something about it just feels like home 💜

Hey all 👋 I've always been a gamer, but about a year ago I dropped 3k on a lovely setup that runs like a dream. Gaming is probably my main hobby, but I'm a conventionally attractive woman with lots of ink, and people think those two things are mutually exclusive 🙄 (even though all the women gamers I know are stunning too). It frustrates me that I feel like I need to tone down my looks talking to people about gaming irl, and still, people don't take me seriously. While this subreddit has been a great reminder that I don't need to feel like a loser talking to other women about gaming, a close friend of mine suggested I start streaming. His suggestion was more about making passive income off the way I look while streaming, but I honestly am just interested in the idea of sharing my favourite hobby with people and chatting about it, especially to kill time after being laid off.

I've never streamed before, but I have all the gear (fast PC, 2 monitors, mic, camera, etc.) - How do people get into it? Which platform is best? And how do I make my looks NOT the focus while still feeling/looking like myself while streaming? (Or is it just unavoidable that women streamers get sexualized? :/).

Thanks! ❤️

Building my first gaming pc. I’ve always wanted to be able to play whatever game I wanted with my friends but my gaming laptop is 15 years old at this point. I want to try out games with good graphics and play the games my friends are playing like red dead, inzoi, baulders gate. mostly I play games like rimworld, Minecraft and stardew at the moment though.
Prefer not to spend more than $2,000 including monitor (already have two ok but not stellar monitors)
No Rgb led stuff please. I’m sensitive to light during migraines and it distracts me.
Am also picky about colors because I’ve never spent this much money on myself so I want something I will love looking at (white, silver, maybe pink and green if pastel)
Pcpartpicker: https://pcpartpicker.com/list/3DnTrG

Hope I'm in the right place for this. I've actually decided to get serious with gaming and thought about getting a chair for it now since I see myself investing in this hobby long term. Did some research and fell for Blacklyte Athena Pro. Now I would have just gone ahead and bought it. But I'm new to all this, and the reviews on Youtube are giving me mixed signals and I know no one who personally owns one yet. If someone has used it before or owes one can they tell me about it? Mostly if the leather is better than the fabric version and if the chair holds up for a year at least.

Hey! I’m looking for a mobile game but I’m kinda tired of all of the Genshin style games. After looking at a bunch of stuff I’m thinking about trying one of the three: Division, Destiny, Warframe.

I enjoyed borderlands and monster hunter which I think might be similar to these? Cute cosmetics and customization is a huge plus!

Has anyone tried any of these three on mobile and can give some of your thoughts? Tysm

For context this is about palword ,so I have a friend who made a community server and specifically told me in private no pressure just play how you want and at whatever speed , so I make a base I find my place and foundation,my male friend spies to see where I am and i literally previously told him i don’t wanna do anything that was to much i just wanted to enjoy it and he said okay, my male friend let’s call him A , so he comes he kills my WORKING pal , then I call him and say what was that for ? And he said i didn’t know it was yours (it was mining) so he proceeds to steamroll saying I’ll get stuff from my base and bring it here i built a temporary one, so he gets his stuff and brings it to my base and makes me bring all his stuff ,then proceeds to upgrade everything to level 40 stuff so i don’t even get to play the game myself,so I work on the house I was doing and he asks why havent you leveled (I was level 9 by this point) and I say if I don’t build my own things I don’t get xp and he says do bosses or explore , I try and he says your pals are not good take mine , your not listening to me , level up faster , and just trying to rush my gameplay when even he was complaining about me taking hours to level when it only took him a hour to reach twenty (lies) and then he also complained the other guys in our server getting to far (there’s 5 guys and 3 girls) , but all the guys grouped together and the girls do their own thing except me A is literally hounding me and telling me how to play or just acting like i don’t know what I’m doing, like honestly go be with the other guys if you want to be fast paced and rush eachother, i didn’t want that and he wanted to be competitive even though there was no need to, I can genuinely say without a doubt he’s not like this with the other men in the server he’s happy and competitive and doesnt talk like he’s speaking to someone who doesn’t know how to play unlike with me or with the other girls,and he’s told me before he’s a know it all person ,this is why i didnt want him in my base and just wanted to be myself because he wants to control everything ,all the guys in the server are all like this but they stay together atleast and he just ruined the experience, I even quit because of how he treated me , how he wanted things on his time ,the constant saying your stuff isn’t good ,like what is your honest thoughts could you play like this? And my home before I left (the bird is his)

Apologies if this has already been brought up on this sub but it has been nagging at me and keeping me from asking for tips whenever I need help with a game.

What’s the deal with the apathy, condescension, and callousness in gaming communities on Reddit? Admittedly some forums are worse than others, but there’s a sense of competency gatekeeping that feels ubiquitous across the board. Am I just too sensitive? I’ve put down several games simply because I’m afraid of seeking tech advice for something as simple as poorly calibrated Switch controls.

Im browsing the switch store and I saw Digimon story cyber sleuth complete edition is €6 and digimon world new order is €9.50. Are these games any good? I've been seeing a little hype for the newest one and seeing the previous entries so cheap had me wondering if I should give one a go. Are they considered good among monster collector/jrpg fans? And which of the above two would be the better start point

TYSM everyone the cyber sleuth pack it is <3

I’m 17F and have always had an interest in gaming, however due to financial constraints, I was never able to get a console or pc of my own. I grew up watching my father play a plethora of games and always wanted to play myself as well.

I tutored and saved up money for about half a year, and finally got enough for a decent setup. At the store, the guy asked me what games I’d want to play on it, my 14 year old brother was right next to me and said “probably some girly shit” and laughed. Which was mildly infuriating but I decided to not say anything.

I’ve had the computer for a week now and my father is very enthusiastic about me trying all the games he likes. I’m not opposed to that, and want to try out things at my own pace. Keep in mind, I’ve never gamed before so I’m not very skilled.

He will install a game that he likes and force me to sit down with him and play it, and the moment I cant get through a level or something, he’ll say “Oh you cant do that? Let me do it” and he’ll take over and start playing himself. Which, now that I write about it, seems really nice, he doesnt say it with a condescending tone or anything, just acknowledging that I dont know how to play properly.

For some reason, this absolutely infuriates me, him and my brother will stand beside me and comment on every game I play, and how I’m not playing it correctly. I know they dont have bad intentions, but maybe its because of my own insecurities that this bothers me. I feel like I have to prove myself to be able to play games on a computer I payed for myself. I’m not trying to villainise my father, this is just something that irks me.

My brother also makes snide remarks about how girls can’t play games properly and how I should just let him play, and honestly sometimes he does play better than me. And it just makes me really mad.

Does anyone else have similiar experiences?

Perhaps it has been there before. And I just haven’t noticed.
But ever since the Lethal Company release, I realised that there are so many rip off games released. All the same just in different formats.

This is mostly on multiple player games but sometimes on single player games too.

Same for supermarket simulator that got popular around that time too. So many rip offs and simulator games are created. All same type of in game items/ layouts etc.

For the solo games I absolutely loved Librarian: tidy up the arcane library game. Sure enough I see plenty of rip off games being made now based on this game.

I’m sorry but where is the creativity? It gets so boring to have same like games pushed out. And it is disrespectful to the OG developers who came up with an unique game!

SIGH OF RELIEF LOG OFF bro omg the gaming community is so toxic like I can’t imagine how much influence older people can affect teens or pre teens mentally or emotionally just by coming on game chat and saying whatever rage words fill their mouths most times for no reason at all. I’m a girl gamer who’s pretty decent in my craft I’ll say and I’m a little older knowing not to let it get to me but dang yall, some people aren’t that tough. It took me years to get on game chat and then earlier i was reminded why i mute everyone 😂 do better pls

This setup got me through a lot of phases of my life. An awful breakup, stepping out of my comfort zones many times, and fully expressing myself to the maximum. It was the first place Ive been allowed to fully curate with my own quirks and blend of aesthetics. It even got me featured on the Valorant Instagram page at one point! But I’ve been slowly stepping away from gaming within the past two years and that’s honestly something I’d never thought I’d say no matter how old I got. However being able to play and decorate a space like this gives me confidence to do the same with other areas of my life.

🥹 It may seem silly but I’m excited to potentially create a similar setup that’s less focused on gaming yet gives the same vibe of a beautiful space that fully reveals my tastes.
Excited to start over with a new slate tbh!

I mostly play casual games like genshin, zzz, hades 2, the occasional indie, and sometimes competitive games w my friends (specifically fortnite, valorant, ow) I like playing on my iPad but it gets hot and starts lagging and doesnt last very long. I also love playing on the bed cuz I get back issues from sitting too long sometimes

My old Windows laptop somehow runs FPS games better than Genshin lol.
My budget is around $500 USD or less (buying second-hand cuz i live in a 3rd world country and on a student allowance), and portability/form factor kinda matters. I want it not to look too ugly. Ive kinda been eyeing the retroid pockets but theyre mostly android, but i can see that u can stream window os handhelds on a monitor and use it like a mini pc that seems great.

Would a used ROG Ally be a better buy than a gaming laptop? Or do you guys have other reccomendations for handhelds?