A few weeks ago there was a post asking for suggestions for female fronted heavy music and I was really grateful to OP for starting the conversation and everyone in the comments for coming up with really great suggestions.

I'm wondering if we could have a similar discussion to share more mellow covers of heavier songs. Usually when I'm working I prefer listening to less intense songs and a chill cover of a heavy song I like is somehow very interesting to me.

The song that got me wanting more of this niche was a cover of Toxicity which I've had on repeat this week. I can also think of this cover of Seven Nation Army which is kind of similar as an example but I don't really know a lot more like this.

Does anyone have any similar recommendations they enjoy?

Edit: All great suggestions so far, still working my way through them! I remembered another song which is this cover of Firestarter by The Prodigy

A bit of context for anyone who hasn’t played Dota 2: Here a player (Rainino) is telling another player (Gh) that he’s good at the character he played (ES/Earth Spirit) but not nearly good enough to compete at the biggest Dota 2 tournament in the world (TI/The International). Gh then replies that if the other player were to check their game there is a digital copy of the tournament’s trophy with his name on it since he was on the team that most recently won at the time (with a shared prize pool of over $10,000,000).

This screenshot was posted by Rainino themselves on the Dota 2 subreddit but I thought it fit perfectly here!

There were lots of little moments in this video that made me smile so I thought I’d share it here in case you missed it!

Alternate link for the cool kids: piped.video

Saw this guy in today’s game that made me laugh and it reminded me of these two legendary clips: https://youtube.com/shorts/-FVBUAlDDh0 https://youtube.com/shorts/XNCMrEJId-Q

Extended highlights: Dailymotion (14 mins)

Goals:

• Arsenal [1] - Sheffield United 0: Eddie Nketiah 28’

• Arsenal [2] - 0 Sheffield Utd - Eddie Nketiah 50'

• Arsenal [3] - 0 Sheffield Utd - Eddie Nketiah great goal 58' (Hat-trick)

• Arsenal [4] - 0 Sheffield Utd - Fabio Vieira penalty 88'

• Arsenal [5] - 0 Sheffield Utd - Takehiro Tomiyasu 90+7'

If you enjoy rhythm games, Melatonin is worth looking into. It’s like Rhythm Heaven but with a lo-fi, mellow feel. What makes me want to recommend it here specifically is that the game has a custom display setting calibrated for the Steam Deck’s screen which I thought was really cool!

The game itself isn’t that long and can be beaten in a couple of hours but there are of course harder difficulties and perfect scores to aim for which add some replay value. I personally really enjoy the soundtrack which helps too since it does feel a bit too short otherwise.

If you enjoy the aesthetic, but struggle with rhythm, the game also has accessibility modes that help you to get better with the timing instead of just skipping the level entirely.

• Steam Deck Verified ✅
• ProtonDB rating: Platinum
• How Long To Beat (Main Story): 2 hours
• Biggest Steam sale discount (3 months): -20% (current)

Hi everyone, I'm really grateful for this community but I wanted to see more content here so I thought I'd try to keep the ball rolling myself.

My intention here isn't to reveal some obscure hidden gems but to share my experiences with games from my library that I enjoy specifically on the Steam Deck. If people like this kind of content I plan to share more games over time and hopefully inspire others to do the same!

Today's focus is the game GRIS. You can find it on Steam here: https://store.steampowered.com/app/683320/GRIS/

• Steam Deck Verified ✅
• ProtonDB rating: Gold
• How Long To Beat (Main Story): 3.5 hours
• Biggest Steam sale discount (3 months): -75%
• Size on disk: 3.25GB
• Battery drain after 30 mins (max brightness, WiFi off, 60fps): 8%
• Single Player
• Full controller support

This game is a beautiful, tranquil puzzle platformer. Every frame of the game feels like artwork and even in handheld mode the game looks stunning. I will say that on the Deck's screen size, it can be a little bit hard to see the character at times and the game really thrives when hooked up to a bigger screen.

Gameplay is slow paced with a focus on exploration and puzzle solving so it may not be to everyone's liking but it's worth checking out if you are looking for a more relaxed experience and enjoy the art style!

This is probably old news to most people but I'm posting here in case it helps anyone else! Turns out there's a power management setting you can disable that really improved the wireless reliability for me.

You first have to enable Developer Mode in Settings > System. Then you should see a new menu right at the bottom of the settings list called Developer. Under Miscellaneous you should see the option Enable Wifi Power Management.

Turning this off completely solved the problems I was having with Wifi being either really slow or dropping out completely to the point where it was almost unusable.