Pavel Djundik
@xpaw.me
We've been slowly refactoring the S2V renderer to be self contained and now it's reached a point where it lives a separate package (and published to nuget). This opens the road to use the renderer for things like automating screenshots or implementing other viewers on top.
January 10, 2026 at 6:26 PM
We've been slowly refactoring the S2V renderer to be self contained and now it's reached a point where it lives a separate package (and published to nuget). This opens the road to use the renderer for things like automating screenshots or implementing other viewers on top.
modern multiplayer games start sucking as soon as people start going for metas which ruins any fun. for example everyone now runs trigger nades in arc raiders, which can kill an entire squad in less than a second.
devs already confirmed a nerf is coming, but they took their sweet time
devs already confirmed a nerf is coming, but they took their sweet time
January 8, 2026 at 9:56 AM
modern multiplayer games start sucking as soon as people start going for metas which ruins any fun. for example everyone now runs trigger nades in arc raiders, which can kill an entire squad in less than a second.
devs already confirmed a nerf is coming, but they took their sweet time
devs already confirmed a nerf is coming, but they took their sweet time
Steam(DB) has so many states a game can be in, a discord style tri-state toggles seemed like a good idea for filtering.
December 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Steam(DB) has so many states a game can be in, a discord style tri-state toggles seemed like a good idea for filtering.
Reposted by Pavel Djundik
SteamDB has a new experimental filter on the sales page.
Highlight rarer new historical lows where either:
- Previous low was 1.5+ years ago, OR
- 50%+ price drop from previous low
Highlight rarer new historical lows where either:
- Previous low was 1.5+ years ago, OR
- 50%+ price drop from previous low
December 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
SteamDB has a new experimental filter on the sales page.
Highlight rarer new historical lows where either:
- Previous low was 1.5+ years ago, OR
- 50%+ price drop from previous low
Highlight rarer new historical lows where either:
- Previous low was 1.5+ years ago, OR
- 50%+ price drop from previous low
Next Source 2 Viewer update will be lovely
December 27, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Next Source 2 Viewer update will be lovely
There's always a person that figure out how to fix a bug in winforms two decades ago (and the bug is still not fixed two decades later...)
www.codeproject.com/articles/Add...
www.codeproject.com/articles/Add...
Adding and using 32 bit alphablended images and icons to the imagelist control - CodeProject
An article on adding alphablended images to an imagelist control and using them on components.
www.codeproject.com
December 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
There's always a person that figure out how to fix a bug in winforms two decades ago (and the bug is still not fixed two decades later...)
www.codeproject.com/articles/Add...
www.codeproject.com/articles/Add...
source 2 viewer had a glow up
December 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
source 2 viewer had a glow up
Reposted by Pavel Djundik
Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025.
Almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.
Almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.
December 12, 2025 at 10:06 AM
Over 19,000 games have released on Steam in 2025.
Almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.
Almost half of them have fewer than ten reviews.
Steam now warns if an item in your cart can be purchased cheaper as part of a bundle.
December 11, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Steam now warns if an item in your cart can be purchased cheaper as part of a bundle.
We've been working on making the loading and rendering threaded in Source 2 Viewer, as well as freshened up theme.
It's a surprising amount of refactoring to make OpenGL load and render in a thread and sync up with UI controls.
And styling winforms is really hell on earth.
It's a surprising amount of refactoring to make OpenGL load and render in a thread and sync up with UI controls.
And styling winforms is really hell on earth.
December 5, 2025 at 5:07 PM
We've been working on making the loading and rendering threaded in Source 2 Viewer, as well as freshened up theme.
It's a surprising amount of refactoring to make OpenGL load and render in a thread and sync up with UI controls.
And styling winforms is really hell on earth.
It's a surprising amount of refactoring to make OpenGL load and render in a thread and sync up with UI controls.
And styling winforms is really hell on earth.
Very cool!
They can't open source the C++ parts as Source 2 is obviously Valve's code.
They can't open source the C++ parts as Source 2 is obviously Valve's code.
November 26, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Very cool!
They can't open source the C++ parts as Source 2 is obviously Valve's code.
They can't open source the C++ parts as Source 2 is obviously Valve's code.
Valve added a button to report chat messages in Steam, and in less than a week, @steamdb.info's bot account got locked. Very cool.
November 23, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Valve added a button to report chat messages in Steam, and in less than a week, @steamdb.info's bot account got locked. Very cool.
X is where the news happen, except when cloudflare goes offline. Why isn't it hosted in space yet?
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
X is where the news happen, except when cloudflare goes offline. Why isn't it hosted in space yet?
hl3 got announced but no one could see it because cloudflare is down
November 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM
hl3 got announced but no one could see it because cloudflare is down
mainstream half-life 3 copium overdose is back on the menu it seems like
November 17, 2025 at 5:24 PM
mainstream half-life 3 copium overdose is back on the menu it seems like
I've collected a bunch of information about the new @steampowered.com hardware (from various media; credited) and summarized it in the updated blog post: steamdb.info/blog/steam-h...
Valve announces three new Steam Hardware devices
Steam Controller, Steam Machine, and Steam Frame, a VR headset
steamdb.info
November 13, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I've collected a bunch of information about the new @steampowered.com hardware (from various media; credited) and summarized it in the updated blog post: steamdb.info/blog/steam-h...
Reposted by Pavel Djundik
Valve has announced three new hardware products expanding the Steam Hardware family, all scheduled to launch in early 2026.
Read more here: https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-2025/
Read more here: https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-2025/
November 12, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Valve has announced three new hardware products expanding the Steam Hardware family, all scheduled to launch in early 2026.
Read more here: https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-2025/
Read more here: https://steamdb.info/blog/steam-hardware-2025/
Reposted by Pavel Djundik
Steam Frame, Steam Controller, Steam Machine announcement is expected soon, here's a first look!
November 12, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Steam Frame, Steam Controller, Steam Machine announcement is expected soon, here's a first look!
It's rather ironic that I haven't been getting ads on twitch for months (because no one buys ads here), and now all of a sudden they keep repeating an ad for twitch turbo promoting ad free viewing.
November 2, 2025 at 7:33 PM
It's rather ironic that I haven't been getting ads on twitch for months (because no one buys ads here), and now all of a sudden they keep repeating an ad for twitch turbo promoting ad free viewing.
the new steam controller 2 (triton) icon is just that, an icon.
don't worry it has a dpad, two sticks, and more buttons.
don't worry it has a dpad, two sticks, and more buttons.
October 29, 2025 at 9:01 AM
the new steam controller 2 (triton) icon is just that, an icon.
don't worry it has a dpad, two sticks, and more buttons.
don't worry it has a dpad, two sticks, and more buttons.
It's currently not possible to view issues in the @github.com mobile app because they can't handle their own deprecations. Embarrassing.
October 21, 2025 at 10:12 AM
It's currently not possible to view issues in the @github.com mobile app because they can't handle their own deprecations. Embarrassing.
Valve confirms Ricochet 2 🫨
* This is basically a response to mod 'Team Fortress 2 Classic' steamcommunity.com/games/354506...
* This is basically a response to mod 'Team Fortress 2 Classic' steamcommunity.com/games/354506...
October 7, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Valve confirms Ricochet 2 🫨
* This is basically a response to mod 'Team Fortress 2 Classic' steamcommunity.com/games/354506...
* This is basically a response to mod 'Team Fortress 2 Classic' steamcommunity.com/games/354506...
@davidanson.bsky.social hey i hit your blog and some of the code blocks seem unreadable in dark theme here dlaa.me/blog/post/99...
October 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
@davidanson.bsky.social hey i hit your blog and some of the code blocks seem unreadable in dark theme here dlaa.me/blog/post/99...