Wait, are you able to wake it with your Steam Controller? I haven’t been able to. I’m not on the beta OS though, I was having too many issues with some games on it.

Just wake from Bluetooth. Which is honestly crazy they didn’t include it to begin with.

If they ever want to develop another Half Life, they should release some cheeky 5 minute game as HL3 that ends with an imminent release date reveal for HL4 to sidestep the expectations.

Its existence isn’t settled science, but I have this too and I’ve found that Auditory Processing Disorder describes it perfectly. Lots of comorbidity with autism and ADHD, so it’s possible it’s not a separate disorder but just another manifestation.

But yeah, I can’t filter out background noise at all. My brain copes by completely shutting off audio processing when I’m focusing, but it’s involuntary and can be pretty inconvenient. I have to read lips a lot when talking anywhere but a quiet environment because I can’t separate speech from background noise.