Heroic Launcher on Linux lets you install Epic games and add them to Steam to launch. You don’t get any Steam features, you can just launch the game from Steam. This works both in desktop and steam deck.

Dedicated GPUs were pretty common in the 2000s, they were required for most games, unlike the 90s where it was an unstandardized wild west. The failure rate had to be higher, I know I had 3 cards die with less than 2 years use on each card in the 2000s. Cases back then had terrible airflow and graphic demands jumped quickly.

Congress/Senate has to confirm judge appointments, but they mostly rubber stamp the appointments if the Senate is the same party as the president.