First snow

My Retroid Pocket 5 is here! This thing absolutely lives up to the hype. The OLED screen is just stellar.

Not terribly excited by this year’s initial LTT Store sales, but I needed a screwdriver and a few water bottles anyway so now is as good of a time as any to pick those up.

The Nintendo DS in 2024

The Nintendo DS turns 20 today. I never owned the original model when I was younger, but a few friends of mine did. I was always fascinated by the hardware, but very few of the games my friends were playing like Mario, Pokémon, and Nintendogs actually interested me. I was busy playing Halo and Call of Duty on my Xbox in the mid-00’s. I was completely unaware of the all-time RPG greats like Dragon Quest, Chrono Trigger (yes, I know it’s a re-release of the SNES original; I think the DS version adds some unique features to make it worth playing on DS), Radiant Historia, and anything Final Fantasy.

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Valve has announced a new limited edition white Steam Deck. That’s it. No other changes. I still think the transparent black model looks better.

mini mini

Voted.

Retro Game Corps’ first impressions video on the Retroid Pocket 5 just went up on YouTube. Looks like it’s living up to the hype, and I’m super excited to get mine in a few weeks!

Could this São Paulo Grand Prix get any sillier? Actually, at this point, it very well could.

Turning the AC on. October 29th. 🥵

The new Mac mini is adorable! It might be time to replace my M1.

New Apple keyboards still have the awful arrow key layout.

🔗 If the new Xbox wireless headset has Dolby Atmos “now included at no extra cost,” why is it more expensive now?

📺 Watching Love Live! Superstar!! s3e2 "TomaKanoTe"

🔗 Red Dead Redemption is up for pre-order on Steam for $50. Classic Rockstar. I’ll wait for it to hit 10 bucks.

Sounds like Ryujinx has now been shut down by Nintendo just like Yuzu. What a shame.

Happy birthday Ayaka! ❄️

🤔 Series 10 watch died in under 5 hours today. Hope that’s not a recurring issue.