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Stop putting PlayStation exclusives on PC. Hike PS+ prices for new customers. ??? Profit

My latest project is turning my Bazzite-based living-room PC into a multimedia console. It is currently using a 3D-printed case, but I am planning to switch to a Fractal Design Ridge, add a new PSU, a new CPU cooler, and a Flirc USB dongle. After that, I would install Plex and a YouTube client, then use it with an 8BitDo XBOX media remote to replace my Apple TV. There are two reasons I want to replace the Apple TV. The first is that I am slowly leaving the Apple ecosystem. I still use HomePods…

I am very skeptical of AI. I also use it heavily on a near-daily basis. Currently, I have three paid accounts running: Claude Code through my work, ChatGPT Business through overkill1, and Gemini Pro, which I pay for myself (it comes with 3TB of Google Drive). On top of that, I have a bunch of credits loaded in OpenCode Zen whenever I want to try one of the other models (e.g. Qwen, Kimi K2), and because I use Kagi, I somehow also have AI there. I primarily use LLMs for three things: Whenever I…

KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta arrives with Plasma Bigscreen, new Union theme system gamingonlinux.com Another big exciting addition is Plasma Bigscreen, which is KDE's attempt to make Plasma look good on bigger TVs, HTPCs and set-top boxes. Something that might even be a lot better when docking the Steam Deck and for the Steam Machine / Steam Frame when they release too. I've been wondering if somehow using one of my Gaming PCs connected to my TV would make for a great entertainment box, too. Right now,…

In case you were wondering if I like the new season of Diablo IV, this is my current character: I am following this guide. It is the first time since release that I touched the game, and back then I didn't even get through the story. Now, you can see by the amount of hours I played on this character how much I enjoy the game. It is also the first time ever in the history of a Diablo game that I am playing a seasonal character. I never really understood the point, but now I do. Somehow this game…

Excuse me, what?! I absolutely loved Star Fox 64 back in the good old days. I used to spend a lot of time with my grandparents, where I had a Nintendo 64. I played countless hours of this and Ocarina of Time. Many good memories! Damn, I am hyped!

I have a fairly beefy PC. I still need to update the /uses page, but in essence, I rock a water-cooled 9800X3D, an RTX 4090 FE, 7 TB in NVMe SSDs, and 32 GB of memory (which I don't think I need more of for gaming), all in a Define case. Until now, I thought I seriously did not need anything else or an upgrade anytime soon. And then I stumbled across Thor Zone cases. I mean, just look at them. The NANOQ S is the more traditional small form factor option and starts at €319. The TETRA S is the…

Your PS5 can now transform into a Linux PC theverge.com A developer has created a method to get Linux running on some versions of Sony’s PlayStation 5 console. [...] This is a soft mod, so it won’t persist between power downs or restarts, but the Linux installation will let you play PC games once it’s up and running. So far we’ve seen GTA V running with enhanced ray tracing at 60fps in Ubuntu on a PS5, as well as Spider-Man running at 1440p resolution and 60fps. I do have the Phat PS5 necessary…

dbrand made a better Joy Con holder dbrand.com I unfortunately deal with hand numbness when playing handhelds. Whenever I play while lying on the couch, my pinkie and ring fingers on both hands start to go numb after a while. The only way I’ve found to avoid this is by using very ergonomic grips. And like I said in some blog posts last week, my second favorite platform to play games on right now is the Switch 2. Since the Switch 2 is basically a slab of plastic and glass, my fingers start going…

Thanks to Karl, I learned that there is, in fact, a way to install Rocknix on the internal storage of compatible devices like the AYN Odin 2 Mini. All you have to do is connect via SSH and type the command installtointernal. Next, you only need to follow the terminal prompts and you're done. During the install process, Rocknix will resize the Android install and nuke the data, so be aware of that. After that, all you need to know is that the location where you need to put files might change,…

Privacy Setup for Android 16 with GrapheneOS (マリウス.com) This is in my opinion the most important mental model to internalize before starting down this path. The goal isn’t “one device that does it all, perfectly private”, as that device doesn’t exist and chasing it will only give you a false sense of privacy. The goal is to make sure that the device which lives in your pocket, the one that knows where you drive, where you sleep and who you talk to, is running a minimal, trustworthy and hardened…

Before I crowned the Thor as my current favorite handheld, that honor went to the Odin 2 Mini. I seem to really like AYN as a handheld manufacturer. But despite my love for the hardware, I do not like Android as a gaming platform. There are just too many things you need to dial in, making the whole process a chore. Well, recently, I came across Rocknix, a Linux distribution available for a bunch of handhelds, including the Odin 2 Mini. The installation process is easy enough: all you have to do…

Ugh, this looks so good. I am hyped! Black Flag is definitely the best Assassin's Creed, and I can't wait to dive back in.

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Some quick notes on the AYN Thor. It is currently my favorite handheld, and I probably play more games on this than on anything else, followed by the Switch 2. Right now, I'd argue that this is the best gaming handheld you can get. It is certainly the best Android-based handheld, but thanks to FEX and apps like GameNative, it can even compete against the likes of the Steam Deck and the ROG Xbox Ally X. But the real reason I love this device so much is its dual-screen clamshell design. It may…

I'm up to date on the One Piece manga, and let me just say: DAMN, ODA IS COOKING!!!!

I don't particularly care about the Star Wars universe. I've seen the main movies, barely remember them, started The Mandalorian and never finished it, and played a few of the games. To me, the coolest character in the universe is Star Killer. That said, I started watching Maul - Shadow Lord and it's damn good! The mix of 3D animation and hand-drawn art styles is on point! Also, Sam Witwer is a fantastic voice actor.

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 21 (blackmagicdesign.com) DaVinci Resolve’s powerful post-production workflow now fully integrates photo image editing. The new Photo page lets customers import and manage photographs, integrating with the color page for node based grading. Now colorists and photographers can use Hollywood color grading tools on still images. This is huge for us Linux people. This means we potentially have a real alternative to Lightroom that also happens to be fr...

The Google Pixel 10 hardware is good, practical, but mostly unexciting. I like it!

‘Bloodborne’ Video Game Getting R-Rated Animated Movie Adaptation From Sony (variety.com) The film is co-produced by PlayStation Productions, Lyrical Animation and creator and gamer Seán McLoughlin, better known by his pseudonym JackSepticEye. Jacksepticeye is a Bloodborne hardcore-fan. This makes me hopeful.

I've seen a whole bunch of people write posts like these (not going to call them out), so I thought I'd write one too. How do I use AI for my writing and for my thinking? I fucking don't! All I use are two "agents" in Opencode via ChatGPT Codex: one only fixes typos, and touches NOTHING else (I manually accept or reject every change); the other extracts highlights from my Readwise exports into separate Obsidian notes (I could probably have used Python to do this... I might just do that, actu...

A couple of weeks ago, I announced my plan to merge my two websites, overkill.wtf and cliophate.wtf. Well, I am done. Welcome to the new (old) overkill.

Book title: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Full-Cast Audio Edition) Author: She-Who-Shall-Not-Be-Named Rating: 6/5 This production keeps on delivering. Still not linking to it, though!

Book title: The Correspondent Author: Virginia Evans Rating: 4/5 Where to buy The Correspondent by Virginia Evans: Bookshop

The last week of this experiment saw my phone usage time explode. To be fair, I have a very good reason: I got a new phone. After 18(?) years of iOS, it is the first time I have used an Android device full-time. I spent the last few days setting up, customizing, installing and deleting apps, looking up how to do things, and generally just playing around. This naturally jacked my usage time skyward. I think yesterday alone I nearly reached 5 hours. Here is the result: I will write about all o...