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  • Long-term reviews of a few gadgets

    The writer shares long-term gadget reviews, including the iPhone 15 Pro Max, Canon M50 Mark II, Armoury A-013 Desktop PC, Kobo Libra H20, Nintendo Switch, and New Nintendo 3DS XL. They discuss performance, cost, and personal experiences, making compelling arguments for each item’s value and longevity.

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  • Thoughts on Fierce and Grapple, my two fightpad controllers

    Fierce SNES Not to give the game too much credit, but Street Fighter II Turbo is the reason I fell in love with fighting games, began watching anime and Japanese pro wrestling, and ever thought to care about graphic design. It’s a cornerstone of my career and all of my hobbies. I’ll probably play this…

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  • Thoughts on designing Idle, a one-thumb game controller

    Over the last few weeks, I’ve designed a trio of custom digital video game controllers (or as they call them in the scene, skins) for a game emulator on iPhone called Delta. Delta allows anyone to design and install custom skins, and the documentation and coding seemed easy enough. It inspired me to make some…

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  • Mikey and Sawyer talk about dedicated new cameras, old cameras, phone cameras, and doing a thing vs being a type of person. Show notes: Enshittification – Wikipedia The Best Bed for Better Sleep | Casper You Chose Poorly S03E02 – I’m Stuck With the Eyes I Have Oh No! Your Camera System Has Been Discontinued.…

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  • Bonk’s Revenge

    A review of Bonk’s Revenge, a game originally made for the TurboGrafx 16 in 1991. Childhood nostalgia Not everyone has a childhood video game, but it’s common enough trait for those of us who grew up after the 80s that it’s become a cultural cliché. Bonk’s Revenge was mine. I owned the original and this…

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  • Mikey and Sawyer talk fitness, losing weight, tracking calories, the importance of video game points, and Apple Watch. Show Notes: You Chose Poorly S02E03 – Cheating – K Sawyer Paul Hey Apple Watch, can you give it a rest? | iMore “Calories in = calories out” is always accurate and it’s all you need to…

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  • I have a lot of list recommendations on Letterboxd and Backloggd, for movies and games. For TV, though, I really only have two. “Good TV” is pretty much just that, shows I’ve enjoyed that I think are good. “Slice of Life Recommendations” are for if you want to dive into my favourite genre of anime,…

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  • It took a while, but I moved my video game list collection to a site called backloggd.com. Backloggd works identically to Letterboxd, a much more popular site for reviewing films. I like both sites, as they work the way I went a collection to work. Both reward the user the more you put into it.…

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