Dec 9, 2021Six months with the GPD Win 3: PC Gaming and its futureI was part of the Kickstarter campaign for the Win3, and have been using the Win 3 nearly every day since receiving it. I’ve written about the Win 3 in the past, as well as about my thoughts on Windows from a handheld gaming and Linux user’s perspective. Now with…Gpd7 min readGpd7 min read
Dec 7, 2021Your Sons Need to Play the Atelier SeriesGust’s Atelier series has been around for a long time. Despite it being one of the most consist games series in terms of quality and quantity, it has — until recently — been thought of as a niche interest, the kind of game that was for only a certain…Switch5 min readSwitch5 min read
Jul 25, 2021“Words Bubble Up Like Soda Pop” is an Important Movie for the Anime Community“Words Bubble Up…” took me by surprise. It showed up on my recommendations from Netflix a grand total of one time before vanishing. I found this a little odd — add the fact that it didn’t show up in any of my sub categories either, despite them being mostly anime…Netflix6 min readNetflix6 min read
Jun 17, 2021Yes You Should Do a Smartphone Cleanse. No You’ll Never Get Free of Your Smartphone.I was late to the smartphone game. I used a knockoff Blackberry slider until 2013 or so, and had no intention of switching out, since my girlfriend (now wife) was also still using…Nokia5 min readNokia5 min read
May 7, 2021How to Make the Most of the GPD Win 3I recently wrote about the short comings I found in my short time with the GPD Win 3. If only reading that, you might assume that I dislike the system, and am having no fun with it. Quite the contrary, I have barely set the system down long enough to…PC3 min readPC3 min read
May 5, 2021GPD Win3 Needs Linux Bad. Like, Really Bad.A little backstory: I got on board with the Win 3 when it was on IndieGoGo late last year. I supported it because — as I’ve written previously — portable consoles like the Win 3 and the Aya Neo are where I think gaming should be heading. As of writing…Gpd3 min readGpd3 min read
Apr 20, 2021Persona 6 Won’t Be as Good as Persona 5, But It Can Fix What’s Wrong with Persona.It probably goes without saying, but there are spoilers about Person 5 up ahead. This probably means nothing, since everyone and their mom has played the game, but — in the name of human decency — you have been warned. Persona 5 and P5 Royal are lightning in a bottle…Persona 54 min readPersona 54 min read
Apr 18, 2021Why Hasn’t KDE Plasma Taken Over the Desktop World?KDE is one of those DE’s I always come back to. When I first started with Linux in 2018, it was the third DE I’d tried, after GNOME and LXDE. As I continued my Linux journey, I kept coming back to it, either through Kubuntu or KDE Neon, or —…Linux4 min readLinux4 min read
Mar 7, 2021Game Consoles Should Die in 2021I have a love/hate relationship with game consoles. I was first introduced to them by way of the Sega Genesis back in 1992 or ’93, when my uncle, who was a huge tech enthusiast, bought me and my sisters one. We even got a game to go with it: The…Gaming5 min readGaming5 min read
Oct 16, 2020A Linux User’s Argument for WindowsI’ve been using Linux for a little over three years now. I love it. From it’s endless customisation, to the community support — I cannot get enough of Linux in my life. But I know that, while market shares for Linux machines have gone up recently, Linux users and enthusiasts…Linux4 min readLinux4 min read
