Thanks so much for both reading what I write, and for check in!

I’m okay, for the most part. The good news is that my kidneys have gotten the all-clear and are totally fine. The not-so-good news is that I do have nerve damage. Oh my right hip, and on my left thigh. That means I won’t know for another 10 months if I am able to reverse or slow the damage at all.

A hard pill to swallow (so to speak), and pretty devastating all up. But, I was expecting worse!!!

But I’m in a better place, I’ve cut back on work a ton (lucky to be in the financial position to do so), and am focusing on lots of physical activity. I’m also spending time bringing the cabin I bought to life - which has been really nice. Escaping Paris helped I think.

And, catching up on writing plenty of gaming, too. I’ve so many to come in the next week or two, not including any dedicated Steam Deck / Gaming News posts. So its really nice to get back to them!

Thanks for writing, always makes me smile :)

EmuReady sounds awesome! I’ll definitely be using that in the future, hopefully it will be a good resource for my Odin 2 Max!

Be the change you want to see! You can make an account there and share how games run for you, in fact I just checked and can’t see a single Odin compatibility report submitted by the community yet. You could be the one to change that!!!

Your next interview is giving me darknet diaries vibes, sounds like it has potential to be very interesting.

If Jack is somehow stumbling over this, he and I both know that he owes me a coffee.

Wii U emulation on Android just isn’t quite there yet

I’ve not been in the Android emulation scene for awhile, it’s nice that its even possible these days!

Thanks for the interest!

In 2023 / 2024 I was in contact with what I suppose you’d call the ‘big three’ of modern piracy - FitGirl, Dodi and Empress.

Empress was clearly in it just for the money. She was exactly as you’d expect her to be from her interview and general ranting back then.

Dodi said he did so because he grew up very poor in Egypt, he stated that pirating games was the only way he and his friends could hope to enjoy gaming and culture. That the companies lost no money or sales because there was simply no way they’d be able to afford the games. Though, to be fair, he has afforded to put himself through medical school since he started…so I’d say he also enjoys the proceeds.

Fit was the most calculated, and I think knowledgeable of the three. I think she is a pirate at heart and does it for an ideal, though she too (the most of the three) has enjoyed a lot of money for her efforts.

I’m super interested to see how this Switch pirate interview goes, since like I mentioned - its not been done before!

Horrendously, just reported a few hours ago it seems like the Borderlands 4 system requirements are too high for 50% of Steam users!

Staying away from Chome (even for work) I haven’t had the chance to try it out yet, I’m hoping it’s going to be approved to Firefox’s add-ons so I can see how it is!

Ugh

There’s always something I mess up! Thank you, I’ll edit that to what it should be!

I remember really enjoying Dirt Rally 2.0 (which I know, not the same - but it did have a nice Colin McRae element to that one!), but I’m not sure if I’ve played Colin McRae Dirt, specifically. I’ll have to look it up and get it running!

And thank you so much for saying that!!! Its my pleasure!

Aw, thanks!!!

When I say

Writing these is srsly such fun for me

…I’m not kidding! I really enjoy it, and it makes me think I’m giving something, however small, to the FOSS/Lemmy world. A small reason to favor here over elsewhere? Idk, something like that.

So thank you for this!!! Makes me happy to see they’re worth a lil effort :)

I AM WEIRDLY EXCITED BY SYSTEM SHOCK 2!!!

I really hope its as good as we’re expecting!

This girl!!!

And you’re so welcome, I love writing these so I feel lucky people manage to enjoy them, and find some interest!!!

Thank you for reading through, and enjoying them!!!

I really love the old TV made in the style of Sonic the Hedgehog, I haven’t searched prices but the fact it was only available in Japan for a short time tells me that it won’t be all that affordable!

Thank you, I’m glad you enjoyed it :)

If you’ve got any questions, please ask! I’m so happy to help if you get stuck on any part.

And glad I could help, GOG, Epic and Amazon games are a easy thing to run on the Steam Deck, and expand what you can play so easily. Such a good thing if you have Prime Gaming :)

Damn it.

Thank you! I always forget something! I’ll get to it soon!!!

(fixed!)

Thank you so much!!!

I feel like most of what I’ve been (casually) told about these comes down to personal preference. I get why some users want each info bit to be their own post…but I just adore the old newsletter format. So I know I’ll be sticking to that at least!

The image loads for me! Its just a collection of their controllers, but I think it was a higher res image than others, so maybe its just taking some time?

I checked in jerboa and thunder and see it in both, but let me know if it persists!

And again, thanks so much :)

Thank you, I will grab it!!!

like some sort of article reading enjoyer of enjoyable articles of sorts

This makes me very happy. I know that exact feeling - finding something kinda niche and outside one’s own scope, but then enjoying it regardless?

Thanks, you’re very kind to say so!

Well that makes my screenshot just look utterly silly. Why didn’t I think of this?!

Thank you!!!

Oh you’re so welcome!!!

:) :)

Annie, BioShock is like…one of the greatest games ever made!!!

You absolutely have to play that, the setting is just such beauty!!!