Cover art for Half-Life Alyx. It features the titular Alyx, making her way through a metal wall constructed by the Combine.
April 19th, 2026 - Finished Half-Life: Alyx today! What a wild experience. Valve was probably right to cancel HL2: Episode 3 all those years ago. The series has pushed game systems and interactivity with each entry. Alyx is a proper new entry and I can't wait to see what Valve can do with VR next.
Post didn't age well because I cancelled my FlippyDrive order earlier this week. After 5 times moving the estimated ship date and lack of coms from Team Off Broadway and Crowd Supply, I decided it wasn't worth it. Pivoted the refund toward my Scalable Video Switch build.
Absolutely! One of my biggest issues, and I assume everyone else’s, is constantly hooking up and unhooking consoles and output matching/conversion.
I will still have to swamp some machines in my setup at times, due shelf limitations, but this will help to greatly reduce how often that happens.
I checked Xitter and Arthrimus said about a month and half for restock so I won’t be out too long fortunately.
I got 90% of what I wanted from the Scalable Video Switch. Just need that damn VGA out next time.
Thanks for the reminder. Sadly the VGA out is already gone for my RT4K integration plans 😭
Getting older doesn’t mean having less fun
@thetiberiansons.bsky.social, this shit slaps.
Great performance all around!
Collegiate activities and life got busy for senior year so I stopped playing as much. I picked it up again in earnest around 2012 after we moved in together and it was my laundromat game, until we bought our first washer and dryer. I fell off hard after that. Made it August in the game’s calendar 2/
Photo of a CRT television displaying a scene from Sakura Wars. It features the cast of characters in their Imperial Assault Force uniforms. From left to right: Ogami, Sakura, Kohran, Sumire, and Maria. There is a text box at the bottom the reads Victory Pose!
Photo of a Sony PlayStation Portable. It is displaying a scene from Valkyria Chronicles 2. Characters in the scene from left to right: Zeri, Avan, Colette, and Juliana.
Since I started playing Sakura Wars on my Saturn via the Saroo, it’s made me also want to go back and finally finish my 16 year old Valkyria Chronicles II play through. I started this in 2010 and I had just met my (future) wife. 1/
My CFW PS3 seems snappy enough but I have it set to not connect to PSN on boot. The few times I disabled the CFw SYS Calls to connect… PSN was atrociously slow.
@dark1x.bsky.social new Ace Combat Developer Diary dropped and they talk about poly counts, clouds, and Lumen.
Oh shit it does. Only 4?!
Anything that puts more land out is good
First moon mission in my lifetime, I’m getting a little emotional.
A screenshot of a CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION for Am I a Tech Bro? This is to certify that this participant has completed the Tech Bro Assessment (18 statements) and has been classified as: NOT A TECH BRO with a score of 11% agreement with tech bro ideas
whew
Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.
Finally playing サクラ大戦! Yes I know that physical copy is actually the Dreamcast version of the game. Playing the Saturn releases of Sakura Wars thanks to fan translation. When I went to Japan in 2024 I grabbed copies Sakura Wars 1 - 4 for Dreamcast. It was always been a series I had interest in.
Photo of cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the Sega Saturn game Sakura Wars. A physical copy of the game’s Dreamcast release sits atop the TV.
Finally playing サクラ大戦! Yes I know that physical copy is actually the Dreamcast version of the game. Playing the Saturn releases of Sakura Wars thanks to fan translation. When I went to Japan in 2024 I grabbed copies Sakura Wars 1 - 4 for Dreamcast. It was always been a series I had interest in.
It’s not just distribution either but we are spoiled with the sheer amount of everything. It’s truly been a golden age of media and access to that media. It’s a classic example of how having it all isn’t a panacea.
If you need anything at all off of Myrient you better get it today
To my transgender brothers, sisters, and siblings: I see you, I accept you.
Keep going and stay strong. Know that I’ll always support you.
The revisionist history of Nintendo as some sort of underdog post SNES, rather a giant making missteps, always perplexes me. Across various console releases Nintendo is either number 1 or number 2, with the WiiU the big outlier. That’s not an underdog it’s a Podium Finish.
Still have my PCI X-Fi in a box.
Yeah same. I find it unplayable as an adult but somehow we beat it as kids after significant time sink.
I have this game and it sucks but it kept me and my younger brother satiated for Spider-Man gaming.
No better way to recharge in these constantly interesting times
As a side note I tested about a dozen games so far and all of them have booted.
Photo of a cathode ray tube television displaying a scene from the game Panzer Dragoon Zwei. The main character rides atop his young dragon as it runs across the landscape.
Sorry modern games I have Sega Saturn with Saroo to play with now
Photo of a pink J&T Studio Saroo cartridge for the Sega Saturn.
I went with a Saroo, this one from J&T Studio, for my Saturn ODE. I went this route for cost savings, doubly so as the Saroo also provides the RAM expansion capabilities. I know compatibility isn’t 100% but it gets me started. Also went weeby as possible on the color with sakura pink.
Publicly debating whether it’s ethical or not to watch a TV/film on a regular basis only participates in free marketing to keep that IP in everyone’s minds.
But Addie, what are we without our performative moralizing to stomp on those not up to purity standards?!