If you're in the #Linux or #LinuxGaming scene, you might have seen the 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘢 that surrounded @mathieucomandon when he shared that #Claude has been and will continue to be used for his program: #Lutris

Whether you agree or disagree with his decision, I thought it unfair that all of the publications writing about this didn't bother to get in touch with Mathieu first

So I chatted a little with him about his decisions, his work, history with Lutris and the future with AI:

https://gardinerbryant.com/mathieu-comandon-explains-his-use-of-ai-in-lutris-development/

For today's article I just wanted to write something fun.

I've been 𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 with the #Sony #PSP lately, and the interesting thing I've noticed (particularly on social media) is that others have been too. It seems like in #gaming circles, the old handheld has been given a new lease on life!

I just went over a few reasons on why I think that might be. Along with some fun vintage ads for the PSP

...I hope you enjoy it:

https://gardinerbryant.com/psp-in-2026/

Just wanted to remind you that Mike Mignola (Hellboy!) was meant to animate the #Disney film Atlantis: The Lost Empire, instead he didn't, and it was more just his #art style without him

𝘐 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘤𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘪𝘭𝘮 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘣𝘪𝘨, 𝘴𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘐 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘺 𝘯𝘦𝘹𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, "𝘛𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴." 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦, "𝘠𝘦𝘢𝘩, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺'𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘞𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘢 𝘸𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴." 𝘐𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘴𝘰 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘥 𝘐 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘯'𝘵 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱 𝘮𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘵. - Mike

Today marks the 25th anniversary of the #Nintendo #GameBoyAdvance

March 21st, 2001 in Japan saw the GBA released!

...and I 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 prefer the original layout/design to the SP's

For something frivolous but amazing, I found this sticky note dispenser designed by d3signLane on MakerWorld to for #3Dprinting if you love one of the most recognizable forms of #gaming

The #Nintendo #GameCube and writing short notes, together at last:

https://makerworld.com/en/models/2512702-gamecube-sticky-note-dispenser-no-ams#profileId-2763550

I spent a few days with the #RetroDECK team chatting to them about why their project is more than 𝘫𝘶𝘴𝘵 emulation. They all believe in the #retrogaming landscape so much, they just want to bring everything they can to their program

𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘐 𝘩𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘰 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘦𝘹𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘰𝘭𝘥 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 (Lazorne, developer of RetroDECK)

If you're into #SteamDeck or #gaming you might enjoy this one

https://gardinerbryant.com/retrodeck-is-more-than-emulation-an-interview-with-the-devs/

Ubisoft has ended all #gaming development at their Tom Clancy studio, Red Storm, which led to 106 job losses. The studio will continue on, but purely in a 'support role'

...though to be fair the last Ghost Recon game they made and released 𝘸𝘢𝘴 back in 2012

I was very lucky to have had the chance to chat to & interview the team behind ZOOM. You might know them as a space where you enjoy all kinds of #gaming (and more!) entirely DRM-free

I got to ask all about how they were formed, how hard it was (and is) to maintain themselves as an online marketplace which is & always 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦 DRM-free

...they're also the only space you can buy #DukeNukem games online!

I hope you enjoy my interview with them, I had a blast:

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-people-behind-the-preservation-interviewing-the-zoom-team/

Some few photos from the #Nintendo Goes Platinum party in 2002, for the #GameCube

Funny to see people actually using those handles for once, too. And for those people to not have a ton of plastic surgery. And normal clothes?

What a strange #gaming red carpet-y event

My latest article is an interview (which turned into a narrative feature) on the iiSU front-end.

If you've been #RetroGaming using the retro handhelds, or are into #emulation at all then you might have seen the crazy drama surrounding iiSU last year

They released a trailer: design-first focused, the concepts looked wonderful, but the (former) lead dev turned out to be a creep. Sadly not uncommon in #gaming

But with a new lead dev, a focused team and a new direction:

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-vision-behind-iisu-an-interview-with-iisu-developers/