Aubrey Plaza setting up a desktop PC in a Starbucks cafe, 2008

This was for a Improv Everywhere skit, poking fun at the hipser culture of the era:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKEeHREK2nQ

https://improveverywhere.com/2008/02/25/mobile-desktop/

I love it

Well my review of the Retroid Pocket 6 (8GB version) has gone up.

The super interesting thing about this handheld is that with the current RAM crisis, the company itself had to discontinue a handheld model, drop the RAM back from 12GB to 8GB, and raise the price (𝘢 𝘵𝘰𝘶𝘤𝘩)

In my review I reached out to a bunch of key figures like the devs behind GameNative and GameHub (𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘦𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘶𝘯 𝘗𝘊 𝘨𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘈𝘯𝘥𝘳𝘰𝘪𝘥), Retroid themselves and others to get their take on the issue:

https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-retroid-pocket-6-the-8gb-sweet-spot/

I have 𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘭𝘺 finished my latest retro handheld #gaming review, this time it was a Retroid Pocket 6 (8GB) which was sent to me

I have to say one of my favorite things to play on there has been the #Sony #PSP line-up. Upscaling the games by 5x has made those old environments truly come to life. What a pleasure it has been to play some of those (well I suppose it is meant to be 'testing'!)

This screenshot is taken from the first-person perspective in Daxter. I really love this game!

Huge update and a new release for those who love playing #GOG and #EpicGames along with #itchio on their #SteamDeck

Junk Store has released a full update which is version 3.0 (𝘣𝘦𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘯𝘬 𝘚𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰) - so nice to see!

Along with that I spotted some new branding art! Nice for those whose #gaming is on the go with the Steam Deck

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DI-5Wdvu7Kw

I got to review Anbernic's latest handheld, the Anbernic RG Vita Pro. Choosing white was the 𝘣𝘦𝘴𝘵 choice. It looks fantastic in person

Taking obvious design cues (blatantly) from the #Sony #PlayStation #Vita I think it nailed the hardware

I've had a blast playing upscaled PSP games, and naturally, some Vita titles also. For the 1st time I got to enjoy Gravity Rush and Wipeout2048, and loved them!

If you wanna read my #gaming review on it, I was pleasantly surprised:

https://gardinerbryant.com/hands-on-with-the-anbernic-rg-vita-pro-a-unique-dual-boot-handheld-finding-its-place/

Nice to see 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘰𝘯𝘦 has a concept for combining #LEGO and #gaming

I saw this one shared in a couple #Sony #PSP communities, and thought it should be shown off here too! Someone made a Lego Ideas concept - which is a process which lets users vote. With enough votes it then gets picked up by Lego to be made.

Could I find the page on Lego Ideas? No (𝘮𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘪𝘵 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵)

Nope, here it is!

https://beta.ideas.lego.com/product-ideas/afb69019-4b4f-4628-8757-583372823fe3

...at least it looks pretty.

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