How did I know you’d be mentioning RomM :P

I just use a VPN server from my own country, which is annoying.

Then switch back to elsewhere when I’m not here.

One day you might have time!!!

Hi there! Sorry, I’m the author of the article (just noticed this was cross-posted), so I can address this!

I guess the fact it rotates out isn’t going to be earth shattering, if you’re looking for that being the one reason it is worth owning (a rotating mechanism for the display), you wouldn’t get it. But to me being able to use it for things like listening to music (on-device, offline music, or streaming), watching an older anime episode, an audiobook, or scrolling through Mastodon while it is in the cube format, then being able to flip it open to play some GBA just makes it unique.

I have it sitting on my desk or shelf as I work, propped up facing me to stream music. Then I can pick it right up after I’m done and go back to FFVII on there.

I just like how this handheld ‘feels’. Smooth rounded corners and edges, and with a super satisfying weight to it. And I don’t think that ‘feel’ ever gets enough coverage for retro handhelds.

Sorry, maybe I’m struggling to convey how nice it is to use with words here!

I’ve been using tmdb out of spite since they brought this shitty change in. Less reviews, but I can be the change I want to see, and submit reviews here myself

https://www.themoviedb.org/

If you ever run into an issue (you won’t now though, that’s for sure), feel free to message me on here. I’m always happy to help!

Yep, totally fine and safe :)

No glaring issues!

You might have to reinstall a plugin, but I’ve only seen that issue literally once. It only happens if that plugin is dependent on being on the beta channel.

Once you switch back to stable, just restart your Steam Deck and it’ll be good to go!

No data loss or anything awful. But if it helps, I’ll check in with my friend on Decky and get his confirmation before you do :)

Here’s my tip (being friends with the Decky team, and having reported on them/interviewed them for a long time now!)

When you install Decky, stay on the stable branch.

When there is a update for the Steam Deck, wait a few hours until Decky have their update, install that first.

Every single complaint about Decky is totally fixed with these two dead-simple actions.

Then grab SteamGridDB and change all your game art (that’s my fav plugin!)

^ the man, the myth, the legend

I remember when I used to write ridiculously long and detailed guides on Steam Deck things, so many people asked me to do the same for installing and tweaking Windows for the Deck! I don’t begrudge anyone who wants to install and use it, but it sure isn’t my scene. Or recommendation.

Or if you do, plz look into O&O ShutUp 10+11

Come back and share how you found it, once you have!

Well, Im a sorry if I offended you

like someone working of an AI generated transcript

Can I just point out the insane irony of someone critiquing my writing when they can’t spell? This would be hilarious if it wasn’t so painful.

Of course you offended me. I’m a writer, and you said that I didn’t write it. It’s disgusting.

The funny thing (well, funny to me anyway) is that someone shared my article on Reddit, and it has been viewed so far 261K times. It has 918 upvotes and 89 comments. And do you know how many of them thought this was written by A.I.?

Zero.

Being a writer, a comment like yours is not only insulting, but dangerous to me. It also makes me really sad. So thanks.

I used to adore the en dash and em dash. If I see writing I did and submitted around with articles and guides from like three years ago, they’re all through it. But then GPT boomed and I couldn’t be bothered dealing with the allegations. Ironically, those claims still haunt me.

It can be so exhausting that we need to do this to appear human now. It can just be heartbreaking!

What the absolute fuck.

No. Jesus. What the hell? I’ve been writing on here for a long time. And I’m not A.I.

So gross.

In fact, tiny edit here. The moderator of this community will speak for me, I’ve been writing things for this space for a long time now. More than that I’m more than happy for you to come and join our discord if you’d like. I have friends in there like the former lead tech writing for Forbes, or the guy who owns the site who will speak for me and what I write.

I hate this shit. The mere face we can write and this whole new scene of A.I. replicating writers’ work and then it is doubted and we have to deal with this is the worlds’ most exhausting nonsense to deal with.

The invite remains, join our discord. There’s plenty of devs and journalists who will attest to me being on the level.

NSL is created by a racist jerk and coded with GPT.

What’s not to love?

I spy two of my very good friends in this picture!

That sounds super interesting!

Also makes me sad that all that has disappeared now to time. I’d love to have seen it :(

An easy mistake to make!

You’ll be thinking of my good friend Gardiner, whose YouTube channel is well known!

But no, I just write on his site. I used to contribute to a bunch of sites and spaces you might know, but these days I only share articles on his site.

And thank you! I appreciate that, glad you enjoyed this one :)

Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoy it, I’m really proud of this one :)