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@ PerfectDark @lemmy.world

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I just play Steam Deck and write about gaming + Linux a lot

  • I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan: Here’s How It Went

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  • Wow that's terrible! What were they charging you? That's one of the reasons why I recommend Mercari in that article above, the sellers pay for shipping on Mercari! You just pay the Buyee fee and international shipping.

    I have a PSP-2000 sitting in the Mercari 'warehouse' right now, the cheapest international shipping for it is 1,050 YEN, the most expensive is 3,150 YEN. That's from Japan to Australia, just for a comparison to what I see!

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  • They still look good even now! Though there is a bunch of new IPS displays you can install, these are semi-recent to the PSP handhelds, and while they lack saturation, they reaaaally make up for that in brightness!

    ...sadly only available (as things stand currently) for the 1000 and 3000 series though

    You can see the OEM screen on top here, and the replacement IPS on the bottom:

  • I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan: Here’s How It Went

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  • This is just an article I wrote some time ago, but seeing so much interest in Sony's PSP lately, I thought it might fit in here well enough :)

  • The People Who Put Emulators on Your Steam Deck Now Want to Sell You a Linux Console

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  • I know it is just a headline, and it is a good one. But I still want to slip in here to say that RetroDECK was actually released for Steam Deck a few weeks before EmuDeck.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • Nothing about this is in any way similar to Stadia.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • GameNative is open-source, free, and 100% spyware free.

    What on earth?! I'm confused, are you saying GameNative is locked down, bloated and filled with spyware? Or that users who are running Android shouldn't have something that is open-source and spyware free? Just checking for some clarification here, since your rant seems a bit...off-topic.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • I'd recommend seeing what the community has shared, others may have uploaded their games/settings for that phone on EmuReady. The sites is maintained purely to share exactly that.

    https://www.emuready.com/listings?deviceIds=%5B%22b600b2d5-3631-4f50-b235-a9d0d2559445%22%5D

    (here is the results filtered just by your handset, but these include all kinds of emulation, not just GameNative)

    But by the same token, 99% of games which do (and don't) run won't have been shared there either. So it is a game-by-game basis.

    A good one to start with would be a 'light' title like DREDGE, if you own it?

    I'll do a little checking and see what I can find on your phone though, will come back and edit with what I find soon!

    Edit: Here is a post on Reddit where the OP asks the community how the Pixel 8 is for emulation in general. The top comment says that they're using Winlator and have 60FPS/720p performance for BioShock, New Vegas, Wow with dx9/10 games. So these should translate to being the same performance/playability on GameNative (I'd hazard, anyway)

    There's also results in the GameNative Discord, but too many to share here. I do hope this helps, though!

  • Tinder takes action against AI profiles by making users scan eyes for “proof of humanity”

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  • Maybe it is finally time for open-source(ish) dating to make an impact!

    (It won't. I tried it a couple years back and it is a ghost town!)

  • Tinder takes action against AI profiles by making users scan eyes for “proof of humanity”

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  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • To me this article definitely reads like the author and those involved actually think the opposite of what you’ve said

    Do I? I certainly didn't write that. I'm from a background where I spent around 2 years writing Steam Deck articles, guides and interviews, exclusively. I don't like you framing me as someone dismissing the Steam Deck. Weird.

    Granted i didn’t do more than a cursory look at it.

    Ah, say no more. Now I see why you thought that.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • I've interviewed something like 50-ish dev teams/sole devs and projects now:

    • Heroic Games Launcher
    • Lutris
    • RetroDECK
    • PCSX2
    • RPCS3
    • Eden

    ...the list really does go on and on. And yes, I am or have since become friends with each of them. I find it odd that because I am friends, an interview might become somehow less. These are interviews which wouldn't happen without me doing it. 75% of the ones I have done were with teams who never thought they'd get to share their story, and that's a big part of why I do them. Too often people forget about those devs who are behind what they use and love so much.

    This woudln't be unbaised article writing regardless. I'm not writing an article. I write an intro, an 'end', I write the questions and organize a time when I can chat to the teams. There's nothing to be unbiased about. At least in my mind. I appreciate what you're saying, I don't mean to come off as defensive or anything here, but it really stuck with me - how people here on Lemmy have taken the headline of this article as something which needs to be discounted.

    "...but this isn’t exactly the New York Times"

    But good point. No, it isn't. Gardiner and I just run the site as a space where we can write about what we love. For me that is 99% gaming. We haven't got ads, it runs by community donations (server space etc).

    Ugh. Sorry, rant over.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • It is literally a quote from the interviewee

    I don't understand how a quote from the article can be click-bait? Because it is a sensational statement? Sure, but he said that. He made that statement. He believes it. FFS.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • No, not at all a conflict of interest.

    Literally nothing at all, by definition, is a conflict of interest.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • I'm just wondering where the 'conflict of interest' is here?

    It is a clear, attributable quote and perspective from the interviewee. What conflict?! Who else would the quote be from, when I am interviewing one person?

    Edit. Yeah, doesn't seem like you understand what a 'conflict of interest' actually is.

  • “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

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  • Have a look at my friend's site:

    https://www.emuready.com/

    It is a space where community members upload their experiences and ideal settings for the devices and games. I might be biased because he is a friend, but I can also say that objectively it is a wonderful space to double-check how you're approaching things.

    Filter your search by your device, and then on the far-right, click on each result's 'eye' to see what the person's recommendations are in there (I do hope this helps!)

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    “I genuinely feel GameNative could replace handheld PCs like the Steam Deck” — Inside Android’s Fastest-Moving Gaming Project, GameNative (my article!)

  • New Decky Plugin: Download All - immediately adds all "scheduled" downloads to the download queue

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  • 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!

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    Documenting the Unknown: Inside the PlayStation Dev Wiki (my interview)

  • New Decky Plugin: Download All - immediately adds all "scheduled" downloads to the download queue

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  • Yep, totally fine and safe :)

  • New Decky Plugin: Download All - immediately adds all "scheduled" downloads to the download queue

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  • 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 :)

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  • 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!)

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    "You Were Supposed to Feel Lost": Metal Gear Solid 2 and the Shock of Playing as Raiden

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    What to Play (and Watch) While Waiting for Forza Horizon 6 (my article!)

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    Hands-on with the Retroid Pocket 6; The 8GB Sweet Spot (my own article/interview!)

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    Hands-On with the Anbernic RG Vita Pro; A Unique Dual-Boot Handheld Finding Its Place (my review!)

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    Mathieu Comandon Explains His Use of AI in Lutris Development (my interview!)

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    Mathieu Comandon Explains His Use of AI in Lutris Development (my interview!)

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    Why Everyone’s Picking Up a PSP Again in 2026 (my article!)

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    RetroDECK Is More Than Emulation: An Interview with the Devs (my article!)

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    RetroDECK Is More Than Emulation: An Interview with the Devs (my article!)

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    The Digital Plague: When World of Warcraft Accidentally Simulated a Pandemic (my article!)

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    The Vision Behind iiSU: An Interview with iiSU Developers (my article!)

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    GoldenEye 007: The Accidental Masterpiece Trapped in Licensing Limbo

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    The Untold Story of Classic Games: Inside ZOOM with CEO Jordan Freeman

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    The Anatomy of an Impossible Port: Bringing Dead Cells to the R36S

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    Rewriting Liberty City: An Interview with Barcode Studia on Rebuilding GTA III for PSP

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    From Suburbs to Cosmic Horror: The Legacy of EarthBound

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    The Developer the Handheld Scene Depends On: An Interview With Gamma