Gardiner Bryant

Nintendo wants you to pirate their games. I discovered a company that Nintendo's lawyers need to go after. This company directly profits from enabling software piracy. Going so far as to sell emulators and emulation hardware and distributing...

Nintendo wants you to pirate their games.

I discovered a company that Nintendo's lawyers need to go after.

This company directly profits from enabling software piracy. Going so far as to s...

#Emulation #SuperNintendo #Nintendo #Retrogames #BryantReview

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Celebrating dash It’s strange to think that today — March 8th — is the one year anniversary of befriending you, dash. It’s not many friendships that start with a clear, definable date — let alone one that can be refe...

Celebrating dash

It’s strange to think that today — March 8th — is the one year anniversary of befriending you, dash.

It’s not many friendships that start with a clear, definable date — let...

#Lore #TheReview #Friends #Mastodon #Personal #BryantReview

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Valve confirms Frame and Machine still shipping in 2026 amid Deck shortage So my friend Hi-Tech Lo-Life let me know about Valve's Steam Year in Review 2025 which is, quote: "a platform-level summary for developers to learn about all the new features, tools, and improvements ...

Valve confirms Frame and Machine still shipping in 2026 amid Deck shortage

So my friend Hi-Tech Lo-Life let me know about Valve's Steam Year in Review 2025...

#Gaming #News #SteamHardware #Steamframe #Steammachine #Steamcontroller #PCGaming #BryantReview

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GoldenEye 007: The Accidental Masterpiece Trapped in Licensing Limbo The Impossible Shooter In 1997, a first-person shooter based on the latest James Bond film launched for the Nintendo 64... and it somehow managed to alter the trajectory of console gaming forever. O...

GoldenEye 007: The Accidental Masterpiece Trapped in Licensing Limbo

The Impossible Shooter

In 1997, a first-person shooter based on the latest James Bond film launched for the Nintendo 64... and...

#Retrospectives #RetroGaming #Emulation #BryantReview

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California wants to bankrupt FOSS with this new "privacy" law. YouTube video by Gardiner Bryant

Linux in California is in deep trouble.

Video by Gardiner Bryant @heavyelement.com

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The Untold Story of Classic Games: Inside ZOOM with CEO Jordan Freeman Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Jordan Freeman, CEO of ZOOM-Platform, to hear the story behind one of gaming’s most passionate DRM-free PC gaming platforms. Over the course of our conversa...

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

Recently, I had the chance to sit down with Jordan Freeman, CEO of ZOOM-Platform, to hear the story behind one of gaming’s most passionate...

#DeveloperStory #Exclusive #BryantReview

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The Anatomy of an Impossible Port: Bringing Dead Cells to the R36S On the PortMaster suggestions page, Dead Cells sat for a long time with 178 votes and a feasibility rating of “Low.” It wasn’t a dismissal, but it was a feeling that everyone seemed to share. The comm...

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

On the PortMaster suggestions page, Dead Cells sat for a long time with 178 votes and a feasibility rating of “Low.” It wasn’t a dismis...

#DeveloperStory #Emulation #HandheldGaming #Gaming

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Star Fox 2: The Game That Waited Two Decades In 1995, Star Fox 2 was essentially finished. That’s the strangest part of this rabbit hole we went down while writing this. This wasn’t a vague prototype or a half-baked proof of concept buried in a ...

Star Fox 2: The Game That Waited Two Decades

In 1995, Star Fox 2 was essentially finished. That’s the strangest part of this rabbit hole we went down while writing this. This wasn’t a vague...

#Retrospectives #Emulation #retrogames #nintendo #SuperNintendo

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Steam Next Fest Roundtable: The Demos We Can’t Stop Playing - Feb 2026 ft. Special Guests YouTube video by Hi-Tech Lo-Life

I've collaborated with some special friends on a Next Fest video!

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Come check it out!
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#nextfest
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Emulation is not a crime, it's civil disobedience You've probably seen the raging debate among gaming enthusiasts: emulation – right or wrong? With the rise of powerful gaming handhelds like the Steam Deck and readily available emulators, this debat...

Emulation is not a crime, it's civil disobedience

You've probably seen the raging debate among gaming enthusiasts: emulation – right or wrong?

#Emulation #SuperNintendo #RetroGaming #nintendo #BryantReview

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How I got Eversense 365 readings into Home Assistant I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I been on a journey with the Eversense 365, an implantable continuous glucose monitor that lasts an entire year. I'm happy to say that I've had my new sensor for almost a month...

How I got Eversense 365 readings into Home Assistant

I'm a Type 1 Diabetic. I been on a journey with the Eversense 365, an implantable continuous glucose monitor that lasts an ent...

#Diabetes #homeassistant #Self-Hosted #FreeSoftware #Guides #DataAutonomy

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Earthbound, GTA, PSP and the death of Linux in California The last week of February 2026 was an ENORMOUS seven days for The Review. I pushed many long-overdue changes to the code and we published 10 – count 'em ten – phenomenal articles from four different a...

Earthbound, GTA, PSP and the death of Linux in California

The last week of February 2026 was an ENORMOUS seven days for The Review. I pushed many long-overdue changes to the code and we published 10 – count 'em ten – phenomenal articles fr...

#weekinreview

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California just put FOSS devs on the financial hook for your kids "safety" So California finally did it. They passed Assembly Bill 1043. And now your OS is legally required to collect your birthdate and report it to every app developer... so they can verify you're not a baby...

California just put FOSS devs on the financial hook for your kids "safety"

So California finally did it. They passed Assembly Bill 1043. And now your OS is legally required to collect your bi...

#Enshittification #Linux #AgeVerification #DigitalSovereignty

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The Scrubs Reboot I'm a huge fan of Scrubs. It's one of my top five favorite comedies series of all time. Scrubs told the story of Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital in Los Angeles. The star of the show is Dr. John Dori...

The Scrubs Reboot

I'm a huge fan of Scrubs. It's one of my top five favorite comedies series of all time. Scrubs told the story of Sacred Heart, a teaching hospital in Los Angeles. The star of the show is Dr. John...

#Reviews #television #streaming #comedy

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Rewriting Liberty City: An Interview with Barcode Studia on Rebuilding GTA III for PSP There’s something quietly remarkable about a group of friends still building for a handheld Sony discontinued over a decade ago. Yet that’s exactly what Barcode Studia have been doing. Not just tinker...

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

There’s something quietly remarkable about a group of friends still building for a handheld Sony discontinued...

#DeveloperInterview #psp #grandtheftauto #homebrewgaming

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IndieRetroGames: Zero Commission, 39 Systems, and a Living Retro Scene - An Interview There’s a strange contradiction at the heart of retro gaming in 2026. On one side, you’ve got entire handheld ecosystems built around downloading ROMs and loading up decades-old libraries in seconds....

IndieRetroGames: Zero Commission, 39 Systems, and a Living Retro Scene - An Interview

There’s a strange contradiction at the heart of retro gaming in 2026.

On one side, you’ve got entire handheld ecosyst...

#RetroGaming #DeveloperInterview #DeveloperStory

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Finding my way home with Tailscale After my friend Matt turned me on to Tailscale I was excited to see just how far I could push it. And given that I was supposed to be leaving for a business trip in a few days, I thought it was pruden...

Finding my way home with Tailscale

After my friend Matt turned me on to Tailscale I was excited to see just how far I could push it. And given that I was supposed to be leaving for a business trip in a few days...

#Self-Hosted #Homelab #2000s #vpn #opnsense

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PSP-1000: The Handheld That Redefined Portable Gaming The Vision of a Portable PlayStation In the early 2000s, Sony Computer Entertainment was riding extraordinary momentum. The PlayStation brand had reshaped the industry in the late ’90s, and the Pla...

PSP-1000: The Handheld That Redefined Portable Gaming

The Vision of a Portable PlayStation

In the early 2000s, Sony Computer Entertainment was riding extraordinary momentum. The PlayStation brand had reshaped the ind...

#psp #RetroGaming #Retrospectives

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From Suburbs to Cosmic Horror: The Legacy of EarthBound This Game Stinks. I didn’t grow up with EarthBound. I wasn't there to have that oversized box on my shelf. No super well-worn strategy guide with scratch-and-sniff cards half-peeled from their pages...

From Suburbs to Cosmic Horror: The Legacy of EarthBound

This Game Stinks.

I didn’t grow up with EarthBound.

I wasn't there to have that oversized box on my shelf. No super well-worn strategy guide with scrat...

#RetroGaming #earthbound #Gaming #nostalgia

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Handhelds on the Dune sea | Week in Review This week, we had some of our best articles yet including a retrospective on Dune II, a Zorin OS installation guide, a PSP buyer's guide, and more! Make sure you check out the end of this article whe...

Handhelds on the Dune sea | Week in Review

This week, we had some of our best articles yet including a retrospective on Dune II, a Zorin OS installation guide, a PSP buyer's guide, and more!

Make sure you check out the end of this article...

#weekinreview

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Is Early Access Usually this Good? My Thoughts on Fields of Mistria There's just something about this game, guys. It's so rich. So special to me already. As of writing this, there are only a few more days until the 0.9 update on February 23, 2026, and I'm so excited t...

Is Early Access Usually this Good? My Thoughts on Fields of Mistria by @notnomisylime.bsky.social

There's just something about this game, guys. It's so rich. So special to me already...

#Gaming #Reviews #FieldsofMistria #farmingsims #cozygaming

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The Developer the Handheld Scene Depends On: An Interview With Gamma Gamma has always been a tinkerer. Long before GammaOS and before retro Android handhelds became a category of their own, he was pulling apart firmware, breaking ROMs with hex editors, and figuring ou...

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

Gamma has always been a tinkerer.

Long before GammaOS and before retro Android handhelds became a category of their own, he was pulling ...

#DeveloperInterview #DeveloperStory #Emulation

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Zorin OS: Your Next Desktop Operating System? It's a tough question to answer, but realistically it might just win out.

Earlier this week I published an #article about #ZorinOS and it contained a few errors. James from the Zorin Outreach Team sent me an email with some corrections and the errors have been corrected! Look for the ✔️ callouts in the article to see what I got wrong!

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I Bought a “Junk” PSP From Japan: Here’s How It Went While I spend most of my time reviewing modern ‘retro’ handhelds (devices built to emulate everything under the sun) I’ve found myself wanting to go back to the roots of everything. The first‑party ma...

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

While I spend most of my time reviewing modern ‘retro’ handhelds (devices built to emulate everything under the sun) I’ve found myself wantin...

#RetroGaming #2000s #psp #Reviews #Guides #sony #Emulation

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Zorin OS: Your Next Desktop Operating System? It's a tough question to answer, but realistically it might just win out.

Zorin OS: Your Next Desktop Operating System?

It's a tough question to answer, but realistically it might just win out...

#Linux #Reviews

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Dune II: The Desert Game That Built an Empire I’ve never been what you’d call an RTS fanatic. My relationship with the genre has always been more of interest. Curious, appreciative, but never fully immersed. Lately, though, I’ve been exploring it...

Dune II: The Desert Game That Built an Empire

There are games that change everything loudly. And then there are games that do it quietly. So quietly, in fact, that history sometimes forgets to credit...

#Retrospective #DeveloperStory #retrogames #Command&Conquer

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A song of slop, Doom, and unicycles | Week in Review This week we had another iteration in our book club. We published an article all about AI slop, and dash made the case for an SNES cult classic! Make sure you check out the end of this article where ...

A song of slop, Doom, and unicycles | Week in Review This week we had another iteration in our book club. We published an article all about AI slop, and dash made the case for an SNES cult classic!

#weekinreview

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Masters of Doom: An Introspective Review A few weeks ago I chose to read Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. I'm glad I did. And I chose it for several reasons. First and foremost was the emphatic re...

Masters of Doom: An Introspective Review

A few weeks ago I chose to read Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. I'm glad I did. And I chose it for several ...

#Reviews #BookClub #videogames #retrogames #GameDevelopment

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Hands on with the Anbernic RG Vita: A blast from the (distant) past The RG Vita is very clearly modeled after Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld (even taking its name) and it feels decently similar. But what it has in familiarity it lacks in performance.

Hands on with the Anbernic RG Vita: A blast from the (distant) past

The RG Vita is very clearly modeled after Sony's PlayStation Vita handheld (even taking its name) and it feels decently simila...

#Reviews #RetroGaming #Emulation #videogames #psp #Android

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The Wheel That Went to Court Pixar just turned forty. Which, depending on how you measure time, is either a blink in studio years or an eternity in computer graphics. When they began, digital animation was still experimental: glo...

The Wheel That Went to Court

Pixar just turned forty. Which, depending on how you measure time, is either a blink in studio years or an eternity in computer graphics. When they began, digital a...

#Retrospectives #DeveloperStory #RetroGaming #SuperNintendo

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