Trying Out Hall-Effect Keyboards from Royal Kludge

Royal Kludge's hall-effect boards deliver 90% of the Keychron K2 HE experience for 60% of the price. What separates them is mostly sound, not switches or speed.

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Keychron K2 HE Hall Effect Gaming Keyboard For Writing, Coding, and Gaming

This is not a long-term review. I decided I should shop for a new keyboard last night, I ordered the Keychron K2 HE this morning, and it will arrive tomorrow morning. I will have had the keyboard on my desk...

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My New Budget Gaming TV -- The TCL Q6/Q651F

I have had a renewed interest in couch gaming on the TV. I set up an Intel N100 mini PC last year as a Steam box, but I didn’t use it very long. Then I picked up a Ryzen 6800H...

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Using A Ryzen 6800H Mini PC As A Game Console With Bazzite

It has been almost a year since I wrote about using a $140 Intel N100 mini PC as a game console and Steam-streaming device in the living room. I don’t know what part of this arrangement tickles so many people,...

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The Cheapest Ultralight Fingertip Mouse - Is It Any Good?

I started the journey towards the Li’l Magnum! when I printed a large skeletal shell from MakerWorld for a fake Logitech F304 mouse that you can get on Aliexpress for $8. That build was around 40 grams when I started....

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Using an Intel N100 Mini PC as a Game Console

Let’s get this out of the way immediately. A mini PC with an Intel N100 processor is almost definitely the wrong device to plug into your TV to play video games. It is a rather slow CPU, but that CPU...

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My New Radeon 6700 XT -- Two Months Later

I put off a GPU upgrade for as long as I could. I had been running an Nvidia GTX 970 since 2014. It served me well for quite a long time, but by the time I needed an upgrade, crypto...

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Enabling Transparent Hugepages Can Provide Huge Gaming Performance Improvements

My gaming rig is getting rather long in the tooth. I am running a slightly overclocked Ryzen 1600 and an aging Nvidia GTX 970 with its thermal limit pushed to its maximum. I wouldn’t even be able to play any...

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I Finally Bought a Nintendo Switch

I had a Nintendo Entertainment System when I was a kid. Depending on how you measure, this would have been my third video game console. I’ve been a fan of just about every game in the Super Mario Bros. series...

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Six Months with the Steam Link

It is hard for me to believe that I first wrote about my Steam Link over six months ago. I’d have guessed I owned it half as long, but I realized that my recollection is clouded by the fact that...

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My First Week with the Steam Link and Steam Controller

UPDATE: I have an extra Steam Link, and I’m giving it away! Follow me on Twitter and retweet this tweet for a chance to win!

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The E-Blue Mazer II Wireless Gaming Mouse

I’ve been using wireless mice for most of the last ten years. During most of the time, I used my old Logitech MX900 Bluetooth mouse. The MX900 was a very power-hungry mouse; I had to make sure to put it...

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Texas Pinball Festival 2015

We almost didn’t make it to the Texas Pinball Festival, even though it isn’t much more than 15 miles from here. Do you know why we almost missed it? We didn’t know it existed until the day before the festival...

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Bioshock Infinite Workaround For Linux With AMD Processors

I’m late to the “Bioshock Infinite is now available on Linux” party. I didn’t notice it until a few days ago when Steam popped up a message telling me that 2K Games was having a big sale. I looked at...

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Strike Suit Zero

I picked up my copy of Strike Suit Zero quite a while ago as part of the Humble Indie Bundle X. When this bundle launched, it wasn’t very exciting for me, but I bought it anyway. I don’t think I’ve...

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The Ipega Bluetooth Wireless Controller (PG-9017)

I’m going to be away from home for a few months, and I’ve picked up a few items to make myself a little more comfortable while I’m gone. My laptop battery was dead, so I thought it would be a...

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Some Retro Gaming Nostalgia and the Konami Code

One of my oldest friends, from all the way back in elementary school, was in town last weekend. My friend Jimmy wasn’t in Dallas very long this time, but he did stop by the house for a few hours. I...

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(Not Quite) Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Arcadia, Omega Race, Star Castle, Zektor and More

I recently saw a tweet from Rob Fearon that pointed me towards all of Sokurah’s awesome games over at tardis.dk. I’ve had fun playing Rob’s wonderfully colorful games, most of which have been on my arcade cabinet for a long...

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Team Fortress 2 - Linux Steam Beta

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(Not Quite) Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Mutant Mudds

I haven’t played this one much yet. I found this game in the Indie Royale Harvest Bundle, but my Google-fu couldn’t turn up any information on whether or not I’d be able to get it running on Linux using Wine,...

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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Irukandji

I feel like I’ve done Charlie over at Charlie’s Games a bit of a disservice here. I am pretty sure Irukandji was the very first native Linux game I purchased for my arcade cabinet. Since that day, nearly two years...

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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Jamestown

Due to some unforeseen circumstances and a hearty amount of procrastination, I am very, very far behind with my little arcade game write-ups. The last game I “reviewed,” if you can even classify these as such, was Super Meat Boy....

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A Year of Native Linux Indie Games on My Arcade Cabinet - 2011

Last January, or maybe a little while before then, I decided to set a small goal for myself and my arcade cabinet. I wanted to buy at least one native game for the arcade table each month.

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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Blocks That Matter

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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Voxatron

I am cheating a bit this time. I haven’t even played Voxatron on my arcade cabinet yet because the replacement power supply hasn’t arrived yet. The Humble Voxatron Debut will only be running for about two weeks, so I figured...

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(Not Quite) Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: The Bundle of Wrong

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(Not Quite) Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Mactabilis

I set a goal for myself early in the year. I would like to buy one Indie game for my arcade cabinet every month this year.

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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: Cave Story

Cave Story is a platform game for the PC that was released back in 2004, it was also recently ported to the Nintendo Wii and DS. It is an excellent game that has a very old school feel to it...

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Native Linux Games for an Arcade Cabinet: rRootage, Noiz2sa, Torus Trooper, and More

I’ve spent quite a bit of time looking for native Linux games that fit the restricted controls of an arcade cabinet. Almost every game from ABA Games seems like it was made to be played on in an arcade. All...

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