MacBook Air M1 Thoughts

When Apple first showed their M1 computers, I wasn't too impressed. They seemed fine and they were better but they didn't seem that much better. But eventually the reviews started coming out and it was quickly starting to show that these were really good. Like, really

Thoughts on iPhone 12 Event

The Apple Event just finished and I am left somewhat... indifferent. HomePod I don't care. iPhone 12 * Flat sides are amazing. Ever since the X released and I saw this concept of a "iPhone SE 2" I wanted it. Well it's basically real now,

Game Beaten: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 (PS1)

I know I said in my review for 1+2 that I didn't see any reason for why anyone would go back and play the originals when the remake exists, but here I am. I've been watching a ton of Tony Hawk playthroughs on YouTube and

Game Beaten: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 1+2 (PS4)

You know when you hear a game you love is getting a remaster or a remake and you get excited? And then the remake releases and you realize they messed it up? THPS 1+2 is that, but they didn't mess it up. I love FF7R but THPS1+

Back to the Future 3 Movie and Sega Genesis Game References

I made these back in May but haven't really organized them anywhere. There are probably more of them but these are the ones I found on first "try" and immediately thought of. Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 Ending People might not like the

Game Beaten: Parasite Eve

Not sure how much I have to say about this game. I ran into it because I watched some random video on YouTube called 7 Short JRPGs Worth Your Time! and it seemed neat. I started playing it and yeah, it's definitively different from my Final Fantasy games.

Game Beaten: Final Fantasy IX

The peak of video games. No, really, I really think so. If it's the year 2000 and you're making a game for the PS1, this is the best game that could've been made. Everything is so polished and looks great and plays great even

folklore

alrighty, another taylor release, a surprise to be sure but a welcome one. she's going lowercase so i am too. * the 1: i like that this is track 1 (since it's called that). skipped after halfway, 4/10 * cardigan: good, 7/10 * the last great american

Game Beaten: Final Fantasy VII

This time without the asterisk. I did it legit on original console and discs. And frankly, I realize it's not such a big deal because it's a pretty easy game. ...atleast if you abuse Tifa and her Powersoul weapon together with the Deathblow=Added Cut materia.

Game Beaten*: Final Fantasy VII

It's fair to say I haven't really played this game until now. Yeah I played it 10 years ago or whatever, but I didn't really understand it and so I've grown this mindset about it where I completely underestimated it. I cannot

Game Beaten: The Last of Us 2

Despite what you heard and the user score on Metacritic (3.4/10 over 24k reviews at time of writing): it's good. They did take a hell of a risk with this game though, so I can see why some people would just throw it away immediately. But

Game Beaten: Final Fantasy 7 Remake

Im on vacation and I wanted to play a game on my PS4. And for some reason I went with the FF7 remake. Followers of this blog and me will know that I played the demo and really liked it, but not much more than that. I wasnt gonna pre-order.

Most Efficient Way to Watch Twitch in macOS

I rarely use the Twitch website to watch streams. Instead I use my own little script called whoislive to see who is live, and then I watch it using Streamlink. And then, if I really wanna look at chat, I use IRC, specifically irssi. Here's a quick little

Going from a 2010 Macbook Pro to a 2020 Macbook Pro

Ever since Apple started releasing new Macbook Pro's with good keyboards again I've been very interested in buying one.And so I finally did. I cheaped out and went with the cheapest 13" Pro though. I really can't stand Apple's RAM

Getting Excited for PS5

I'm starting to get excited for the PlayStation 5. We still don't know a whole lot about it even though it's meant to be available in less than half a year. Well, we know some stuff, like some of the tech specs, but we

Moved to Linode

After hearing about Linode on podcasts, and my old VPS provider pissing me off, I've now moved to Linode! And if you are reading this on May 28th, it means I managed to do so! I really hate re-setting up apache, php, letsencrypt etc, but it had to

Game Beaten: Back to the Future Part III (Sega Genesis)

Before you read this, I assume you've watched the AVGN episode on it: Back to the Future ReRevisited. And then I will also recommend you to watch the James & Mike Monday ft. Bootsy episode on it. That's what I knew going into this. I'

Air-cooling Ryzen 3900X in a Louqe Ghost

For a couple of weeks now I've ran a Ryzen 3900X in my Louqe Ghost S1 case. 12 cores in a case that small could be considered crazy, but it isn't too bad. I was going to make this post a really long one, similar to

Game Beaten: Half-Life: Alyx

I beat the game yesterday and I started writing a really long post about this game, a 6679 characters long post, before I stopped. I just couldn't do it justice. This game is epic and has so many things about it that I wanna talk about, but my

Eternal Doom

I've been anticipating Doom Eternal for years now and it's finally here. I was so excited to play it I used a New Zealand VPN to fool Steam into thinking it was the 20th so I could play it one day earlier. And Doom Eternal, or

Games I've Beaten January 2020-March 22 2020

I don't know why I stopped writing "Game Beaten:" posts immediately after beating a game this year, so I'll have to make this post to catch up. * ? January: Uncharted 1 (PS4) * Pretty awful, the sequels are a lot better * 4 January: Modern Warfare (PS4)

Thoughts on Final Fantasy 7 Remake Demo

I just finished the FF7 Remake Demo and here are my thoughts. Why do I have thoughts about it? Am I excited about this game? No, not really. FF7 isn't really a game I have played alot - I haven't finished it - so really what

macOS on AMD?!? (Ryzen 3900X Hackintosh Build)

What a time to be alive. I never thought it would be possible to run macOS on an AMD based system, but here we are. And perhaps more surprisingly, is that I think this was my smoothest Hackintosh ever.Once I got everything set up exactly, according to this guide,

Disabling Turbo Boost on Intel Laptops

Linked Post Marco's post is about Macs specifically but I think this should apply to Windows laptops too. I've been trying this on my ancient 2010 Macbook Pro and it makes it a lot more pleasant to use in my lap. It runs quieter and cooler

RSS Feed Is Proper Now

Linked Post I've changed lambblog so that the actual post contents is now in the description field so that it shows up properly in RSS Readers, like NetNewsWire for Mac: Enjoy!