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  1. Brian_B

    Valve's NEW Steam Machine...

    Yeah, I think these are gonna be priced a bit more than I'd like, but that's kinda the way everything is priced since Covid came and went anymore. Seems most folks are guessing around $600-1k for the Steam Box (depending on SSD size and such), and the Frame going for anywhere from $500 to $1k...
  2. Brian_B

    Horizon Steel Frontiers Is a Cross-Platform MMORPG Project Being Developed by NCSoft and Guerrilla for PC, iOS, and Android

    PC/Mobile are almost always crappy mobile ports in a Windows wrapper. There are a few exceptions - but not many great ones to point at. Most of the time the interface is still meant for touchscreen, they just throw the mouse pointer at it
  3. Brian_B

    Valve's NEW Steam Machine...

    I gotta admit Even though I know it won’t have the same level of horsepower… this is a very compelling option versus building another gaming-compatible PC Maybe it won’t play with every option cranked to 11, but “don’t need to fiddle with it” console-like compatibly is starting to look very...
  4. Brian_B

    Chip Shortages Lead to More Industry Instability as SanDisk Raises Its Prices, and the NVIDIA RTX 50 SUPER Series Is Rumored to Be Delayed

    I’ve found if I can describe what I want to do well enough for an AI to vibe code it - I can invariably more easily just look up the syntax and code it myself
  5. Brian_B

    Valve Says There's No Reason to Release a New Steam Deck Every Year: "We're Waiting for a Generational Leap in Compute Without Sacrificing Battery Lif

    So, there is a wide gulf between “Can play the game” And “Can max out every setting in a game” You don’t need much for the first, as Valve well knows For the second you can never have enough
  6. Brian_B

    Sony Avoids Commenting on PlayStation 6 Update and Instead Says That PlayStation 5 Is Only Midway into Its Life Cycle

    I'm good. I can wait. The PS5 just turned 5 and the Pro just turned 1, so it's not quite over the hill yet. It was 7 years between 4 and 5. with a Pro in the middle of that. And 7 years between the 3 and 4, which seemed a lot longer than that. And 6.5 years between the 2 and 3, which didn't seem...
  7. Brian_B

    Bungie Is Working on Removing Artwork from Marathon After a Former Employee Plagiarized Content

    I'm betting this launch doesn't go well. A shame, the original Marathon is classic. This is ... not, I predict.
  8. Brian_B

    ASUS TUF Gaming GeForce RTX 5070 OC Edition Video Card Review

    Need to pour one out for both of those names.
  9. Brian_B

    Three most popular hardware items on Newegg (all three may surprise you!) on Nov 02, 2025

    I have trouble believing that a $4k prebuilt and a $1600 gpu are top sales - by volume or revenue. This looks more like a “we wish these were top sellers so jump on the bandwagon and buy one too” type marketing
  10. Brian_B

    Rockstar Announces Yet Another Delay for Grand Theft Auto VI Following Layoffs and Accusations of Union Busting

    Only ever played 4 and it was ok, just ok. I’ve had 5 for years (free on EGS) but never could get into it - something about the gameplay just felt off
  11. Brian_B

    An example of tricks used by some review sites to declare some component as top notch

    I’ll just read it out loud using my best Mario impression.
  12. Brian_B

    Which DOS games do you remember playing in the 90s?

    Back when I first got 32G and it was “a lot”, 15 yrs ago or so? - I did try this - same exact thinking as you. It was underwhelming for most use cases. And then SSDs came along… I still only have 32G today…
  13. Brian_B

    Intel Core Ultra 9 285K & Ultra 5 245K CPU Review

    Apple finally dropped all intel support just this year. The latest OS X won't support them at all anymore. That said can always use an older OS version.
  14. Brian_B

    An example of tricks used by some review sites to declare some component as top notch

    Great article - I use a lot of those tricks in my own sales presentations to be honest. The art of selecting the base range for a graph to make the results, while still entirely accurate, be perceived in the manner you want them to be, for instance. The dude really needs a spell checker though...
  15. Brian_B

    Keyboard cleaning day

    4 dogs 3 cats
  16. Brian_B

    Microsoft Brings Xbox Full Screen Experience to Compatible Mobile Devices

    That is pretty much exactly what I mean.
  17. Brian_B

    DRAM Prices Skyrocket to a Record 171% YoY Level as Shortages Continue amid Increased Demand from AI-Driven Applications

    Hmm - my bingo card for Why DRAM Prices are Going Up This Time has a square for "AI starts human culling", is that like the same thing here?
  18. Brian_B

    Worthy K800 keyboard replacement?

    I went from Logitech to Corsair to Ducky over the past several years. Each felt like a pretty significant step up in quality. The Ducky is no-frills, but the most solid feeling keyboard I've ever owned - reminiscent of the older IBM models. They do have a wireless model available, but I don't...
  19. Brian_B

    Microsoft Brings Xbox Full Screen Experience to Compatible Mobile Devices

    I feel sorry for gaming handheld devices.
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