3. Although not OOTB, I can recommend SaverTuner for that.

With a few useful keywords (you’ve got them), the literal first result of any search engine. 3DS hacking / custom firmware installation has been extensively documented and is quite straightforward.

Cheers! I cross-posted it there :)

Both were Japan exclusives. I figured I could either play the scalpers’ game and pay a premium upfront or try to grab them later from Japanese secondhand websites, which is what I ended up doing (via a proxy).

I most certainly did not! I actually probably will keep the controller in its box as I use the Edge 99% of the time, but I’ll keep the console covers on, they look too good to be kept in a box imo.

Yeah, the first game was a… surprising opener imo, but why not!

Not bad overall.
I was hoping for a release date for RE4 VR, but I guess I’ll keep Feb '24 in mind and we’ll see. I definitely wasn’t expecting a DLC for Tales of Arise!
FF VII Rebirth still looks awesome and it’s nice to have a confirmed release date, if anything.
I was also expecting more PSVR2 news/reveals, oh well.

I mostly disagree with your take.

• PSVR2 is far more than a party trick and is arguably better than most PCVR headsets specs wise. There are games for it, you just have to look beyond AAA titles (and that’s a very good thing IMO).
• Sure, I also want new games, new IPs and fewer remastered collections, but as someone who never owned a PS4, I don’t particularly mind the latter, provided the price is right and the upgrades are sufficient. New games take much longer to make nowadays and any title that’s not received as well as expected could have a huge impact on a development studio, established or not.
• The Portal is a joke, but it could be interesting if it turns out to be somewhat of an open device (for emulation purposes) and the comfort is there. But as an oob experience… No thanks.
• I really think Sony is 100% to be pushing for more Indie titles on PS5, especially as PS Plus Extra day one releases. There are gems to be found there.

I would say it’s more a “slow paced” methodical scrolling shmup than a bullet hell tbh. Most levels required a few retries for me, but there are some checkpoints and the timer is fairly generous imo, so you’re able to make progress consistently.

I’m having a blast with Pocky & Rocky Reshrined!

Hey, wrt your second question, there are lenses made specifically for PS VR2, such as ones from HonsVR or VROptician.
I can personally recommend the former, they’ve been a godsend vs wearing my glasses and take very little effort to actually put into the headset and adjust. Plus, they’re fairly cheap IMO, but VROptician isn’t bad either tbh.
(FWIW I also have bifocals, but these lenses are specifically to correct nearsightedness)

Great collection! I’m really jealous of the colourful spines on Switch cases haha, where did you get those?

Yeah, I’ve learnt my lesson, haha, although I picked up a Pocket much for the same reason as you did (and OpenFPGA cores were barely getting talked about then, so I didn’t have that many expectations in that regard) and my Super Nt has honestly been perfectly fine.

Cheers for the heads-up, I’ve been watching quite a few restoration videos on OG Xboxes and I’ve seen what those damned clock capacitors can do…
I’m actually leaning towards getting a 360, since it seems to have pretty good backwards compatibility, but most importantly (to me) the shmup catalogue is incredible on there.
Emulation is good enough, but my only PC is a Steam Deck, so that doesn’t really cut it for Xbox and 360 atm.

Yeah, it’s pretty clear the Dock is only made for 16:9 displays, unfortunately :/
I’m not extremely hopeful Analogue will patch in enough features/fixes to make it absolutely worth it, as they don’t have a great track record with their “accessories” (the under-saturation of the DAC’s Composite/S-Video output not being directly fixed after so many years does not make me hopeful tbh).

Really nice setup :) I’ve been looking at the OG Xbox from afar, as the Series X is my first Xbox, so I have much to catch up on, but I’m really happy with the - admittedly very incomplete - backwards compatibility so far.

How have you been liking the dock so far? I’ve been pretty hesitant to pull the trigger on it given its price (or rather given shipping and duties/taxes to add on top, hu).
(Also, interesting way to stand up the - I’m guessing modded? - OG Xbox vertically, haha)

My only experience is with Amazon Canada, so I can’t really say. I guess the selection might be different, but I doubt prices or actual item conditions would differ greatly.

I wouldn’t recommend shopping on Amazon in general, but in this case specifically, I would recommend checking Warehouse Deals for the Dualsense Edge. That’s how I got mine for 40% off MSRP and it was pretty much brand new. It’s honestly the best investment I’ve made since getting my PS5, hands down.

I’m making my way through Spider-Man Remastered!
I’m liking it quite a bit, I’m probably about a quarter of the way through and I find that the story is more enticing than I remember Miles Morales being (yeah, I probably should have played them in order… but here we are).

I’m finishing FF XVI (all side quests and hunts, probably a few more trophies and then the final main quest).
Not sure what I’ll play after that, although either Stray or Spider-Man Remastered have been on my backlog for a bit.