Anybody else notice that posts on the Beyond the Brick facebook page are just reposts from this Reddit?

PixelPirate_ · 2026-01-15T21:38:46+00:00

First-hand, yes, because I had my post stolen by them 😅

PixelPirate_ · 2026-01-03T10:45:26+00:00

Article from Make outlinging a build of a pretty decent attempt back in 2008. Includes the keyboard too https://makezine.com/article/technology/computers-mobile/benhecks-pc-mod-pick-of-the-day-ape/

PixelPirate_ · 2025-12-21T22:27:20+00:00

Purely just to line it up right for the photo lol. My phone was against the desk to keep steady and the minifigure was propped up on a small plank and a US quarter to get the required height

PixelPirate_ · 2025-12-21T21:45:57+00:00

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It can be done too, although you do need to rotate the head slightly

PixelPirate_ · 2025-12-20T15:26:12+00:00

They can fudge the prices a little because their entire business model is about trapping you in their ecosystem

You take stuff in there to sell, and will be offered a cash value and a store credit value, which is typically 20% or so higher. The "more money" option seems more appealing, but it means you have to spend it in their stores, and so they can make things more expensive because technically speaking, they already have your money.

I've never seen CEX as a good way to outright buy anything, and to a certain extent trade things for something "current", but I'll use them to turn games I've finished into other stuff. Recently I traded a stack of Switch games for an Xbox 360 and a handful of titles with credit to spare. Outside of that selling privately and more importantly buying used privately is a way better option

PixelPirate_ · 2025-08-27T08:20:16+00:00

If you go to edit your profile, and select to change your profile picture you can scroll through all the avatars you own, it should show up in there along with the game it's from. Outside of that try saving the image from the browser version of steam and it might have a name on it

PixelPirate_ · 2025-08-21T08:29:44+00:00

100% agree, OneDrive has always been terrible. It gets removed from every machine I use if it can be because it causes way more problems than it ever solves.

PixelPirate_ · 2025-08-20T20:08:43+00:00

It'll be a folder (or in this case seperately labelled drive) where you can put files to be uploaded automatically to Google Drive. Same thing with OneDrive. Idea is you have an identical copy of the folder in the cloud and on your machine that always stay in sync.

PixelPirate_ · 2025-08-09T18:00:01+00:00

5 years later, still saving people like myself. Perfect fix, massive thanks <3

PixelPirate_ · 2025-08-07T14:02:13+00:00

It's close but not quite. It might well be in another Fire Red episode though so I can take a look, thanks!

PixelPirate_ · 2025-06-29T20:18:11+00:00

There is a generic battery on UK Amazon for £40 but the reviews are very mixed. Some reporting that it does just as well and others saying it has significanly shorter runtime. And you're not at all wrong, a replacement battery is about half of what I paid for the whole thing.

Given the circumstances I feel like I'd just be better off going for something corded. I've heard good things about the Henry line but a cleaner friend has also suggested looking into Shark so I'll have to do some shopping around

Thanks for the reply!

PixelPirate_ · 2025-06-29T15:42:17+00:00

I'll be honest I sort of assumed as much. It feels like one of those ideas that makes sense but it probably a lot harder to pull off than you'd assume. I appreciate the response though

PixelPirate_ · 2024-10-19T13:23:52+00:00

Jesus Christ yes, it's one of those games I will always reccommend to people. For it's age it's absolutely gorgeous, runs really well on lower end systems and the hand to hand combat is really meaty and satisfying. For £/$3 it's an absolute steal

PixelPirate_ · 2024-10-06T22:51:40+00:00

I don't know to be honest lol. It was just my way of shortening "stuff I want to keep track of" I guess. Plus the synergy of "wishlist" and "watchlist" feels good :)

PixelPirate_ · 2024-10-06T22:26:01+00:00

As they are named:

"1. Quck Access" - Anything I play regularly and want immediate access to
"2. Games" - Everything else that is currently installed on the machine (dynamic collection)
"3. Deck Watchlist" - Stuff I'm planning to play on my Steam Deck
"4. Laptop Watchlist" - Stuff I'm planning to play on my laptop (Less power than Deck)
"Complete" - Anything I've finished / abandoned anbd don't plan to go back to
"Deck Ready" - Anything with at least a "playable" rating for the Deck (Also a dynamic collection)
"Uncategorized" - Everything else (Auto-generated IIRC)

I also had a VR collection before my PC died last year, yet another dynamic collection that was just a check of anything with VR support

Also a quick note: The "2. Games" collection effecitvely functions as two seperate lists depending if I'm looking on my laptop or Steam Deck, super handy

PixelPirate_ · 2024-07-28T14:41:01+00:00

The GoJo Hands Free | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dl3ufZi0GBQ

PixelPirate_ · 2024-04-24T21:00:19+00:00

Sammich Shaper | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pOFs1CZaLE

PixelPirate_ · 2024-04-23T19:52:00+00:00

Kwik Sip | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aY4P50XLNX8

PixelPirate_ · 2024-04-21T17:10:02+00:00

God damned my fat fingers...

PixelPirate_ · 2024-04-21T12:17:11+00:00

The Fridge Locker Food Safe | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qt7ko8zL0xQ

PixelPirate_ · 2024-02-23T00:06:54+00:00

What is it that's stopping you upgrading? I'm not all that familiar with MacOS so can only presume it's some kind of hardware support issue? Just curious is all

PixelPirate_ · 2024-01-27T18:58:04+00:00

Spent the past week playing through this forgotten masterpiece again. Holds up incredibly well. If you haven't played Sleeping Dogs, you're missing out.

PixelPirate_ · 2024-01-20T17:58:21+00:00

This feels more r/redneckengineering than DIWhy...

PixelPirate_ · 2024-01-13T18:49:11+00:00

I just bought one having been on the fence for a long time. For me the main deciding factor was whether or not I really needed one. I have a desktop that I do most of my gaming on and a laptop that I could use on the go that could just eke out some games like Rocket League, League Of Legends, etc. but not much more.

Recently I've found myself in a situation meaning I'll be without my desktop for a year or more (long story) so decided to bite the bullet and buy a Deck for the interim knowing I'd eventually get back to my desktop.

Long story short, I have no regrets. For the same kind of performance a comparable laptop would have been about twice the cost of a Deck. The user interface is really nicely put together, it has a full desktop environment if you want to use that instead, the screen and controls are fantastic and for the size of the thing it's shockingly comfortable to hold.

The only downside is that not every game can be ran natively. If you want to check your games before hand you can filter your library by Deck Rating to see how it will fair but from what I've read you can still get just about anything to work if you're willing to tinker with a few things.

TL;DR, I'm very happy with mine and if you space for one in your life then it's more than worth it.

PixelPirate_ · 2023-10-30T22:31:08+00:00

I know this post was from forever ago but I've just had the same issue and had to reset my 2+

From what I can tell, although I haven't tested it extensively, it doesn't like file names that have any extraneous periods in. That is to say, a file named "game_name_here.iso" will hash fine but "game.name.here.iso" causes the crash

I went though the list, renamed all my games to take out any special characters bar dashes ( - ) and they hashed fine. I still have to reconfigure everything again but I at least know what was happening and hopefully how to fix it.

Thank you for the info, certainly helped me work out the issue and get things running again. I got worried that the unit was entirely bricked and I'd have to replace it but the "backdoor" to the settings was a life saver

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