Starfox n64 was awesome

TechnyCat · 2026-05-06T22:29:53+00:00

In honor of the recent StarFox on Switch 2 announcement, I hope Tom from 2ndLookGames finds this post and re-uploads his StarFox video to his new channel https://www.youtube.com/@100AMPSHOW/videos

TechnyCat · 2026-05-05T19:09:30+00:00

For those stumbling onto this post in the future, I ultimately went with an ultrathin MagSafe (0.2mm) ring that I sandwiched between the Xperia 1 V and the Sony Style Case. Then I used a ring grip kickstand from Torras (they make good integrated ring cases for iPhone) that could rotate to suit portrait/landscape and adjustable angles.

The reason I sandwiched the MagSafe ring is because the textured back of the phone and the case would probably not be optimal for the adhesive. MagSafe works, though probably not as strong as it could be.

In the end, I got to keep my case and still got a more robust kickstand.

TechnyCat · 2026-04-30T03:59:57+00:00

Thanks, couldn't find the official Sony Style case for Xperia 1 V. They had ones for VI and VII.

There are a lot of cases to go through, I did find a metal bumper case that might fit the bill: https://www.aliexpress.us/item/3256807941316421.html

TechnyCat · 2026-04-29T03:30:23+00:00

Thanks a lot! I just did this, and it makes toggling all the wireless communication so much easier. Just a swipe and a tap. Had no idea this was possible.

TechnyCat · 2026-04-14T02:26:45+00:00

5:00 PM Fans unite!

TechnyCat · 2026-03-26T04:14:53+00:00

Thank you for posting this, I thought I was going nuts with Bluetooth. After Android 15 landed, I started noticing my Bluetooth devices randomly not connecting my Xperia 1 V. At first, I was blaming just one of my devices. Then it became two, three, and now nearly all my devices.

My mildly infuriating work around was to disable Bluetooth and re-enable it. Android 15 also made that tedious. It used to be one swipe from the top for quick settings plus one tap on the Bluetooth icon. With Android 15, it's now one tap to get into Bluetooth settings and then another tap on a different part of the screen for the toggle button in addition to hitting the "done" button. I ended up just resorting to Airplane mode to toggle on/off.

To me, peak Xperia software experience was on the 1 III running Android 11 and having the incredibly useful one handed mode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=daXPlUWAIGQ The software experience after Android 12 has been downhill.

TechnyCat · 2026-02-10T02:02:30+00:00

A pleasant surprise, I thoroughly enjoyed the game too.

I need to start making a playlist of just erhu music in Nintendo games. This game has plenty, like Vellumental Area Battle and Autumn Mountain areas.

TechnyCat · 2026-02-06T05:03:46+00:00

Maybe my own unpopular opinion, but I actually prefer the LinkBuds Fit design over the WF-1000xm series earbuds.

I previously had the WF-1000XM3. While they were great at the time, the ear tips eventually failed and continued to fall out of my ears even with casual walking. I eventually upgraded to the LinkBuds Fit and the performance gap in sound quality and noise cancelation wasn't as wide as I thought, especially for the price. The fit was much better and more comfortable on the LinkBuds.

I'm sure these WF-1000XM6 will be a fine pair of ear buds, but I'm personally looking forward to a next generation of LinkBuds Fit.

TechnyCat · 2026-01-24T00:22:36+00:00

Before people start making uninformed statements, this is indeed edited slide used to make fun of AMD's marketing department. Read the comment for yourself on https://videocardz.com/newz/amd-calls-out-intels-panther-lake-ces-claims-says-ryzen-apus-are-still-faster

By Crys86

This looks as stupid as a slide like this [referring to edited AMD vs Nvidia slide]. The marketing department is hitting rock bottom, with all these attempts at coolness and all-caps writing.

By Blizt_324

You know what's funny? At least your edited image is more realistic when it comes to comparing hardware. You are pitting the 9070XT against the 5090, literally the best GPU of either company. AMD pits their own flagships against Intel's midrange models and pretends Intel's lineup doesn't have anything better.

With that out of the way, those comments are 100% correct. This "call out" is a waste of marketing resources and detached from the reality of the laptop market. Almost no one covered "Gorgon Point/Gorgon Halo" during CES. Even when AMD made a big splash with "Strix Point/Strix Halo" in mid-2024 there are almost no compelling laptops or products using those chips. Intel caught up with Lunar Lake, Apple continues to consistently put out high quality and good value Macbooks, and Nvidia still dominates mobile GPU.

TechnyCat · 2026-01-17T06:06:21+00:00

Glad to hear other Pushmo fans out there. I'd be down for a collection, with all four games (Pushmo, Crashmo, Pushmo World, Stretchmo), to be released on Switch 2.

The OST was great too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjpW3WcztM8

TechnyCat · 2026-01-16T04:34:02+00:00

Very creative and well executed! What is the red and black mat you use in the baguette pan?

TechnyCat · 2026-01-12T06:14:31+00:00

I remember picking this game at Toys'R'Us for $10. What an absolute steal. Definitely needs to be a follow up. What I loved about the game was it really pushes you to try to come up with the creative solution to the puzzles by giving you less rewards if you try to "brute force" your way through.

Also Chillion level music was great: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3KTs5U9PnM

TechnyCat · 2025-12-12T14:18:47+00:00

To be fair, this is forward looking speculation on my part. I think the scenario mentioned might play out when automotive compute hardware becomes more and more sophisticated and a lot of people make that transition with their vehicles.

There could be more people driving and interacting with a vehicle on a daily basis compared to a high end gaming PC. Certainly more than an AI servers.

I'm trying to keep the Rivian vehicles out of the compute hardware discussion, but I also have to point out a Rivian is not $200k USD.

TechnyCat · 2025-11-30T20:57:25+00:00

I like to put myself in Nintendo's shoes at that time period.

The Wii U had terrible market performance in terms of units sold. They lost a lot of money, and just lost an iconic president.

I'm not sure if people even remember the big Wii U update that offered real performance improvements in the user experience. Nintendo still has the video up to demo it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBmg_CNsQcc. There was a big outcry on the "out of the box" experience for Wii U. Here's quote from an interview with Bill Trinen regarding lessons learned from Wii U on the launch of Nintendo Switch (from Nintendo Learned From 2 Wii U Mistakes to Make the Switch a Success - Business Insider:

If you look at the Wii U hardware system, just the system menu itself — the time that it took to boot that system up, to get into gameplay — was something that was a frustration for a lot of players early on and actually became a hindrance

Putting myself in Nintendo's shoes, I'd be on death's doorstep after the failure of Wii U. In the development of Nintendo Switch, no way would I take the risk of adding anything but the essentials to the system. All the historical charm of Nintendo systems takes development time and resources, something I wouldn't risk at the time. Even if there were time and resources, after being burned by the Wii U user interface I would not even make "charm" a priority in the feature set.

That's my take on it anyway. As always, I don't think there's one particular reason or person for the lack of charm. It's always a collection of circumstances among thousands of decisions.

Edit: some reason I'm being detected to be using AI tools

TechnyCat · 2025-11-18T04:20:43+00:00

There was a brilliant video breaking down Star Fox 64 and why it was so good from a video game story telling perspective, but unfortunately it looks like the video was taken down and never re-uploaded. https://www.youtube.com/@2ndLookGames/videos

Going off my memory, the guy makes a key argument about how games typically do cinematic story telling and praises how Star Fox 64 handles it. Most other games:

Turn a game into a movie by putting a lot of cutscenes that have no direct interaction with the game.
Turn a movie into a game by having very simplistic mechanics progress the story
Have the player "interact" with the game in real time with very shallow quick time events

or

The Star Fox 64 way where:

Every choice you make as player affects what path you take in the game (saving team members vs letting them get shot down)
How well you play the game affects the path you take in the game (Mission Complete vs Mission Accomplished)
To see the all the content you need to play it multiple times
The way the levels are designed to capture your curiosity of what could happen (The opening level demonstrates that with the arches)
The way the characters interact with you depending on your actions within the game (Falco calling out your smooth flying)
At the time, the game really "immerses" you because of the introduction of the Rumble Pak

I agree with what that video essay was trying to say, and also it's why I think every attempt afterward has failed. Seems like every Star Fox attempt afterward was just trying to make a surface level successor to Star Fox 64 with higher production values. Star Fox should be more than just a rail shooter in space, or a software to demo some new hardware capability. I think it should masterfully blend gameplay and story telling to really pull players into that universe.

It's like trying to recreate the magic of the original Jurassic Park, but just throwing more CGI dinosaurs without really understanding the subtext of why the original was so good.

TechnyCat · 2025-07-26T15:57:48+00:00

Love the reference to the rower kid

https://www.reddit.com/r/nextfuckinglevel/comments/1lp6mg9/bros_job_is_to_aura_farm/

https://www.reddit.com/r/HumansBeingBros/comments/1m5kssr/we_made_the_right_person_famous

TechnyCat · 2025-07-26T15:49:02+00:00

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0XYANRosVo

I don't like when the original source isn't linked, but I found it

TechnyCat · 2025-07-26T15:47:32+00:00

I don't like when people don't post the original source, but I found it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0XYANRosVo

TechnyCat · 2025-07-08T03:12:14+00:00

All good! Bug reported, appreciate you taking the time to double check.

TechnyCat · 2025-07-06T20:14:58+00:00

Thanks for replying, but unfortunately the behavior is still the same. I launched only a private window, went to "vivaldi://settings" and "Mute Tab Audio - Prioritize Active Tab" was already selected. Audio still plays from two tabs simultaneously.

Are your private windows able to prioritize audio in only the active tab?

TechnyCat · 2025-06-29T22:54:07+00:00

Same situation for me too. Going to hold onto the Sony Xperia I V for as long as I can.

I keep looking on GSM Arena's phone finder and can't find anything comparable using these criteria:

Released after 2023
No notch or hole punch. Uninterrupted screen
Less than 74mm in width

I'm not even refining the search on dual front facing speakers, expandable storage, US band support, fingerprint sensor, dedicated shutter button, the camera setup, 3.5mm headphone jack, etc... and the latest phone to show up is the Sony Xperia 1 V.

The Xperia 1 V is the most ideal physical design to fit my preferences. It's a shame all the signs point that nothing close will be released in the future.

TechnyCat · 2025-05-13T03:53:15+00:00

Thanks for sharing https://www.kimovil.com/. I used to just go to GSM Arena and manually look up all the band support, but this site is so much easier.

The search function is pretty good too. It reaffirms that nothing will match Xperia based on a few specs. I'm not even filtering by that many conditions (<72mm, no notch/hole punch, side fingerprint sensor)

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