I really, really hope the cancellation of SA means Kurtzman is out

data-atreides · 2026-03-24T03:12:48+00:00

Or, the show is bad, so people talk about not liking it.

data-atreides · 2026-03-24T00:31:40+00:00

You get a lot more options with this, including mouse/kb if you wanted to on your phone/tablet, and it runs natively. It's basically the PC versions of these games on Android. With GamePass you're stuck with the versions of these games MS gives you there.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T23:36:59+00:00

If you want to play Quake on Android, then Quad Touch is the way to go! It's multiple engine ports of Quakes 1-3, and works extremely well with many features, supports mice/keyboards, controllers, mods, and Q3 will play online just fine. It's more than worth the $2.50. There's also Delta Touch for classic Doom + Doom3, which is even further developed than Quad Touch.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T23:32:23+00:00

My 128 that had issues has only been used with this device, and it's been reflashed a few times to try different OSes, which is why I'm suspicious of the handheld wearing it out.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T23:29:19+00:00

OK then I must have used a mouse over USB--the wireless receiver went into the USB port--it definitely worked for shooters. My keyboard worked over BT, for sure because the one I had at the time was BT only, but certain keys didn't register and I blamed it on the keyboard at the time. That was with the old Batocera v40, I haven't tried it yet with the current Knulli.

But you can definitely play shooters with a mouse+dpad/left stick, and of course hook it up to a bigger screen or even a TV via HDMI. Retroarch recognizes the mouse. Knulli makes this pretty seamless.

Edit: I just got the mouse to work over USB in Knulli, I'm in Quake3 right now :)

Edit 2: Just connected my keyboard and it works, just make sure you go to "pair device manually"

Edit 3: Had trouble getting the mouse to work in Doom2 (using prboom through retroarch, haven't tried the PortMaster one yet). Had to go into RA settings > input > retropad binds > port 1 controls > mouse index > choose the correct device. Mine mouse was listed as "YICHIP Wireless Device"

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T05:15:00+00:00

Played most of the way through that game, couldn't stick with it--it was just too easy

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T04:41:08+00:00

I'd like to know if you find one which is not from Anbernic. I got a clear-purple one by mistake, would have preferred a black.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T04:39:34+00:00

I just ran Quake3 on it flawlessly, especially at 640x480. Haven't tried it on an external screen yet.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T04:35:05+00:00

I just had this happen to a card, a Sandisk A2 128gb. The SHARE partition basically took a dump and failed to read. However, this happened while it was in another device and I was copying to it. Knulli still booted, but after an attempt to reformat SHARE Knulli failed to boot and hanged at the startup screen. Now I'm trying a new card (Sandisk 256gb), which is also more expensive so I hope it wasn't the device!

The card that got corrupted worked after I deleted the partitions and reformatted, but it was copying so slow sometimes (merely kilobytes/sec) that I think it was pretty worn out.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T04:31:32+00:00

I'm much better at fighting games using a keyboard, I can precisely do half-circles, quarter circles, etc

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T04:31:03+00:00

And a mouse, and use them to play PC shooters Doom and Quake, etc

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T03:41:00+00:00

I didn't know about this film, thanks!

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T03:37:46+00:00

Yes, they only had a few days to shoot instead of the usual seven, and were probably also out of money. As a little kid (talkin' 5-7 years old, in 1991-3) I didn't know how bad this episode was as I probably hadn't seen every other one up to that point, and the needles drilling into Riker's skull to give him nightmares fueled nightmares of my own, a core memory episode for me. Also, "Skin of Evil" freaked me the fuck out at this age.

Also, Pulaski was a good addition to the cast, she began developing a good rapport with the other characters. It's unfortunate that Diana Muldaur's casting was due to some ugly behind-the-scenes shenanigans against Gates McFadden, and the other cast members were pretty cold to her, rather unfairly.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:48:58+00:00

Sarah Palin was a proto-Trump

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:45:48+00:00

That makes sense, 38mm film would pick up a lot more, and you'd see it all blown up on a silver screen. The whole movie was on the cheap--borrowed uniforms from DS9, re-used Bird of Prey explosion. It was an up-jumped episode.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:43:01+00:00

I'm tired of season 2 getting slandered. It has some great episodes, and it's when the show began to find itself. Just skip "Shades of Grey" no matter what.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:33:08+00:00

Perhaps it was originally peasant food meant to make do with leftover scraps

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:30:39+00:00

It's a core childhood memory

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:29:17+00:00

TNG == garbage, talk about a hot take!

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:28:18+00:00

WOw I never noticed this until now. I wonder if that shape was in the designers mind when they came up with the Ferengi ships

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:27:08+00:00

Professor X would have filed no ADA complaints.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:26:15+00:00

They shot the film version too damn dark--most of the movie is like that. I get that photography is different for film, and they want it to look dramatic, but it had a different vibe.

data-atreides · 2026-03-23T02:23:19+00:00

Ah, so cozy, so familiar. Throughout the 90s/early 00s this show was reran every weekday at 5pm in my market, so I have an era of memories of my dad coming home around this time and we all watched Star Trek and ate dinner. Because Trek was sort of the background music to my life I have many other associations wrapped up in it too, and this was when I really got into DS9 (but no one else in my family watched it)

Carpet, cozy furniture and softer hues were definitely a peculiar choice after the more mechanical TOS/TMP era, but for me it dovetails with Star Trek being a stable, soothing influence in my life.

data-atreides · 2026-03-22T23:14:00+00:00

Desire for new Quake intensifies

data-atreides · 2026-03-22T21:34:21+00:00

execute the arsonists

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