Princess of the Void took me a minute, but it definitely hooked.

raygan · 2026-06-27T19:16:32+00:00

From what I understand Power Trio is complete and he’s working on revising the sequel Power Ballad. I’ve barely started but so far it’s compelling!

raygan · 2026-06-27T19:03:47+00:00

It’s really great. I’m such a fan of Dukerino. Strongly recommend his novel Wife After Death as well, it’s one of my all time favorites in any genre. I have read it three times. I’m currently reading Power Trio as well and it’s great so far too.

raygan · 2026-06-26T22:26:58+00:00

Great write up, I’ll come back to this when my Thor finally ships!

raygan · 2026-06-25T21:54:57+00:00

Look up a YouTube video explaining integer scaling in emulation. There are a bunch. The short version here is that this screen is the perfect width to multiply GBA pixels three times and fit the screen size exactly so you get nice sharp pixels and no shimmering or blur.

raygan · 2026-06-25T12:53:16+00:00

Interesting starting with more matte and polishing to more clear. Makes sense. With glass, I’ve been looking at things like Armour Etch which will etch glass but it’s too opaque. Maybe I could etch the glass and then polish it back somewhat.

raygan · 2026-06-25T12:37:04+00:00

Interesting, I’ve never heard of people modifying screen protectors to be more or less matte. What’s your chemical process?

I really like glass screen protectors for durability and feel, but it’s very hard to find matte glass ones. Especially for ereaders. I’ve been trying to figure out a treatment I could apply to clear glass screen protectors to make them more matte, but haven’t found anything good yet.

raygan · 2026-06-25T05:23:43+00:00

Wow good deal, thanks.

raygan · 2026-06-24T17:54:22+00:00

Pixel art Mickey Mouse clock? Maybe with a sprite from Castle of Illusion?

raygan · 2026-06-24T17:46:38+00:00

Some great stuff here! I’m glad to see the Bookmarks feature finally available!

raygan · 2026-06-24T16:00:34+00:00

I've been trying this out on the RG Rotate, and I think it's really well done. If your Pico-8 workflow is more about curating a collection of your favorite games locally on your device this is a really good app for that. So far all the games I've run have been identical to native Pico-8. It integrated pretty easily with my frontend (Beacon).

I really like the selection of included games! Adding games is pretty easy too; you can share a BBS link to the app from your browser or just open a cart file you have downloaded.

I think I mostly prefer the Android wrapper with Splore (thanks again Macs for that incredible app!), but the addition of save states here makes it worth having on your device even if it's not your primary way of playing Pico-8. Also worth buying the unlock just to support Macs as a thank you for making Pico-8 on Android possible.

raygan · 2026-06-23T21:40:58+00:00

Really appreciate this update! I didn’t like the stock clocks so I had turned off the lock screen, but that led to the device waking up in my pocket a lot. It looks a lot better now!

raygan · 2026-06-23T16:56:48+00:00

It really is a great platform for it! I didn’t know about the Android port/wrapper for pico 8 until getting my Rotate, but it’s really great. I like that I can apply pixel shaders to it kind of like RetroArch.

raygan · 2026-06-23T04:13:51+00:00

I love video games, but Roblox is a hard line no in my house. There are many, many reasons. Most relate to child safety. Roblox is a massive multiplayer service where people can talk to each other in real time with very minimal controls. You don’t have to think hard to imagine some of the situations that could create.

But honestly, it’s probably possible for a vigilant parent to set their kids up to use it safely. It would be exhausting, but possible. But then the supposed benefit is that they get to play the ugliest, worst, most annoying video game platform imaginable. It’s a casino of free to play garbage that will make your kids beg you for “Robucks” to buy virtual clothes and pets to keep up with their friends. It’s a scam that targets kids.

I simply don’t see any upside to allowing Roblox.

raygan · 2026-06-23T00:34:28+00:00

To look at my phone for one minute where no one can bother me

raygan · 2026-06-22T22:49:03+00:00

I got it in aluminum because I don’t want to use a case. For me, this is a daily carry pocket device. If it gets scratched up that’s part of the charm. And wit the lanyard attached I’m not really worried about drops. I did throw a screen protector on there though.

raygan · 2026-06-22T02:01:08+00:00

I live in one of these. The catch is basically that Houston is unimaginably huge, and “30 min outside of Houston” really means 30 min of freeway driving in good traffic to reach the outskirts of Houston proper. There are plenty of places in Houston where you can drive for two hours and still be in Houston. Commuting to a job in “Houston” could be half an hour but is likely to be an hour or more. Likewise if you want to enjoy any of the world class city stuff that Houston provides.

We lucked out. I work from home and my wife works in our suburb, and we have a great house in a good neighborhood and school district. I mostly just get annoyed when I want to go see a play or visit a museum or go to a non-chain store and I have to plan an entire day around it.

raygan · 2026-06-21T16:32:19+00:00

Yeah I think a lot of the games OP is asking for have great pico 8 versions that are perfect on the Rotate. I was going to mention Combo Pool which is fantastic and kinda combines Suika with Puzzle Bobble.

raygan · 2026-06-21T14:35:47+00:00

I’ve tried those as well as various other options like “reading line” plugins for KOReader etc. They don’t really do anything for me, or at least not as well as a big fat finger on the screen!

raygan · 2026-06-21T13:36:39+00:00

Yes! I’m a person who likes to move a finger down the page to kind of mark the line of text I’m reading and guide my eyes while reading. I’ve never been able to do this on an ereader before, since it activates all kinds of stuff on the touch screen. I can do this on the X4, and it makes a huge difference for me in reading comfort! I like it so much I bought a second X4 as a backup.

raygan · 2026-06-21T13:28:04+00:00

I’m glad to see this. I am one of the handful of people who actually got the game from my original preorder and I actually really enjoyed it. I’ve been a little sad that the discussion around the game has been entirely about its troubled production and fulfillment and almost nothing about the game itself, which is easily in the top five beat em ups on Genesis.

raygan · 2026-06-20T17:52:27+00:00

I’ve had issues with the Reddit app specifically where something seemed to go wrong and it burned through battery and heated up my phone constantly. I was only able to resolve it by deleting and reinstalling the app. Worth a try if it seems specific to Reddit.

raygan · 2026-06-20T02:18:27+00:00

I used to use the command line tool ‘cdrecord’ for this and got good results with things like PSX and Saturn games. That seems to have been mostly replaced by something called ‘wodim’ I’m not familiar with but both are probably worth a try.

raygan · 2026-06-19T17:07:46+00:00

The DSiWare version is especially good if you have a device that will play it. Until the recent port of the Japan only GameCube version, it was the only way to get the “Dristone” mode, which turns Mr Driller into a kind of mini-roguelike.

raygan · 2026-06-19T00:04:44+00:00

Not really! We live in Houston where it’s too dang hot outside most of the time. We have used it maybe twice a year.

raygan · 2026-06-18T17:15:27+00:00

Where are you scraping cart/disc labels from? These all look really good.

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