Ericthescruffy [he/him]

There’s a flat to VR mod that really takes this to the next level. No motion controls but you can just straight up put on the headset and use the controller to walk around the world as you turn around and look at everything and just feel how alive and atmospheric the city is. Its awesome…if you can run it.

You said everything I wanted to say, so bravo. I just really want to emphasize this point again:

There is little point in making such a small gaming device these days, basically outside of retro niche do it cuz you can startups (more on that below)… because most modern smart phones are powerful enough to do everything a Vita can do, if you set it up for emulation, or just natively play android games.

Seriously, I used to run n64 emulators on my phone from like 6 generations ago. I bet they can probably run them in 240hz in 3D now if you want. If all you want is a small tiny portable handheld gaming device then buy a USBC or Bluetooth controller/dock for your phone and never look back.

The steam deck and the switch are the only viable future for dedicated handheld gaming because they actually bridge the gap between portability And console gaming.

What is the politics of Pac-Man?

Just as a surface read: something about strength through consumption or nourishment to overcome obstacles and enemies. Also: ghosts are bad.

I don’t think it’s a gotcha at all, but rather an important additional point that just because all art/media is inherently political does not also automatically mean all art/media is inherently deep or complex. The saying is less the idea that all art/media has secret political messaging and more an observation that because all art/media has human voices and creativity behind it it objectively means that it has their own views and biases baked into it.

Exactly. All art and media is political. No exceptions. The degree to which you consider a piece of media/art ‘Apolitical’ is the degree to which it either reinforces or at least does not challenge the politics you consider to be ‘normal’.