Thanks!

Need to age Simon up a bit.

Anyone read the book? Did you like it?

I was speaking in more general terms about how gamers find ways to have fun and do silly stuff in other games despite how serious those game might seem. For instance think about how silly and popular sharing glitches is. It’s not the same silliness as they’re talking about but it’s a good example of how gamers will find a way if that’s what they want.

I bet they figured the players would bring the silliness anyway regardless of how ‘realistic’ the dollhouse they built is.

Yeah we need Mike and Jay to do a follow up to their Jack and Jill expose.

I cannot believe The Electric State had a production budget of $US345 million.

The SteamOS-powered version of Lenovo’s Legion Go S handheld gaming PC debuted at CES 2025 with a somewhat attractive $499.99 price tag. At that price, The Verge’s Sean Hollister considered it a true Steam Deck rival, wedged neatly between the cost of Valve’s $399 LCD and $549 OLED models. The handheld recently went up for preorder at Best Buy with a higher $549.99 price (and a May 25th release date), and Lenovo communications director Jeff Witt confirmed to The Verge that this is the new cost for the base model.

What’s done is done, I suppose, but the $499.99 price seemed right for the Legion Go S. Despite its perks over both the Steam Deck LCD and OLED models (Hall effect joysticks, a larger 8-inch screen with variable refresh rate, a cozy design, adjustable triggers), its Ryzen Z2 Go chip didn’t blow us away. In fact, the Windows-based Go S models that Sean and I tested were outperformed by the Steam Deck. Simply swapping the OS will cure some headaches (mainly, that Windows on handhelds is an atrocious experience), but it’s unclear whether it will somehow let the Z2 Go do more.

A $50 price jump probably won’t spell failure for this device, but it makes the arrival of the first third-party SteamOS handheld a little less exciting. It’s not the only third-party handheld getting SteamOS this year; Valve confirmed it’s working on adding support for the Asus ROG Ally. Pierre-Loup Griffais, one of the lead designers of SteamOS and the Steam Deck, shared with The Verge at CES 2025 that a beta experience will “ship after March sometime.”

Thanks for sharing. Cool read.

I’ll have to watch it again to see. I think it’s from before he was typecast though, or before he decided to lean in to the typecast. Lucky for me it’s raining and doesn’t look like it’s going to stop any time soon so there’s no time like the present.

I think the last good thing I saw him in was The Bank Job and that was ages ago. I wouldn’t mind the typecasting if the films were that interesting and entertaining.

It’s a pity Statham has been typecast and can’t seem to escape it or doesn’t care to.

Has anyone seen Elle (2016)?

One step closer to the AI spacecraft and habitats in Iain M. Bank’s Culture novels.

Wait until you hear about Floating nuclear power plants.

Neat. Thanks. It must be unusual though. That publication seems to have only used it in the title because it’s part of a quote that is the basis for the article. They don’t use that phrasing anywhere else except in a longer quote in the body. Elsewhere they use more common phrasing like ‘go private’.

Yeah that’s what I meant 👍

I’ve not heard the term privatisation used in this way. This company is already privately owned, just not by a single individual or entity. That’s not the same thing as being publicly owned, at least here in Australia it’s not.

Disliked it as a movie.

Tacoma.

I have seen comments from folks wanting a sequel. I just…