Latest dispatch · issue nº 512
I’ve been having so much fun running full steam games on my switch lite! Just this weekend I got Psychnauts running well (with no overclocks!) These can be good times even if they are complicated times. Sometimes, you just need to know something is possible before it becomes easy for everyone. That’s what I’m hoping for here. I’ve got a proof of concept that’s working well enough to share, but I’m sure it could be much better done in a bespoke manner by a developer with more time. Full graphics-accelerated steam and steam games, inside a termux linux session , running on an unrooted stock galaxy s9+ tablet.
The most valuable thing you can do for the longevity of a device is install linux on it. I’m not just talking personal longevity, I’m also talking about the weird and wonderful ways you can keep a platform alive when you have an open target.
PS1 Web Player While working on a new Playstation (1) game about my beagle, I realized that web emulation of PS1 games is a solved problem, and I shouldn’t be making folks use an emulater when a modern web browser...
Introduction This has been a project well over a year in the making. I’m proud to announce version 1.0 of Johnny Castaway PS1, a port of Johnny Castaway to the Playstation 1 console, with enhanced features and options like freeplay/sandbox...
Introduction It’s no secret I’ve been working on something cool and unexpected, with a big release announcement coming very soon. However during the course of development I stumbled upon a pattern which I think could provide huge dividends for the...
Introduction Do you remember that episode of the Simpsons where he uses a little dunking bird toy to defraud his employer? Yeah. Like that but with prompts. Here’s the thing. Some of my coding agents, no matter how “dangerously” I...
I actually wrote quite a bit of code in 2025! While my professional life was centered around AI enablement for my teams and getting the big launch out this year to customers, I did a fair amount of personal projects.
Announcing TPS (Team Planning Simulator) (see, it generates TPS Reports ha!) Source and download here -> TPS And hey, as it’s client-side, how about a Live Version Team Planning Simulator Reports (TPS Reports) is a quick report generator to help...
Announcing Labrync (like labrynth + ncurses) Source and download here -> Labrync Labrync is a passive or active little console toy. I wanted to play with a few maze exploration algorithms (you can see a bunch in the history). The...
Announcing Tui000 (sounds like ‘three thousand’) Source and download here -> Tui000 Tui000 is a passive game / screensaver for your terminal. Watch virtual avatars make life decisions, visit the graveyard to see how each life measured out. Passive, small....
