Blog entries by Taleweaver
It's June 2026. Despite my feed being filled with rumours about the steam frame and steam machine, neither have been given an actual release date nor definitive price. And it's driving people nuts.
It's clear that hardware prices, especially RAM, are going up. Sony, nintendo and xbox have...
part 1: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/why-buy-a-steam-machine-when-you-can-build-one.20173/
part 2: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/why-buy-a-steam-machine-when-you-can-build-one-part-two.20176/
part 3: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/why-build-a-steam-machine-when-you-can-build-one-part-three.20192/...
(note in advance: all mentioned names here replaced by alternatives)
Ten years ago, to this day...
I received a mail in my inbox: "it's rumbling in the airport again". Well...actually "Het rommelt weer in de luchthaven", but that's the translation. Attached was a winked smiley, a screenshot or...
So...with the current political turmoil, you undoubtedly have heard the phrase "it's like nazi Germany!". Nazi and Hitler comparisons with current US regime or leader, or even "Germany in the '30s". It's clear that this goes well above the old Godwin argument...but what does it all entail? Is it...
part 1: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/why-buy-a-steam-machine-when-you-can-build-one.20173/
part 2: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/why-buy-a-steam-machine-when-you-can-build-one-part-two.20176/
I initially wasn't going to write a third entry, but I had to retire another lenovo small form factor PC...
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This is a direct continuation of this entry: https://gbatemp.net/blogs/why-buy-a-steam-machine-when-you-can-build-one.20173/
You might want to read that one first. :)
So...when I wrote the last entry, I felt like I was in home stretch. And on hindsight: that was exactly the case. But...
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Ever since Valve unveiled their trio of new devices (steam machine, steam frame, steam...controller 2.0?), my youtube feed has been flooding with anticipation, mostly focussing on the steam machine. But truth be told: I don't know why exactly. Yes, it is a device that doubles as a console...
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Every year I look back on the video games I've played in the last year, musing how much I enjoyed each of them. This ain't anything but a personal top X list, so don't go ballistic if my opinion's different from yours.
There were two important caveats this time around.
The first was...
I'm one of the few that skipped the entire switch generation. Not that I don't like nintendo's games from the last years, but for me the switch controllers never felt right. Tiny, small, uncomfortable. So the main good news with switch 2 (aside backward compatibility) was the size increase. More...
NOTE: during the writing of this, the tariffs have been delayed until July 9th. Or more precisely: the EU refuses to negotiate prior to the earlier set 90-day deadline. I'm leaving the rest of the writing as is
PREFACE:
On April 2nd, Donald Trump announced tariffs on each country the US...
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Welp...it's that time of year again. It's that time when everyone is celebrating Christmas, spending time with family or writing small reviews and rankings of played video games.
For my loyal fans who want to see my earlier work...
My top games of 2023...
So...with all the political focus on US election 2024, you'd almost forget that other countries around the world might also be democratic and might also re-elect governments at regular intervals.
Case in point: Belgium. No, not for the prime minister or the government, let alone the EU. Those...
Let's get one thing out of the way: no, I don't support republicans. Heck, even mainstream democrats are too rightwing for my taste, but by lack of alternative they've got my (reluctant) back. Yet...the US presidency has its influence in the world, especially if one of the candidates tries to...
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It's that time of the year again. I've played a lot of video games (check here for my top board games if you care), and I'm using this blog to blabber about them. It is NOT a blog about games released in 2023; solely those that are new to me or on a sort of new platform.
Speaking of...
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My gaming habits have evolved beyond video games into modern board games. Not sure if anyone cares around here, but I'm going to post my list of my best board games of 2023 (video games'll come later).
Note that this list is exclusively board games new to me from this year. It is NOT my...
So I've read 'peril' during my holiday. Written by Bob Woodward and Robert Acosta. It's about the last days of Trump's presidency and the first hundred of Biden's. Though it is a long read and is heavily documented, it both documents and (imho) misses details that might've been revealed later...
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So...I've skipped this last year as our little one took so much time that I barely had anything worth playing (let alone rambling about). But with her being a bit older (aww...she can somewhat waddle Kirby around in Epic yarn :) ) and the steam deck releasing, I've gotten quite a line-up...
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Somewhat in the autumn of last year I started going to a board game club. We play a new board game nearly every time, and since I often try to squeeze in some board game in my local circle (girlfriend, family, friends), that amount tends to grow a bit. I've compiled a list of...
I've yapped about the steam deck earlier in blog posts (link to the earlier entries: here). This'll be my last entry, as I feel I would start to repeat myself otherwise. Because TL;DR: it's AWESOME!!!
Intro: Babel's tower
Since I was little, I wanted to have all video games. We traded game boy...
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I'e been at home since june 20th. So my tenth (9.9 to be precise) day away from work. I'm not fine. Not at all. I'm having anxiety attacks and moments of anger. I'm scared, inecured and have moments I just want it all to be over (as in: everything. As in: my life). I've been trying to stay...