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A beautiful custom #Sony #PlayStation made by MOGSTATION dedicated to a game maybe not so many will remember: Abe's Odyssey

#gaming and #art together yet again!

leftenwright shared their custom Master Sword in stained glass, so naturally I'm sharing it here!

For my next trick, I wrote an entire article on one of my favorite examples of hardware design: one I'd consider to be actual #art in how it was put together...the #Sony #PlayStation Portable 1000

I've always had the biggest respect for how Sony managed to carve out their own niche for handheld gaming in a market 𝘥𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥 by #Nintendo

Anyway, this one covers how it was designed, made, brought to market and received (the original PSP-1000, anyway)

Hope you enjoy:

https://gardinerbryant.com/psp-1000-the-handheld-that-redefined-portable-gamin/

A brand-new #Nintendo #GameBoy game has been made and released, titled SOLASTRA

It was built using GBStudio, by Vorvy:

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐭 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 𝐒𝐎𝐋𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐑𝐀, 𝐛𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭-𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐞𝐝. 𝐘𝐨𝐮'𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩, 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐮𝐧𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞. 𝐀𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐯𝐨𝐢𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐈𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧?

Just some history on how/why that beautiful #Nintendo design for their DSi XL/LL handheld came to be!

Literally designed to look like a bowl full of water (which clearly I love)

Yet again, my favorite #gaming stories are the ones you tend to overlook, like this one!

If anyone wants to join @gardiner_bryant@mastodon.online and I online, we've got a #Matrix alternative to our #Discord server set up and starting to populate

Clearly this was a decision spurred on by Discord's latest insane decision (𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘧𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘮𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘴), we're at least providing a space for those who thought of this latest move as the last straw

We talk #gaming and #tech and everything else, and you're more than welcome too!

https://matrix.to/#/#the-bryant-review:matrix.org

I discovered that Pixar sued DMA Design (a game studio who ended up becoming Rockstar North!) and won, because DMA had created a game for the #Nintendo SNES where you control a unicycle of all things

Pixar had made a CG short back in 1987, and they felt that the game infringed on their copyright, and...somehow the courts agreed? Production was halted after only 300,000 games

If you wanna read through the whole #gaming tale, well that's the topic of my article!

https://gardinerbryant.com/the-wheel-that-went-to-court/

Custom #gaming handheld creator MaSaKee strikes again, this time creating a legitimate real console from #LEGO and a genuine #Nintendo Game Boy Advance

And yes, it works! Does it look particularly comfortable? Well...maybe not so much on that front.

The second #SteamPunk build was shown off by Remarkable-Canary762, whose custom handheld #gaming work is amazing

This time its a regular #Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP:

𝘖𝘯𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘬𝘦𝘺 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱 𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘮𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘪𝘴𝘮 𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘥𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘨𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮. 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘪𝘧𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘯𝘦𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘥 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘩 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘱 𝘧𝘭𝘪𝘱.

They also shared a video of it here:
https://youtube.com/shorts/zScZWfYzi18?si=4qVtoPkKkx8dbrDd

Here's Susan Bach (𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊𝘰𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘒𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘪) giving a demonstration of the 'Laser Scope Voice Command' headset at 1990's CES

Which is wonderful and hilarious at the same time. More of this in #gaming please