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Games and gear.
Mod loadouts, handheld shopping, Steam Deck tools and one very wet VR headset.
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My Cyberpunk 2077 Mod Loadout
I bounced off Cyberpunk once because the guns felt stiff. Here's the mod list I'm running on the 2.3x Steam version now, and what all those frameworks actually do.
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Modding Shadow of Mordor in 2026
A twelve-year-old game, a proxy DLL, a ReShade preset and a trick for hiding the HUD. The Shadow of Mordor mod setup I put together this month.
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Deckport: Getting Native Linux Games Onto the Steam Deck Without the Busywork
Deckport is my open-source Python tool that registers portable native Linux games as Steam Deck non-Steam shortcuts, with artwork, so they show up in Game Mode ready to play.
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Picking One Android Handheld for Emulation and Movies
One device for PS2 emulation and my own movie files, smaller than a Steam Deck, with a microSD slot. The shortlist, the detour into phones, and where I'm leaning.
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Quest 2 After a Swim: Stuck Boot Dot, Buzzing Controllers, and What I Tried
My notes from trying to bring a water-damaged Meta Quest 2 back to life, what each symptom probably points to, and where I'd go next.
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Linux Mint on a ThinkPad T14 Gen 3
My everyday laptop is a ThinkPad T14 Gen 3 running Linux Mint. Why that pairing, how Dropbox fits in, and the few things worth setting up on day one.
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The Four-Letter Bookmarks Bar
Six folders, four capital letters each, one tidy row. How I keep my browser bookmarks from turning into a junk drawer.
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Moving Epic Games to a New Drive Without Re-Downloading Them
Epic Games Transfer is my open-source PowerShell and Python tool that rewrites the Epic Games Launcher's manifest files after you move your games, so the launcher finds them instead of downloading them again.
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ICON: Swapping Desktop Shortcut Icons for SteamGridDB Art
ICON is my open-source Python tool that scans your desktop shortcuts, finds square artwork for them on SteamGridDB, and replaces the icons, with a backup you can restore from.
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Vapor: Custom Steam Library Artwork Without the Tab Hoarding
Vapor is my open-source Python app that pulls grids, heroes, logos and icons from SteamGridDB and applies them to your Steam library, one game at a time or in bulk.
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What's Inside My Very Average Desktop
The parts list for the perfectly ordinary PC behind my mod posts, so you know what "it runs fine for me" actually means.
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Sizing Up a $250 Used Gaming PC
How I worked out whether a used RX 570 and Ryzen 3 gaming PC was worth $250, what it can actually run, and the checks and questions I'd use on any used PC listing.
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A First Linux Desktop: Ubuntu Server, XFCE and the Fun Terminal Stuff
How I'd turn a bare Ubuntu Server install into a light XFCE desktop for someone learning computers, with the silly terminal programs that make the command line fun and a sensible order to learn it in.
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Switch Games for Two, Four and Eight on One Couch
My Nintendo Switch shortlist for local multiplayer, sorted by how many people are on the couch, from two-player co-op games that need teamwork to eight-player chaos.
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Every Zelda You Can Play on a Switch, and Where to Start
The Zelda games you can play on a Switch or Switch 2, whether they're a full release or part of Switch Online, roughly how long each one takes, and the order I'd suggest for a newcomer and for someone who's played a few.
What I'm playing, what I've finished and how long it took, tracked under the name I use for games.