Hardware
[ Jun 8 2023 ]
A Shitty Review: Costco’s Presenza Bidet
In Australia a Toto washlet costs more than $2000. Costco sells a Chinese-made bidet for $400. But the latter is, in a word, shitty.
Games
[ May 29 2023 ]
Taito Egret II Mini Joystick
Taito’s Egret Mini II Console has an optional joystick, and it’s a modern wonder. New and excellent mechanism, and solid construction.
Games
[ Dec 29 2022 ]
Arcade Cab Update
I’ve been tinkering a bit more under the hood of my Sega Naomi cabinet. Honestly, and I’m not proud of this, I spend way more time fucking with the wiring than I do playing games.
Games
[ Dec 23 2022 ]
Joystick Tomfoolery
A brief hardware post talking about arcade joysticks from Sanwa, Seimitsu and Hori.
Games
[ Nov 14 2022 ]
Review: Namco’s JogCon for Playstation
An old re-posted review of Namco’s cool but flawed JogCon racing controller.
Games
[ Nov 12 2022 ]
Fixing R-Type LEO
The sound on my R-Type LEO arcade board went a little funny, and this is the tale of how I fixed it.
Games
[ Nov 12 2022 ]
Fixing a Neo Geo MVS Board
I recently picked up an arcade cabinet and so I was pulling all my arcade games out of storage. I was somewhat surprised to find that some of them didn’t work right anymore, including my Neo Geo MV-1F board.
Hardware
[ May 19 2020 ]
Build Log: Retrofitting a NeXT Cube
The NeXT computer is a beautiful, crazy thing. I wanted to use the case for a computer that wasn’t slow while simply existing. Herein lies the epic journey: putting a modern monster in a cubic foot PC case.
Games
[ Mar 16 2020 ]
3D Controllers: The New Era
A brief exploration into the history of 3D controllers from Sega, Nintendo and Sony.
Hardware
[ Aug 29 2016 ]
Cactus Radio Trigger for Ricoh Theta S
The Ricoh Theta is a great camera, but what if you could trigger a flash with it? Spoiler: you can’t.
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