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Controller games for the PC.

January 9, 2023July 3, 2016 by S-Config

Controller games that we liked to play on PC.

We decided it was time to break off a section for all of the controller games that you can play with your Xbox controller. In particular, we will be focusing on controller games that allow for couch/party mode. This is the mode that is most highlighted with games such as Smash Brothers on Nintendo consoles where a bunch of people all gather around one unit with a large TV instead of the more traditional LAN party environment where everyone is networked on their own individual PC. Any game that allows for more than one person to play on a single PC and preferably multiple people would qualify as a couch and/or party game.

So to anyone reading this, you are welcome to throw suggestions into the comments below. As we are not as synced with the gaming community as we once were we may miss some gems from the indie game scene which would be awesome to play.

Read on if you want to know more.

Banana Pi M3 – How to make loyal customers walk away.

January 6, 2022June 29, 2016 by S-Config

The Banana Pi M3 fills us with nothing but contempt.

Ladies and Gentlemen, This may probably be the last blog entry on this site in regards to the Banana Pi M3 and possible ALL Chinese based Pi boards all together! Read on if you want to listen to this little diatribe of hatred.

The NextThing CHIP – In my dirty paws!

January 10, 2021June 22, 2016 by S-Config

I got the NextThing CHIP in the mail today!

Let me tell you it's always a good feeling to get a new Kickstarter project in the mailbox today and this time around It's the NextThing CHIP or C.H.I.P. as they abbreviated however if I did the proper acronym for it then this article would get buried with probably my first postings online! Anyhow, let's dive right into this device.

SkyWolfEye 14500 li-ion battery – Way too many nouns!

October 31, 2019May 28, 2016 by S-Config

SkyWolfEye Li-Ion battery review.

Straight from China is a new 14500 series Li-Ion battery from a company known as SkyWolfEye or as I affectionately put it "The battery with too many nouns." When you google just SkyWolfEye you end up finding a lot of flashlight reviews and not all of them bad. So a battery with the same name can't be all that terrible right? Let's find out!

Netgear WNDR3700v2 7dbi antenna mod – nope!

October 31, 2019May 24, 2016 by S-Config

I performed the Netgear WNDR3700v2 7dbi antenna mod and I got some bad news.

I decided that I was going to do some upgrades to my Netgear WNDR3700v2 router with a 7dbi antenna mod which I bought off of eBay. This blog entry is to post my findings for all as a warning that the days of adding bigger antennae to a balanced "N" router is over. At least without some serious re-soldering of pads and possibly some legit 5ghz antennas. Read more to see the brutal details.

Kindle Fire 7″ 5th Gen Tablet

September 28, 2024May 10, 2016 by S-Config

Kindle Fire 7" 5th gen tablet is kind of awesome.

I have to say the Kindle Fire 7" (5th generation) tablet is kind of awesome once you scrub all of the ads and Amazon itself out of it! Don't get me wrong the Amazon store for Android apps is always an impressive thing to have on your unit but when those very apps start bombarding you with ads for non-prime customers is the line that gets drawn in the sand for me.

Pine64 Pine A64 impression.

June 1, 2022May 1, 2016 by S-Config

Pine A64 with just a hint of Orange aftertaste!

I just received my Pine A64 or Pine64 from our good friends over at PixelDust and decided to not really do a review of it because it's way too early in the kick starter process to give a full scale review. So instead, I am just going to do an article about my impressions about this single-board computer. I should note that whenever I take a look at any piece of hardware on this site it is never a paid endorsement or advertisement from the original manufacturer and often times we'll use our own funds to purchase the hardware we write about.

Tor Networks for private browsing.

October 27, 2022April 24, 2016 by S-Config

Tor network privacy for the hyper-paranoid internet user.

Tor networks for those seeking privacy from the ever-creeping internet that seems to want to know about your privacy. And no, we're not talking about the government/NSA. They have a hard enough time sending my taxes to the right mailbox. We're mostly talking about corporate data farming. And how we fully support anything that keeps the browsing habits away from governments and corporations only interested in getting the most pay-click out of your site. Whenever you type something into a search engine and suddenly it responds with items that are local only to the area that is a company using your IP address location against you in the hopes that you'll respond better to one of their ads. That in itself is manipulating the internet in some shitty marketing tactic. instead of opening the internet for the user.

Read on if you want to learn more.

Elgato Game Capture HD60 driver issues.

June 8, 2023March 3, 2016 by S-Config

Elgato strikes again with the driver's woes. The Elgato game capture device is one of the devices in my blogging tools for when I decide to do a video blog. Much to my surprise, version 3.0 of their video editing software was released. And upon downloading it the Elgato update tool not only tried to ... Read more

Orange Pi needs to go back into the oven.

July 20, 2024December 18, 2015 by S-Config

Orange Pi - Is it ready for the world?

We received the Orange Pi (Or OrangePi) because like many Pi users, I am always looking for something faster to run emulators and games within the ARM-based universe. Emulation on the Raspberry Pi is good but lags a little for the more CPU intensive emulation like Nintendo 64 as just one example. When Orange Pi initially released their $15 (plus 3 dollar shipping from auction site ali-express) dollar computer featuring a quad-core based arm7 processor at around 1.6ghz. It was certainly worth a try.