Author: volt
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Game Streaming: Cloud Gaming Services Compared (Stadia, GeForce Now, xCloud)
For some time I’ve been testing the various game streaming services to understand how truly usable they are and which is the best. I’ve run in-depth tests on Google Stadia and GeForce Now, while the opportunity to test Microsoft xCloud was more limited, as it was still in Beta. How I Tested the Services Game…
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Portraits from Cyberpunk 2077
I thought the Polish team at CD Projekt Red had reached a level hard to surpass with The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Then, a few years later, they come out with Cyberpunk 2077. And despite everything you’ve read online, it’s stunning. Hype, Bugs and Masterpiece Unfortunately they paid dearly for the hype built up over…
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
I’ve sadly finished Wild Hunt and its two main DLCs: Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. A fantastic and enormous work by CD Projekt Red that does justice to the world created by Sapkowski — an immense, detailed, richly layered adaptation, capable of keeping you company for over a hundred hours. Without ever growing…
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Movie Mania! for Android Is Now Live
Taking advantage of the (TOO MUCH) time stuck at home during the Covid emergency, I developed Movie Mania! for Android, a new app on the same theme as the Movie Library Manager for Windows — but with a completely different approach, designed for smartphones. A New Concept: Ready-Made Reports If there are a hundred apps…
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Movie Mania! v.3 Arrives on the Windows Store
My Personal Movie Library Manager reaches its third edition and moves to the Windows Universal format, finally landing on the Windows Store. A long but satisfying journey. What Changed from Version 2 The old version was built for the legacy .NET 2.0 framework, making it primarily suitable for older versions of Windows. Porting it entirely…
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MovieMania! v.2 FREE
Good news for anyone who’s used Movie Mania! in the past: starting with this version, MovieMania! v.2 is free software. You can download and use it without any limitations. What Is Movie Mania? Movie Mania is a film library manager, developed as a personal project. It lets you catalogue your downloaded films, DVDs and Blu-Rays.…
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The Retro Console Is Finally Complete!
In the end, the case arrived too. Reading the parcel tracking feels like an epic: shipped from Hong Kong, stocked in London, arrived at Fiumicino, then Peschiera Borromeo and finally… here. Incredible when you think about it, in an era where all of this is considered perfectly normal. The NesPi Case: Unboxing and Assembly Perfect…
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The Right Controller for the Ideal Retro Console
While waiting to get my hands on the NES-style case reviewed in the previous post, we moved forward on another important topic for the retro console: the controller. And thanks to Black Friday, we made a purchase we have no regrets about. 8BitDo N30: The Controller That Bridges Past and Present Anyone who’s followed the…
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Who Is Clyde?
A blog opening story told from the unusual perspective of one of the most iconic characters in the history of video games. “My name is Clyde and my profession is being a ghost. Not everyone knows that we ghosts have names too, not just that terrible ball-shaped being everyone calls PacMan. Because he really is…
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The Ideal Case for the Dream Retro Console…
Anyone who’s followed the previous posts on this blog knows exactly what we’re talking about: the dream retro console is the perfect retrogaming console at a reasonable price. And it wouldn’t be complete without a case to match. Aesthetics Matter Too We’d already chosen a standard case recommended by Raspberry — functional and understated. But…