Native PC ports are quietly replacing emulation as the best way to preserve old games
… It's still early days, and it still leans heavily on parts of emulation to run, but it's impressive just how much progress has been made. …
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Your old Nintendo 64 games are finally getting unofficial PC ports, and they run better than emulators
… Emulation does most of the heavy lifting for preservation right now, and it'll keep doing it. …
Setting up RetroArch on my iPhone turned it into the perfect gaming handheld
… Related Emulation has become so easy that the setup is completely invisible now It feels just like a console. …
This $30 app is the best purchase I've made for my Steam Deck
… The hardware itself is great, sure, but the bedrock of Steam makes it easy to transfer your progress from Windows to Linux without any fuss. …
Someone got Windows 95 running on a graphing calculator, and yes, it takes 7 minutes to boot
… The video doesn't show Windows 95 in action after booting to the desktop, presumably because moving the cursor and running apps is a work-in-progress thing. …
My $2,000 gaming PC sits idle because these 5 browser games are better
… It's still a work in progress, but Zone Idle is perhaps the best non-committal game that I still invest plenty of hours into over the course of a week. …
Zelda: Ocarina of Time can wait — Majora’s Mask should be Nintendo’s next remake
… Unlike emulation, this is a more authentic experience that's closer to the original Nintendo 64 release. …
Warp isn't really a terminal anymore, and I tried its new agentic coding mode
… It can also generate task lists automatically for complex requests, giving you visibility into progress and intermediate steps. …
Linux gamers didn't do anything wrong, but they might pay for Windows piracy anyway
… But there's a new problem forming that could undo some of that progress, and it has nothing to do with driver support or Proton compatibility. …
Linux gaming is getting faster because Windows APIs are becoming Linux kernel features
… Most of that progress used to happen inside a piece of software called Wine, the translation layer that convinces Windows games they're running on Windows. …