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I talk about Game Dev, Art, Movies, TV shows, Streaming, Code, VR and Tech in general.

Best VR Headsets 2025

Multiple categories of VR headsets.

Meta has cornered the market for the past 5+ years since the original Oculus Quest released, and the Meta Quest 3 is extremely affordable for what you get. However, it's not the best hardware on the market for every use case, even in budget tier pricing. Some people will prefer to stay away from Meta products based solely on morals. For this reason, I'll give you several categories of VR headsets and for the ones where Quest 3 shines, I'll give one good alternative.


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WTF Happened January 2025

Saiyan scouters are back, baby!

Welcome, all, to the first WTF Happened of 2025! For those new here, this is an article series where I recap important and interesting things which happened in and around the past month. Stay awhile, and listen!


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The Best Time To Be Alive

Hint: It was in the past.

When was the best time to be alive?
Has it even happened yet?


Macromedia Flash MX 2004 came out and the OG Xbox was released and had some time to get into its groove, so around 2003-2004. Yeah, VR wasn't really a consumer grade thing yet (HTC Vive wouldn't come along until 2016), and that part sucked, but overall...


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WTF Happened December 2024

Jimmy Carter is dead. Long live the republic! Also, VR news!

To begin, I'd like to remind everyone that the United States of America is going through enshittification... and we're about to start Trump presidency part 2. Trump's first term wasn't pretty, so buckle up, people! We're in for a wild ride. Again.

The month of December is always a fun time for me, and I assume it's a fun time for most American families. It is the month of Christmas, Hanukkah, and New Year's Eve. If you have birthdays to celebrate, the month is basically booked solid with family and friends. It's the month of gift giving and...


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