Dr. Guillermo Power @gpowerf@qoto.org

No names. But guy at the top was cheating, could see through walls! Anyway, I’m the second one I’m pointing at… #haloinfinite

It is that time of the week again, #coffee and #gaming. #HogwartsLegacy #SteamDeck #gamingonlinux

Yay! I won the armour coating for the current weekly challenge on #haloinfinite

And yeah, this is a standup desk on wheels I can move around the house. I ended up loving playing games standing up. #gaming #xbox

I got #chatGPT to pretend to be a simulated human and it is much more fun this way. #ai

#HogwartsLegacy really is a beautiful game, even on the lowly #SteamDeck at a lowly 40 FPS this game can give you shivers at times. It is like finally visiting the Wizarding World in person!... I felt the same when I got to play #XWing all those years ago on #DOS, I really felt like I was in the #StarWars Universe. #gaming

If you have an #Atari #2600 and you don’t have an Uno cart you should really consider one. It is a flash cart that works supremely well! #gaming #retrogaming

My truck’s interior is hella geeky. #geek #WeirdCarMastodon #car #offroad

The two sides of me in #HogwartsLegacy

The crazy cat wizard petting every cat, and the I'm ready for battle don't mess with me wizard look. #gaming #steamdeck #GamingOnLinux

I still maintain that KDA or K/D is unimportant to winning modes like capture the flag. There are advantages to dying like having 2 grenades after re-spawning. #haloinfinite #fps #gaming

We won! Blue team, all of us have really bad KDAs.

I take it back… there’s a patch!

Video games have come a long way since their inception in the 1970s. What was once a niche hobby enjoyed by a small group of enthusiasts has now become a multi-billion dollar industry that touches the lives of people from all walks of life. The rise of smartphones, in particular, has changed the video game landscape in unprecedented ways. With the ability to carry around a gaming device in our pockets, everyone now has a #Nintendo in their pocket.

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In conclusion, the rise of smartphones has had a profound impact on the world of video games. With a Nintendo in our pocket, we now have access to an unprecedented array of games that we can play wherever and whenever we want. While there are certainly some downsides to consider, overall the democratization of #gaming that smartphones have brought about is a positive development that has made video games more accessible, more diverse, and more fun than ever before.

Regular reminder that every bit of hardware that can run a video game is known as “a Nintendo”. Here are some pictures of Nintendos. #gaming

I’ve read plenty of arguments that #HogwartsLegacy should have a morality system like some other RPGs including the amazing RDRII, however, I’m digging not having a number to indicate how pure I am. I like the whole idea that if you do something bad you have to live with it. Isn’t this more like real life? #gaming

Proof that I play other games even when I’m fully engrossed in one game… #gaming

Today I went exploring further afield in #HogwartsLegacy after attending a fun lesson about beasts. #gaming #SteamDeck #GamingOnLinux

I still miss Stadia. That's the toot. #gaming

I just got a letter with the coolest #postagestamps of all time! #challenger #WeirdCarMastodon #carsofmastodon #plumcrazy

9 years ago driving a Mondeo I used to get 20-ish MPG, nowadays driving a pickup truck with lots more cargo capacity I get 30 MPG.

I cannot wait to be able to go EV. Manufacturers... send your mid-size EV trucks this way :) #car

This is a super lightweight and efficient concept car from Citroen that I can really get behind. The Ami is meh... not even a car, but this is so cool! I dig the truck looks and large diameter tyres, but I'd prefer it on small wheels and BFG KO2s. That would make it look tough! #WeirdCarMastodon

Here are more screenshots of #HogwartsLegacy running on #SteamDeck. One of flying, which is extremely fun largely to the game world looking so wonderful (take note Sonic!), and another image of Profesor Garlick which TikTok tells me is a hugely popular character :) #gaming