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My good friend Jason just posted a great piece about how Apple's new windowing system in iPadOS 26 may have been a misstep. As a longtime lover and user of the iPad, I couldn't agree more! Apple went too far trying to placate the "I want the iPad to be a Mac" crowd. jasonjournals.com/posts/the-i...

Great article by @kerenrbell.bsky.social about how the MacBook Neo may help the iPad just be the iPad once again. The iPad is such a magical device, the frustration comes when you try to force it to be something it's not. #ipad kirby.pika.page/posts/thought...

Really good piece by Brandon, that unlike some posts on the topic, actually remembered what the iPad is good at. Here's my thoughts on why the iPad very, very much has a place in Apple's lineup, *especially* now that its no longer the cheapest computer Apple sells. kirby.pika.page/posts/though...

Just posted on What's A Computer: A big Switch 2 update was released last night. #Nintendo #NintendoSwitch 2 whatsacomputer.com/posts/a-re...

Boost Mode for Switch 1 games was the biggest fix I've wanted on Switch 2 since June. Tropical Freeze looks great in handheld now!!

Just posted on What's A Computer: My first impressions on Pokopia. #Pokemon #Pokopia whatsacomputer.com/posts/pokopia

Just posted on What's A Computer: Where does the iPad fit in a post MacBook Neo world? #MacBookNeo #iPad whatsacomputer.com/posts/the-...

Just posted on What's A Computer: Hands on with the MacBook Neo. whatsacomputer.com/posts/hand...

With Apple announcing two new displays this week, I thought I would write about my now old Studio Display. whatsacomputer.com/posts/the-...

Spent some time making some much needed changes to my site. New homepage, new guestbook, and more sensible tags, check it out! whatsacomputer.com/posts/chan...

Wrote a bit about how I acquire most of my Apple gear much cheaper than buying new. It's a lot of work, patience, and definitely some luck, but there are deals to be found out there. whatsacomputer.com/posts/seco...

NEW: Sony no longer plans to release PlayStation games on PC, sources tell Bloomberg News, a major shift in strategy that sees the console maker returning to exclusivity after six years of flirting with multiplatform. Ghost of Yotei and Saros are not coming to PC. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

If it’s not too late to suggest one small change, Apple should seriously consider adding a handle to the low-cost MacBook...

Really enjoying Pokémon LeafGreen right now. I missed these remakes when they came out back in 2004. I will always have a soft spot for Game Boy Advance graphics. #Pokémon

Finished the story mode in #MarioTennisFever. Also completed all of the cups and the three challenge towers. I think this is my favorite Mario Tennis game since Mario Power Tennis on the GameCube.

pokémon fans when they have to wait an extra year

Put up some rapid fire thoughts on #Pokemon Winds & Waves on the site this morning. whatsacomputer.com/posts/poke...

I'm pretty excited about the Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen announcement from this morning. I wrote down a few quick thoughts on the site. #Pokémon whatsacomputer.com/posts/poke...

Mario Tennis Fever is the best Mario sports game ever made (and the best exclusive currently on Nintendo Switch 2) 🚨Read/Listen: jakesteinberg.substack.com/p/mario-tenn...

OG is on the left. They are very similar! #virtualboy

Brand new footage of the Virtual Boy debut in 1995. It would have been cool to include these non-interactive demos in the Switch release! People love squinting at the Super Mario one!

Just sitting at work wondering if my beautiful boy will make it to my house today or not. #virtualboy

Guys, I can't stop playing Animal Crossing…. #animalcrossing #newhorizons #nintendoswitch2 whatsacomputer.com/posts/i-ca...

It’s so funny to think about the fact that there’s people out there deferring every life decision to this

*walking up to the DJ “Hey! This rules, what song is this??” DJ: the song that plays during the internet settings menu on 3DS

This is amazing 🤣

we live in the ruins of a greater civilization

Did not expect the story of Mario Tennis Fever to basically begin with “Daisy is on her deathbed.”

You can’t be naming your play that, man

Great article explaining the messy releases of Switch 2 Editions so far. I really wish Nintendo would separate the Switch 2 performance updates, which should be free, from the new content, which I am fine with them charging extra for.

I think my favorite version of a game tutorial is when the tutorial is a in-game place called something like “The Rules Club” full of people saying things like “Hey Shrimp, you can select things with A. Pretty wild, right?”

The recent Nintendo Classics NSO update has introduced Balloon Kid to the library and I consider it to be one of Nintendo's best but often overlooked Game Boy games. But there's actually a little more going on with this game than what most Nintendo fans realize.

I was just thinking about how much I enjoy the medium of podcasts and realized I have been consuming them for over 20 years now! So I wrote up a post about some of my favorites, both past and present. #podcasts whatsacomputer.com/posts/my-c...

Giving the iPad mini 7 another go after not using it for some time. I had forgotten just how compact and convenient it is. Using it for podcast listening, RSS reading, YouTube, and blogging currently. #iPad #iPadmini

Nintendo has released its top selling software through the end of 2025 for the Switch 2. Mario Kart World continues to impress with 14 million copies sold and I was so pleased to see Kirby Air Riders make an appearance with 1.76 million copies sold! #NintendoSwitch2 #MarioKartWorld #KirbyAirRiders

Was briefly a Bellionaire for the first time ever in New Horizons. My house is finally paid off for good! #AnimalCrossingNewHorizons #Switch2

Soaring to the top event complete! #KirbyAirRiders #Kirby #Switch2

I've noticed a lot of criticism regarding the Switch 2 online recently and while some of it is warranted, a lot of it isn't in my opinion. I wrote some thoughts down about this on the site. #nintendo #nintendoswitch2 whatsacomputer.com/posts/in-d...

We had it so good on the Cube

Nintendo bringing finished-but-unreleased Virtual Boy games to Switch is fantastic news. Zero Racers is an F-Zero spinoff! D-Hopper is an action adventure by Intelligent Systems! These are big deal internally-developed Nintendo games. Exciting times for big nerds

One of my goals for 2026 is to play through all of the mainline Kirby games and write about them on my site. If you are a fan of the pink puffball as well, I would love it if you would check it out. #kirby whatsacomputer.com/posts/oper...