Not unbelievable at all!

The R36S achieved a strange sort of cult status a long time ago. They managed to break out of a very niche hobby and appeal to regular people. They’re sold in kiosks, on TikTok, in regular phone stores around Asia and are now easily the most bought retro handheld (in many variations)

That they bring gaming to so many is a great thing, and now thanks to bmdhacks you can add one more game to the list!

Thanks for following along with what I write, that means a lot to me!

Nice to see you dropped by!

…even nicer to see you’re on Lemmy, you kept this one quiet!

God. Damn. It.

Hahahahahah, its basically tradition that Gardiner finds a bunch, and then someone here on Lemmy points something out.

That one’s on me, I’ll fix it when I get back in from walking me cat (harness time!) around my yard. Thanks for pointing it out, and for all your kind words!!!

…for once my embarrassing unending typos save me -____-

Fucking what?

I have not written this with A.I.

This gets so exhausting.

• Check my post history, filter by my very first posts and go through each and every one of them. I’ve written (exclusively on and for Lemmy for a solid 6 months or so) for a very long time now. This might give you an indication I write myself.

• I have each bit of progress from writing this article myself. The framework we run for the site saves each increment, so we can revert if there is an issue down the track. Each. Step. Writing. This. Is. Saved.

• Its funny how this kind of bullshit claim gets thrown about, these LLMs are trained on writers. What I write might remind you of whatever A.I. you love to use, but the reason is that these take what we write and then replicate it. They are trained on us.

• I’ve got plenty of very close friends who I can get to chime in with how trustworthy I am, and how my writing is my own. I’m sure he’ll cringe at me saying it, but Jason Evangelho (former lead Linux tech writer for Forbes) is a close friend who will swear to me writing what I do. My good friend Rowan wrote for a big outlet before losing his place recently, he’ll do the same. Gardiner himself whose reputation I’d hope would speak for itself after a decade plus in this space will speak for me. The fact I have to defend myself before this one lazy line from you runs away and becomes a thing just makes me sick.

• I’ve been interviewing and working with a CEO of a beyond reputable PC gaming company for the last week or so. He and I have been going over the article line-by-line. Literally line-by-line, section-by-section in real time while he sees me write it up. For a feature article coming very soon. More than happy to show him this comment and get his idea on your views. Then edit this and show you what he thinks (after my article is done)

• In fact I have done like 35-40 (at a guess) interviews with developers in this scene. From Linux to Android to handhelds and everything in-between. Go and find an interview I’ve done, choose a dev at random and ask them about me. They’ll tell you I’m on the level.

• In fact want me to get bmdhacks to share hus thoughts on your idea of this being generated? I chatted to him for a long time about all of this. I wrote this while asking him about each part. Would that help your shitty claim?

I’m sorry my response is so strong, but it has to be

I hate this shit. Because one lazy claim by you forces me to respond or this ends up becoming the truth, if I ignored it. As a writer that kind of thing is damaging.

Its right here:

https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=F_B-bhayfZg

So you can save your excessively long ellipsis!

Are you asking why they’re bringing a game that isn’t available on the PSP, to the PSP?

Changing content, showing missions from different perspectives and giving PSP owners (and those using PPSSPP) a ‘new’ game so long after no games have been released?

On their own time (and dime)?

Try reading my article! It should give you an idea why this is a nice thing to have done :)

And it still looks futuristic even today! I love the slim low-profile thumbstick, making it actually travell-y and pocketable (well, depending on your pockets I suppose!). Design-wise its up there in the top three for me!

Hope you enjoy it!

Its funny how many people chime in saying its their fav game :)

I’m sorry you felt this wasn’t quite up to standards!

Gamma’s baby was born prematurely, and he had an emergency visit rushing back to the hospital throughout the time we’d set aside for this little interview, so for whatever it counts things were quite chaotic. Also, baby is home and fine now!

(And thanks! Fixed that typo!)

Anbernic made their own version a little while back too!

That retro futurism it evokes was the prod for me to compile all these images for a PSP ‘scrapbook’ a little while ago

https://gardinerbryant.com/my-psp-scrapbook-part-retrospective-part-collage/

It is such a beautifully designed machine!

There were a few nice benefits though, over the (nicer) ergonomics of the 1000

• 64MB RAM over the 32 in the 1000
• Better battery life (apparently, though I never saw much of that)
• The screens certainly got brighter on the 2000

The best part is though that while they’re all such similar models, they all have their own quirks and pros (as well as cons), so there really is a PSP for everybody!

Anyway, good write up

Thank you! I had a ton of fun with this one, because I love the consoles so damn much. It was a fun surprise when it all arrived and I got to see just what the word “junk” meant this time, and (as ever), it was such a pleasant surprise. It might be a little selfish of me to think it, but I really think the old and humble PSP still has a place as a great handheld even in 2026!

I loved reading through this, and its even better knowing a genuine review of something I got to enjoy ended up accurate!

Your findings are those I loved going through, also :)

The only two spaces I’ve seen Riley active in to chat about Songo#5 are Discord and Reddit, if you ever want to reach out to him about anything.

I can say there’s some amazing things coming (software-wise!) to the Brick and Brick Hammer sometime soon. So you’re in a vibrant and very supported community with it now :)

So glad you’re having fun!

That’s wonderful!!!

They really are an aesthetic dream, right?! Dont worry about mistakes, these are next to impossible to actually brick (hah, pun!) so you’re very safe

You can always ask me for help too, if you need it! I’m so glad you’re happy and didn’t feel like I steered you wrong :P

I had no idea either! I spotted a comment (since last week it was the 40th anniversary of Pixar) and that led me down the rabbit hole of finding all of this out.

…and I thought, well that’d make an interesting article to write!

No, its just the Brick, not the metal Hammer version!

So, almost the same, but your version of is has some improvements (and a nice metal body!). You’re going to love it when it arrives!