It was a busy news week in the world of portable gaming hardware, plus Federico's quest for cable perfection continues, a return of the Steam Deck, and a look at mobile phone gaming, controllers, and more.

Links and Show Notes

News

• The GB Operator Is Adding Game Boy Camera Support
• Also Discussed:
• Save the Hero Builders cartridge reader
• Powkiddy V10
• Anbernic Announces the RG40XXH
• Portgate
• Another Anbernic RG35XXSP Overheats
• A Miyoo Mini A30 Preview
• AYANEO Pocket EVO
• Nothing CMF Phone 1
• Thunderbolt 5 Cables
• The first Thunderbolt 5 cables are here, but there's barely anything to plug in
• Federico's 10m USB 4 Fiber Cable

Federico Dips Back into the Steam Deck

• Steam Deck OLED with Etched Glass Screen
• Mechanism Accessory Systems
• Deckmate
• Plugable Dock
• XReal Air AR glasses

Mobile Phone Gaming

• Netflix Gaming
• Netflix's Slow and Steady Infiltration of the Videogame Industry
• Microsoft and Netflix Aim to Challenge Apple in Mobile Gaming
• Local and Cloud Streaming
• NVIDIA GeForce NOW
• PSPlay (Android)
• XBXPlay (Android)
• MirrorPlay
• Controllers
• Backbone One
• Razer Kishi
• Razer Ultra
• GameSir G8
• GameSir X2S
• Scuf Nomad
• Retro Game Corps Review
• Joyclamp
• Sony Dual Sense Edge
• 8BitDo SN30 Pro
• A Homemade Vertical Controller
• MEENEA Game Handle Connector
• Moment Wall Mount Magnet
• Sean Fletcher's Delta skins
• Game Mode and Game Porting Toolkit 2
• Whiskey
• Matt Horton's YouTube channel

Games Mentioned

• Final Fantasy VII
• Dragon Quest XI
• Zenless Zone Zero
• Zach Gage games
• SpellTower
• Knotwords
• Good Soduku
• Guncho
• Alto's Odyssey
• Hades
• Into the Breach
• Poinpy
• Dead Cells
• Kentucky Route Zero
• Immortality
• TMNT: Shredder's Revenge
• Sayonara Wild Hearts
• FANTASIAN
• The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap
• Golden Sun
• Golden Sun: The Lost Age
• Soma Bringer

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Show Art: Brendon Bigley Music: Will LaPorte

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