I completely agree that the switch is genuinely painful to hold on handheld mode for more than ten minutes. The controllers and buttons are too small, it’s flat, and generally not ergonomic. It’s definitely designed for child sized hands in mind and not adults. I do my best to avoid using it in handheld mode.

Meanwhile, my steam deck is a much superior design. The ergonomics are excellent, it fits my hands, the buttons are spaced apart well, and are adequately sized, and I can play for hours with no hand cramps.

However…

The switch absolutely trounces the deck on portability. The fact that it’s flat and small means that, even while in a case, it’s extremely easy to slip into a backpack and take on the go. The deck while in a case, however, is bulky and doesn’t fit in a backpack if I want to put anything else in there (like a book and my laptop).

They were each designed with different goals in mind. I hate the ergonomics of the switch, but really do appreciate how easy it is to take on the go. I love the ergonomics of the deck, but hate how cumbersome it is to take anywhere. Nintendo made the choice to sacrifice ergonomics, and valve made the choice to sacrifice portability. Unfortunately, no solution will be perfect, and I accept that.

Disqualifying a game because it’s 3rd person seems like a very stupid and nitpicky policy.

I did something similar. A word of warning: if you’re expecting the elegant gameplay from control in Alan Wake, you’re going to be disappointed. The combat is clunky and difficult for the wrong reasons. Go into it with an open mind.

Regularly. I refuse to buy a phone without a headphone jack.

Can the new content be not charging almost the full price of an entire new game for the DLC?

short cumming

Please tell me more.

What is this cheeseless abomination?

Great. Another mobile game with extremely important lore that no one will play.

No thanks.

I’ll switch to fucking Apple before I pay a subscription for Windows.

Cream cheese is fairly mild. Is that not your experience?

I wonder what his next last movie will be.

Oh. Well, he said it so it must be true. Pack it in everybody, nothing to see here.

Impossible challenge: try not to cast Tom Holland and Chris Pratt in a Sony movie.