Well good morning everyone, it's another WRUP day and I'm actually here for it, for a few hours at least. Today I'm attending two events. One here just a couple miles from my place at Sierra Cider. They're doing a sort of chill outdoor farmer's market sort of thing with some music and food that sounds like a nice time. Then this afternoon Deadwood Tattoo shop is holding an open house event with beer, food, music and raffles for free tattoos and/or piercings. Between those two events my day is full.
I also have to look for a new water pump for my truck because of course yesterday it started leaking from the weep hole and squealing. I picked up a bottle stop leak with pump lube hoping it'll get me by for a few days and I'll just have to carry water with me. It's sketchy to run like that though. Potential for break down is high. Busy, busy, but time for a WRUP.
Sony is working a controller for gamers with accessibility needs. It's called Project Leonardo and according to the PlayStation Blog - "... the Access controller for PS5 is an all-new, highly-customizable accessibility controller kit designed to help many players with disabilities play games more easily, more comfortably, and for longer periods." This is great for many reasons not the least of which is that for people with neurological conditions motion, manipulation and concentration have been proven to help keep neural pathways open for longer. And if those folks can have fun playing games using a controller that can accommodate them then that's all the better. Read more in the link provided. The controller looks pretty cool in it's current rendering and there lots of details about is customization options that include key caps, sticks and orientation profiles.
Self repair rights have another advocate in Logitech. The long standing prodigious peripheral producer has teamed up with iFixit and is creating a catalogue of parts and guides to help you prolong the useability of your Logitech devices. The MX Anywhere and MX Master mice are first in line, but it seems plenty more products will receive support soon. More here from The Verge.
That's all from me this time. I'm going to go about doing something productive here at home before I head out today. Have a great weekend everyone.
What are we playing?
AJ: Tears of the Kingdom! (What else?)
Greywolfe: beat king's quest 3. the timers in that game are basically terrible, but the design is mostly rock solid. very difficult adventure game, though. don't go playing it as your first. about a year ago, i finished off infernax on pc game pass and that made me actually buy it, so i'm going to be playing it again to see if i still think it's good. [spoiler: i'm pretty sure i'm going to enjoy it for the most part.]
Scrooloose: I picked up Days Gone for cheap and so far it's been worth the price of cheap and is proving itself to be a slightly better narrative than I was expecting.