The Tech Nexus

Finding the best PS2 model for modding sounds like it should be simple: buy a console, add storage, boot games.  In reality, it involved more than the majority of mod tutorials insinuate. Don’t get me wrong, the actual basic FMCB, or Free McBoot, part was simple plug and play. Optimising the whole build, though, which I’m absolutely a sucker for, took a lot more trial and error and research.  Probably more than I needed, but I’m a sucker for getting the best output. Here’s how I approached the hardware side and kept it sane.  If you’ve ever watched a quick…

Finding a backlit compact keyboard sounds easy until you try doing it for a raised-laptop lap tray setup, in the evening, with real work to get through. I know, this is a very niche review area, but I just wanted to share my thoughts to hopefully save others time in the future when looking for a compact usable keyboard. This whole frustrating mini-quest started for a pretty simple reason: my neck. I wanted the laptop higher up so I’m not hunching down for hours, but the moment you raise the screen, you end up typing in mid-air on the built-in…

The Retroid Pocket 6 is faster, more powerful, and technically impressive. So why am I not upgrading from my Pocket 5? This isn’t about specs — it’s about ownership, saturation, and learning to enjoy what we already have.

I genuinely thought a hacked PS3 would be the tidy answer for PS2 nostalgia. It wasn’t. Here’s the honest reason I went back to original hardware, and why it ended up being the better call.