I think I can comfortably say most readers have already seen the beautifully rendered trailers for Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 one way or the other. The premise that anyone older than the number on the giant monolith would die is simple, yet convincing, enough to get a world of live-action JRPG rolling. The number is…
The Mad Tea Party
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How to View Extra Information from macOS Control Center
With the introduction of iOS-like Control Center on macOS, many Menu Bar icons can now be hidden unless they are absolutely necessary. I have most of the icons hidden unless they are active. But there are times when having a similar level of access the older icons had are simply needed — such as what…
Day One Patch Madness on Stellaris
Stellaris is a 4X game started in 2016, and its DLCs are still being released as of 2025. I would argue the game itself is alive and has been successful thus far. But as the title suggests it, the game has gone through several major overhauls during its lifetime and we are going through its…
Cloud Gaming and Remote Gaming
Before I start going through the op-ed, I do need to state there could be some confusions no thanks to mixed use of marketing terminologies. There are two competing, albeit not in the same league to begin with, standards of “remote gaming”, one is from the cloud and the other is from your own device,…
How to Remedy Hotfix #30 Graphical Glitches on Baldur’s Gate 3
In the recently released Hotfix #30, there is a known issue on Baldur’s Gate 3 where the game starts to have graphical glitches once fast-traveled to a different location. On DirectX 11 mode, the screen simply goes dark except for the UI; on Vulcan, the screen’s color is distorted to pink or purplish hue. It…
How to Unhide Drives for Automatic Mounting on Windows 11
After the upgrade from Windows 10, one of the immediate problems I had was hidden NVMe drives. I have some SSDs hooked up via PCIe cards that are formatted in NTFS. What I realized after the upgrade is that all of the drives are still functional; everything is in tact, just that they are marked…
How to Upgrade Windows 10 Boot Camp to 11 on Intel Mac
In coming months, Windows 10 will be sunset and Microsoft is aggressively pushing the users to upgrade to either Windows 11 or Windows 11 compatible hardwares. If you were on Windows 10, for the same reasons as I did, it is largely due to several factors that happen to line up like the stars: Mac…