Will Gaming Feel Hopeful Again?

This week we talk about Thronefall as our game of the week. Epos built the ultimate locked down laptop for a dialed family experience. We look at an amazing custom motherboard PS2 handheld. We discuss Sony moving away from PC releases for their first party singleplayer games. Then in the back half we discuss numerous gaming news items, along with our main topic, will gaming ever feel hopeful again. Thanks for watching!

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00:00:00 Game & Video Of The Week00:18:30 Intentional Laptop For The Kiddo00:29:15 Handheld PlayStation 200:40:49 Looking At YouTube Studio00:45:10 PS5 No More On PC01:00:00 PS Plus Price Increase01:01:23 Plex Lifetime Pass $750...01:11:12 Steam Download Tab Update01:13:04 Helldivers 2 Tech Update01:17:25 Discord Gets End to end encryption01:19:19 Marathon Getting More PvE Support?01:24:33 Will Gaming Feel Hopeful Again?

Show links:

VIDEO OF THE WEEK: Hank Green “I just want to fix things”https://youtu.be/WnG6l7voITY

GAME OF THE WEEK: Thronefallhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/

Google Search Going Awayhttps://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

INSANE portable PS2 made with original chips but custom motherboardhttps://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/handheld-gaming/enthusiast-crams-reversed-engineered-ps2-into-a-handheld-designs-custom-motherboard-bespoke-playstation-2-portable-pairs-modern-features-with-original-silicon

PlayStation Exec says PC releases are DONEhttps://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mm5jzsls5s2a

PS+ Price Increaseshttps://x.com/playstation/status/2056404450793938989

Plex makes its lifetime license unaffordable, move to Jellyfinhttps://www.plex.tv/blog/new-lifetime-plex-pass-pricing/