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 Week 00:18:30 Intentional Laptop For The Kiddo 00:29:15 Handheld PlayStation 2 00:40:49 Looking At YouTube Studio 00:45:10 PS5 No More On PC 01:00:00 PS Plus Price Increase 01:01:23 Plex Lifetime Pass $750... 01:11:12 Steam Download Tab Update 01:13:04 Helldivers 2 Tech Update 01:17:25 Discord Gets End to end encryption 01:19:19 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: Thronefall https://store.steampowered.com/app/2239150/Thronefall/ 

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

INSANE portable PS2 made with original chips but custom motherboard https://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 DONE https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3mm5jzsls5s2a 

PS+ Price Increases https://x.com/playstation/status/2056404450793938989 

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

Helldivers 2 is finally getting FSR/DLSS/Reflex https://store.steampowered.com/news/app/553850/view/666114279352566049 

Discord updates Linux client, adds E2EE for video calls https://discord.com/blog/every-voice-and-video-call-on-discord-is-now-end-to-end-encrypted 

Marathon getting PVE/story content https://kotaku.com/marathon-reveals-an-ambitious-blueprint-for-making-it-a-game-more-people-want-to-play-2000696161 

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