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The March 2026 issue of the newsletter is up now: a review of the AYN Thor, an Android gaming handheld, as someone with a disability involving their hands. It's a long one, but I loved writing it! Also includes Margaret and I reviewing WarioWare together, and more! makebad.games/ayn-thor-hem...

makebad.gamesAYN Thor hemiplegia review (March 2026)By the time you read this, I’ll have had the AYN Thor Max for just less than a month. I’m enamored with it, and it might be the last handheld I buy for a lon...

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ScaryHart >:3 🎃🦌🏳️‍🌈⚰️

@sleepyhart.bsky.social

27 Apr

Thank you for sharing this, apologies I didn't realise you had hemiplegia before esp with previous LeGo interactions but glad that the Thor's been go to you so far including in that regard. It seems like a really neat device, can see why people have fallen in love with it

ScaryHart >:3 🎃🦌🏳️‍🌈⚰️

@sleepyhart.bsky.social

27 Apr

Even though I love my LeGo I am also waiting for my Batch 6 Thor - really want to try getting into DS and 3DS, wish my LeGo had a second screen for games and streams and love the idea of something pocketable that can play most things

Capitalist Overlord Raccoon

@makebad.games

27 Apr

I hope your Thor is good to you! I've had so much fun playing DS versions of PopCap games on mine. And just generally it is very capable considering how portable it is. It's my travel machine now, and I also love watching films and TV while gaming at home with it.

Capitalist Overlord Raccoon

@makebad.games

27 Apr

Thank you for reading it! The Thor and Legion Go have been great at being able to work around / alongside hemiplegia out of the box, and I really appreciate your advice on the latter. I'm running Bazzite-GNOME on the LeGo at the moment, and it's a really neat tablet solution, so thank you!

ScaryHart >:3 🎃🦌🏳️‍🌈⚰️

@sleepyhart.bsky.social

27 Apr

No worries and yee I love the flexibility Linux offers for that and the relative flexibility of Android (the community are doing amazing things for emulators and frontends esp for the Thor, just a bit nervous that we have the lockdown deadline from Google coming in later this year)

Capitalist Overlord Raccoon

@makebad.games

27 Apr

I've seen so much conflicting information about Android forcing developer verification that I honestly don't know how it'll go. There have been mentions of being able to say 'I know what I'm doing' like always, but we'll see. Failing that, ROCKNIX is coming along for Arm, and maybe SteamOS soon.