Kevin Wammer

(Posting an updated intro.) Hi. I’m Kevin. Co-founder of @overkill.wtf, a very opinionated tech publication covering handhelds, gadgets, and more. Studied journalism, and now lead Content Performance at a newspaper. I also blog on cliophate.wtf where I explore rabbit holes. Based in Luxembourg.

I’ve been using Readwise Books for 15 months. It’s finally public. After half an eternity in private beta, Readwise Books is finally public. It replaced Kindle, KOReader and Goodreads for me. Also, I got invites. https://overkill.wtf/posts/readwise-books-launch

Every Day Is for the Thief by Teju Cole This is a fascinating book for two reasons. First, it reads like a travelogue written by the author himself, but it's actually a work of fiction. It's … https://overkill.wtf/reading/every-day-is-for-the-thief-teju-cole

Artificial Condition--The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells Book 41 of the year. This series is fun. I love how idiosyncratic Murderbot is (reminds me of a friend of mine; all he wants is to be left in peace,... https://overkill.wtf/reading/artificial-condition-the-murderbot-diaries-martha-wells

The Guest Cat by Takashi Hiraide & Eric Selland This is such a random, mundane book that I wonder if the author just took all his journal entries and added them together to make this novel. Which isn't to … https://overkill.wtf/reading/the-guest-cat-takashi-hiraide-eric-selland

The Will of the Many by James Islington That last chapter... Why is Islington doing this to me? I wanted to take a break before reading the next book. What a read. Unsurprisingly, it kept reminding … https://overkill.wtf/reading/the-will-of-the-many-james-islington

The Will of the Many by James Islington That last chapter... Why is Islington doing this to me? I wanted to take a break before reading the next book. What a read. Unsurprisingly, it kept reminding … https://overkill.wtf/reading/the-will-of-the-many-james-islington

I am running again I bought a Suunto. Shame me into running. https://overkill.wtf/notes/running-again

Epic’s new games launcher is ‘vibe coded’ https://overkill.wtf/notes/epic-games-launcher

Deskilling the body https://overkill.wtf/notes/deskilling-the-body

Control Resonant https://overkill.wtf/playing/control-resonant

Copped Vol. 1 https://overkill.wtf/posts/copped-vol-1

I just bought lenses for the Steam Frame https://overkill.wtf/notes/steam-frame-vr-optician

EpoMaker RT82 review: quiet enough for the office https://overkill.wtf/posts/epomaker-rt82-review

A day is short, a life is long https://overkill.wtf/posts/short-day-long-life

You can now reserve a Steam Frame, plus a third-party camera from Arcturus Vision https://overkill.wtf/notes/steam-frame-reservation

Parade by Rachel Cusk https://overkill.wtf/reading/parade-rachel-cusk

dbrand goes mnml https://overkill.wtf/notes/dbrand-mnml

The Ocarina of Time Remake looks fantastic https://overkill.wtf/notes/oot-remake

Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson https://overkill.wtf/reading/why-be-happy-when-you-could-be-normal-jeanette-winterson

KONKR Pocket Advance review: what shape does to a handheld https://overkill.wtf/posts/konkr-pocket-advance-review

SteamDB joins Nexusmods https://overkill.wtf/notes/steamdb-joins-nexusmods

JSAUX now makes controllers https://overkill.wtf/notes/jsaux-controllers-voidjoy

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway https://overkill.wtf/reading/the-old-man-and-the-sea-ernest-hemingway

Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi https://overkill.wtf/reading/brightly-shining-ingvild-h-rishoi

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo https://overkill.wtf/reading/ninth-house-leigh-bardugo

PokeMMO is insane?! https://overkill.wtf/notes/pokemmo-is-inane

This is the biggest update Bazzite has ever seen. https://overkill.wtf/notes/bazzite-44-launched

Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced https://overkill.wtf/playing/assassin-s-creed-black-flag-resynced

Good Writing: 36 Ways to Improve Your Sentences by Neal Allen https://overkill.wtf/reading/good-writing-36-ways-to-improve-your-sentences-neal-allen

The smell of AI https://overkill.wtf/posts/the-smell-of-ai

The end of an era https://overkill.wtf/notes/the-end-of-an-era

Epic Games Store will officially support Linux, Epic confirms https://overkill.wtf/notes/epic-games-launcher-on-linux

Leak reveals a Zelda-themed Switch 2 https://overkill.wtf/notes/zelda-switch-2

One who writes https://overkill.wtf/notes/one-who-writes

Vibecoded blogs? https://overkill.wtf/notes/vibecoded-blogs

The Treasure Hunters Club by Tom Ryan https://overkill.wtf/reading/the-treasure-hunters-club-tom-ryan

The Stable Release of Bazzite Deck 44 is Coming https://overkill.wtf/notes/bazzite-deck-44-is-coming-soon

The Courage to be Happy by Ichiro Kishimi https://overkill.wtf/reading/the-courage-to-be-happy-ichiro-kishimi

New Setup page https://overkill.wtf/notes/uses-updated-august

A year of journaling on paper https://overkill.wtf/notes/a-year-of-journaling-on-paper

My wallet lost, my ears won https://overkill.wtf/posts/my-wallet-lost-my-ears-won

I still love my FiiO M21 https://overkill.wtf/notes/fiio-m21-one-year

All Systems Red by Wells, Martha https://overkill.wtf/reading/all-systems-red-kindle-single-the-murderbot-diaries-wells-martha

@dalenorthmusic.com I've been working on this personal music library thing because I only listen to FLACs but still want recommendations, and then I saw this. My first reaction was: “Wait, that Dale North? I met him at gamescom years ago!” Congratulations, can't wait to listen to this.

The Odyssey https://overkill.wtf/posts/the-odyssey

Microsoft is bringing original Xbox games to PC https://overkill.wtf/notes/xbox-backwards-pc

Is linuxvox dot com AI Slop? I get so many results by them, no matter what search engine I use.

Austrian Audio Composer are haunting me https://overkill.wtf/notes/austrian-audio-composer-haunting

Nine headphones and one dilemma https://overkill.wtf/posts/headphone-dilemma

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman https://overkill.wtf/reading/dungeon-crawler-carl-matt-dinniman