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Retro Gaming December 2025
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Tuesday, 2-December-2025 00:07:37 (GMT +10) - by MUTMAN
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This month's "Retro Let's Play" for December is Colossus from 2005
The protagonist of the game is Wander, a young man whose goal is to resurrect a girl named Mono. The only established fact regarding Mono is that she was a maiden who was sacrificed because she was believed to have a cursed destiny. Assisting Wander in his quest to revive her is his loyal horse, Agro, who serves as his sole ally in defeating the colossi ...
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Thanks to Blinky, Lou and metamorphosis this week!
     
     
     
     
Friday Afternoon Reviews
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Friday, 28-November-2025 14:05:50 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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Thanks to MUTMAN for putting this post together:
Audio Visual:
Beyerdynamic DT 270 PRO Compact Studio Headphones @ Madshrimps
MINISFORUM M1 Pro @ guru3D
Keyboard, Mouse:
Logitech Powerplay 2 Wireless Charging Mouse Pad @ LanOC
Turtle Beach Burst II Pro Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
EPOMAKER RT85 Mechanical Keyboard @ ThinkComputers
Cases, Cooling:
InWin Prism (White) Case @ ThinkComputers
HYTE X50 Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
Storage:
Biwin Black Opal X570 Pro 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
BIWIN Black Opal NV7400 2TB SSD @ NikKTech
Corsair MP700 Pro XT 2 TB @ ThinkComputers
PNY CS3250 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
Ugreen NASync DH2300 @ TechPowerUp
Motherboard, CPU:
MSI MAG X870E TOMAHAWK WiFi Motherboard @ FunkyKit
Gigabyte Z890 Aorus Elite X Ice @ TechPowerUp
Inside Snapdragon X2 Elite @ HotHardware
Portable, Prebuilt:
The Top 40 Best Laptops Group Test (Black Friday Update) @ SMBtech
HP OmniBook 5 14" AI PC (Snapdragon X) Laptop @ TweakTown
Alienware 16 & 18 Area-51 Laptops @ HotHardware
MINISFORUM M1 Pro @ TechPowerUp
In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon. The whole episode started three days earlier when computer scientist Neil Swartz posed a physics problem to colleagues on Carnegie Mellon’s “bboard,” which was an early online message board. The discussion thread had been exploring what happens to objects in a free-falling elevator, and Swartz presented a specific scenario involving a lit candle and a drop of mercury.
BoM website redevelopment cost hits $96.5m. In this update we are responding directly to community feedback received during the beta phase and since launch in October, with a focus on making the rain radar and weather map easier to use. The update will be rescheduled as soon as the severe weather subsides, and we will have more on that when a date is determined. Watt defended the Bureau’s rationale for rebuilding the website - to address “massive cyber security risks around the old website” - but not the way the project was run. He also confirmed that he wants to see the BoM’s website and app more closely aligned.
Spinning Rust is Dead! Seagate wants you to hold its beer. Seagate's roadmap reveals that 6.9TB platters won't be used in official products until 2030. In the meantime, Seagate is working on developing 4TB, 5TB, and 6TB platters that will enter production in 2027, 2028, and 2029, respectively. But the company won't be stopping there; it projects that it will have 7TB to 15TB platters available from 2031 onward. Assuming nothing changes, Seagate could likely have petabyte-sized hard drives before 2040.
Australian teenagers ask High Court to block the proposed social media ban. A campaign group called the Digital Freedom Project said it launched proceedings in the High Court of Australia in a bid to block the law, with two 15-year-olds, Noah Jones and Macy Neyland, as plaintiffs in the case. More than one million accounts held by teenagers under 16 are set to be deactivated in Australia when the ban on platforms including YouTube, TikTok, Snapchat and Meta's Facebook and Instagram starts on December 10. In a statement, the Digital Freedom Project said the ban "robs" young Australians of their freedom of political communication, an implied right in the constitution. Australia does not have an express right to free speech.
Necroprinting is when weird scientists use a dead mosquito proboscis as a high-resolution 3D printing nozzle. What the ... The female mosquito's proboscis has many qualities that make it well-suited for 3D necroprinting. Notably, its inner diameter of just 20 micrometers is ~100% finer than the best man-made tips, according to the researchers. These biodegradable nozzles are also remarkably straight, stable, and able to withstand internal pressures of up to 60 kilopascals.
The U.S. patent for MP3 audio was granted on this day in 1996. Key personnel behind the invention of MP3 included: Bernhard Grill, Karlheinz Brandenburg, Thomas Sporer, Bernd Kurten, Ernst Eberlein, and Dieter Seitzer. Brandenburg is often credited as being the father of MP3, for leading this and similar research since 1977, but Seitzer (for example) brought expertise in transferring music over standard phone lines.
Warner Music Group is partnering with Suno, the biggest AI-music platform. In the strongest sign yet that the world’s biggest record labels are embracing AI, leading AI-music platform Suno announced today that it has settled Warner Music Group‘s lawsuit over the use of its songs in Suno’s training data, and Suno and WMG are partnering on “next-generation licensed AI music.” “This landmark pact with Suno is a victory for the creative community that benefits everyone,” Robert Kyncl, CEO of Warner Music Group, said in a statement. “With Suno rapidly scaling, both in users and monetization, we’ve seized this opportunity to shape models that expand revenue and deliver new fan experiences.
Audio Visual:
Majority D100 Bookshelf Speakers @ NikKTech
AORUS RX 9070 XT Elite Review @ TweakTown
UMEVO Note Plus - Magnetic AI Voice Recorder @ FunkyKit
Keyboard, Mouse:
Epomaker Carbon X Wireless Optical Mouse @ APHnetworks
be quiet! Dark Mount Silent Linear Gaming Keyboard @ Madshrimps
Cases, Cooling:
Chieftec The Cube @ TechPowerUp
APNX V2 @ TechPowerUp
Thermaltake View 390 Air Mid Tower Chassis and 6.0'' LCD Screen @ FunkyKit
GAMDIAS ATHENA M4M Compact Micro Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
MSI MPG CORELIQUID P13 Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers
Storage:
KLEVV CRAS C925G 2TB M.2 PCe Gen4x4 SSD @ Madshrimps
UGREEN NASync DH2300 @ TweakTown
Lexar NM1090 PRO 2TB PCIe 5.0 NVMe 2.0 SSD @ Neoseeker
PNY CS3250 M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen5 2TB SSD @ APHnetworks
PNY CS2150 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
Transcend MTE206S 2TB SSD @ TweakTown
Motherboard, Memory:
XPG LANCER NEON RGB 32GB DDR5 8000MT/s CL38 Dual-Channel Kit @ NikKTech
Colorful iGame Shadow II DDR5-6000 32 GB CL28 @ TechPowerUp
NZXT N9 Z890 @ TechPowerUp
PSU:
Chieftec VEGA M Series PPG-850-C 850W ATX 3.1 @ TechPowerUp
Video Card:
AORUS RX 9070 XT Elite Review @ Vortez
Portable, Prebuilt:
XMG 14 Evo (E25) @ TechPowerUp
ALLIWAVA U58 @ TechPowerUp
Minix Elite EU715-AI (Core 7 155H processor) Mini PC @ guru3D
Thanks to KonMan this week! Also thanks to MUTMAN for holding the fort while I was off trekking in Nepal for the last three weeks.
     
     
     
     
Audio Visual:
Logitech Astro A20X LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Headset @ TweakTown
Samsung ViewFinity S9 @ TechPowerUp
Keyboard, Mouse:
Logitech G515 Rapid TKL Gaming Keyboard Review @ TweakTown
Epomaker Galaxy68 Wireless Mechanical Keyboard @ APHnetworks
ENDORFY Celeris 1800 Mechanical Gaming Keyboard @ Madshrimps
Glorious Model O3 Wireless Mouse @ ThinkComputers
G-Wolves Fenrir Max 8K @ TechPowerUp
Cases, Cooling:
InWin DLITE Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
Montech NX600 @ TechPowerUp
MONTECH NX600 ARGB @ Vortez
SAMA V60 Mid Tower Case @ FunkyKit
HYTE X50 Taro Milk @ TechPowerUp
Corsair Air 5400 RS-R ARGB @ TechPowerUp
Ocypus Sigma L36 Pro WH AIO Liquid Cooler @ NikKTech
Storage:
Anacomda i5 1TB Gen5 M.2 SSD @ NikKTech
LaCie Rugged SSD4 2TB Portable SSD @ TweakTown
Motherboard, Memory, CPU:
ASRock X870 Taichi Creator @ Funky Kit
Gamdias Athena M4M @ TechPowerUp
Sapphire NITRO+ B850A WIFI 7 Motherboard @ Vortez
Crucial Pro Overclocking CL32 DDR5-6400 2x16GB DDR5 @ APHnetworks
Gigabyte B850 AORUS STEALTH ICE @ FunkyKit
ASRock X870 Live Mixer Wi-Fi @ TechPowerUp
Exceleram FREE 2xE50160564646CS DDR5-5600 SODIMM @ Madshrimps
Ryzen 5 7500X3D @ guru3D
Gigabyte X870E Aorus Pro X3D Ice @ TechPowerUp
PSU:
Seasonic PRIME TX-1600 Noctua Edition 1600W PSU @ Vortez
SAMA G1000 80Plus Gold 1000W PSU @ FunkyKit
Software, Benchmark:
Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 Handheld Performance @ TechPowerUp
GeForce x60: History, Benchmarks, Image Quality @ TechPowerUp
Portable, Prebuilt:
MSI Titan 18 HX AI @ HighPerformanceLaptops
HYTE X50 Taro Milk @ TechPowerUp
OnePlus 15 @ HotHardware
CyberPowerPC Gamer Supreme (SLC9000BSTV3) @ ThinkComputers
Network:
Engenius ECW520 Cloud7 2x2x2 Access Point @ TweakTown
Misc:
Cougar Speeder One Ergonomic Gaming Chair @ FunkyKit
Ocypus Sigma L36 Pro WH AIO Liquid Cooler @ TweakTown
Friday !
Yes, we are all missing new Misc Pics. Fingers crossed they'll return next week.
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Seems to be a lot of news stories regarding 000 emergency calls lately. This one, about some Samsung phones, is concerning due to the lack of coverage.
We see everything around us, now in glorious 360 insta gold keycap stylez.
Can I make MicroSoft take the time to fix the many bugs that plague their OS, probably not. Luckily for me I get more AI slop.
This gaming on Linux survey result caught my eye. Maybe it will catch the eye of the Redmond direct X gurus.
A trio of AMD articles. There is a security bug in Zen 5 core chips, while Adeia, an IP holder, is suing AMD for alleged infringement of said IP. But neither of those issues is likely to keep Lisa Su awake at night.
Today is 11/11, which is Remembrance Day.
Remembrance Day (also known as Poppy Day, Armistice Day and Veterans Day) is a memorial day observed in Commonwealth countries since the end of World War I to remember the members of their armed forces who have died in the line of duty. So, spare a thought for those who gave their lives, and those they left behind.
Audio Visual:
AQIRYS ANDROMEDA Pro Gaming Headset @ Madshrimps
iFi audio GO pod Max Wearable Lossless Bluetooth DAC @ NikKTech
SoundPEATS Q40 HD Bluetooth Earphones @ APHnetworks
UPERFECT Umax 22 Touch Portable Monitor @ NikKTech
Turtle Beach Atlas 200 Headset @ TweakTown
Keyboard, Mouse:
Rapoo MT760L - The MX Master Killer? @ APHnetworks
SteelSeries Apex 3 TKL White Gaming Keyboard @ Madshrimps
Corsair SABRE v2 PRO ULTRALIGHT WIRELESS Gaming Mouse @ ThinkComputers
Chassis, Cooling:
Lian Li HydroShift II LCD-S 360TL @ TechPowerUp
Lian Li LANCOOL 217 INF Mid-Tower Chassis @ TweakTown
ID-Cooling FX360 LCD @ TechPowerUp
SAMA L70 360 WH Liquid CPU Cooler @ ThinkComputers
Storage:
Silicon Motion MonTitan 7.68 TB @ TechPowerUp
Motherboard, Memory, CPU:
MSI MAG B860 TOMAHAWK WiFi @ FunkyKit
G.SKILL Trident Z5 NEO RGB DDR5-6000 96 GB CL28 @ TechPowerUp
MSI MPG X870i EDGE Ti EVO WiFi @ FunkyKit
Portable, Prebuilt:
Runmefit GTR3 Smart Watch @ NikKTech
HP Omen 16 (Core i9-14900HX + RTX 5070) @ TweakTown
ALLIWAVA GH9 @ TechPowerUp
Network:
TP-Link Archer BE400 BE6500 Dual-Band Wi-Fi 7 Router @ TweakTown
Friday Again !!
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We also had a pretty funny April Fools Joke that month.
You cant let a kid see Iron Man Crying
Thanks Baz, now I'm bloody crying
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If you have a little win on the sweepstakes today, maybe something below will take your fancy. And if you did have a win and were feeling generous, one or both of the first two reviews will do it for me. Thanks :)
Portable, Prebuilt:
Apple MacBook Air M4 (13-inch) @ HighPerformanceLaptops
LG gram 16 @ HighPerformanceLaptops
Top 40 Best Laptops in Australia: November @ SMBtech
GEEKOM IT13 (2025 Edition) @ TechPowerUp
Audio Visual:
UPERFECT Delta Pro Touch @ TechPowerUp
Creative Pebble Nova Premium 2.0 USB-C Speakers With Coaxial Drivers @ NikKTech
Keyboard, Mouse:
Logitech PRO X SUPERLIGHT 2c Wireless Gaming Mouse @ TweakTown
GravaStar Mercury K1 Pro Gaming Keyboard @ ThinkComputers
be quiet! Light Mount Silent Linear Mechanical Keyboard @ FunkyKit
CHERRY KW 550 MX LP 96% Mechanical Keyboard @ Madshrimps
Corsair Scimitar Elite Wireless SE @ TechPowerUp
Endorfy Thock V2 75% Wireless Keyboard @ FunkyKit
Turtle Beach Burst II Pro Optical Mouse @ APHnetworks
Storage:
Kingston Fury Renegade G5 Gen5 SSD @ ThePCEnthusiast
ADATA SC735 2TB USB 3.2 portable SSD @ FunkyKit
Crucial X10 2 TB Portable USB 3.2 SSD @ TechPowerUp
TeamGroup X2 Max 2TB External SSD @ TweakTown
ANACOMDA P3 1TB External SSD @ Madshrimps
Silicon Motion SM2504 XT Engineering Sample @ TechPowerUp
Motherboard:
ASUS TUF Gaming B850-BTF Wi-Fi W @ TechPowerUp
MSI MPG Z890I Edge Ti Wi-Fi @ TechPowerUp
MSI MPG B850I Edge Ti WiFi Motherboard @ TweakTown
ASUS ROG STRIX X870E-E Gaming WIFI Motherboard @ ThinkComputers
PSU:
ASRock Steel Legend SL-1200G ATX 3.1 80 PLUS Gold PSU @ TweakTown
be quiet! Dark Power 14 1200W ATX 3.1 Power Supply Unit @ NikKTech
Misc:
TP-Link Deco BE11000 Whole Home Mesh Wi-Fi 7 System @ TweakTown
Ocypus Sigma L36 PRO BK CPU Cooler @ TweakTown
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