Silicon Onyx

How Much A Dollar Cost · 4 min read

2024-09-26

Two weeks ago, Sony announced the PlayStation 5 Pro for a grand total of $700 USD. You want a disc drive? That’ll cost you another $80. That’s an almost $300 increase over the base model PS5s for a potential 45% improvement in graphical performance. I’ve had a over two weeks to digest the news and parse through my initial shock and frustration at the price.

Introducing Digital Odysseys · 1 min read

2024-06-18

You may have noticed over the past few days that a new item has appeared in the navigation bar.

Thoughts on the Ninth Generation of Videogame Consoles, Three Years In · 11 min read

2024-04-13

It has been a little over three years since both Sony and Microsoft launched their new hardware to kick off the ninth-generation of consoles. I thought it would be interesting to take a look at where both the PS5 and Xbox Series X|S consoles are now, along with the Switch (which straddles generations) and Steam Deck. Note that all opinions stated here are mine, and mine only.

On The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom · 6 min read

2023-12-12

You dive off an island, miles up in the sky. As you rapidly descend to the world below, you notice something striking -- Hyrule has changed. What once a beautiful and luscious green landscape is now covered with a strange red-black substance, surrounding seemingly bottomless chasms. Ruined buildings are everywhere. Once populated cities now scarcely contain more than a handful of people, with strange monsters terrorizing the land.

How to Uninstall Mac System Extensions · 1 min read

2023-11-18

Recently, I discovered that there were some leftover system extensions on my Mac from applications long deleted. I quickly discovered that there was no simple way to remove them, and had to jump through quite a bit more hoops than I was expecting.