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Gardiner Bryant

Gardiner Bryant is the Editor-in-Chief of ViewSink, host of his YouTube channel, and President of Heavy Element. A media production house based in Maine. His enjoys music, video games, and Linux.

"In Rainbow Roads" re-imagines Radiohead's masterpiece as the Mario 64 soundtrack. And I'm living for it.

"In Rainbow Roads" re-imagines Radiohead's masterpiece as the Mario 64 soundtrack. And I'm living for it.

I'm not sorry about it: I'm a huge Radiohead fan. Despite the stereotype of "pretentious" Radiohead fans, I am willing to stand tall, proud and with enthusiasm as I display my extensive Radiohead vinyl collection. And first in their discography–at least in my opinion–is 2007's In Rainbows. I

The ongoing "HDR on Linux" saga gets a fresh update.

The ongoing "HDR on Linux" saga gets a fresh update.

One of the unsung heroes of the Steam Deck is DXVK, the software layer that translates DirectX games into Vulkan. If you’re not familiar with Vulkan, it’s the high-performance, low-level graphics stack that beats the pants off of DirectX in virtually every instance. It’s the reason Doom

The Circle Season 5, a critique

The Circle Season 5, a critique

Truthfully, I am not the target demographic for Netflix's The Circle. For those unfamiliar, the show is billed as a "social media reality show." If you know me or my YouTube channel, you'll know that I have no respect for either social media OR reality shows. But I watched it

New back-to-back Steam Deck Beta Channel updates!

New back-to-back Steam Deck Beta Channel updates!

As is tradition around here, we end the show by talking about the Steam Deck software updates that have hit. This week, we have two Beta clients to talk about. First: on Monday, we had an update that focused on Steam Input and Desktop mode. Steam Input * Reworked the layout

Steam Deck could upend the gaming industry... whether Valve has the guts is another story.

Steam Deck could upend the gaming industry... whether Valve has the guts is another story.

The Steam Deck has the potential to be a fundamental paradigm shift for gaming. First, there's the custom Ryzen-based APU that manages to outperform the previous generation consoles in nearly every respect with a mere 15W CPU. And let's not forget about SteamOS...

The Supreme Court can fix the Internet... but only if they stand firm against Big Tech.

The Supreme Court can fix the Internet... but only if they stand firm against Big Tech.

While I'm by no means in favor of legislation by judicial fiat... I can't lie. The potential of Gonzalez V. Google to upend the stagnating stranglehold that FAANG-likes have over the tech industry has me excited.

dbrand begins shipping their Killswitch Steam Deck case

dbrand begins shipping their Killswitch Steam Deck case

So it seems dbrand is bringing their revamped Killswitch case to market. In case you missed it, dbrand began taking preorders for their original Killswitch case last year which included a magnetic accessory mounting system. They had manufactured tons of cases, sent them out to reviewers like myself, and were