Going to break the mould here. Can I suggest check out some old gameboy games… the graphics are simple and the programming is often also not too complex. I then recommend this playlist: [https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeEj4c2zF7PaFv5MPYhNAkBGrkx4iPGJo\](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLeEj4c2zF7PaFv5MPYhNAkBGrkx4iPGJo) I’m not sponsored here, I did this playlist myself and made a couple of gameboy games. Since the graphics are simple you can be making games in a matter of hours. Yes it is C language, but the engine/libraries take fair of most of the heavy lifting.

[Amazon.co.uk : portable monitor](https://smile.amazon.co.uk/s?k=portable+monitor&ref=nb\_sb\_noss) There are a wide range and they are lightweight and small so you either fit them below the monitor if you have space or find a way to attach them above. Here's an edge case creative thinking idea: Use OBS to create a virtual camera that is extremely customisable. You can capture your screen then go to filters and use the crop function to crop a 16:9 portion of your screen ([How to Crop and Rotate OBS Inputs - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20qsPKr6fcw)). You could use this in conjunction with sizer: Use sizer to resize the windows you hope to share to 16:9 then drag the windows into the capture mask. NOTE: Teams will flip your virtual camera so you need to flip the screen capture inside OBS: [horizontal flip of camera - Microsoft Community](https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/msteams\_tfe-msteams\_meeting-msteams\_audio/horizontal-flip-of-camera/cfdf60cc-90ba-48ac-9203-f0fe36d9b957) Again, just putting ideas out there. I thought have a QHD 21:9 was bad... the plight of the ultrawide owner.

With regards to the PIP solution, you just pull 2 cables from your GPU. Your computer will see it as 2 monitors. Then you just turn the second one off when you're not using it. PIP can be clunky though depending on the brand of monitor. A virtual solution is better as you could move the region around without crappy monitor OSD controls.

Download a program called sizer, when it is running, you press CTRL + WIN + Z and then you can choose the size of the window. Set it to a 16:9 resolution and share the window. Everyone will see it at a normal size - this is also a handy app for multi tasking. Also check if your monitor has a virtual monitor PIP mode. Many ultrawides can create a virtual monitor that sits in the corner this may be of use. I don’t like it but I know people that do. I use sizer every time I stream. I also have a tiny monitor to the side of my ultra wide (repurposed laptop screen) though I am looking at getting a 15 inch portable usb monitor, as they are perfect size to sit under my ultra wide when it’s lifted on the arm stand.

My first bit of tech was an NES, which did sport a version of the 6502, but there was absolutely no requirement to know what was going on inside. I only went down the path of learning 8-bit computers and assembly so I could get a better grasp at programming fundamentals. Making the emulator has been massively fun and definitely addressed the fundamentals.

Check out Easy 6502 by skilldrick[^] I found this a great resource. And after watching the first episode of this series: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJgsuQoy9bc[^] I realised I wanted to make my own emulator. Rather than follow the video series blindly I decided to do it in JavaScript and not follow the videos. This presented some challenges as JS doesn’t have Byte/Word types so that has to be managed manually. I’ve been trying to learn ASM for Gameboy, megadrive, z80, but didn’t get very far. Reverse engineering the code allowed me to properly understand each instruction and I am learning ASM as I go. Here is my WIP project: GitHub - gcoulby/MOS6502: CPD project to learning MOS6502 assembly language, which snowballed into reverse engineering the CPU[^]

2018 was a good year for gaming (for me). It's the year I started my tabletop game collection (as well as Tabletop Simulator). There is a board game for everyone, from dungeon crawlers to games where you feed a panda. Watch a couple of Shut Up and Sit Down videos on YouTube. Plus tabletop games have something that PC games lost a long time - a nice large cellophane wrapped box!

Use pocket, or a similar service, you just save to pocket and tag it so it’s categorised and easier to find later.

I actually suffer greatly, i need eyes drops a couple of times a day and need to use an eye bath after work. I use a piece if software called Iris they started charging for it now, there is an old version kicking around the web that has all the features though, however windows 10 has nightmode feature now, which allows you to set the whitepoint and reduce the blue light, looks really wierd at first but try turning it back on after an hour you will feel blinded. I also used to use a program called leo which reminds you to take short 15 second breaks from your monitor.

This calls for a do-while! xD

bool failure = true;
do
{
try
{
//connect to db

    failure = false;
}
catch(Exception e)
{
    failure = true;
}

} while (failure);

Meow calm down everybody.