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Last week's issue#142·Saturday, May 3 2026·9 min read

The Steam Deck OLED is still the answer, and three other things we're sure about this week

Why the PS5 Pro launch numbers tell us almost nothing about the Pro itself.
Clair Obscur is a 10. We can argue about why, but not whether.
Local LLMs are now a buying-decision-shaping spec on laptops. Here's the floor.
The quietest game we played this week was a 2021 indie about unpacking boxes.
One reader question: should I wait for Switch 3? Short answer, no.

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