The real question here is if Sony is the fool for releasing an updated console for $599, or if I am the fool for buying it? Little bit of both perhaps? It's definitely some kind of weird obsession to chase after the latest shiny technology thing, but I went for it anyways. 

The biggest slap in the face with the price however is the fact that it's digital only, and then doesn't even include a friggin' stand. So I'm $110 into a device that hasn't shipped yet. Factor in the $699 price of the console, it's easy to see why the PC Master Race crowd laughs at game consoles. 

So it finally happened, Chrome is starting to wage war on extensions that Google isn't a fan of. These are mostly ad blockers such as uBlock Origin, but also some other extensions such as FrankerFaceZ for Twitch, among others. 

Luckily there is a pretty simple fix that works with the latest version of Chrome. It does require using regedit, so that is something to consider if you're not sure what you're doing. 

Open RegEdit and navigate to - HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Google\Chrome

Create DWORD and name it 'ExtensionManifestV2Availability' then set the value to 2.

I was finally around for a game night and got to jump in on a few matches of Quake 3 online. This is probably the first time I've actually played it against actual humans and not bots. Definitely was a lot of fun, but need to tweak my mouse sensitivity a bit. And also practice more. This should give you a pretty good idea of what kind of performance to expect playing online. 

I was trying to figure out what kind of case I could use to hide away this little device so that it is safe from getting destroyed or having the cable ripped out. I remembered I had this little plastic box that came with my Logitech mouse that the weights and little buttons could be stored in. I only remembered it, because I threw it away the night before, so I had to fish it out of the trash can. It worked about as well as I expected.