Ash Thukral
@ashthukral.bsky.social
Over 21 Years in the Publishing/Marketing game...
Previous projects: Battle Aces, Fae Farm, Free Fire, Marvel's GoTG & Avengers, Final Fantasy 14, Call of Duty & World of Warcraft
Previous projects: Battle Aces, Fae Farm, Free Fire, Marvel's GoTG & Avengers, Final Fantasy 14, Call of Duty & World of Warcraft
As a parent of two daughters that break literally everything, I love this 😂.
What I have been doing is when they break something/lose something (like chargers for their devices), I make them watch as I transfer money from their allowance bank accounts to repurchase things, so they understand haha
What I have been doing is when they break something/lose something (like chargers for their devices), I make them watch as I transfer money from their allowance bank accounts to repurchase things, so they understand haha
December 2, 2025 at 7:05 PM
As a parent of two daughters that break literally everything, I love this 😂.
What I have been doing is when they break something/lose something (like chargers for their devices), I make them watch as I transfer money from their allowance bank accounts to repurchase things, so they understand haha
What I have been doing is when they break something/lose something (like chargers for their devices), I make them watch as I transfer money from their allowance bank accounts to repurchase things, so they understand haha
Yes!! 🙌🏽 ive gone down another rabbit hole upscaling Metroid Prime Hunters and using dual analog control 😂😂
November 27, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Yes!! 🙌🏽 ive gone down another rabbit hole upscaling Metroid Prime Hunters and using dual analog control 😂😂
Was listening to your podcast this am randomly as I was finishing Metroid Prime 3 again (first time since launch). Right when you asked if you should replay it haha. You totally should - it’s so good & gets forgotten for some reason. Can’t wait for MP4.
November 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Was listening to your podcast this am randomly as I was finishing Metroid Prime 3 again (first time since launch). Right when you asked if you should replay it haha. You totally should - it’s so good & gets forgotten for some reason. Can’t wait for MP4.
Hey John - I think an awesome video you guys could do would be the recently released PlayStation Cloud gaming on PS Portal comparison to XBOX Cloud gaming. Since XBOX is available on so much more hardware, could have Logitech GCloud, XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X as different price points comparison.
November 10, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Hey John - I think an awesome video you guys could do would be the recently released PlayStation Cloud gaming on PS Portal comparison to XBOX Cloud gaming. Since XBOX is available on so much more hardware, could have Logitech GCloud, XBOX Ally and XBOX Ally X as different price points comparison.
Honestly, took some tinkering - but 1-2 weeks later, this might be my favorite gaming purchase in 30 years. Literally able to play anything/everything and once configured, the UI flow is perfect. Great performance and the best ergonomics in any device on the market. Amazing.
November 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Honestly, took some tinkering - but 1-2 weeks later, this might be my favorite gaming purchase in 30 years. Literally able to play anything/everything and once configured, the UI flow is perfect. Great performance and the best ergonomics in any device on the market. Amazing.
Now struggling with letting them play the normal Battle Royale mode too 😆. Gonna see how it goes, my eldest already plays the Rivals game in Roblox so I am going to soft approve this for now.
November 2, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Now struggling with letting them play the normal Battle Royale mode too 😆. Gonna see how it goes, my eldest already plays the Rivals game in Roblox so I am going to soft approve this for now.
Congrats man - you got 2 new people to join in this house! Woke up to two parental request emails to download Fortnite from their Switch's. Woke up and asked them why, both said they wanted to play the Simpsons world in the Lego game in it.
They went Roblox/Minecraft now to having Fortnite too.
They went Roblox/Minecraft now to having Fortnite too.
November 2, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Congrats man - you got 2 new people to join in this house! Woke up to two parental request emails to download Fortnite from their Switch's. Woke up and asked them why, both said they wanted to play the Simpsons world in the Lego game in it.
They went Roblox/Minecraft now to having Fortnite too.
They went Roblox/Minecraft now to having Fortnite too.
your life's greatest achievements can be tracked back to fast food restaurants at every turn, Dan.
November 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
your life's greatest achievements can be tracked back to fast food restaurants at every turn, Dan.
Something is wrong because it became even less reliable on the previous Ally X too since the Armory Crate Update and Command Center overlay (on windows versions not even running XBOX FSE). It should seamlessly switch from Desktop to Gamepad mode with Auto settings and did previously.
October 19, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Something is wrong because it became even less reliable on the previous Ally X too since the Armory Crate Update and Command Center overlay (on windows versions not even running XBOX FSE). It should seamlessly switch from Desktop to Gamepad mode with Auto settings and did previously.
I don't understand how Asus (this is more of an Asus thing than Microsoft) has broken the "Auto" Control Mode since the previous Ally X with these updates. It is the cause of most of the issues people are experiencing with controls "not working" when it just is stuck in gamepad mode vs desktop mode.
October 19, 2025 at 4:38 AM
I don't understand how Asus (this is more of an Asus thing than Microsoft) has broken the "Auto" Control Mode since the previous Ally X with these updates. It is the cause of most of the issues people are experiencing with controls "not working" when it just is stuck in gamepad mode vs desktop mode.
😆😂😂 let me just install Bazzite on it so you can have the best of both worlds, Dan.
October 19, 2025 at 4:02 AM
😆😂😂 let me just install Bazzite on it so you can have the best of both worlds, Dan.
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the podcast next week.
FYI - If you want to make the icon experience on the XBOX FSE look a lot more uniform here is how I fixed it:
FYI - If you want to make the icon experience on the XBOX FSE look a lot more uniform here is how I fixed it:
October 17, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Can't wait to hear your thoughts on the podcast next week.
FYI - If you want to make the icon experience on the XBOX FSE look a lot more uniform here is how I fixed it:
FYI - If you want to make the icon experience on the XBOX FSE look a lot more uniform here is how I fixed it:
Grats, Stein! Upgrading from my current Ally X to the XBOX Ally X - can't wait to pick it up on Thursday.
October 15, 2025 at 2:01 AM
Grats, Stein! Upgrading from my current Ally X to the XBOX Ally X - can't wait to pick it up on Thursday.
lol, just went this weekend for new beads, canvas's and more water color paints. Welcome to to the club!
September 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM
lol, just went this weekend for new beads, canvas's and more water color paints. Welcome to to the club!
same, except almost close to beating it again ha.
August 27, 2025 at 7:27 AM
same, except almost close to beating it again ha.
Just wait until her first organic multiplayer gaming session is playing some garbage Roblox game with their friends. I was so disappointed that I used to go to LAN's and this is their version of the same thing in 2025, sigh...
August 20, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Just wait until her first organic multiplayer gaming session is playing some garbage Roblox game with their friends. I was so disappointed that I used to go to LAN's and this is their version of the same thing in 2025, sigh...
Come down for a few years...
June 10, 2025 at 2:59 AM
Come down for a few years...
I was just talking to the Xbox hardware VP on Friday about how direct power state management would have made the original Ally X perfect. Hilarious as I was talking to him, they were already going to reveal this today. This looks perfect.
June 8, 2025 at 6:54 PM
I was just talking to the Xbox hardware VP on Friday about how direct power state management would have made the original Ally X perfect. Hilarious as I was talking to him, they were already going to reveal this today. This looks perfect.
Which player is that jersey of, Parris?
June 6, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Which player is that jersey of, Parris?
If anyone wants to know how to dual boot Windows and Bazzite btw, it is a lot simpler than it sounds. I used this video guide. With the new updates, system boots into SteamOS but when you want to boot into windows, you just select boot into windows with one button.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H422...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H422...
SteamOS on Handheld PCs! Bazzite Setup Guide
YouTube video by Retro Game Corps
www.youtube.com
May 23, 2025 at 9:56 PM
If anyone wants to know how to dual boot Windows and Bazzite btw, it is a lot simpler than it sounds. I used this video guide. With the new updates, system boots into SteamOS but when you want to boot into windows, you just select boot into windows with one button.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H422...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=H422...
Also, ROG Ally X has double and sometimes triple the battery life in games then ROG Ally so that solves that problem.
May 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Also, ROG Ally X has double and sometimes triple the battery life in games then ROG Ally so that solves that problem.
What I have done with ROG Ally X:
1. Purchased the 2TB version
2. Partitioned the HDD into two 1TB each
3. Windows on one partition and Bazzite (SteamOS) on the other
Windows has Gamepass games I want to play installed plus Fortnite, Halo Infinite, COD: Warzone - Bazzite for everything else.
1. Purchased the 2TB version
2. Partitioned the HDD into two 1TB each
3. Windows on one partition and Bazzite (SteamOS) on the other
Windows has Gamepass games I want to play installed plus Fortnite, Halo Infinite, COD: Warzone - Bazzite for everything else.
May 23, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What I have done with ROG Ally X:
1. Purchased the 2TB version
2. Partitioned the HDD into two 1TB each
3. Windows on one partition and Bazzite (SteamOS) on the other
Windows has Gamepass games I want to play installed plus Fortnite, Halo Infinite, COD: Warzone - Bazzite for everything else.
1. Purchased the 2TB version
2. Partitioned the HDD into two 1TB each
3. Windows on one partition and Bazzite (SteamOS) on the other
Windows has Gamepass games I want to play installed plus Fortnite, Halo Infinite, COD: Warzone - Bazzite for everything else.
yeah, honestly xbox anywhere might be the most important ecosystem thing for the future.
May 8, 2025 at 7:38 AM
yeah, honestly xbox anywhere might be the most important ecosystem thing for the future.
oh nvm ok that makes sense.
May 8, 2025 at 12:10 AM
oh nvm ok that makes sense.
Greg just curious, was there a reason you chose this vs using the Ally X? I just bought one last week and am loving it, but wondering if you felt it was lacking vs playing this way on a plane.
May 8, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Greg just curious, was there a reason you chose this vs using the Ally X? I just bought one last week and am loving it, but wondering if you felt it was lacking vs playing this way on a plane.