Episode 27: X2 Mini Pro Impressions, Xbox Ally X20 Pricing, Bazzite Deck 44 & More

from Expedition: Handheld · host Adam Patrick Murray, Russ Crandall

Join the Expedition: Handheld podcast on a journey through the world of handheld gaming! In this entry Adam is joined once again by Sean Hollister, Senior Editor at The Verge, to talk about the Xbox Ally X20 stand alone pricing, a recent BIOS update bricking some Legion Gos, a portable SNES player, and first impressions of the OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro. Read more of Sean's work on https://www.theverge.com/authors/sean-hollister Timecodes: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:01:34) - News: Xbox Ally X20 pricing (00:12:56) - News: Bad Legion Go BIOS update (00:23:34) - News: Bazzite Deck 44 released (00:39:20) - News: Nintendo slams more emulators (00:49:11) - Epilogue SNES/GB Operator shenanigans (01:00:28) - GameBub final hardware (01:17:07) - DOOM on a Canon Powershot (01:20:15) - OneXPlayer X2 Mini Pro impresssions (01:44:23) - Outro Links: - Xbox Ally X20 pricing: https://www.theverge.com/games/984139/the-oled-xbox-ally-x20-officially-starts-at-1300 - Bad Legion Go BIOS: https://www.theverge.com/games/983457/lenovo-bad-legion-go-bios-update-bricked - Bazzite Deck 44 update: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/bazzite-linux-44-for-handhelds-finally-launches-with-some-massive-upgrades/ - Nintendo emulator crack down: https://torrentfreak.com/nintendo-wipes-out-400-switch-emulator-repos-in-single-day-github-sweep/ - Epilogue Operator: https://www.epilogue.co/product/sn-operator - Sean's Frankenstein video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Dclu_AskWRu/ Join the handheld related discussions and ask us questions on Discord: https://discord.gg/UWhjwg778a ============= PCWorld Website: https://www.pcworld.com/ Newsletter: https://www.pcworld.com/newsletters ============= Retro Game Corps Website: https://retrogamecorps.com/ Newsletter: https://buttondown.com/retrogamecorps ============ Music by Our Ghosts: https://ourghosts.bandcamp.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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