Sean Hollister

Senior Editor

Sean is a senior editor at The Verge, a very good website he helped found in 2011. He thrives at the intersection of gaming, technology, and toys, with a side of consumer advocacy because companies just can’t help themselves, can they? Sean previously led breaking news teams at The Verge and CNET and the reviews program at Gizmodo. He also has that voice. (Contact me securely at Signal: seanhollister.01) Ethics statement, June 2023: Sean’s wife is employed by Apple as a video producer. He therefore does not currently report or edit stories about Apple products or Apple as a company.

Sean HollisterJul 30

Game Boy Camera, meet pocket camera.

This prototype is a fully functional Game Boy Pocket, with a removable Game Boy Camera module and interchangeable CS-mount lenses! It’s from 8-bit photog Crissa Graves, who previously made a Game Boy Camera that fully fits inside a cartridge. “You can still play Tetris and Pokemon one-handed,” she tells me — but no speaker.

<em>USB-C charging — and still has link port access for a Game Boy Printer!</em> <em>1800mAh battery for hours of photos.</em>

“<em>CS Mount lens, but I’ll likely share the design files so makers can customize it for whatever lens they’d like.</em>“

<em>“By the time I’m done, it should be 109 x 61.8 x 23.5 mm (18.5mm at the thinnest part). For reference, Ricoh GR III is 109 x 62 x 33mm, which was the size aim.“</em>

<em>“The smallest Game Boy Camera cartridge ever!</em>“

<em>“4 completely custom circuit boards: the main CPU, the shutter & power button board, a flexible PCB board to connect the screen to the CPU, and the cartridge.</em>”

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USB-C charging — and still has link port access for a Game Boy Printer! 1800mAh battery for hours of photos.

Image: Crissa Graves

Sean HollisterJul 30

What if your DJI Pocket camera could put on wings and fly?

The HoverAir Versa is the next entry from the flying selfie cam company. No date or price yet, but it should hit Indiegogo in August. I’d wait for retail: We liked X1, but X1 Pro had lots of early issues, and the company can’t legally ship its Aqua (or likely this Versa) to the US at all.

Sean HollisterJul 29

Valve just added HDR and AV1 Remote Play streaming for Steam Deck.

I’ve heard Steam Remote Play is finally reaching parity with Moonlight when streaming games to your Steam Deck. Now, Steam Remote Play is getting AV1 for theoretically even better compression, and HDR for the Steam Deck OLED’s screen. I like streaming, but I’d also like more devs to embrace Dynamic Cloud Sync…

Steam Client Beta - July 29th

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Sean HollisterJul 29

Giveaway five is live.

The fifth Today I’m Toying With giveaway, that is. Technically, I set them live each Wednesday at 9AM ET. I recently heard back from the second winner, who says he loves the mystery gadgets he received — if you want to join him, you can enter every week!

Some of the actual items in the giveaway.

Photo by Sean Hollister / The Verge

The US government just banned Roombas

Sean HollisterJul 29

Logitech isn’t affected by RAMageddon — but a chipmaker ‘incident’ may cost it $20 million.

“We don’t have the same problems,” Logitech’s new gaming boss Robin Piispanen tells me during our wide-ranging chat, when I ask if PC builders are delaying peripheral purchases like other parts of their build due to RAM prices. In fact, Logitech’s gaming sales are up 12 percent YoY and 21 percent sequentially in today’s Q1 earnings.

But other chips might leave a dent:

in late June 2026, a serious incident in the manufacturing facilities of one of Logitech’s semiconductor suppliers resulted in its temporary closure, which is likely to impact the Company’s ability to effectively meet future demand. The Company is working on multiple mitigation plans.

Sean HollisterJul 28

DJI camera clone company Xtra claims it’s ‘in close communication’ with the FCC.

If so, that would be new — the FCC proposed a $25,000 fine against Xtra for failing to respond to its letters, and has since revealed plans to ban Xtra from importing and selling more of its existing cameras in the US. Xtra might be canceling its new DJI Osmo Pocket 4 Pro variant, too.