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Isn't that 15 and 16 year olds? Aren't they watching torture porn by that age. A bit of Apex Legends is probably about as tame as Sesame Street.

League Worlds is on at the moment. Show them a game of that, to both inspire and show the interest in the MOBA genre. Though it's in Texas and the crowds are shit, Cadrael (a streamer and former pro player) was pulling 750k viewers, which is insane. Also, you can run League on a potato.

I mean, the issue is…. it isn't a shonky port. Its running better than the Switch 2, on a 20 Watt portable device with additional features (like anti aliasing) that Nintendo don't usually implement. I absolutely think that piracy has a fixed pool of people who bother with it (and this is a bit "home taping is killing music") and yes, there comes a point where it's less hassle just to buy the game for most people.

It just feels a bit more worrying than perhaps the previous iterations of piracy (at least in modern times) if games can be decompiled in a matter of hours. That's something new than just copying games, it feels a bit different.

I haven't tried a Legion Go S - but I will say I really like the Legion software (it's about equal to the Rog Ally) and I've generally enjoyed the experience with the Go 2. If you're doing eSports, I'd avoid the Steam OS version (as most eSports titles have non-Linux compatible cheat protection - though I'm not sure how you intend to use it as a teaching aid), and I'd also avoid the Z2 Go version, which hasn't got a lot of grunt (about equal to a Steam Deck).

I think my pick would still be the original Ally, if you don't care about battery life, or the 1st gen Ally X, for robust, portable, no fuss handhelds. Second hand they can be got for a reasonable price (maybe £250 and £350 respectively). I'm not sure the Z2 Extreme really offers that much over the Z1 Extreme, so the ROG Xbox Ally X is a lot of money for not a lot of extra performance. The new ROG Ally X20 gets you an OLED screen, but, again, it's a fortune for not a huge performance uplift.

You should teach Apex Legends, as it's the only game which genuinely has a split, matched, community of pad and mouse keyboard players. And it's the best live eSport, no competition. Get the class watching some NiceWigg and Greek.

I am absolutely not going to be downloading this tomorrow when I'm back home and playing it until I can't feel my legs.

I bought one of these….

And it's remarkably not as stupid as I thought it would be. You can balance the heavy Legion Go 2 on something using its built in kickstand and then play it like a small console (wired or wirelessly). There's a feeling you're one step removed from just playing on a laptop, but as a portable option it isn't bad. And it's good for sofa slumping/playing in bed, though at night the OLED is like having Sauron's eye boring into your retina - which can't be good for sleep hygiene.

That said, I have been travelling a lot this week, and I did decide just to use the Claw A1M for a couple of legs, as it was easier to cram into a rucksack. Also, I finally discovered how to force it to stay at a lower TDP, so the fans aren't blasting, and I've been quite enjoying Hades on it. It is a worse screen if you go straight from the Legion Go 2 (especially with a game that supports HDR), but it's not that bad. It sort of just seems a bit washed out - Hades for example doesn't have true HDR, but it absolutely zings on the Go 2.

Sizewise though, I have found what a lot of commentators have, which is the Legion Go 2 feels just a touch overkill and fragile for something you hurl into a rucksack, and play in a public environment. I suspect it will become a sofa console, with the Claw/Ally for travelling.

I have to say, I am eyeing my Switch 2, as while I don't want to support piracy and the demise of Nintendo, the fact I have portable devices that can play all the titles on it, often with AA and other missing features, means I am trying very hard to be good…. Is it morally justified if AI takes all our jobs?