modding

Minecraft inside Skyrim. Doom on a working virtual PC inside Minecraft. Morrowind inside Elden Ring. These clips all look like the same trick and they are not. There are four completely different ways to do it, and knowing which one you are looking at tells you whether it can possibly be real.

Yesterday we published that the Minecraft in Skyrim clips had no source anywhere. Two hours and forty four minutes later a working one appeared on GitHub. It is two games running at once, talking to each other through shared memory, and it is the clearest answer yet to how any of this works.

Minecraft in Elden Ring. Skate in Modern Warfare 2. Minecraft in Cyberpunk, Skyrim and GTA 5. Two of those you can download today, one has no download, and two have no source at all. Here is the checklist we use, including the row it got wrong.

A clip of skateboarding in Modern Warfare 2 did 6.7 million views and got called AI fakery. It is real, it is on GitHub, and it is not a mod. It is a from scratch Rust rewrite of MW2 with Skate 3 and a working Minecraft world bolted on.

Minecraft inside Skyrim. Morrowind inside Elden Ring. Doom inside Minecraft on a working virtual PC. A running list of games rebuilt inside other games, which ones you can download, and the one that runs on a $50 handheld.

A clip of Minecraft running inside Elden Ring did six million views today. There is no download. Neither is there one for the Mario 64 version. Meanwhile a free 1MB N64 Minecraft has been sitting on GitHub since 2024.

Dusklight 2.0 adds mod support and a built-in randomizer. It also quietly added Wii disc support and fixed Vulkan on Adreno 610 phones, which are the two changes that actually decide who can play it.

A new unofficial Decky plugin brings Nexus Mods browsing and installing into Gaming Mode. Here is what it does, the two catches, and how to set it up.

3D printing opens up custom shells, buttons, and grips for retro handhelds. Here is how to find designs, choose materials, and finish prints that fit.

Mushy shoulder buttons are a common handheld weak point. Here is how to mod them for a crisp click, from drop-in kits to soldered microswitches.

A worn or swollen battery is fixable. Here is how to safely replace the lithium battery in a retro handheld, what capacity to pick, and the safety rules.

Cracked glass or a dim panel is fixable. Here is how to replace a handheld screen or glass safely, plus what a laminated screen mod is worth.

A shell swap is one of the best first mods. Here is how to move your handheld board into a new shell safely, from opening it to transferring buttons.

New to modding retro handhelds? Here are the tools you need, what is safe to try first, what is risky, and how to plan your first hardware mod.