I hadn’t heard the rumor yet, but the timing sure does feel right for one of those!

Metroid is the big question. My guess is that it’s a no-show again, but wouldn’t mind being wrong.

I’ve heard Fire Emblem remake rumors, so I’m hoping for that.

Definitely reminds me of NES Remix too. I really like the the little mini time attack challenges here, so I’ll probably check it out eventually.

The small print on the page does clarify for sure that the full NES games aren’t included though, which is a huge shame. Would be a really solid package if they were.

I think what you’re describing at the end there is basically what Brave (browser) tried to do.

Excellent book. It’s very far from hands-on, and doesn’t even address UI in particular most of the time. Won’t tell you how to lay out anything, but puts you on the right empathetic mindset for design in general.

Based on OP’s description, might be just the ticket, but may also be too general for some tastes.

Ebooks have their convenience, and once in a while I’ll take a free one if offered, or pick them up cheap in a bundle.

But physical books capture my interest way better. More satisfying to hold and look at. Having a physical object around is a reminder to read. And paper books are better for tuning out distractions. If I try to read ebooks on a phone, tablet, or PC I can easily lose focus (though nice dumb-device readers are surely out there, I don’t have one).

Have you checked your local library? Can be hit or miss, but many have a variety of digital and CD resources available.

No. Though I think he said his YouTube channel will be stopping soon as he’ll be starting a new project.

I wouldn’t be at all surprised though if he decides to oversee an inevitable Ultimate port/expansion for Switch 2.

You didn’t rule it out, so my first thought is: play video games! It’s certainly on the line between consuming something and learning to do something. Some individual games can be a whole skill to study and hone for years (eg, learning a fighting game or a speedrun, etc etc)

Spirit of the question though, that would probably be considered content.

Other ideas, most already covered by other comments: art, photography, music, writing, programming, cooking, woodworking, or learning a new language.

Should be interesting.

I haven’t kept the closest eye on this - rumor is they’re planning to port more of their games to competing platforms, maybe allow 3rd party Xbox hardware, and phase out most physical Xbox games, right? Or am I way off the mark?

SNES was my favorite growing up, but over time my nostalgia for the GameCube has really kicked in! I think it might have to be my answer now.

Generally I read HackerNews and Lemmy communities like this one. Once in a while interesting projects will get highlighted.

But for the most part, once I identify a need, I’ll look through alternativeto.net and see what the popular open source options are.

First step definitely would be to identify specifically what you’d like to improve. To say ‘tech skills’ is to cast a wide net. If you want to learn all sorts of things that’s fine, but to get started with that and identify resources you have to be at least temporarily specific.

Are you thinking along the lines of system administration? Networking? Programming? Hardware setup/troubleshooting?