I’ve always felt that gaming is one of the best social experiences you can have. Yes, a lot of gaming is single-player, but even the discussion around the medium can be endlessly entertaining to me. And when it comes to multiplayer, there’s nothing quite like getting together with a group of friends and spending an afternoon or evening playing together.
That’s how I celebrate my birthday every year.
But this year, I wanted to take that further. Couch multiplayer games are too often limited to around four players in split-screen, but recently, Nintendo released an update for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe enabling eight-player split-screen on the Nintendo Switch 2. That got the idea in my head to set up a gaming session with a huge screen, and thanks to the MagCubic M800 projector, I had the multiplayer session of my dreams.
About this article: MagCubic sent me the M800 projector for the purposes of this article. The company had no input on â nor an early preview of â its contents, and no compensation was provided.
Setting up the projector
Things have evolved since I last used one
Like most people, I didn’t really own a projector before this, and all my experiences with projectors were at public venues or school, and they weren’t mind-blowing. Low resolutions, VGA inputs, and very careful…