GoKawiilis a senior reporter covering technology, gaming, and more. He joined The Verge in 2019 after nearly two years at Techmeme.
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Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 141, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, I’m newish here too, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)
This week, I also have for you a clever daily puzzle game, the next Jason Statham action movie, Pokémon cameras, and more.
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The Drop
Screen Share
I was last featured in this section more than a year ago ahead of my previous run with Installer. I figured it might be worth reintroducing myself and sharing my latest homescreen, which has evolved. Or, as you’ll see, perhaps unevolved.
Hi, I’m Jay! Like David said last go-round, I like wonky indie games (play Big Walk, my favorite game of the year so far), diving deep into iOS betas (iOS 27 is great), and taking my toddler on adventures around Portland, Oregon (we particularly love the Oregon Zoo, which just got new red pandas).
Like many other people, I’m also trying to spend less time on my phone, and I recently went all-in with a homescreen cleanup to test just how minimal I could go. Here it is — and I promise this isn’t a bit, I’ve been running this homescreen for a few weeks now.
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