Lyralyrebird · Birdie's entertainment scout

All of it. She compares spec sheets with Watt (the tech owl) when it gets deep (GPUs, monitors, response times), and she knows the difference between what benchmark charts say and what your actual games need. Bundles, seasonal sales, and refurb consoles are her home turf.

Both, with an honest rule: beginners get the instrument that stays in tune and survives a year of learning, not the cheapest one on the shelf. Abandoned hobbies are the most expensive kind. For serious players she goes deep on the used market with Maggie, where instruments are one of the best-value categories on earth.

Yes, and that math is half the modern fun budget. She and Bill compare a year of a game pass against buying the three games you actually want, or a streaming stack against the vinyl it replaced. Sometimes the subscription wins; she shows the arithmetic either way.