Zelda is back and better than ever

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Godzilla is back too, a couple of new phone accessories, and the best pen in the world.

Plus, in this week’s Installer: Godzilla is back too, a couple of new phone accessories, and the best pen in the world.

by David PierceNov 7, 2026, 1:49 PM UTC David Pierce is editor-at-large and Vergecast co-host with over a decade of experience covering consumer tech. Previously, at Protocol, The Wall Street Journal, and Wired.

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 151, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, get psyched because it’s officially Bad Holiday Movie Season, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)

This week, I’ve been reading about Andrew Garfield and GTA VI and sexy joke thieves, finally actually watching The Sopranosfor the first time (I know, I know), mourning the end of Salon, reinstalling the new and extremely improved Notion Calendar, testing the new Keurig Alta coffee machine, reviewing the iPad Mini and the touchscreen MacBook Pro, and really thinking about just throwing it all away and buying an Enough Phone.

I also have for you the long-awaited return of a classic Zelda game, a monster movie worth the trek to the theater, a couple of great new phone accessories, awesome retro headphones, and more. Let’s do it.

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• The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time. I have a confession to make: I’ve never played this game all the way through. Not sure how! Just missed it. But seeing my friends and coworkers fall back in love with Hyrule has convinced me to get all the way into the remake. I genuinely can’t wait.
• Godzilla Minus Zero. Three years ago, Godzilla Minus One was a big hit and a surprisingly great movie. The sequel came with much higher expectations, but everyone seems to agree it’s a deserving follow-up. I’m not generally one for monster movies, but this series really does it for me.
• Affinity for iPad. Canva’s app now unifies all its tools in one place, just like on the Mac. Affinity makes perfect sense on the iPad, and comes with lots of Apple Pencil integration and clever touch-friendly tools. I’m no designer, but I am excited to play with this as a photo editing tool.
• The Moft Dynamic Folio Case. Here’s one for all you iPhone Duo buyers. Moft’s cases are a little complicated to figure out, but really cleverly designed to make your phone even more useful. I’m guessing this is going to be a lot better than Apple’s weird case / kickstand thing.
• The Peak Design Kickstand Travel Battery. While we’re on the subject of kickstands, here’s the one I’m buying this week. Peak Design makes good stuff, and I frequently find that I need extra juice at exactly the moment I want to watch something on a plane or train. This one’s going right into my backpack and probably never coming out.
• The Bambu Lab H3C. I am dangerously close to becoming a 3D Printer Dude. At $2,500, this one’s a little steep for my wallet, but I think my colleague Sean Hollister is right that this is what the future of 3D printing looks like. Simpler, more foolproof, easy enough even for a goofus like me to make some pretty cool stuff.
• “Ranking the world’s most popular pens for journaling.” I know we all love a good pen — and Peter McKinnon does an excellent job of breaking down a few dozen supposedly good pens to see which ones really hold up. I bought more than one pen after watching this.
• Instagram Edits for Mac. Oh, great, just as I was finally getting good at CapCut! I like the Edits mobile app a lot, and the desktop app seems to be even a little more powerful. Plus: free. This is how I finally take down Cristiano Ronaldo.
• The Sony MDR-3R headphones</

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