Gotta be....

As more people are vocally anti-AI, new spin/trend has developed where company leaders or community managers will state that 'they don't like AI slop either', which sounds disarming, but carries the implication that their stuff *isn't* slop, and they're the ones who will do it the *right* way

The Strokes - The Adults Are Talking (Official Audio) YouTube video by thestrokesVEVO

Last year or so has been a journey of me remembering/accepting that The Strokes are, in fact, one of my favorite artists

www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4qs...

Who Cares About the Lore? The creation and imperfect preservation of The Elder Scrolls' intentional incoherence.

Morrowind in the hearts and minds of gamers lately 😤

But you don't have to care about TES to enjoy this. Really excellent article on game lore and worldbuilding from @duncanfyfe.net.

(Glad as ever @remapradio.bsky.social is providing space for pieces like this)

remapradio.com/articles/who...

Sinnematography

9 games that made me 🌱

my9games.com

I think being an extraction shooter *will* inherently filter some people, it's a fairly divisive format (and pretty competitive by nature). But I agree--even if it's a more hardcore crowd than Arc, there's an audience here, in large part just because it has the sauce

Which would include me! (Except I knew to stop over a year ago)

We Played Marathon, an Exciting But Flawed Sci-Fi Extraction Shooter—Should You? Bungie, the developer behind Destiny and Halo, returns to multiplayer blasting with the long-awaited Marathon reboot, a team-based shooter that is as fascinating as it is polarizing. We tell you wheth...

Me and @himynameiszack.bsky.social played plenty of Marathon during the server slam and wrote about it for @pcmag.com. We had our hesitations around extraction shooters heading in, but dare I say...we enjoyed ourselves?

www.pcmag.com/opinions/we-...

I Tested Intel's Flagship 'Panther Lake' Laptop Chip: The Graphics Are the Real Upgrade | Lab Report YouTube video by PCMag

Had my head down with the holidays, a busy (but fun) CES, the obligatory CES flu, and then an NDA rush...a whirlwind!

At least I came out the other side with this nice video on our first Intel 'Panther Lake' testing, with an eye on graphics & gaming @pcmag.com

www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-50...

Replaying The Witcher 3 (NG+) with the next-gen update on PC for the first time and can't stop taking screenshots as I travel

It was already in my top 3 all time, even more stunning now

[1440p, RT Ultra, RTX 5070 Ti]

I love @lostincult.co.uk

LaFleur on LinkedIn right now

Kingdom Come: Homework II

Rob Reiner Was Good The beloved director was better than most at making classic movies, Hollywood careers, and California policy change.

I wrote about Rob Reiner:
www.vulture.com/article/rob-...

it really feels like a lot of the anger over that game is based around like 6 different posts from nobodies around launch that were "finally turn-based games are good unlike that JP SLOP" and it has somehow warped into hatred of the devs themselves (and the game ofc) and its really depressing

Deserved Clair Obscur sweep I'm afraid

Real

A beautiful sunset on MAMDANI'S NEW YORK tonight 😌

😎😎😎😎 GOOD THINGS CAN STILL HAPPEN 😎😎😎😎

it's obviously important that zohran won. but it's equally important that cuomo and the despicable, racist, contemptuous, arrogant, loathesome forces arrayed behind him were brutally defeated. they banked on new yorkers hating and fearing each other. and they lost. what a town.

Relief! Optimism!

Socialist NYC mayor is such a tremendously good vibe shift and don’t let anyone convince you otherwise

Back levels 📈

🗣️ Zohran szn

The AWS outage today is a good reminder that there is no "cloud", there's just somebody else's computer.

Folks, it's now Gaming Sunday

Intel and Nvidia’s Future x86 RTX Chips: I Have 5 Big Questions The giant chip makers' big pact isn't just a technical twist—it could mean some major changes for the PC market. Here's what we still don't know.

Making more of an effort to shift my work posting over here too!

Yesterday's Nvidia x Intel news was a big surprise, and there's a lot to digest. My 5 biggest questions and takeaways for PCMag:

www.pcmag.com/opinions/int...