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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · Oct 17

I'm Daryl, a freelance writer, author and podcaster.

My newsletter, called Springboard, is all about gaming, apps, health, my books, and more.
darylbaxter.com/springboard/

I also host PAL KEYS, a gaming interview podcast.
palkeys.buzzsprout.com

You can reach me here: [email protected]

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 4h

Something I heard today which means the world:

'You sound far more like yourself than you have in the past couple of years.'

Sounds like a FB status, granted, but 2022-2023 was an ultra-low point where nothing felt like it was going to get better.

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 5h

Post your favourite Dragon Ball character (wrong answers only)

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 1d

I returned to TechRadar today, with a fresh review on Windows 11!
This also features some thoughts I have on the disappointing macOS Tahoe, and AI.

Ultimately, if you’re looking for a reliable, solid OS, this is it.
www.techradar.com/reviews/wind...

Windows 11 review

Microsoft Windows 11 remains a solid operating system

www.techradar.com

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 1d

We're now using AI

🏰meg⚔️ @Birthright Audiobook! @impavid.us · 4d

In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand

I'll go first: Six page commercial lease.

Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 1d

Windows 11 review

Microsoft Windows 11 remains a solid operating system

www.techradar.com

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 2d

Daima SSJ4 Goku in Fighter Z next year, and Miary Zo, allegedly Ogre-reborn, in Tekken 8 in December?

We're being spoiled

Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 2d

Getting the train from Manchester to Lincoln, and as I get closer, the etiquette somehow gets worse.

A couple were dry-humping one another on one train, another couple on this train are trying to laugh as loud as possible - but as they get louder, they sound more like The Simpsons’ Dr. Hibbert.

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ApacheSmash❗️@Shed2.0 @apachesmash.bsky.social · 4d

LETS GO JIMMY JONES

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 5d

I shouldn’t keep buying these on repeat, now that a Chippy is across the road.

And yet

Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 5d

Another week, another moment of Mr Lloyd killing it.
Keep this man in work!

Lloyd Coombes @lloydcoombes.bsky.social · 5d

Really happy to be back on the Epic Games Store talking @path-of-exile.bsky.social

store.epicgames.com/en-US/blog/5...

5 reasons to pick up Path of Exile 2, the early access ARPG that keeps on giving

Path of Exile 2 is a fantastic ARPG that offers all the gore and loot you could want, and it’s not even finished yet.

store.epicgames.com

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 6d

Last month, my AirPods refused to connect for one - hasn’t done that in months, and hasn’t done it since.

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 6d

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Ryan T. Brown 🎮🩷 @toadsanime.lostincult.co.uk · Oct 17

A sequel to the Making of Tomb Raider book is in the works:

darylbaxter.com/book-3-is-to...

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 7d

Again, I go back to what I saw from an ex-colleague:
'If you aren't talking about AI, what ARE you talking about?'

Literally anything else.

This is just sad.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 7d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Please, just stop sending me AI videos of Dad. Stop believing I wanna see it or that I'll understand, I don't and I won't. If you're just trying to troll me, I've seen way worse, i'll restrict and move on. But please, if you've got any decency, just stop doing this to him and to me, to everyone even, full stop. It's dumb, it's a waste of time and energy, and believe me, it's NOT what he'd want.
To watch the legacies of real people be condensed down to 'this vaguely looks and sounds like them so that's enough,
, just so
other people can churn out horrible TikTok slop puppeteering them is maddening. You're not making art, you're making disgusting, over-processed hotdogs out of the lives of human beings, out of the history of art and music, and then shoving them down someone else's throat hoping they'll give you a little thumbs up and like it.
Gross.

And for the love of EVERYTHING, stop calling it 'the future. Al is just badly recycling and regurgitating the past to be reconsumed. You are taking in the Human Centipede of content, and from the very very end of the line, all while the folks at the front laugh and laugh, consume and consume.

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Tits McGee @scientits.bsky.social · 7d

IMPORTANT

All freelancers, self-employed, creatives

This is the first I've heard of this, but the Department for Business and Trade is running a consultation on the scourge of late payments, they want to introduce new legislation to tackle poor practices

Deadline to respond is 23 October

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 7d

It's time to see Onimusha 3 Remastered.
Followed by Dawn of Dreams.

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 7d

Again, I go back to what I saw from an ex-colleague:
'If you aren't talking about AI, what ARE you talking about?'

Literally anything else.

This is just sad.

Dr Kat Day (she/her) @chronicleflask.katday.com · 7d

Daughter of Robin Williams, Zelda Williams 💔

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 7d

Seeing lots of this tonight after that party political broadcast.

The Green Party are on track to overtake the Tories in membership.

Let's make hope normal again.

Join.greenparty.org.uk

Alex Kanaris-Sotiriou @kanaratron.bsky.social · 7d

Did a thing.

A screenshot of an email welcoming me to the Green Party after I signed up to become a member

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 7d

Just because *one* great mind here is working on a turd, doesn't mean it will turn into gold, just because he's involved.
techcrunch.com/2025/10/05/o...

OpenAI and Jony Ive may be struggling to figure out their AI device | TechCrunch

OpenAI and Jony Ive reportedly face significant technical challenges as they work to develop a screen-less, AI-powered device.

techcrunch.com

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 7d

What a great future Bond has
variety.com/2025/film/gl...

Amazon Prime Video Removed Guns From James Bond Posters, Then Stealthily Took Artwork Down After Online Backlash

Amazon received backlash from 007 fans after airbrushing out James Bond's gun in new artwork, so quietly took the images down

variety.com

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Andy Robinson @andyrobinson.bsky.social · 9d

We've had some great coverage on VGC recently, but with Google continuing to erode small publishers’ reach, it’s going to be a tough Q4 for independent sites.

Please consider supporting us on Patreon - it makes a huge difference.

www.patreon.com/c/VideoGames...

Video Games Chronicle | Patreon

Creating game news, reviews, and podcasts.

www.patreon.com

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 9d

Did AI write this

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 9d

Spent much of the afternoon playing Dragon Ball Z: Kakarot.

I slept on this completely! Has some frustrating moments, but overall really fun.

Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 11d

One of the best ever sitcoms.
RIP Bucket.
youtu.be/HD52OK8HEGA?...

Mr blobby meets mrs bucket 1994

YouTube video by Throwbacktvads

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 11d

My iPad is full of issues.
Just all time classics.

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Daryl Baxter @darylbaxter.com · 12d

Very much looking forward to these self-imposed 4 days off later.

Working non-stop since March, as well as two flat-moves, can wear you out. Who knew.

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