Damien McFerran
@damienmcferran.bsky.social
Co-owner of Hookshot Media: Nintendo Life, Push Square, Pure Xbox, Time Extension
Pinned
16 years married today to the greatest woman in this or any other universe
This place is amazing www.timeextension.com/features/ret...
November 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This place is amazing www.timeextension.com/features/ret...
At Calke Abbey
November 8, 2025 at 3:41 PM
At Calke Abbey
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Guide: Welcome To Armored Core - A Chronological Breakdown Of FromSoftware's Legendary Mecha Series.
Guide: Welcome To Armored Core - A Chronological Breakdown Of FromSoftware's Legendary Mecha Series
Core, blimey!
www.timeextension.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Guide: Welcome To Armored Core - A Chronological Breakdown Of FromSoftware's Legendary Mecha Series.
Hard to believe we've been on this journey for 20 years now. What @antdickens.com started has turned into the world's most popular Nintendo fan site, and it's been an real honour to be part of that story
Site News: Nintendo Life Turns 20 Today!.
Site News: Nintendo Life Turns 20 Today!
Mamma mia!
www.nintendolife.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Hard to believe we've been on this journey for 20 years now. What @antdickens.com started has turned into the world's most popular Nintendo fan site, and it's been an real honour to be part of that story
I'm utterly hooked on Absolum.
I know it got a good critical response when it launched, but it feels like it has gotten lost in the crush a little, which is a shame - it's sooooo well put together!
If you liked SoR4 and Roguelite gameplay, it's a must-have
I know it got a good critical response when it launched, but it feels like it has gotten lost in the crush a little, which is a shame - it's sooooo well put together!
If you liked SoR4 and Roguelite gameplay, it's a must-have
November 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
I'm utterly hooked on Absolum.
I know it got a good critical response when it launched, but it feels like it has gotten lost in the crush a little, which is a shame - it's sooooo well put together!
If you liked SoR4 and Roguelite gameplay, it's a must-have
I know it got a good critical response when it launched, but it feels like it has gotten lost in the crush a little, which is a shame - it's sooooo well put together!
If you liked SoR4 and Roguelite gameplay, it's a must-have
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One Man's "Life-Long Dream" Of Creating A Physical WipEout Race Track Is Complete.
One Man's "Life-Long Dream" Of Creating A Physical WipEout Race Track Is Complete
Created using Carrera Hybrid
www.timeextension.com
November 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
One Man's "Life-Long Dream" Of Creating A Physical WipEout Race Track Is Complete.
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Review: G'AIM'E - Coin-Op Time Crisis Comes Home With This AI-Powered Light Gun.
Review: G'AIM'E - Coin-Op Time Crisis Comes Home With This AI-Powered Light Gun
Action!
www.timeextension.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Review: G'AIM'E - Coin-Op Time Crisis Comes Home With This AI-Powered Light Gun.
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the tech industry is pretty funny, because a bunch of pretentious dudes invented software that generates sentences and now they think they’re demigods
AI could end scarcity, end humanity - or boost trend growth by 0.2 percentage points
November 7, 2025 at 3:13 PM
the tech industry is pretty funny, because a bunch of pretentious dudes invented software that generates sentences and now they think they’re demigods
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Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I talk about OpenAI hinting they’d want a federal backstop for data center loans, NVIDIA’s weird, desperate post about China, and my deep suspicion about OpenAI’s leaked numbers.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
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Monologue: AI's Desperation Era
Podcast Episode · Better Offline · 11/07/2025 · Bonus · 7m
podcasts.apple.com
November 7, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Here’s this week’s Better Offline monologue. I talk about OpenAI hinting they’d want a federal backstop for data center loans, NVIDIA’s weird, desperate post about China, and my deep suspicion about OpenAI’s leaked numbers.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/b...
Linktr.ee/betteroffline
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Linktr.ee/betteroffline
Horrible, horrible, *horrible* company
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads
Meta reportedly projected 10% of 2024 sales came from scam, fraud ads
Meta projected that about $16 billion in 2024 revenue came from running ads for scams and banned goods, according to a Thursday report from Reuters.
cnb.cx
November 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Horrible, horrible, *horrible* company
This has been under wraps for a while, but we can *finally* reveal that @hookshot.media is powering @digitalfoundry.bsky.social's new site!
@antdickens.com and the entire DF team have done an amazing job with this, and it's an honour to be working with such a talented bunch of people
@antdickens.com and the entire DF team have done an amazing job with this, and it's an honour to be working with such a talented bunch of people
Proud and excited to share that the new Digital Foundry website is live - please do check it out at www.digitalfoundry.net. Read our opening post about what we're doing and why: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry was founded in 2004 and specialises in technical analysis of video games and hardware, using our own bespoke tools for frame-rate analysis – covering everything from console, PC and be...
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
This has been under wraps for a while, but we can *finally* reveal that @hookshot.media is powering @digitalfoundry.bsky.social's new site!
@antdickens.com and the entire DF team have done an amazing job with this, and it's an honour to be working with such a talented bunch of people
@antdickens.com and the entire DF team have done an amazing job with this, and it's an honour to be working with such a talented bunch of people
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I’m delighted to see my 8-page Simon The Sorcerer feature in the latest Retro Gamer. This article was a real labour of love; I interviewed someone involved in every single game, including both the new one and the cancelled 2014 release. If you’re a fan of the series, I think you’ll like it.
November 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I’m delighted to see my 8-page Simon The Sorcerer feature in the latest Retro Gamer. This article was a real labour of love; I interviewed someone involved in every single game, including both the new one and the cancelled 2014 release. If you’re a fan of the series, I think you’ll like it.
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"It Was Unlike Any Other Game I'd Played" - Meet The Donkey Kong Prodigy Who Became Nintendo's Original "Gamesmaster".
"It Was Unlike Any Other Game I'd Played" - Meet The Donkey Kong Prodigy Who Became Nintendo's Original "Gamesmaster"
Jerry Momoda on his eventful journey from expert gamer to industry veteran
www.timeextension.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:05 PM
"It Was Unlike Any Other Game I'd Played" - Meet The Donkey Kong Prodigy Who Became Nintendo's Original "Gamesmaster".
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"Hey boss, what should we call the Super Nintendo port of Smash TV?"
"Just call it Super Smash TV, what else?"
"Fair enough. What about the Mega Drive port?"
"Are you stupid or somethin? I said Super Smash TV!"
"Just call it Super Smash TV, what else?"
"Fair enough. What about the Mega Drive port?"
"Are you stupid or somethin? I said Super Smash TV!"
November 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
"Hey boss, what should we call the Super Nintendo port of Smash TV?"
"Just call it Super Smash TV, what else?"
"Fair enough. What about the Mega Drive port?"
"Are you stupid or somethin? I said Super Smash TV!"
"Just call it Super Smash TV, what else?"
"Fair enough. What about the Mega Drive port?"
"Are you stupid or somethin? I said Super Smash TV!"
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Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
Big Tech Needs $2 Trillion In AI Revenue By 2030 or They Wasted Their Capex
As I've established again and again, we are in an AI bubble, and no, I cannot tell you when the bubble will pop, because we're in the stupidest financial era since the great financial crisis — though,...
www.wheresyoured.at
October 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Premium newsletter: Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft need $2 Trillion in AI revenue by 2030 or they've wasted their capex. The massive cost of building data centers and constant decay in value of expensive-to-run GPUs may make AI profits impossible to achieve.
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
www.wheresyoured.at/big-tech-2tr/
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And... In case @mcuban.bsky.social doesn't want to, I'll make it easy for him. I'm at that moment myself just doing another playthrough.
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
And... In case @mcuban.bsky.social doesn't want to, I'll make it easy for him. I'm at that moment myself just doing another playthrough.
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"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
October 31, 2025 at 8:20 PM
"Torment Nexus" comes from this tweet and is often used now to describe the kind of negative experiences you can have with social networks, like getting dogpiled or harassed or being pushed into conflict
This is the video game equivalent of your toddler violently shitting in a potty and then proudly showing you the result
November 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is the video game equivalent of your toddler violently shitting in a potty and then proudly showing you the result
As a developer, when you crap out something like this, you're basically saying you don't care about the creative process of making video games, or the talent and wellbeing of the people who make them. Embarrassing
...and here's the first trailer... 😬
November 1, 2025 at 11:28 AM
As a developer, when you crap out something like this, you're basically saying you don't care about the creative process of making video games, or the talent and wellbeing of the people who make them. Embarrassing
If this isn't enough to put you off using ChatGPT ever again, then I don't know what is
October 31, 2025 at 12:37 PM
If this isn't enough to put you off using ChatGPT ever again, then I don't know what is
Slow Horses S5 done and dusted. Felt a bit slower than the others, but picked up in the last two episodes. Still one of the best things out there right now!
a man wearing a watch stands in front of a metal fence
ALT: a man wearing a watch stands in front of a metal fence
media.tenor.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Slow Horses S5 done and dusted. Felt a bit slower than the others, but picked up in the last two episodes. Still one of the best things out there right now!
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The Register is reporting that OpenAI lost $11 billion in the last quarter. This company is a shambling monstrosity, financial insanity as a direct result with the markets’ obsession with growth.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
Microsoft earnings suggest $11.5B OpenAI quarterly loss
: Satya has also delivered Sam most of the cash he promised
www.theregister.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:53 AM
The Register is reporting that OpenAI lost $11 billion in the last quarter. This company is a shambling monstrosity, financial insanity as a direct result with the markets’ obsession with growth.
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...
www.theregister.com/2025/10/29/m...