Video producer/writer, contributor @digitalfoundry. Past work at various news companies and nonprofits.
Joined January 2014
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Jun 13
I've been playing more MTG recently after a long break and did pretty well in the Arena qualifier weekend. 4-0 in the only play-in I tried yesterday and 5-3 during the qualifier today playing mono green stompy. I got knocked out by Nathan Steuer (2x pro tour winner) which makes failing to hit day 2 hurt a bit less.
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Jun 13
Not the best deck in the format or anything but simple and fun to play, with good matchups against a lot of the meta. Still learning this standard and making some mistakes for sure.
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DF Direct Weekly #267 has just gone live, discussing the gems of Summer Game Fest including Resident Evil Veronica, FF7 Revelation, Clutch, Stellar Blade 2 and a brand new Sega Master System game! youtu.be/1IT7sQ7pqsE
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Jun 8
This year’s Xbox Showcase was thoroughly high quality - and the Persona reveals were a personal standout.
Today's video: Xbox Showcase in review - an excellent showing and some phenomenal tech: youtu.be/033V4rCJpDE
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Nintendo Switch 2, Year One - the Digital Foundry verdict: digitalfoundry.net/features/…
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Jun 4
First Light on Xbox Series is fine enough, and Series S endures less compromise than usual.
007 First Light - the Xbox Experience. Xbox Series X is - expected - similar to PlayStation 5, so how does the game scale to Series S? digitalfoundry.net/reviews/0…
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Marvel's Wolverine and God of War Laufey headlined Sony's big summer State of Play, but there were plenty of great games to enjoy. @dark1x and @oliemack share their thoughts: youtu.be/OxIot1NRpyo
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The new DF Direct Weekly is live, discussing the Steam Deck price shock, 007 First Light PC, Call of Duty on Switch 2 and much, much more: youtu.be/NGfL5TiKdi4
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May 26
Aside from some image quality faults, the PS5 version of 007 First Light is in great shape - but PS5 Pro offers the premium experience.
May 26
007 First Light - our first review coverage kicks off with a look at the PS5 and PS5 Pro versions. We're still waiting for Xbox code and will report back on that in due course: digitalfoundry.net/reviews/0…
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May 16
Apple’s MacBook Neo can’t quite outrun its limited specs - but it proves a surprisingly versatile computer in typical use.
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May 12
Do we actually need next-gen path traced visuals? How much of an upgrade are they? Will Switch 2 ports have issues when next-gen consoles arrive? Just two of the questions in this week's Q A show: youtu.be/acafE6oCifk
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May 11
DF Direct Weekly #263 is now live, discussing the Switch 2 price hike, Star Fox, COD dropping last-gen support and Nvidia's GTX 10-series Pascal 10th anniversary! youtube.com/watch?v=JvYOHdPO…
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May 8
Control for iPhone is remarkable. This AAA game with advanced ray tracing, upscaling, and frame gen pushes out the boundaries of mobile tech.
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Apr 29
The big Steam Controller interview. @oliemack talks tech with Valve: digitalfoundry.net/news/2026…
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Apr 28
Valve’s Steam Controller is a great all-purpose PC gamepad - and a revelation for some mouse and keyboard games.
Apr 28
And here's the video review: youtu.be/VMstfBYpdmg
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Apr 24
This looks super cool! A good chance to catch up as I am a few expansions behind at this point 😅
Only messy thing is the separate sub which I'm not a huge fan of but platform compliance with MMOs can be weird.
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Apr 24
Saros is a superb combat experience and one of the most visually exciting games in recent memory. Pulse-pounding particles and pristine PSSR round out this PS5 exclusive.
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Apr 24
There's a fairly desperate shortage of desktop Macs at the moment. Many Mac Studio configurations - and most Mac Mini configurations - are flat-out unavailable, and the configs that are orderable are listed as having 2-3 month delivery times.
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Apr 24
Is this really going to be tenable until the next update (possibly 6 months away, according to rumours), or is Apple going to come into fresh LPDDR5 supply? In the interim it seems inevitable that used Mac Studio prices will spike to ridiculous levels.
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Apr 24
Apple's current Mac desktop lineup is excellent, but it's substantially less excellent if you can't buy them! Knowing what I know now, I probably would have bought a reasonably specced 2025 Studio a couple months ago for personal use. But now that option seems to be foreclosed.
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