The Halo Remake - Balancing the Old and the New #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/the-halo-remake-balancing-the-old-and-the-new

Valve’s Steam Ecosystem Play #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/valves-steam-ecosystem-play

Nostalgia for a future you never experienced, Part 2 #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/nostalgia-for-a-future-you-never-experienced-part-2

Nostalgia for a future you never experienced, Part 1 #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/nostalgia-for-a-future-you-never-experienced-part-1

What’s next for Xbox? #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/whats-next-for-xbox

Ok. They’ve pissed me off. I’m back to tell you 3 things about ID cards: 1. Migrants ALREADY HAVE biometric ID cards & govts have been trying to digitise them for years w repeated fuckups & failures causing complete chaos - they don’t work, you do not want that system for you.

A month later... #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/a-month-later

Blogging update 10 months later #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/blogging-update-10-months-later

@fastmail.com Don't update very often, but when they do it is very meaningful! (I much prefer this approach) One of the latest additions is the ability to edit text files that are stored, which is particularly helpful if you are using it to host a basic website.

Battlefield 6 Beta and Nostalgia for Bad Company #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/battlefield-6-beta-and-nostalgia-for-bad-company

Thanks for including my blog!

Recently with the launch of two new videogame podcasts I've been able to fill the gap in my podcast playlist. blog.jsweeting.me/videogame-po...

A new international research group has emerged, of which I am one of the principal investigators. Building upon expertise of over 30 years to resolve important outstanding questions for the arts and humanities. vagaboundsresearch.org

This extends to all sorts of different things. In my case writing. Get that first draft done. You can tidy it up later. But the main thing is you get those ideas down. Much better than staring at a blank page worrying about getting it perfect first time.

Dude made a “demo” of a game that was an AI generated video of a car in an obvious Cyberpunk 2077 setting. These people are less than useless.

I ended up going with @pagecord.com premium! Which now neatly accompanies my updated personal website. You can now find my microblog here: blog.jsweeting.me

It's been almost two weeks since I started using @pagecord.com and already I've posted on most days. Here's the latest entry: crazyblue.pagecord.com/updating-my-...

meanwhile…

UK Gov: "The Online Safety Bill will stop children from looking at porn online." The Humble UK Teenager who has been bombarded with adverts for NordVPN for the past 5 years:

The browser wars are alive and well on my PC #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/the-browser-wars-are-alive-and-well-on-my-pc

UK users when the website asks them where they're posting from today.

If you saw a new "warning" message at the top of your Bluesky feed today. crazyblue.pagecord.com/governments-...

I have just updated bits and pieces for my blog. Now page is up to date again. And the newsletter function (which was recently added) has been personalised and also now appears on the homepage. RSS still features prominently as well.

Maybe the real Ship of Theseus was the Ship of Theseus we made along the way

I continue to try out new blogging services. My main blog isn't going anywhere, but came across @pagecord.com yesterday and seems like a cool additional place for my writing. My first post explaining my approach in more detail is below. crazyblue.pagecord.com/hello-friend

Nostalgic for the Future as Depicted in the Past #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/nostalgic-for-the-future-as-depicted-in-the-past

Time to close our Windows to the world of Microsoft #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/time-to-close-our-windows-to-the-world-of-microsoft

The Switch 2 is different enough #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/the-switch-2-is-different-enough

The thing I don’t understand is that there are better ways of doing these things. Filler text? Lorem Ipsum. Art? There’s so many great royalty free public access archives online. Trying to keep track of your ‘lore’? For the love of god just use decent documentation- it’s actually future proof.

6 months with Pika #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/6-months-with-pika

A week with the Switch 2 #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/a-week-with-the-switch-2

Wrote a free one. On Switch 2 being weirdly un-Nintendo (but good!), State Of Play being a bit performative (but good!) and all the rest of the week’s big stuff. People seem to like it! You should read it! newsletter.hitpoints.co/319-midnight...

Unintentionally, the greatest advert for a cinema I’ve ever seen

Now is a great time to play Star Wars Battlefront 2! All the lobbies are getting enough players for a full game! (At least on PlayStation)

Fujifilm X-Half and perceived nostalgia for film photography #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/fujifilm-x-half-and-perceived-nostalgia-for-film-photography

Star Wars depiction of power and terror #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/star-wars-depiction-of-power-and-terror

Still thinking about chapter three of Andor Season 2. Such power from three episodes which has been set up masterfully. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-PGz...

Gaming is good for you #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/gaming-is-good-for-you

When English universities were able to decide their tuition fees, nearly everyone went with the max allowed, as otherwise it would make them seem cheap and lower qauality in comparison.

Why did Bethesda call its Oblivion Remake a Remaster? #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/why-did-bethesda-call-its-oblivion-remake-a-remaster

Interesting that they are calling it an Oblivion "Remaster" when so much has been remade. Skyrim was definitely a remaster but this is a different type of product.

Classic Jurassic - Jurassic World Rebirth and nostalgia #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/classic-jurassic-jurassic-world-rebirth-and-nostalgia

Ready Player One and the future #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/ready-player-one-and-the-future

Switch 2 excitement #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/switch-2-excitement

Brexit was Britain shooting its own foot. The US Tariffs are the US shooting its hands (which are tied together) with the bullet passing through and ricocheting into that of multiple others.

I need you all to apologize to George Lucas

Still waiting for the ability to pre-order a Switch 2...

Been busy writing #blog https://relativenostalgia.com/posts/been-busy-writing