Colin Moriarty's PSN Account was Hacked "This is a major issue and Sony needs to address it immediately. While not to the scale of the infamous PSN Outage of 2011 or Insomniac's leak, this is a risk and removes all confidence in account security." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/19/c...

How Rockstar fit an entire city into PlayStation 2 memory – GMTK "A great video from Mark Brown that showcases supreme design born out of constraint. Of course he'd rewrite bits of the game." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/15/g...

The Disneyfication of Fortnite "'Publishing islands with Star Wars assets requires users to share 20% of their engagement payout with The Walt Disney Company. They must also follow Star Wars Brand Rules.' Surely everyone will follow these rules." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/13/d...

We're Killing Marathon And Calling It Criticism – Timbo "If I never had to see a Steam player count chart again, I'd be a happy gamer. It's a big part why my review focuses 100% on the game and not the fractal data the tabloid-esque entertainers are fixating on." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/13/m...

Fred again.. & Thomas Bangalter Live in London "Jason Kottke shared this performance back when it was uploaded almost two months ago and it has sat in a tab on my laptop since then. I finally dove in this morning and have been loving it." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/13/f...

Tony Official Trailer "*sees new A24 trailer* 'Okay. Let's see if this is a horror movie or something else.'" maxfrequency.net/2026/05/05/t...

The Hidden Archive of Essays from Every Frame a Painting " @kottke.org celebrating the continued return of Every Frame a Painting...But is it a return or are buried essays finally surfacing?" maxfrequency.net/2026/05/05/e...

Valve Continues to Deny a Gambling Problem "Valve may not "cooperate," but they sure do make a lot of money from them." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/05/v...

Keyhole Is Going to Change My Life "I cannot tell you how many times I want macOS to unpause my music for it to dig into my cavernous web of Safari windows and start playing some random video in the down deep that I have to spelunk for to pause." maxfrequency.net/2026/05/04/k...

Why Not Both? – Memory Card #78 "Is the point for more people to see the work or to do the work? Depending on when you ask me in my hobbied career of covering video games, I'd go either way. Today? I channel my inner El Paso Girl..." maxfrequency.net/memorycard/78/

Are They Xbox? "Last week, Xbox published a manifesto that they sent internally to all teams from the new CEO Asha Sharma and CCO Matt Booty. The letter received a whole lot of praise, but when I read it, I was left scratching my head." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/29/a...

Marathon Review – Endless Runner "It is these stories—my stories—alongside a striking FPS package that makes Marathon the best game Bungie has ever made." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/28/m...

MacBook Neo and How the iPad Should Be – @craigmod.com "A seemingly rare treat to get an Apple focused essay from Craig. But I think Craig is missing (at least part of) the mark with this one." maxfrequency.net/2024/04/23/c...

Coyote vs. ACME Trailer has Arrived "I love it when cartoons interact with the real world. This looks spot on." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/23/c...

@liamtriforce.bsky.social Starts a Blog "I am pleased to see more personal blogs from creators make a comeback. I believe it is vital to own your own slice of the Internet pie and that a blog is one of – if not the – best way to do that." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/23/l...

“Use links, don’t talk about them.” – Unsung "It reminds me of advice Stephen King gives in On Writing about using adverbs that end in "ly." If something is "surprisingly simple," odds are that it just being "simple" is more effective on the page." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/21/u...

Is A Video Essay Alive? "I'm starting to think these ideas in my note aren't videos after all, but just essays." maxfrequency.net/memorycard/77/

Criterion Has Brought Every Frame A Painting Back and None of You Told Me "Shame on you all for not telling me. And shame on myself for not noticing sooner. Always a treat to have new essays from Taylor and Tony." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/13/e...

2swap Solved Connect 4 "And here I was thinking I was good at Connect 4..." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/09/2...

ProbablyMonsters is Betting Series A Funding on AA Games "I think that is exactly what is going on with ProbablyMonsters after a decade of shipping nothing and cancelling everything." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/03/p...

New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "The Persona Gap" "I've realized that I set ambitious goals within small time windows. For example, my weekly note has a goal of 'Write review for Marathon.' That has not being accomplished this week." buttondown.com/MaxFrequency...

Patrick Tomasso Interviews Matt Johnson and Jared Raab "Love the advice on gear, storytelling, and dedication to authenticity." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/02/n...

Matt Johnson On How Video Games Are His ‘Single Greatest Influence’ "That helped me to view filmmaking as that same exact thing, where if you go in and do it and it doesn't work? That doesn't mean you stop and put the controller down..." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/02/m...

Rostam Batmanglij Covering Vampire Weekend "Also, is it a cover if he wrote/co-wrote the songs? What's the ruling on that?" maxfrequency.net/2026/04/02/r...

Losing a Generation to Development Cycles "Consistency is (Nido)king." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/02/f...

A Timely Miyamoto and Itoi Interview from 1989 "A lovely interview; the kind I see myself and others referring back to for the ages." maxfrequency.net/2026/04/02/s...

NES-SY2.0 Nintendo Homage Synth – Love Hultén "I love the look of this alternate future where Nintendo copied Intellivision1 with preposterous add-ons...wait...Nintendo made (and still makes) preposterous add-ons for their consoles." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/30/n...

Zelda and Star Fox Rumored for Nintendo's 2026 "Overall, these announcements are cool. But, I can't help but feel a little wind was sucked out of the sails here." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/27/n...

PlayStation Raises the PS5 Price Again "We once again no longer live in that world where a Xbox Series X cost more than a PS5 Pro." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/27/p...

"We Are Very Particular" with Myke Hurley " @myke.social joins Max to discuss the design of a podcast, the current star-studded landscape, and the absolute roller coaster that is doing an interview show. maxfrequency.net/mfp-51/

Super Mario Titans and the Duality of Leaks "I'm not here to really argue if this is a leak or a 'leak.' What I want to talk about is how I miss stories like this one." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/13/s...

My Long Dormant Destiny-Pilled Brain "... was bumming myself out. I was feeling guilty for playing or preparing for a project that wasn't the essay. And it just sort of dawned on me that I shouldn't be doing that." maxfrequency.net/memorycard/75/

Grammarly's "Expert" Review, Reviewed "I've never liked Grammarly. It never made sense to me when spellcheck and the like are so well integrated into operating systems...The software was clunky, ugly, and invasive." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/13/g...

Own Your Software "It's update day for the latest redesign of Max Frequency and I find myself thinking about this quote from Ben Thompson's announcement for Passport, his custom subscription software." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/06/o...

Xbox Gives Us a Codename – Project Helix "Scorpio was a cooler name." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/06/x...

The Max Frequency 2026 Redesign "Behold, Max Frequency 5.0." maxfrequency.net/2026/03/05/m...

Xbox's Shakeup and Wake Up "I mean, this is the guy that green lit Gears Pop! and was no doubt looking at King and Candy Crush as sweet additions to the portfolio during the Activision Blizzard acquisition. Do not be fooled—the pivot away from console was Phil." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/28/x...

Current - An RSS River by Terry Godier "I'm actually reading the stuff I want to and 'releasing' those I don't. If I leave an article and it goes away over time, I don't mind. If it is important, it will come back to me." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/27/c...

The Resident Evil Madness Continues "I am not pleased to report that the Resident Evil franchise remains as horrifying as ever." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/27/r...

Resident Evil Requiem Debuts PSSR 2.0 "While the blog post doesn't give much, there is an answer to prayers (and predictions) near the bottom." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/27/r...

Sorry to flood your feed, but playing a bit of catch up with posts here and an all new blog design. 😅 Please be excited.

New issue of my Memory Card newsletter went out titled "Everything Everywhere All At Once" "This diversion though has taken time away from The Thing™ and I feel pressures mounting." buttondown.com/MaxFrequency...

Mario Tennis Fever Is the Best Mario Sports Game Ever Made – Jake Steinberg "This is the best review I have read in ages...Out of fear of quoting the entire thing, I have forced myself to pick one quote. Please go read the rest." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/20/m...

Toy Story 5 is Going to Make Me Cry Again "It's a fitting subject for Toy Story to handle, I think." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/19/t...

Bluepoint is Gone "This whole live service ghost is going to be the haunt behind Jim Ryan and Hermen Hulst's tenure at the head of PlayStation." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/19/s...

Some Special 2026 Chapter Select Updates "So we've gone back to Greece and are trying to beat that before Requiem. You'll get those special episodes as soon as they are done. And then we will dive into Rondo of Blood." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/19/c...

Falling Down the Nirvanna The Band The Show Rabbit Hole "Also, happy Update Day everyone." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/18/f...

Guest Appearance on Controlled Interests Gamescast Ep. 274 with Jerrad Wyche and Michael Ruiz "We had a great time chatting about the State of Play hours after it aired. I loved our discussion about Highguard too, which things are not looking great for these days." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/18/c...

Well That State of Play Was Slammed "The State of Play was good stuff with the proper ups and downs of an E3 press conference. It was much bigger than I think anyone anticipated, certainly myself. Somehow, 2026 is poppin' off more and I am here for it." maxfrequency.net/2026/02/18/s...

New episode of the CI Gamecast has me talking with @maxfrequency.net and @themichaeljruiz.bsky.social about PlayStation State of Play, Highguard, hype for Control Resonant, and why none of us have played Chrono Trigger in earnest.