Work-related note: I am on paternity leave for the next two months. I’ll be back at Engadget starting March 2.

using grok to do an epic vulgar roast of all my friends

it's with mixed emotions that i can confirm nursing pillows make for great lap desks

truly cannot express how funny it is that people spent a couple years torching their life savings on shitty drawings of apes. just the worst monkey pics you've ever seen. how could anyone have expected things to get better for us after that

as an american who recently had a kid, the only attainable goal i have left in life is, of course, to finish in the top 10k in Fantasy Premier League. it's year 11 for me, previous best rank is 22k, last year was 76k (which was enough for top 1%). here's my team to start the year:

waxed poetic about FAST FUSION for our new list of Switch 2 game recs www.engadget.com/gaming/ninte...

my 1-month old has only shit on our wall three times thus far and tbh i think those are pretty good defensive numbers on my part

he’s only gone and done it lads

microsoft branding a studio as "AAAA" only to have it spend 7 years building a game that doesn't ship before it cans the whole staff seems like the perfect microcosm for the video game industry in 2025

i moved from boston to new york about a decade ago, and the only persistent belief i've held about this city over that time is that knicks fans deserve every ounce of torment that ever befalls them

here is a 100-word review / some bad poetry on the reflective qualities of EURO TRUCK SIMULATOR 2 jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2025/05/10/e...

i'm liking CLAIR OBSCUR: EXPEDITION 33, but the "we have Moogles at home" and "we have 'Aerith dies' at home" energy is undeniable

here's my write-up of the new Backbone Pro controller. i like it! a clear upgrade over the original. it'll be a great gift. but $170 for a mobile gamepad is always gonna be a tough sell, especially now: www.engadget.com/gaming/backb...

herded up a little (early) group retrospective on the Nintendo Switch ahead of the Switch 2's release (mainly so i could have a new excuse to blab about Gunpei Yokoi on the site) www.engadget.com/gaming/ninte...

games media has been in a slow-motion extinction event for years but it's no less terrible when the wrecking ball hits. best wishes to everyone affected, shocking amount of talent to just discard. always have a soft spot for polygon, helped me start out back in 2012 kotaku.com/polygon-sold...

walmart charged and cancelled on me four times, leading my bank to lock my debit card. best buy kicked me out of eight 90-min queues without giving me a chance to order. then, at 1:40am, i (tentatively) got the new nintendo thing. i'm 34 and having a kid in two months. what am i doing with my life

some real gems in this one www.engadget.com/entertainmen...

wrote a little review of LONELY MOUNTAINS: SNOW RIDERS, one of my favorite games of 2025 so far, for our running best Xbox games post: www.engadget.com/gaming/xbox/...

put together an explainer on the Switch 2 + microSD Express situation. i've tested the one (1!) card that was available to purchase prior to Wednesday, and it is indeed a major leap forward. but be ready to pay for it, at least to start. file sizes will be key: www.engadget.com/gaming/ninte...

here's my review of the new iPad, in which (1) "no Apple Intelligence" is both a pro and a con, (2) i spend a paragraph talking about Infinity Nikki, (3) i continue my crusade against non-laminated displays and (4) there's a photo of a very good dog: www.engadget.com/mobile/table...

covering tech at the start of my career: "lol...touchwiz" covering tech today: "the richest man on earth is trying to put my mother out of a job"

asked that Apple Intelligence Genmoji thing to make me an emoji of "the word 'true'". that was the whole prompt it came back with this masterpiece think i'm coming around on generative AI

i don't like to self-promote on here but i've been grinding away on a ton of these big-ass guides for Engadget, and i do take them seriously. if you're looking for any of these things or just want to learn more about a given market, here ya go mechanical keyboards: www.engadget.com/computing/ac...

i can't stop watching. it's so glorious youtu.be/nnqkOug3ap8?...

chiefs 3-peat or philadelphia gets a title www.youtube.com/watch?v=zd9s...

praise the Moyesiah

(trying to get out of bronze in marvel rivals) once again i am confronting the darkness of humanity. its shadow is long

got that feeling again

Dyche out

ASTRO BOT (3/10) The video game equivalent of a Happy Meal. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2025/01/03/a... #review #videogames #gaming

we did a separate GOTY roundup just for Balatro (because it's Balatro) www.engadget.com/gaming/engad...

wrote about ANIMAL WELL and PEPPER GRINDER for our annual Games of the Year post www.engadget.com/gaming/engad...

few things i've wanted to read more than the tevis thompson take on how balatro could be a 3/10 tevisthompson.com/all-games-li... (about 6 people will know what i'm talking about here but whatever)

(gesturing towards my mother-in-law's netflix login) one day son, all of this will be yours

slow down. breathe. focus. there is only the now. empty your mind. sink into serenity. embrace the quiet. ("I TAKE ONCE-DAILY JARDIANCE" echoes through brain)

just want to get ahead of things and wish you and your family a happy Kia Season of New Traditions Sales Event

this whole stream has been playing in 240p except for the 4 seconds where mike tyson had his ass out

latest review for engadget. i think it's good to check in on the state of Cheap-Ass Tablets every now and then www.engadget.com/mobile/table...

i have big news

WARIO WORLD (7/10) A forgotten gem in the GameCube library and a mascot platformer that makes its mascot tangible. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/03/24/w... #review #videogames #gaming

HELLDIVERS 2 (5/10) A very fun video game, for both better and worse. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/03/17/h... #review #videogames #gaming

THE RAMP (9/10) A minimalist skateboarder and a celebration of motion. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/03/10/t... #review #videogames #gaming

HALO INFINITE (4/10) A game about death and a grappling hook. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/02/25/h... #review #videogames #gaming

DOMINION (7/10) A card game about making decisions and feeling them reverberate. (In which I go full wife guy — sorry in advance.) jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/02/18/d... #review #videogames #gaming

IMMORTALITY (2/10) A staggeringly meticulous but ultimately graceless mystery. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/02/11/i... #review #videogames #gaming

DEATH STRANDING (9/10) A sometimes foolish yet ultimately truthful game about navigating landscapes in all their forms. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/02/04/d... #review #videogames #gaming

UNPACKING (7/10) A game about compassion. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/01/28/u... #review #videogames #gaming

HI-FI RUSH (6/10) A rhythmic hack-and-slasher that's more self-aware than musical but is redeemed by a great lead character. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/01/21/h... #review #videogames #gaming

SUPER METROID (8/10) A tremendous popcorn game that tosses aside the convincing atmosphere and isolation of NES Metroid but oozes with style. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/01/14/s... #review #videogames #gaming

SUPER MARIO BROS. WONDER (6/10) A charming collection of Mario-themed sketches that feel perfect but never coalesce. jeffreviewsgames.wordpress.com/2024/01/07/s... #review #videogames #gaming