Remember this hat from over two months ago?! No?! Me neither. Cos soon after this photo it unraveled. My fault for trusting the damn magic knot. Nothing magic about it let me tell you. Anyway. Today I finished remaking it. This time *without* anything magic […] [Original post on mstdn.games]

Today, Matt (Techmoan) reviews this abomination of a combined record and CD player. There are two main problems, one, nearly all of the controls are via a sodding app! Secondly, it features a weird automute feature on the record player. When the audio decreases to a certain volume, the machine […]

Alien Ant Farm - Movies It seems AAF is having a bit of a nostalgic renaissance on social media and I'm here for it. Anthology was a great album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJ2t4jfVTiU

What to read? 🗞️ How about one of my recent articles for Film Stories. Total Recall | How a 1990 video game tie-in was made in just one week urlr.me/6zVBfd Back To The Future | The timeless disappointment of the ZX Spectrum tie-in game urlr.me/zgVSGm Star Wars | Leaked footage on YouTube […]

I've just discovered that with Mastodon, you can essentially unfollow people the opposite way round, if that makes sense. So they no longer follow you. I may have 679 followers (it was 680, but I tested and kicked a very, very old account off) but there are pages of dormant accounts that are no […]

Razer headphones with built-in dual cameras and microphones so you can use AI when wearing them. As an added bonus: "Motoko captures authentic human point-of-view vision, complete with depth, focus, and attention patterns, providing robotics teams with high-value data to train humanoids for […]

After the first half hour or so, Dead Space 2 is definitely leaning harder into the action. It feels like it's thrown more enemies at me than the original game did in the same time frame. DS1 was much slower in raising the tension in a wonderful gothic technological space ship. DS2, I'm in a […]

I found a web page that creates these images for you, it just asks for your profile name: letterboxd-last-four.cheersderek.com Anyway, this is a little misleading as I don't like the way Letterboxd shows the last four you added, regardless of the date […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

A few days rest before I go back...whatever! Issac Clarke is back baby! Dead Space 2 let's go! #shareyourgames

Here's the trailer for the television serialised version of The 'Burbs. I recommend the original 1989 film starring Tom Hanks that was directed by Joe Dante. I expect this TV version will be cancelled after the first season. Why keep doing this? Anyone remember the Dusk Till Dawn TV series […]

I know It's very pro Linux around here but if you're still on Windows like me, I've discovered an excellent file manager replacement. It's far better than Windows default, a lot faster, and it's under 3mb in size! The only possible drawback is that it's free now while in Beta. Once it hits v1 […]

That's the first four episodes of Andor season 2! Not sure when we can watch the next batch. Free time without children is limited. 😁 To be honest, we're not entirely sure what's happening with Mon Mothma and the bloke from Coupling. Did he lend her money for the rebellion or something? And […]

#nowwatching Star Wars: Andor S2 #latetotheparty

Sorry pedos, you'll have to pay for your kiddy porn via X now, which means you're name will be on file with your account. It's still not good enough. This "feature" shouldn't even be a thing, obviously. Elon Musk's Grok AI image editing limited to paid users after deepfakes - BBC News […]

I'd just like to say, although I've been lucky enough to have articles published at Film Stories on Monday and Wednesday this week, sadly there isn't anything coming tomorrow (Friday), just in case you were thinking that there might be a nice trilogy. I just want to put to bed those rumours and […]

I thought I would share my review of the Jackass film from 2022 as I never thought we would see middle-aged men hurting themselves for our entertainment. To be honest, I was surprised I managed to write a sizeable review of a film that has a really simple one sentence premise. Why this random […]

Sometimes a game just grabs me and I can't switch to anything else until I've completed it. This time it was the original Dead Space (on Steam Deck). I haven't played since Xbox360 on launch. It's still tense, capable of making me jump and still holds up […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

Looks nuts but I'm in! Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die Trailer #1 (2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9LTxCBIJLPU

Momoa and Batista, I'm in. The Wrecking Crew Trailer #1 (2026) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4SAVjARoIo

Has anyone else had an issue claiming NFS: Unbound as part of their free monthly games on PSN? I get a message saying an error has occurred with a code. So, I searched for the code and the official description is... "There was an issue when purchasing, downloading or installing the content on […]

Sorry, I don't mean to be so Tron-centric today, it's just that there's a lot of material that has been released. Industrial Light & Magic have released their VFX breakdown of Tron: Ares. Obviously, you can say, "Oh, it's all CGI!", but I'm always amazed at what I assumed was real in the shot […]

I shouldn't trust marketing speak. As you are all painfully aware of, I like my behind the scenes material. The first line of the bonus features mentions an "in-depth" look at the making of Tron: Ares. In-depth!? It lasts for 11 minutes and 41 seconds! Sigh. #firstworldproblems

Tron: Ares is now streaming for "free" on Disney+. The one small benefit over the physical 4K release is that you can watch the IMAX enhanced version of the film. End of line.

Pushing my latest piece that has been published over at Film Stories. A nice long read, ideal for commutes! 😉 You know, I still can't get my head around this. I write stuff, they pay me, am I writer? I suffer from imposter syndrome, I feel like a bumbling amateur still! Anyway, that's enough […]

Good morning. Fancy something to read while you slurp the coffee? How about the story of Slipstream? A film from the producer of Star Wars, the director of Tron and starring Bill Paxton and Mark Hamil. Why wasn't that a hit? Slipstream | How a 1989 failure became a post-apocalyptic cult […]

Marvel: Please keep watching these films! Look, Look! We have the X-Men now! Remember them? You loved 2000s X-Men! 😆 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWgcw2W54gE

Oooh, they're bringing Carmageddon back... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qlEBO7HB6Bc

#nowwatching Sneakers (1992) Let's leave the SteamDeck in it's case and try and live up to my username. 😄 Let's make this a Redford double bill. I know I've seen this once but it was so long ago I don't remember anything.

#nowwatching All Is Lost (2013)

Just checked in with the latest batch of Star Wars restoration clips. One of the latest releases really shows how Lucas has changed the way the film looks over the years. The top half is the new restoration from the original negative. The bottom image is from the current 4K Blu-ray.

Good morning. First proper week of the new year and back to work. *Grumble* 😄 I've spoken of this story a few times here but I decided to expand on it greatly a create piece for Film Stories. The headline gives it away. Enjoy. Star Wars | Leaked footage on YouTube may give us an early glimpse […]

Good morning. First proper week of the new year and back to work. *Grumble* 😄 I've spoken of this story a few times here but I decided to expand on it greatly a create piece for Film Stories. The headline gives it away. Enjoy. Star Wars | Leaked footage on YouTube may give us an early glimpse […]

This evening, back in a hotel for work, I was glued to my Steam Deck once again. I'm really enjoying Dead Space once again, playing the original PC release from 2008. It runs flawlessly at 60fps and everything loads so fast, the bit in between chapters never gets a chance to be shown properly! […]

I've travelled North as far as Doncaster this evening. I feel let down, I was expecting a winter wonderland the way the news reported it. 😆 I guess, it never came this far south.

The Back to the Future Time Machine returns to #lego once again! (Interestingly, they never mention DeLorean, even though the model has the DMC logo and name on it) As a massive Back to the Future fan, I wasn't going to turn down this wonderful little model […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

I got bored of my Steam Deck so I bought this new console. It came with three pack in titles, a Tetris clone, a shoot 'em up and a cute platform game. 😁 This is a brand new #lego 3in1 set and this is the main build. The games are swappable, the sticks move […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

Went out on errands with my son. The AUX is broken on my car radio, we can't connect phones. He wanted CDs from HMV. I suggested we try the charity shops. Here's our small hall for just £2. 30 Days of Night on Blu-ray. Great film! We have similar tastes in […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

[Blood/Gore - Dead Space] This isn't the remaster, but the original game from 2008. Still looks good and runs at 60fps on the highest detail on the Steam deck.(Turn off vsync and lock the screen to 60hz. Apparently, any higher and the physics start to break) […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

Oh God, no. Enjoy what those artists created in their lifetimes and be happy with that. We don't need fake new music. Over half of UK adults support using AI to create new music from dead musicians such as Elvis and John Lennon https://www.lbc.co.uk/article/ai-music-elvis-john-lennon-5HjdQ4F_2/

Don't have streaming services but have access to BBC iPlayer? There's quite a lot of my favourite films on there right now. Mission: Impossible 1-3, Back to the Future trilogy, Bill, A Simple Plan, Godfather trilogy, The Italian Job (original), Jaws 1/2, 12 Monkeys, Curse of the Were Rabbit […]

Happy new year! As always, a free show from our front doorstep via neighbours and the outskirts of London/Essex! Can I go to bed now? 😁

This is how exciting my evening is. Just checked my podcast app. After having about 5 weeks of work, I have a backlog of podcasts. I had to discard a daily radio show which was about 13 hours a week. That still leaves me with 55 hours apparently. I don't listen at home because of children and I […]

I think this will please many of you here, The Digital Bits is reporting that Speed Racer is coming to 4K. I never realised the bluray was technically quite poor, it was compressed to fit on a BD25. Sadly, the film doesn't connect with me but I'll happily share this information […]

There's still an hour until the number ticks over. This evening is dragging. God, I'm so old! I think I'll be glad to goto work on Monday, get some routine back in my life! Cue Monday's toot where I'm grumbling about work! 🤣

I haven't bought anything for myself for Christmas, so far, but Asda had reduced these fluffy trousers to just £7! They're cookie monster, so that's automatically cool. Even better, they're so fluffy and warm, if it's cold, I'm wearing them. They're not just for Christmas!

#nowwatching Tron: Ares (2025) 2nd time around!

"What’s the dumbest way a guy has ruined his chances with you, when it was almost a home-run?" This Reddit thread is unbelievable! (via Redlib - a lovely way to browse Reddit without actually going there) It makes me embarrassed to be male! Here's one example... 😬 "When dinner was wrapping up […]

WTF am I doing wrong. I need to use original Joycons on a Switch 2. Everything says press the little sync button on the Joycons and the LEDs flash to let me know they're ready to connect. The LEDs on the Joycons don't light up at all but yet they work perfectly with their parent switch and […]

Went back on Facebook to search for some cheap Blu-ray players on marketplace. Anyway, that's beside the point, a little scroll off my timeline and I'm presented with this AI slop pretending that there's a new Back to the Future movie. FFS! It was bad enough […] [Original post on mastodon.me.uk]

My wife bought Ring Fit Adventure today to help her back into exercise. Once she got home, she realised she needed the original Switch 1 joycons. Luckily she still has a pair but they're dead. I searched on how to charge them without an original Switch. Several articles suggested the same thing […]