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Senior editor @thedrive.com | Talk on @extendti.me and @silentdiscographer.com podcasts

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a weird mockup of Cher as the star of a first party PS2 game like Primal or something. i don't remember, this was from years ago on twitter, i found it while digging through a folder of photoshop files labeled "_SHITPOSTS", so

a weird mockup of Cher as the star of a first party PS2 game like Primal or something. i don't remember, this was from years ago on twitter, i found it while digging through a folder of photoshop files labeled "_SHITPOSTS", so

Everyone relax, I'll fix this

(ports Cher to the PS2)

05.03.2026 22:26 πŸ‘ 25 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

But it will β€œlead in performance”

05.03.2026 21:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Unless it's a "Project Gotham Racing" leave me out of it

05.03.2026 20:38 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, and friends perform R.E.M.’s Life’s Rich Pageant in Philadelphia.

Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy, and friends perform R.E.M.’s Life’s Rich Pageant in Philadelphia.

Hope despite the times

05.03.2026 02:14 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Hard to believe everything is crumbling when this is what our collective future's been staked on

04.03.2026 17:25 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
04.03.2026 13:49 πŸ‘ 2708 πŸ” 752 πŸ’¬ 27 πŸ“Œ 20

NPUs *required?* I’ve never been so happy to be locked out of an update lol

04.03.2026 03:46 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I forgot until just now you still can’t stream FutureEmbrace or Zeitgeist lol

04.03.2026 03:32 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Olive Garden 64

03.03.2026 10:30 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

I did this the very first time I wrote about the old one. I didn’t understand why the C would be on its own and not the R. Why does it even have a hyphen in the first place, the RAV4 doesn’t?

28.02.2026 01:20 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Back then though they had big greenhouses and low front ends. This is more brick-like. The way front wheel arches are now, tooβ€”jacked up super high for, I’d guess, the most suspension travelβ€”doesn’t help. I’m not sure why but they weren’t like that 20, 30 years ago.

27.02.2026 16:42 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Is this a Mega64 video lmao

27.02.2026 16:06 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I really think this looks pretty awful as a rally car, though WRC cars haven't looked good for a decade IMO. Everything is too tall and stubby with really unappealing box fenders now.

I didn't know you could make flared arches look bad, but they found a way.

27.02.2026 16:04 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I fucking love this one what are you even talking about catch up man

27.02.2026 12:05 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

And my friend Dre tells me he doesn’t care about racing games! Interesting!!!!!

27.02.2026 11:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Wave Race 64 - Announcer voice clips (SFX collection)
Wave Race 64 - Announcer voice clips (SFX collection) YouTube video by Vuusteri

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PsYv...

24.02.2026 15:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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What Driving Every Old Prelude Can Tell Us About the New One The new Honda Prelude isn't a normal sports coupe, but neither were its predecessors. They were definitely all memorable, though.

I drove one for the first time last month. What a wonderful car. This was the point when the Prelude reached its potential and kind of became what it's remembered as being today, IMO. My late aunt had the same one, a third-gen.

24.02.2026 15:22 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is the only VB game I have actually had a hard time physically playing. Even Red Alarm, which I thought would be an absolute disaster for my eyes, has been fairly comfortable.

24.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Late to the discourse, but Innsmouth no Yakata is exactly my type of horror game: Creepy but not, like, scary to the point I can't play it.

My biggest issue is that I can only either focus on the reticle or the distance; whatever I'm not looking at is crossed. Messing with IPD doesn't fix it.

24.02.2026 15:18 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Wait could this actually……be good???

24.02.2026 06:12 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Orange is my favorite color but weirdly this time around I went non-Pro for the first time since they became a thing and I’m pretty happy with the result

24.02.2026 06:08 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
A photo of an Atari Jaguar console with the logo replaced with the car company Jaguar's new logo, which looks a bit naff.

A photo of an Atari Jaguar console with the logo replaced with the car company Jaguar's new logo, which looks a bit naff.

And I was disappointed at Atari's rebranding efforts. History used to mean something, dammit.

22.12.2024 04:09 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
An ad for a musical called Burnout Paradise

An ad for a musical called Burnout Paradise

Not sure about this Burnout Paradise remake

22.02.2026 17:23 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Exclusive: Clippy explains what he knows about Microsoft's big Xbox shakeup The Microsoft veteran speaks out amid chaos at Xbox

Today’s chaotic shakeups at Xbox are sure to leave a lot of anxious gamers with a lot of questions. To help find some clear answers, I sat down with a Microsoft veteran who has a track record of helping users understand the company’s products. www.polygon.com/microsoft-xb...

20.02.2026 23:12 πŸ‘ 346 πŸ” 83 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 8
Gavin Rossdale walks through the crowd while singing at a Bush concert.

Gavin Rossdale walks through the crowd while singing at a Bush concert.

Gavin Rossdale, now closer to the camera, continues to walk through the crowd while singing at a Bush concert.

Gavin Rossdale, now closer to the camera, continues to walk through the crowd while singing at a Bush concert.

This man is 60 and he still goes into the crowd

21.02.2026 04:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Eva 01 shit goes hard I'm cool w it

20.02.2026 21:37 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
The logo for SEGA's NAOMI arcade system.

The logo for SEGA's NAOMI arcade system.

The logo for SEGA's Nomad handheld.

The logo for SEGA's Nomad handheld.

The Japanese logo for the SEGA Mega Drive.

The Japanese logo for the SEGA Mega Drive.

The PAL logo for the SEGA Dreamcast.

The PAL logo for the SEGA Dreamcast.

SEGA sub-branding appreciation post.

12.06.2025 12:39 πŸ‘ 491 πŸ” 85 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 2

Behold the beauty of the Crazy Taxi arcade map, one of the most genius levels designed for any video game ever

19.02.2026 02:37 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I swear, that opening riff to Rusty Cage set to motorcycles doing donuts is maybe the most potent endorphin hit my brain knows

19.02.2026 01:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Driveclub still catching strays even though I’d still take it over almost every racing game released since without question

18.02.2026 15:09 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0