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Ravi Hiranand

@ravi64.com

Hong Kong born and raised. Spent 20+ years covering tech and games and news for CNN, Rest of World, IGN. Liverpool fan. Addicted to video games. Huge Nintendo 64 nerd. Sign up for my free weekly newsletter: ravi64.com (Avatar by @wrenegade.bsky.social)

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why are we doing spotify wrapped for bank accounts. how is this a thing.

07.03.2026 11:22 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0

So pissed off about this honestly

07.03.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Crossplay is an essential read if you're a gamer and a parent, and I am so grateful to Patrick for allowing me to share my story in his amazing newsletter.

06.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Good luck! It’s a tricky line, because as we know kids of that age don’t always mean what they say, so there’s just a lot of trial and error. Hope it works for you!

06.03.2026 19:55 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

These are the 4 things AI can do well:

β€’Clean up your email inbox (badly)
β€’Give my shittiest neighbor (Alan) something to talk about at a party
β€’Tell a 12 yr old to kill himself
β€’Incinerate a school at 10:16 AM on a Tuesday

You can see why we need to base our economy around it

06.03.2026 18:46 πŸ‘ 4591 πŸ” 1000 πŸ’¬ 61 πŸ“Œ 9

Crossplay is an essential read if you're a gamer and a parent, and I am so grateful to Patrick for allowing me to share my story in his amazing newsletter.

06.03.2026 18:59 πŸ‘ 9 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

in america’s bleakest hour, when all seemed lost, one voice rose up to say β€œit’s-a me, i’m-a gonna win”

06.03.2026 18:42 πŸ‘ 79 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2

Thank you so much, this means a lot!

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mario Kart is still our shared game too, especially in team mode so we can race together... though he still wants to be the one that comes first πŸ˜‚

06.03.2026 18:37 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you so much Scott!

06.03.2026 18:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Am I The Problem? I always wanted to play games with my son. But recently, I’ve started to wonder if I’m doing more harm than good.

"I always wanted to play games with my son. But recently, I’ve started to wonder if I’m doing more harm than good." A really great essay from @ravi64.com about how children perform (or don't) when they're around their parents www.crossplay.news/p/playing-po...

06.03.2026 17:19 πŸ‘ 51 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 3
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Google pledges roughly three hours of its annual profit to fight climate change Google and others are committing $100 million to combat climate change.

The perfect headline doesn’t exi…

05.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 7479 πŸ” 2167 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 65
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Yeah I could easily do a second 9, I was annoyed that I didn’t get PokΓ©mon in there (and tried to limit to 1 Mario and 1 Zelda) bsky.app/profile/ravi64…

06.03.2026 06:44 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Everything’s computer I understand why the next Xbox is a PC, but I don’t have to like it.

Xbox confirmed that the next console (Project Helix) is a PC. I get it! It makes sense! But there are real advantages to consoles that people like me really appreciate β€” things I’ll miss from the next Xbox. ravi64.com/xbox-windows-p…

06.03.2026 06:33 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

30 laps in total across both cars for Aston Martin. Alonso 4.933s off and Stroll 6.087s adrift. No time from Perez #F1 #AusGP

06.03.2026 06:04 πŸ‘ 31 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

Always loved the Japanese box art for Ocarina and Majora

05.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

(The 10th would have been Geometry Wars)

05.03.2026 07:17 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

#my9games
my9games.com/s/499465d01294…

05.03.2026 07:16 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

They killed 180 children and their teachers in a double-tap strike on a school. The girls were 7 to 12 years old.

05.03.2026 04:33 πŸ‘ 4377 πŸ” 1807 πŸ’¬ 101 πŸ“Œ 30

lmao

05.03.2026 04:57 πŸ‘ 99 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

A war that isn't a war, documented with videos that may or may not be real, funded by elected leaders who are neither for nor against it, is the most dystopian thing that's happened in my lifetime

05.03.2026 00:59 πŸ‘ 4247 πŸ” 1030 πŸ’¬ 34 πŸ“Œ 31
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05.03.2026 03:31 πŸ‘ 467 πŸ” 64 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
Miyamoto: When pornography escalates, it eventually crosses into the grotesque. I think the world of "hidden secrets" in games has almost reached that same grotesque level. It's reached a point where it isn't measured by common sense anymore. It's just people getting bored and looking for stronger and stronger stimulation. We've hit a wall. When you're at the point where you have no choice but to go "grotesque," you have to start thinking of new ways to use the medium.

Miyamoto: When pornography escalates, it eventually crosses into the grotesque. I think the world of "hidden secrets" in games has almost reached that same grotesque level. It's reached a point where it isn't measured by common sense anymore. It's just people getting bored and looking for stronger and stronger stimulation. We've hit a wall. When you're at the point where you have no choice but to go "grotesque," you have to start thinking of new ways to use the medium.

I BETTER SEE THIS SHIGERU MIYAMOTO QUOTE ALONGSIDE HIS OTHER FAMOUS ONES

02.03.2026 23:23 πŸ‘ 1367 πŸ” 366 πŸ’¬ 19 πŸ“Œ 91
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lol, lmao

04.03.2026 08:22 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This thing should have never existed and that we had to use it is worth mockery, but that it existed at all felt like a miracle at the time.

We didn’t have USB lights or things like that back then, the idea of a small plug-in thing that made the GBC actually playable was incredible.

04.03.2026 06:13 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Imagine making this logo and thinking it was suitable for a product. The 90s were a wild time

04.03.2026 04:45 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 0
Game boy color playing wario land 3 with a worm light

Game boy color playing wario land 3 with a worm light

"hey kids, wanna know why dad's kinda nearsighted?"

04.03.2026 04:16 πŸ‘ 406 πŸ” 94 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 9

polymarket should be beyond illegal. all involved in its creation and upkeep deserve agony for the rest of their days

04.03.2026 03:23 πŸ‘ 608 πŸ” 150 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 4

Oh, hey, I had one of those when I was 10.

03.03.2026 15:47 πŸ‘ 11 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Big like for β€œnot the Chromatic”

03.03.2026 11:53 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0