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Alex Battaglia

@dachsjaeger

Ray Tracing Radical, Turok Technophile, Crysis Cultist, Motion Blur Menace and PC Police Officer for @Digitalfoundry. Wird auch Hermann genannt.

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This chainsaw appears hazardous. Please report it to us on SaferProducts.gov.

05.03.2026 19:58 πŸ‘ 44 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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*Resident Evil Spoilers*

The Looney Toons chainsaw in Resident Evil Requiem had me belly laughing with how it functions. The gameplay design is so funny. Just watch this shit.

05.03.2026 19:53 πŸ‘ 106 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 3
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What year is it?!?!

05.03.2026 18:45 πŸ‘ 62 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

Hot take, aber das steht nicht im geringsten Widerspruch zu dem was heutzutage als "liberal" gilt.

Jede noch so tumbe, abstoßend menschenfeindliche Meinung ist legitim und muss auf dem "freien Marktplatz der Ideen" debattiert werden.

Wer nicht bereit ist fundamentale

bsky.app/profile/yves...

05.03.2026 11:04 πŸ‘ 15 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€œAlmost all the 165 people killed in the attack were girls aged between seven and 12, according to local officials. There were around 170 girls at the school in southern Iran’s Minab at the time.β€œ

A double-tap strike on little girls at school.

05.03.2026 01:32 πŸ‘ 1872 πŸ” 983 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 69

The game is only like 10 hours long btw. It's okay to have AAA games be that length.

04.03.2026 17:56 πŸ‘ 1248 πŸ” 194 πŸ’¬ 56 πŸ“Œ 16

Disgusting of Merz not to side by SΓ‘nchez in the White House. Talk of making Europe look weak and discredited.

03.03.2026 20:39 πŸ‘ 30 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

In German there is a distinction between American and US-American which is always good to see, read, and use. Like Tuba says, it is respecting the fact that America, the Americas are just a more diverse place of cultures and countries than common parlance typically allows.

03.03.2026 10:55 πŸ‘ 24 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Update: $24,218 is now raised in the raffle to fund a new mobile lab for the Wil Hornets!

Thank you!
Just $2,782 to go!

The offer of 3 raffle tickets for the price of 1 is still openβ€”though the match is running out fast. :)

(raffle ticket and details in the post below)

28.02.2026 16:05 πŸ‘ 95 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 2
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Today on Digital Foundry, our first look at Crimson Desert. The BlackSpace Engine looks exceptionally impressive: rich in features, heavy on RT and running at native 4K 60fps on an RX 7900 XTX on ultra settings: youtu.be/Z0pxsi7FU9g

28.02.2026 15:03 πŸ‘ 141 πŸ” 16 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 4
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πŸ”΄LIVE FROM 6:30PM GMTπŸ”΄ I may have been made redundant but I won't let that ruin a good Friday chaos stream! Join me for a look at the Marathon Server Slam, followed by REPO from 8pm and @PUBG customs from 9:30! Watch here: www.youtube.com/live/lFGivJj... or on twitch.tv/platform32

27.02.2026 18:05 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 7 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 0

Hmm hard to know why it is Not working. I will get Back to you

27.02.2026 11:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The reason for that is die to CPU time stamping being delayed a frame (Game thread Runs at half Speed). But Render thread is fullspeed. As the video Shows, it is Not placebo for the camera and animation Smoothness. It does Not fix frame-time stutters though, as the video mentions.

27.02.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

If he does this, or indeed whatever tack he undoubtably takes to rig the elections in his favour, Vance and his cronies will be watching and taking notes.

26.02.2026 08:49 πŸ‘ 29 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Fund vital drone R&D by helping to raise funds for a new mobile lab for Wild Hornets!

Donate at: linktr.ee/WildHornets

$22555 / $27000 have been raised, so we are just $4445 from the finish line!

Donors can also participate in a raffle (instructions in the quoted post)

26.02.2026 09:22 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 12 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
The Two Weeks When Luigi Died
Last timestamp of a file (gfxmain.c) that has Luigi's code active as part of the program: February 6, 1996
Earliest timestamp of a file (shade.c) that has Luigi's code commented out, signifying he is no longer being developed: February 20, 1996
This means that the idea of including Luigi in Super Mario 64 was abandoned in these two weeks.
-By the way, what happened to Luigi?
Miyamoto: Well... until February, he was in the game. (laughs)
This is also completely consistent with a statement by Shigeru Miyamoto in a June 1996 interview.
Source: x.com user @Alieneer_TF2, shmuplations.com/mario64

The Two Weeks When Luigi Died Last timestamp of a file (gfxmain.c) that has Luigi's code active as part of the program: February 6, 1996 Earliest timestamp of a file (shade.c) that has Luigi's code commented out, signifying he is no longer being developed: February 20, 1996 This means that the idea of including Luigi in Super Mario 64 was abandoned in these two weeks. -By the way, what happened to Luigi? Miyamoto: Well... until February, he was in the game. (laughs) This is also completely consistent with a statement by Shigeru Miyamoto in a June 1996 interview. Source: x.com user @Alieneer_TF2, shmuplations.com/mario64

According to internal files and interviews, Luigi has been part of Super Mario 64 for 85% of its development time. New insights from development data allow us to narrow down when exactly he was abandoned, being the two weeks between February 6, 1996 and February 20, 1996.

25.02.2026 19:11 πŸ‘ 3005 πŸ” 731 πŸ’¬ 44 πŸ“Œ 33

Doing a factory reset I guess!

25.02.2026 10:18 πŸ‘ 47 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 0

This is Not Beta Firmware - Just normal current Public facing one actually

25.02.2026 10:04 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you Zabo ,- I am hoping it works Out too

25.02.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Ps5 pro keeps failing the Update - kinda StΓΌck in Safe Mode. Any ideas?

25.02.2026 09:59 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1

🫠🫠🫠 surreal ! Always !!

25.02.2026 08:47 πŸ‘ 90 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0

Community Member Atlash made a drag and drop activation of this modification to give smoother camera/animation movement. It is now on the PC Gaming Wiki!

community.pcgamingwiki.com/files/file/3...

24.02.2026 10:59 πŸ‘ 132 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Today marks four years since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Over a thousand days of fighting, six million refugees abroad, and tens of thousands killed.

We honor those who gave their lives, thank those who fight on, and continue to believe in victory.
Glory to Ukraine.

24.02.2026 10:14 πŸ‘ 395 πŸ” 86 πŸ’¬ 8 πŸ“Œ 2
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NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more NVIDIA have multiple job listings available for Linux developers - this could be your chance to improve Linux gaming if you have the skills.

NVIDIA hiring Linux driver engineers to help with Vulkan, Proton and more
#NVIDIA #Linux

23.02.2026 10:54 πŸ‘ 193 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 8

Help fund Wild Hornets Mobile Lab II and participate in their raffle!🐝

Next $1,200 in raffle donations = 3 entries for the price of 1, thanks to a generous match from @base1172.bsky.social

πŸ‘‰$10 = 3 tix
πŸ‘‰Donate: linktr.ee/WildHornets

Fund drone R&D!

23.02.2026 09:32 πŸ‘ 94 πŸ” 32 πŸ’¬ 3 πŸ“Œ 2

We had a chance to contribute to this amazing book series with two articles and even a cover image. I hope everyone enjoys reading this book as much as we enjoyed writing it!

20.02.2026 07:46 πŸ‘ 35 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, β€˜If it can happen to me, i...

Again, I cannot emphasize enough: do not go to the US even if you're privileged enough to have never been scared or worried of a border crossing in you're life. Do not go ESPECIALLY for something as optional & outrageously expensive as GDC.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

21.02.2026 15:38 πŸ‘ 1487 πŸ” 665 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 14
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Flexispot E7 Plus Review: Recovering From Injury With A Standing Desk A personal review from Alex.

A personal review from Alex on re-adjusting his working environment to better cope with - and to recover from - a serious back injury: www.digitalfoundry.net/features/fle...

20.02.2026 14:46 πŸ‘ 138 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 15 πŸ“Œ 1
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Have I somehow managed to fix Jedi Survivor on PC? In this video I return to the troubled PC Version to explain how it still stutters to this day and a potential fix I found that quite dramatically helps the issue. Enjoy this vid!
youtu.be/QpF25_fGLB4

20.02.2026 17:34 πŸ‘ 113 πŸ” 11 πŸ’¬ 6 πŸ“Œ 1