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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My favorite games of 2025
Clair Obscur, Donkey Kong Bananza and a perfectly absurd game to top the list.
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Because I don’t believe in doing this until the absolute last moment — there’s more than 11 months in a year, Spotify Wrapped — here’s my top 10 games of 2025! ravi64.com/2025-favorit...
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it’s stupid to not use ai just because it can induce psychosis and generate child porn. it’s like saying you’re hungry when there’s a hot dog on the ground outside that induces psychosis and generates child porn
January 2, 2026 at 4:10 PM
it’s stupid to not use ai just because it can induce psychosis and generate child porn. it’s like saying you’re hungry when there’s a hot dog on the ground outside that induces psychosis and generates child porn
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went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
January 2, 2026 at 2:16 PM
went back and grabbed the full video of her intro. absolutely incredible
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌🇮🇹🍝👩🍳🤌
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What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
The parents of the first baby born in 2026 in this county outside Baltimore got their name ideas from ChatGPT. Hudson Oakley Winkler.
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
www.baltimoresun.com/2026/01/01/c...
ChatGPT named Carroll County’s first-born baby in 2026
The first baby born in Carroll County in 2026 was named with help from ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence chatbot.
www.baltimoresun.com
January 2, 2026 at 3:22 PM
What amazes me is how quickly people are losing either the confidence or the willingness to complete basic human tasks.
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You'll never guess why they closed! It was sold to a private equity firm (not mentioned until paragraph 7, of course)
After 20 years of shaping American dessert culture, Sprinkles has officially closed all of its stores nationwide, marking the end of a brand that not only helped spark but also outlasted the U.S. cupcake craze. https://wapo.st/4sh0Dqd
January 2, 2026 at 3:50 PM
You'll never guess why they closed! It was sold to a private equity firm (not mentioned until paragraph 7, of course)
Nadella wanting everyone to stop talking about AI slop seems like a really good reason for everyone to keep talking about AI slop www.theverge.com/news/852630/...
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella is now blogging about AI slop
Nadella doesn’t want to argue about AI slop anymore
www.theverge.com
January 2, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Nadella wanting everyone to stop talking about AI slop seems like a really good reason for everyone to keep talking about AI slop www.theverge.com/news/852630/...
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you know what I’ll take the next bus, thanks
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 AM
you know what I’ll take the next bus, thanks
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Because I don’t believe in doing this until the absolute last moment — there’s more than 11 months in a year, Spotify Wrapped — here’s my top 10 games of 2025! ravi64.com/2025-favorit...
My favorite games of 2025
Clair Obscur, Donkey Kong Bananza and a perfectly absurd game to top the list.
ravi64.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Because I don’t believe in doing this until the absolute last moment — there’s more than 11 months in a year, Spotify Wrapped — here’s my top 10 games of 2025! ravi64.com/2025-favorit...
I genuinely don't understand how Arne Slot went from a guy who consistently changed games for the better with his subs to a guy who consistently makes the game worse with his subs. Baffling. #LFC
January 1, 2026 at 7:13 PM
I genuinely don't understand how Arne Slot went from a guy who consistently changed games for the better with his subs to a guy who consistently makes the game worse with his subs. Baffling. #LFC
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just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Bob and I were among the hundreds of researchers that were supposed to conduct the 6th U.S. National Climate Assessment. Now it looks like they're gonna produce it with a few people and Grok? Communities need rigorous and accurate information about climate change. This will put communities at risk.
January 1, 2026 at 7:11 AM
just so it's clear: this is the exact core function of genAI
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
Fascist government and climate deniers love it because it can produce the aesthetics of knowledge without any actual tendency towards truth. It is automated denialism.
Shame on every climate scientist promoting its use (there are lots)
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like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
uhhh yeah I can see why these childcare properties weren't eager to let in some rando dudes asking "where are the kids?"
January 1, 2026 at 2:49 PM
like 75% of dem messaging right now should be “the party led by epsteins best friend is breaking into pre-k childcare centers so they can record your toddlers and put the videos on internet”
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hell yeah Chelsea is briefing now and it is spectacular
"In addition, he has increasingly avoided wearing club tracksuits, opting instead for his own clothing." www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
"In addition, he has increasingly avoided wearing club tracksuits, opting instead for his own clothing." www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Enzo Maresco: Why Chelsea manager is really under pressure
Chelsea boss Enzo Maresca needs results to improve but issues off the pitch are adding to the pressure, BBC Sport's Nizaar Kinsella explains.
www.bbc.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:54 PM
hell yeah Chelsea is briefing now and it is spectacular
"In addition, he has increasingly avoided wearing club tracksuits, opting instead for his own clothing." www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
"In addition, he has increasingly avoided wearing club tracksuits, opting instead for his own clothing." www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
Because I don’t believe in doing this until the absolute last moment — there’s more than 11 months in a year, Spotify Wrapped — here’s my top 10 games of 2025! ravi64.com/2025-favorit...
My favorite games of 2025
Clair Obscur, Donkey Kong Bananza and a perfectly absurd game to top the list.
ravi64.com
December 31, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Because I don’t believe in doing this until the absolute last moment — there’s more than 11 months in a year, Spotify Wrapped — here’s my top 10 games of 2025! ravi64.com/2025-favorit...
One of my favorite newsletters out there, can’t recommend Hit Points enough
A brief selection of things I wrote and liked this year, all now paywall-free. There'll be much more free stuff coming in 2026, but if you subscribe RIGHT NOW you get 50% off your first three months.
First, a tribute to the late, great Tomonobu Itagaki newsletter.hitpoints.co/341-itagaki-...
First, a tribute to the late, great Tomonobu Itagaki newsletter.hitpoints.co/341-itagaki-...
December 31, 2025 at 2:10 PM
One of my favorite newsletters out there, can’t recommend Hit Points enough
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Today is the last day that you can repost this image
December 31, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Today is the last day that you can repost this image
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Ravi’s newsletter is great!
Hello new followers! I'm Ravi, I used to cover games and tech (and other things!) for CNN, IGN, GameSpot and many others. I write a free newsletter now about those things that you can find right here: ravi64.com
Ravi 64
Free weekly newsletter with insights and observations on games and gadgets from a veteran tech writer.
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December 30, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Ravi’s newsletter is great!
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1. Cool to see that the Indy boulder is just a big balloon
2. Horrifying to see how little resistance one person can offer against one big balloon
2. Horrifying to see how little resistance one person can offer against one big balloon
December 31, 2025 at 6:16 AM
1. Cool to see that the Indy boulder is just a big balloon
2. Horrifying to see how little resistance one person can offer against one big balloon
2. Horrifying to see how little resistance one person can offer against one big balloon
Hello new followers! I'm Ravi, I used to cover games and tech (and other things!) for CNN, IGN, GameSpot and many others. I write a free newsletter now about those things that you can find right here: ravi64.com
Ravi 64
Free weekly newsletter with insights and observations on games and gadgets from a veteran tech writer.
ravi64.com
December 30, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Hello new followers! I'm Ravi, I used to cover games and tech (and other things!) for CNN, IGN, GameSpot and many others. I write a free newsletter now about those things that you can find right here: ravi64.com
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I've waited 3 years to make this post
December 30, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I've waited 3 years to make this post
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This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 30, 2025 at 4:21 AM
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
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This is the games writer equivalent of that guy who does reload animations with vacuums
December 23, 2025 at 4:25 PM
This is the games writer equivalent of that guy who does reload animations with vacuums
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Everyone makes fun of Apple for siri being boring but it understands “turn light on” and “pause song” and I’d rather it do that consistently than fuck it up 35% of the time while pretending it’s my friend.
December 23, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Everyone makes fun of Apple for siri being boring but it understands “turn light on” and “pause song” and I’d rather it do that consistently than fuck it up 35% of the time while pretending it’s my friend.
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Titanfall 2's campaign is nothing short of a masterpiece, and what a gift it was for all of us.
Such heart, incredible design, impeccable mechanics.
Nearly ten years later it more than holds up, it remains arguably the pinnacle of the genre.
If you've never played it, please do so.
Such heart, incredible design, impeccable mechanics.
Nearly ten years later it more than holds up, it remains arguably the pinnacle of the genre.
If you've never played it, please do so.
December 23, 2025 at 1:09 AM
Titanfall 2's campaign is nothing short of a masterpiece, and what a gift it was for all of us.
Such heart, incredible design, impeccable mechanics.
Nearly ten years later it more than holds up, it remains arguably the pinnacle of the genre.
If you've never played it, please do so.
Such heart, incredible design, impeccable mechanics.
Nearly ten years later it more than holds up, it remains arguably the pinnacle of the genre.
If you've never played it, please do so.
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Whether you're a STAR WARS fan or just a model builder, this new X-wing deep dive is outstanding.
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www.ilm.com/how-to-build...
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www.ilm.com/how-to-build...
How to Build an X-wing: 50 Years After ILM Completed Its First ‘Star Wars’ Model
Take an extensive deep dive into ILM’s creation of the original X-wing fighter miniatures for Star Wars: A New Hope.
www.ilm.com
December 23, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Whether you're a STAR WARS fan or just a model builder, this new X-wing deep dive is outstanding.
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www.ilm.com/how-to-build...
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I remeber getting a call at CAA, from a very upset Vince and Jason. “Bobby is trying to take away the team’s royalty. Can you help?” It was such a hard time, and they were so strong for their team. He deserves better than this. It’s so sad.
I remeber getting a call at CAA, from a very upset Vince and Jason. “Bobby is trying to take away the team’s royalty. Can you help?” It was such a hard time, and they were so strong for their team. He deserves better than this. It’s so sad.
Vince Zampella, video game developer behind 'Call of Duty' franchise, killed in mountain road crash
Vince Zampella is the former CEO of video game developers Infinity Ward, the studio behind the wildly successful "Call of Duty" franchise.
www.nbclosangeles.com
December 22, 2025 at 7:51 PM
www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/v...
I remeber getting a call at CAA, from a very upset Vince and Jason. “Bobby is trying to take away the team’s royalty. Can you help?” It was such a hard time, and they were so strong for their team. He deserves better than this. It’s so sad.
I remeber getting a call at CAA, from a very upset Vince and Jason. “Bobby is trying to take away the team’s royalty. Can you help?” It was such a hard time, and they were so strong for their team. He deserves better than this. It’s so sad.