Matt Q
@mattqueen-official.bsky.social
Just an 80's kid who grew up on a healthy dose of country roads and Atari, writing at https://d1sc0urs.blogspot.com
The grounded realism and high visual fidelity of ROUTINE (even on Series S) really helps add to the suspense and creepiness
January 7, 2026 at 3:59 AM
The grounded realism and high visual fidelity of ROUTINE (even on Series S) really helps add to the suspense and creepiness
In our latest D1SC0URS article, we’re looking at the retro futuristic stylings of Routine and how its grounded environments add to the game’s creepy atmosphere
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Real Terrifying: Routine’s Early 80s Artifacts and Retrofuture Setting Ground its World in Believable Horror
by Matt Q 🎮 A CRT terminal sputters awake. Beige panels scarred by years of fingerprints gleam under flickering fluorescents. A gloved ha...
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January 5, 2026 at 10:49 PM
In our latest D1SC0URS article, we’re looking at the retro futuristic stylings of Routine and how its grounded environments add to the game’s creepy atmosphere
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2026/01/real...
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2026/01/real...
Rolled credits on Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1. Beautiful visuals and audio. Some puzzles are very obtuse and some boss fights were annoying but overall great game.
January 4, 2026 at 4:16 AM
Rolled credits on Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1. Beautiful visuals and audio. Some puzzles are very obtuse and some boss fights were annoying but overall great game.
Not to overstate my case, but I really do think Nintendo worked miracles with the visuals of Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1.
January 3, 2026 at 4:15 AM
Not to overstate my case, but I really do think Nintendo worked miracles with the visuals of Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1.
Latest D1SC0URS article is now live! Looking at Nintendo’s ability to make beautiful games on older hardware, in the context of Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1.
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Beyond Limitations: Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1 Shows Nintendo Can Still Make Beautiful Games on Its Aging Hardware
by Matt Q 🎮 Samus Aran touches down on a forsaken alien world. Her visor hums to life, scanning derelict hulls amid swirling sandstorms a...
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January 3, 2026 at 4:03 AM
Latest D1SC0URS article is now live! Looking at Nintendo’s ability to make beautiful games on older hardware, in the context of Metroid Prime 4 on Switch 1.
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d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2026/01/beyo...
I was lucky enough to get Metroid Prime 4 for Christmas and I got the Switch 1 version since I haven’t purchased a Switch 2 yet. Let me tell you just how damn good Prime 4 looks and plays on the old Switch hardware. It has no business looking that good.
December 25, 2025 at 5:03 PM
I was lucky enough to get Metroid Prime 4 for Christmas and I got the Switch 1 version since I haven’t purchased a Switch 2 yet. Let me tell you just how damn good Prime 4 looks and plays on the old Switch hardware. It has no business looking that good.
And just like that… I’m off on my next adventure. Any idea what game I’m playing?
December 24, 2025 at 5:28 PM
And just like that… I’m off on my next adventure. Any idea what game I’m playing?
My first D1SC0URS article featured the banned Steam game Horses and I just posted a brief clip on TikTok if you’re interested in seeing it in action. Nothing too NSFW.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yPkJj4/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yPkJj4/
Banned on Steam, Horses is a provocative new game with themes of puritanical repression and authoritarian submission but did its ban actually help in the end? Our latest article, “Silenced Stable” exa...
TikTok video by D1SC0URS
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December 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
My first D1SC0URS article featured the banned Steam game Horses and I just posted a brief clip on TikTok if you’re interested in seeing it in action. Nothing too NSFW.
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yPkJj4/
www.tiktok.com/t/ZP8yPkJj4/
Not to waste any time, my second D1SC0URS article is now live! Looking at Double Fine’s Lighthouse epic in the shadow of Xbox’s layoffs and studio closures.
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A Light in Darkness: Keeper Shines as a Beacon of Creativity Under the Shadow of Microsoft’s Studio Eclipse
by Matt Q 🎮 A lighthouse stirs on a forsaken shore. There are no ships left to guide, as humans haven't been seen in centuries. After wh...
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com
December 24, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Not to waste any time, my second D1SC0URS article is now live! Looking at Double Fine’s Lighthouse epic in the shadow of Xbox’s layoffs and studio closures.
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-li...
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2025/12/a-li...
It’s Alive! My very first D1SC0URS article is live!
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Silenced Stable: Did the Attempt to Censor Horses Unintentionally Lead it to Critical Success?
by Matt Q 🎮 Horses is a provocative new game from Italian game production studio Santa Ragione , in partnership with Andrea Lucco Borler...
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com
December 23, 2025 at 4:17 AM
It’s Alive! My very first D1SC0URS article is live!
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2025/12/sile...
d1sc0urs.blogspot.com/2025/12/sile...
My inaugural article for D1SC0URS will feature the banned Steam game Horses. I’m almost finished and I just came across this excellent video from Alanah Pearce that dives into Steam’s problematic ban: youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
Steam needs to be called out for this. (ft. HORSES)
YouTube video by Charalanahzard
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December 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
My inaugural article for D1SC0URS will feature the banned Steam game Horses. I’m almost finished and I just came across this excellent video from Alanah Pearce that dives into Steam’s problematic ban: youtu.be/G-7r9pL0Hqo?...
Games have always been an outlet for me to destress and unwind. Getting the best play kill cam is a nice end to a good session 🤘
October 18, 2025 at 4:17 AM
Games have always been an outlet for me to destress and unwind. Getting the best play kill cam is a nice end to a good session 🤘
My latest article is now live 🤘😎🤘
✨new✨ article: The Rise of AI Might Be Better For The Arts …Than You Think
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The Rise of AI Might Be Better for The Arts ...Than You Think
In a future where AI dominates knowledge work, creative endeavors could be humanity's enduring employment frontier.
open.substack.com
October 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My latest article is now live 🤘😎🤘
So… there’s no believed link between the Captain’s nationality and the accident… yet you specifically call it out in the headline? 🤔 Desperate for views, eh?
The captain of a container ship that struck an oil tanker transporting fuel for the U.S. military on Monday was a Russian citizen, the company that owns that ship said on Wednesday. There was no immediate indication that the captain’s nationality played a role in the crash.
Captain of Ship That Hit North Sea Tanker Is Russian, Company Says
The police in Britain detained the ship’s captain on suspicion of gross negligence after it crashed into an oil tanker that was being operated by the U.S. Navy.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 1:04 PM
So… there’s no believed link between the Captain’s nationality and the accident… yet you specifically call it out in the headline? 🤔 Desperate for views, eh?
This is what innovation looks like at a lot of companies, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
March 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is what innovation looks like at a lot of companies, but it doesn’t have to be this way.
Great story in Wired about the design and execution of Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
The Wild True Story Behind Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime Show
From the start, Kendrick Lamar wanted to turn his life into a video game for his big Super Bowl halftime show. The team tasked with doing that knew what to do—right down to sourcing a vintage GNX.
www.wired.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Great story in Wired about the design and execution of Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
www.wired.com/story/true-s...
😡 At this point it is unacceptable and unconscionable to hold public events in areas that are not secured from vehicle based attacks like this. It doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways attacks could happen, but this is “low hanging fruit” stuff that should be common sense.
January 1, 2025 at 8:58 PM
😡 At this point it is unacceptable and unconscionable to hold public events in areas that are not secured from vehicle based attacks like this. It doesn’t mean there aren’t other ways attacks could happen, but this is “low hanging fruit” stuff that should be common sense.
Critical reading if you aren’t familiar with it already
stackoverflow.com/questions/20...
stackoverflow.com/questions/20...
Year 2038 Bug: What is it? How to solve it?
I was thinking of using TIMESTAMP to store the date+time, but I read that there is a limitation of year 2038 on it. Instead of asking my question in bulk, I preferred to break it up into small part...
stackoverflow.com
December 29, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Critical reading if you aren’t familiar with it already
stackoverflow.com/questions/20...
stackoverflow.com/questions/20...
Check out this recreation of the seminal game DOOM in ChatGPT. Clearly a ways to go, but just think how this could further democratize game development in the future. It could allow “normal” people to create any game they can imagine.
youtu.be/rWYSiqvjgbQ?si…
youtu.be/rWYSiqvjgbQ?si…
December 28, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Check out this recreation of the seminal game DOOM in ChatGPT. Clearly a ways to go, but just think how this could further democratize game development in the future. It could allow “normal” people to create any game they can imagine.
youtu.be/rWYSiqvjgbQ?si…
youtu.be/rWYSiqvjgbQ?si…
Saw the movie AfrAId today on Netflix. (What a fitting holiday movie, right?) Even though the “evil AI” part was ridiculous, I really liked to see the illustrations of the ways AI can help people in the real world. If you can ignore the dumb horror tropes, the rest is pretty cool.
December 25, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Saw the movie AfrAId today on Netflix. (What a fitting holiday movie, right?) Even though the “evil AI” part was ridiculous, I really liked to see the illustrations of the ways AI can help people in the real world. If you can ignore the dumb horror tropes, the rest is pretty cool.
Consider this: if “I could have voted but chose not to” was a presidential candidate, they would have won in a landslide.
A visualization of the razor thin margin of this election.
Of the 244+ million voting-eligible population:
31.5% voted for Trump
30.6% voted for Harris
37.7% did not vote
Popular is not a word that would accurately describe Trump or the MAGA movement.
Of the 244+ million voting-eligible population:
31.5% voted for Trump
30.6% voted for Harris
37.7% did not vote
Popular is not a word that would accurately describe Trump or the MAGA movement.
December 17, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Consider this: if “I could have voted but chose not to” was a presidential candidate, they would have won in a landslide.
The United States can’t allow foreign adversaries to use its freedoms against it to further their own agendas and ultimately work towards its downfall. This should be common sense.
The TikTok ban is often seen as a loss for free speech, Alan Z. Rozenshtein writes. But a federal court "rejected the usual framing of national security versus the First Amendment, and instead cast TikTok itself as the First Amendment villain."
What If Free Speech Means Banning TikTok?
A federal court is floating a new framework for thinking about the First Amendment in the age of social media.
www.theatlantic.com
December 13, 2024 at 1:38 PM
The United States can’t allow foreign adversaries to use its freedoms against it to further their own agendas and ultimately work towards its downfall. This should be common sense.
More awful news coming out about Character.ai where a chatbot allegedly implied that a child should murder their parents over screen time limits. Sounds like it’s time to pull the plug on this one.
www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...
Lawsuit: A chatbot hinted a kid should kill his parents over screen time limits
Two families are suing AI chatbot company Character.AI for allegedly encouraging harm after the kids became emotionally attached to the bots. One chatbot allegedly exposed them to sexualized content.
www.npr.org
December 10, 2024 at 5:02 PM
More awful news coming out about Character.ai where a chatbot allegedly implied that a child should murder their parents over screen time limits. Sounds like it’s time to pull the plug on this one.
www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...
www.npr.org/2024/12/10/n...
Amazing. Glad to see continued advancement like this. How is Skynet ever supposed to make killer robots and exterminate humanity with slow ass computers? 😁
Google said its quantum computer needed less than five minutes to perform a mathematical calculation that one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers could not complete in 10 septillion years, a length of time that exceeds the age of the known universe.
Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough
Google unveiled an experimental machine capable of tasks that a traditional supercomputer could not master in 10 septillion years. (That’s older than the universe.)
www.nytimes.com
December 10, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Amazing. Glad to see continued advancement like this. How is Skynet ever supposed to make killer robots and exterminate humanity with slow ass computers? 😁
I’ve been using the Motion AI app quite a bit recently, and it can generate some impressive (and sometimes creepy) videos. Here’s one example, from a Grok ai generated picture to a moving video using Motion
December 8, 2024 at 6:23 PM
I’ve been using the Motion AI app quite a bit recently, and it can generate some impressive (and sometimes creepy) videos. Here’s one example, from a Grok ai generated picture to a moving video using Motion