Nicholas De Leon
@nicholasadeleon.bsky.social
Tech journalist, mostly covering PC and WiFi stuff at Consumer Reports. Native New Yorker who left NYC for the beautiful Arizona desert. Retro gaming forever. Frasier is the best TV show.
Not something you see every day: a coyote at your water dish! Usually it's just birds and rabbits here lol. #arizona #wildlife #photography
December 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Not something you see every day: a coyote at your water dish! Usually it's just birds and rabbits here lol. #arizona #wildlife #photography
I have an old Nvidia RTX 2080 Super and 3080 Ti that have a combined 20GB of RAM. I guess I'm rich now?
December 17, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I have an old Nvidia RTX 2080 Super and 3080 Ti that have a combined 20GB of RAM. I guess I'm rich now?
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It's the most wonderful time of the year - Steam Replay 2025 is now available!
Take a trip down memory lane and see how many games you played, how much you played per month, and many more fun stats for the year.
Check out yours (login required): store.steampowered.com/replay
#SteamReplay
Take a trip down memory lane and see how many games you played, how much you played per month, and many more fun stats for the year.
Check out yours (login required): store.steampowered.com/replay
#SteamReplay
December 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
It's the most wonderful time of the year - Steam Replay 2025 is now available!
Take a trip down memory lane and see how many games you played, how much you played per month, and many more fun stats for the year.
Check out yours (login required): store.steampowered.com/replay
#SteamReplay
Take a trip down memory lane and see how many games you played, how much you played per month, and many more fun stats for the year.
Check out yours (login required): store.steampowered.com/replay
#SteamReplay
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Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
I think it's nice when concept art shows the evolution of people's creative processes instead of a prompt, but what do I know
December 16, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Early Access and the way they managed their community across all their updates helped humanize that team in ways that only helped Baldur’s Gate 3, weird for the studio to be so willing to throw all that goodwill away.
The @gog.com version of Resident Evil 2 modded with RE:Enhance. I had no idea this mod existed until a few hours ago but it's incredible. @dark1x.bsky.social
Full mod link: www.moddb.com/mods/reenhan...
Full mod link: www.moddb.com/mods/reenhan...
December 13, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The @gog.com version of Resident Evil 2 modded with RE:Enhance. I had no idea this mod existed until a few hours ago but it's incredible. @dark1x.bsky.social
Full mod link: www.moddb.com/mods/reenhan...
Full mod link: www.moddb.com/mods/reenhan...
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Let's do this: Digital Foundry's Best Graphics of 2025 is now live: youtu.be/nZ7pc4M-Uuk
Digital Foundry's Best Game Graphics of 2025 - PC/PS5/Xbox/Switch 2 - Another Amazing Year
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
December 13, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Let's do this: Digital Foundry's Best Graphics of 2025 is now live: youtu.be/nZ7pc4M-Uuk
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We're swiftly moving towards the winter holidays - so why not step back and take a look at the history of snow rendering across the decades of PC gaming? youtu.be/j3fLyhOm7X8 #Sponsored
December 11, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We're swiftly moving towards the winter holidays - so why not step back and take a look at the history of snow rendering across the decades of PC gaming? youtu.be/j3fLyhOm7X8 #Sponsored
Mentally I'm here
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Mentally I'm here
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Tim Cain, one of the creators of the original Fallout video game, has rejoined Xbox studio Obsidian Entertainment to work on a mystery project. https://bit.ly/44IYiKx
December 5, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Tim Cain, one of the creators of the original Fallout video game, has rejoined Xbox studio Obsidian Entertainment to work on a mystery project. https://bit.ly/44IYiKx
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Creative Assembly has announced Total War: Medieval 3, the next mainline game in its strategy series. https://bit.ly/4rEucSf
December 4, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Creative Assembly has announced Total War: Medieval 3, the next mainline game in its strategy series. https://bit.ly/4rEucSf
Thanking the YouTube gods this morning for recommending this *incredible* smooth jazz rendition of the classic Resident Evil soundtracks! @cvxfreak.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czat...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czat...
Resident Evil 2, 3 & 4 🩸 Smooth Jazz🎷
YouTube video by heavymachinegun 2
www.youtube.com
December 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanking the YouTube gods this morning for recommending this *incredible* smooth jazz rendition of the classic Resident Evil soundtracks! @cvxfreak.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czat...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=czat...
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Rome: Total War – Collection, SHOGUN: Total War™ – Collection, Medieval: Total War™ – Collection, and Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition are all joining our catalog, as well as the GOG Preservation Program!
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4rUnXtZ
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4rUnXtZ
December 4, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Rome: Total War – Collection, SHOGUN: Total War™ – Collection, Medieval: Total War™ – Collection, and Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition are all joining our catalog, as well as the GOG Preservation Program!
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4rUnXtZ
Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4rUnXtZ
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Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 - the Digital Foundry video review. Simply superb: youtu.be/uhVJ_P6dzFg
December 2, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Metroid Prime 4 on Nintendo Switch 2 - the Digital Foundry video review. Simply superb: youtu.be/uhVJ_P6dzFg
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Final Fantasy X was "ultimate perfection" says the creator of Dragon Quest. https://bit.ly/3XU2gw2
November 27, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Final Fantasy X was "ultimate perfection" says the creator of Dragon Quest. https://bit.ly/3XU2gw2
It was rainy and quite chilly all last week and now all I want to do is play Skyrim.
November 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It was rainy and quite chilly all last week and now all I want to do is play Skyrim.
Giving serious consideration to buying the Seinfeld 4K release and spending a weeking ripping the discs to have on my Plex server.
November 23, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Giving serious consideration to buying the Seinfeld 4K release and spending a weeking ripping the discs to have on my Plex server.
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It's the 20th anniversary of Xbox 360's arrival and today we're reliving the launch day experience by unboxing an original two-decade-old, untouched Xbox 360 Core System. And yes, you'll get to see the day one 'Blades' experience... on a CRT, of course: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY
DF Retro: Xbox 360 20th Anniversary - Unboxing An Untouched Launch Console!
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 4:08 PM
It's the 20th anniversary of Xbox 360's arrival and today we're reliving the launch day experience by unboxing an original two-decade-old, untouched Xbox 360 Core System. And yes, you'll get to see the day one 'Blades' experience... on a CRT, of course: youtu.be/Bf3jMl1kwXY
Going to build my own "Steam Machine" with a combo of old and new parts.
Old: My 2080 Super from 2019, a random 1TB SSD from my junk drawer, and my current gaming PC's 7800X3D (upgrading to a 9800X3D)
New: Fractal Terra, Corsair PSU, RAM, cooler
Neat!
Old: My 2080 Super from 2019, a random 1TB SSD from my junk drawer, and my current gaming PC's 7800X3D (upgrading to a 9800X3D)
New: Fractal Terra, Corsair PSU, RAM, cooler
Neat!
November 21, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Going to build my own "Steam Machine" with a combo of old and new parts.
Old: My 2080 Super from 2019, a random 1TB SSD from my junk drawer, and my current gaming PC's 7800X3D (upgrading to a 9800X3D)
New: Fractal Terra, Corsair PSU, RAM, cooler
Neat!
Old: My 2080 Super from 2019, a random 1TB SSD from my junk drawer, and my current gaming PC's 7800X3D (upgrading to a 9800X3D)
New: Fractal Terra, Corsair PSU, RAM, cooler
Neat!
"I always feel actually sorry for the people who feel compelled to type these letters on a keyboard, personally attacking developers and publishers and going after people. It's kind of sad."
Great work from @eurogamer.bsky.social
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of...
Great work from @eurogamer.bsky.social
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of...
"This is not a phase that teenage boys go through" - legendary Xbox boss Peter Moore on how Microsoft made Xbox 360 "a cultural phenomenon"
Yesterday, we published part one of our interview with former Xbox 360 boss Peter Moore, where he talked about the crea…
www.eurogamer.net
November 20, 2025 at 9:23 PM
"I always feel actually sorry for the people who feel compelled to type these letters on a keyboard, personally attacking developers and publishers and going after people. It's kind of sad."
Great work from @eurogamer.bsky.social
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of...
Great work from @eurogamer.bsky.social
www.eurogamer.net/the-story-of...
I did this exact thing a few weeks ago. I even went one step further by hardwiring the Steam Deck into my router for 99.9% flawless in-home streaming via Sunshine and Moonlight. Great experience! (I will still probably buy a Steam Machine lol.)
www.pcworld.com/article/2971...
www.pcworld.com/article/2971...
DIY Steam Machine: How I turned my Steam Deck into a gaming console
Until the new Steam Machine arrives, this Steam Deck setup for my TV is more than enough to tide me over.
www.pcworld.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:02 PM
I did this exact thing a few weeks ago. I even went one step further by hardwiring the Steam Deck into my router for 99.9% flawless in-home streaming via Sunshine and Moonlight. Great experience! (I will still probably buy a Steam Machine lol.)
www.pcworld.com/article/2971...
www.pcworld.com/article/2971...
A few days ago I wrote a big story on all these new "AI browsers" like ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet. I personally find them to be at most interesting and at worst pointless but YMMV.
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
Should You Use an AI Browser Like ChatGPT Atlas? - Consumer Reports
AI browsers like Atlas, Perplexity Comet, and CoPilot Mode in Microsoft Edge can be fun, and they promise convenience. But there are downsides to AI browsers.
www.consumerreports.org
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A few days ago I wrote a big story on all these new "AI browsers" like ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity Comet. I personally find them to be at most interesting and at worst pointless but YMMV.
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...
www.consumerreports.org/electronics/...