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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Ravi Hiranand
@ravi64.com
· Aug 19
Grinding through depression
I find it hard to enjoy games when I'm depressed, but they help me claw my way out of the darkness.
ravi64.com
I don't talk about my struggles with depression much, so this was a little hard to write. But we all need ways to cope. I wanted to share how I manage in tough times, and how a very unlikely game helped me claw my way out of the darkness. ravi64.com/grinding-thr...
Pleasantly surprised at the, they actually look great? Proper Twilight Princess vibes to Link, Zelda taking cues from BotW (as is the framing of that first shot). Can't wait to see an actual trailer!
First photos of Link and Zelda in The Legend of Zelda live-action movie released www.vooks.net/first-photos...
November 17, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Pleasantly surprised at the, they actually look great? Proper Twilight Princess vibes to Link, Zelda taking cues from BotW (as is the framing of that first shot). Can't wait to see an actual trailer!
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In Donkey Kong Country 2, it is possible to trap Diddy Kong in a state of eternal horror. Hitting K. Rool with a team-up throw in a specific manner will cause Diddy's eyes to pop out in shock; however, he will never recover and stay in this state until the game is reset.
November 16, 2025 at 5:13 PM
In Donkey Kong Country 2, it is possible to trap Diddy Kong in a state of eternal horror. Hitting K. Rool with a team-up throw in a specific manner will cause Diddy's eyes to pop out in shock; however, he will never recover and stay in this state until the game is reset.
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Full Japan sketchbook
November 16, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Full Japan sketchbook
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This is powerfully embarrassing
November 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
This is powerfully embarrassing
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You can’t spell COP30 without C-3PO
November 16, 2025 at 4:01 AM
You can’t spell COP30 without C-3PO
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![Steve Hogarty @misterbrilliant
[gets olympic tickets to 100m butterfly] Oh my god this will be great. [sees the huge stadium] Oh wow that must be where they keep it.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:k5zurjvwdwxqwpvd4ggk3w76/bafkreihzgag5tcnviy6ohpnaokdl6jbyus6lufcrxk27xbskrzjusvybxu@jpeg)
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Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.
November 15, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Conflating machine learning tools with GenAI and LLMs are such a favorite of these bad faith arguments, too. Like, machines studying X-rays to better understand cancer is not the same thing as Open AI swallowing all my books via piracy to regurgitate sentences that sound similar. It's just not.
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It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
"It was tough to beat Apple, but the Swiss did it." said one administration official.
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How the Swiss convinced Trump to drop tariffs with gifts of a Rolex desk clock and a 1 kg gold bar.
www.axios.com/2025/11/14/t...
How to lobby Trump with Swiss precision: gifts, gold and gab
How the Swiss broke a diplomatic logjam on tariffs by arriving with tributes fit for a king.
www.axios.com
November 15, 2025 at 2:17 PM
It’s wild that you can just openly bribe the President of the United States with chunks of gold to get
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
whatever you want, it’s fine, you don’t have to hide it, just say “I am bribing the President with gold,” zero consequences.
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haven't played a Call of Duty in a while, let's see what they're up to these days
November 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
haven't played a Call of Duty in a while, let's see what they're up to these days
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Sick to my stomach that the President being mixed up with a horrifying global network of pedophiles is considered a 'voter issue' and not something the whole world needs to know about and people need to be prosecuted for.
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
The usual suspects are telling Dems that Epstein won’t win elections, get back to “affordability” and I think my head might explode. www.offmessage.net/p/force-a-re...
Force A Referendum On The Epstein Coverup
It divides Republicans much more than "affordability" or any other economic issue.
www.offmessage.net
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Sick to my stomach that the President being mixed up with a horrifying global network of pedophiles is considered a 'voter issue' and not something the whole world needs to know about and people need to be prosecuted for.
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Only reason anyone would want people to ignore Epstein is if you're involved
Unpopular opinion but I think this might he my favorite Pokémon gen? A fun game that straddled what Pokémon was (route-based) with what it was about to become (open world)
On this day in 2019, 6 years ago, Pokémon Sword & Shield were first released.
These games started the eighth generation of Pokémon and introduced a variety of features and Pokémon and a story following the Galar Gym Challenge
www.serebii.net/swordshield/
These games started the eighth generation of Pokémon and introduced a variety of features and Pokémon and a story following the Galar Gym Challenge
www.serebii.net/swordshield/
November 15, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Unpopular opinion but I think this might he my favorite Pokémon gen? A fun game that straddled what Pokémon was (route-based) with what it was about to become (open world)
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this is the intro cutscene in a game where you make children play soccer
November 14, 2025 at 2:48 AM
this is the intro cutscene in a game where you make children play soccer
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Logging on for six to eight hours of video meetings every weekday
November 13, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Logging on for six to eight hours of video meetings every weekday
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When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
December 21, 2023 at 10:09 PM
When I encounter myself as a different colored cursor because I have the Google Doc open in two tabs
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If you use LLMs, people are laughing at you.
I’m not going to name you publicly, but if you were the speaker who put in the abstract that was so obviously written by ChatGPT it made me groan “Oh, come on” so loud people asked what I was looking at and then they groaned too, you should be almost as embarrassed as the people who accepted it
November 14, 2025 at 4:18 AM
If you use LLMs, people are laughing at you.
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OK, bsky needs the Blue Jackets goal cannon video now because it's very close to Luke's
November 14, 2025 at 3:24 AM
OK, bsky needs the Blue Jackets goal cannon video now because it's very close to Luke's
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JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
JD Vance: "A lot of young people are saying housing is way too expensive. Why is that? Because we flooded the country with 30 million illegal immigrants who were taking houses that ought by right go to American citizens."
November 13, 2025 at 10:54 PM
JD Vance owns a company that buys American real estate and sells it to foreign investors. They specifically target Americans in crisis to buy their property for less than it is worth.
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this cop wanted a shuppet, who is attracted to negative emotion, so he could use it to find people before they commit crimes. first thing it did was go to his wife who reluctantly revealed she’s resentful of how much he works and is never home.
it’s a fucking yakuza substory.
it’s a fucking yakuza substory.
October 18, 2025 at 2:07 PM
this cop wanted a shuppet, who is attracted to negative emotion, so he could use it to find people before they commit crimes. first thing it did was go to his wife who reluctantly revealed she’s resentful of how much he works and is never home.
it’s a fucking yakuza substory.
it’s a fucking yakuza substory.
this is so good. all of the Digital Eclipse gold masters are so good, but this one is really really really so good.
Tetris Forever is one! Having a birthday party for it that's mostly for the parents and it gets a piece of cake to smash up
We released Tetris Forever one year ago today. Play 15+ games, a new game, or scroll through the wonderful documentary.
In a world where games come and go – Tetris is Forever!
https://www.digitaleclipse.com/games/tetrisforever
In a world where games come and go – Tetris is Forever!
https://www.digitaleclipse.com/games/tetrisforever
November 13, 2025 at 7:02 AM
this is so good. all of the Digital Eclipse gold masters are so good, but this one is really really really so good.
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Australians have been joking about drop bears for ages, but as always the reality of Australian wildlife is always going to be be more bizarre than fiction. Drop CROCS???
November 12, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Australians have been joking about drop bears for ages, but as always the reality of Australian wildlife is always going to be be more bizarre than fiction. Drop CROCS???
yes, I want a GabeCube. might be my first actual (non-handheld) gaming PC!
November 12, 2025 at 5:35 PM
yes, I want a GabeCube. might be my first actual (non-handheld) gaming PC!
oh hell yeah Brie Larson
The Super Mario Galaxy Movie - Rosalina voiced by Brie Larson
Bowser Jr. voiced by Benny Safdie
Bowser Jr. voiced by Benny Safdie
November 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
oh hell yeah Brie Larson
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First photo of Peach meeting Rosalina
November 12, 2025 at 2:07 PM
First photo of Peach meeting Rosalina