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John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social

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Part of @digitalfoundry crew! Creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work! 日本語でもOK。日本語の会話相手を探しているんですけど、チャットしたいなら声をかけてください!Also worked on @ArzetteGame!

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As an aside to this thread, which covers caveats with frame-generation, shots like this demonstrate why I think Uncharted 4 still looks contemporary. Yeah, it's pre-calculated lighting but it's still so very pretty and the game is very consistent across its run-time!

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I couldn’t resist covering this remarkable conversion. These guys really managed to bring GTA3 to the Dreamcast in its entirety. A stunning achievement.

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Testing more of the NEC XM29 CRT, I love how 240p presents on this thing. Other multi-format monitors I've tested capable of 480p and up tend to suffer a bit with lower resolutions but this just looks amazing.

Testing more of the NEC XM29 CRT, I love how 240p presents on this thing. Other multi-format monitors I've tested capable of 480p and up tend to suffer a bit with lower resolutions but this just looks amazing.
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Today on Digital Foundry, John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social reviews the last Wii U to Switch port we'll see - and it's excellent. Here's our review of Xenoblade Chronicles X: Definitive Edition. youtu.be/x6miwExra3o

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Today on Digital Foundry, hands-on with Doom: The Dark Ages - gameplay impressions and a look at new idTech engine features! youtu.be/1VawgKaIfbg

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Oh, you can see me in the background there. I got to chat with Aya san and Hosoe san as well, which was fantastic as a Ridge Racer fan.

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What this guy doesn’t know is that actually making these games run as poor as they do on Switch when played on a Switch 2 is actually much more difficult than simply allowing them to run faster. Just due to the nature of how BC will function on Switch 2.

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みんな、久しぶりじゃん!この歌、カラオケで歌える人いる?できれば録音して共有してね!😏 まあるい 緑の 山の手線 まんなか とおるは 中央線 新宿 西口 駅の前 カメラは ヨドバシカメラ 若者 集まる 新宿に うれしい カメラの 店がある ビデオも 時計も 揃ってる ビデオも ヨドバシカメラ

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DF Retro returns! John Linneman @dark1x.bsky.social celebrates the return of Tokyo Xtreme Racer by looking back at the series history in a special episode produced in Tokyo itself, opening the door to some real life comparisons! youtu.be/5-jSCC5szmQ

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Here's another even more robust test from Hardware Unboxed - the numbers are actually even worse coming in around 30ms making it only slightly faster than a PSP-1000. I'd love for them to attempt some sort of overdrive and see if it can be corrected. youtube.com/watch?v=AB67B8…

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I may or may not have been a bad influence (depending on perspective) but I think this turned out amazing! We did some of it together and then Alex finished it off himself.

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Evevn crazier numbers on the Switch 2 screen. ...but for those curious and unable to notice it, I have a test for you to try. Download the Taiko no Tatsujin demo - it's free. While playing, try to focus your eyes on the notes as they scroll and you'll see it.

Evevn crazier numbers on the Switch 2 screen.

...but for those curious and unable to notice it, I have a test for you to try. Download the Taiko no Tatsujin demo - it's free. While playing, try to focus your eyes on the notes as they scroll and you'll see it.
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I had to take some time to check this out...so I decided to introduce Oliver to System Shock 2. The results...were a lot funnier than I expected. Check it out.

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Another great video from Monitors Unboxed here. The Ally X uses overdrive and achieves 8.4ms response time suggesting that, indeed, overdriving the Switch 2 LCD could massively boost clarity. Tim's numbers suggest Deck LCD=Switch 1 - ~50% fast vs S2. youtube.com/watch?v=oKFYGv…

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Not the kind of game you’d expect on DF necessarily but one I was dying to check out. This collection is amazing in ways that such collections usually are not. Salamander III is also a worthy sequel. 有限会社エムツー and Konami nailed it.

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We have navigated the halls of big corpo and made it to the other side! DF is fully independent right now. Gonna be challenging but it should let us do more of what we want to do!