John Linneman
@dark1x.bsky.social
Video Editor + Senior Staff Writer for
Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
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Digital Foundry and creator of DF Retro! Open to contract work!
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First of multiple Xbox 360 projects is here! Check it out.
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
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November 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
First of multiple Xbox 360 projects is here! Check it out.
Gigantic amount of Black Ops 7 copies under the shelves not including the ones actually on the shelves.
November 22, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Gigantic amount of Black Ops 7 copies under the shelves not including the ones actually on the shelves.
Here’s the first take on the A3D - we’re also planning a DF Retro Super Show Special on it going into some additional things. I also took a bunch of extra shots that didn’t end up being used in the article so I’ll post them here! Check out the review below on our new site!
November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Here’s the first take on the A3D - we’re also planning a DF Retro Super Show Special on it going into some additional things. I also took a bunch of extra shots that didn’t end up being used in the article so I’ll post them here! Check out the review below on our new site!
This is some crushing news to wake up to. What an incredibly talented, kind person. Truly a legend. RIP
Saddened to hear that Rebecca Heineman has passed away. She was a true legend and all my interactions with her were insightful, fun and inspiring. A true one of a kind. RIP Burger Becky.
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
This is some crushing news to wake up to. What an incredibly talented, kind person. Truly a legend. RIP
Episode 2 of the Super Show is live! Check it out either on YouTube or various podcast services.
DF Retro Super Show's second episode is now live, with the latest retro news followed by an in-depth discussion on the retro games whose graphics and visual effects still look great today: youtu.be/SQGJKuldZcA
DF Retro Super Show #2: Retro Graphics/Visual Effects That Still Impress Today
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
November 16, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Episode 2 of the Super Show is live! Check it out either on YouTube or various podcast services.
How curious. I finally opened up my launch 360 which red ringed in 2008. Inside I’ve found a bunch of capacitors that seem to have blown which seems separate to the usual red ring issue. Wonder what’s up with that?
November 14, 2025 at 2:36 PM
How curious. I finally opened up my launch 360 which red ringed in 2008. Inside I’ve found a bunch of capacitors that seem to have blown which seems separate to the usual red ring issue. Wonder what’s up with that?
New Valve hardware finally announced and I think it looks amazing. The new headset feels like it could possibly replace the Quest 3 - more powerful and no Facebook account needed. The GabeCube is just a gorgeous little box that seems reasonably powered.
www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Steam Machine and Steam Frame: What You Need to Know
And, for now, what we wish we knew.
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 12, 2025 at 6:05 PM
New Valve hardware finally announced and I think it looks amazing. The new headset feels like it could possibly replace the Quest 3 - more powerful and no Facebook account needed. The GabeCube is just a gorgeous little box that seems reasonably powered.
www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
The DF Retro Super Show should now be available on all your favorite (or non-favorite) podcast sources! New episodes coming this weekend!
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DF Retro Super Show
Hobbies Podcast · Updated Weekly · The DF Retro Super Show sees Digital Foundry's John Linneman teaming up with friends and colleagues Audi Sorlie, Coury Carlson and Marc 'Try4ce' Duddelson to discuss...
podcasts.apple.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The DF Retro Super Show should now be available on all your favorite (or non-favorite) podcast sources! New episodes coming this weekend!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...
Yeah, I recommend picking this up immediately. It's a fantastic take on Lumines and probably my favorite version since the PSP original. Gorgeous visuals, great music and sound and excellent VR.
Lumines Arise out now, $35.99 on Steam (10% off launch discount) buff.ly/EVvaMXv
$39.99 US PSN buff.ly/H7Ut3jc
My quick impressions: Enjoying it overall with the Tetris Effect flavor, challenge mode levels has interesting varied mechanics (one level only drops pieces on the music beat)
1/2
$39.99 US PSN buff.ly/H7Ut3jc
My quick impressions: Enjoying it overall with the Tetris Effect flavor, challenge mode levels has interesting varied mechanics (one level only drops pieces on the music beat)
1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Yeah, I recommend picking this up immediately. It's a fantastic take on Lumines and probably my favorite version since the PSP original. Gorgeous visuals, great music and sound and excellent VR.
I think it’s no coincidence that the most successful Xbox console launched with a numbered Ridge Racer. Just saying.
November 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I think it’s no coincidence that the most successful Xbox console launched with a numbered Ridge Racer. Just saying.
As two popular launch titles, the gulf in quality and playability between Halo Combat Evolved on Xbox and Call of Duty 2 on 360 is so vast. Halo absolutely decimates COD2 in retrospect and it’s not even close in my book. COD2 has aged horribly - Halo remains a classic.
November 8, 2025 at 2:36 PM
As two popular launch titles, the gulf in quality and playability between Halo Combat Evolved on Xbox and Call of Duty 2 on 360 is so vast. Halo absolutely decimates COD2 in retrospect and it’s not even close in my book. COD2 has aged horribly - Halo remains a classic.
I still love this little thing for quick gaming sessions.
November 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I still love this little thing for quick gaming sessions.
We have a new website as of today! All the old content and lots of new stuff on the way. Give it a look!
Proud and excited to share that the new Digital Foundry website is live - please do check it out at www.digitalfoundry.net. Read our opening post about what we're doing and why: www.digitalfoundry.net/news/2025/11...
Digital Foundry
Digital Foundry was founded in 2004 and specialises in technical analysis of video games and hardware, using our own bespoke tools for frame-rate analysis – covering everything from console, PC and be...
www.digitalfoundry.net
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
We have a new website as of today! All the old content and lots of new stuff on the way. Give it a look!
You know what's up
November 6, 2025 at 10:52 AM
You know what's up
I believe this actually showed up on Xbox much like the, uh, bootleg versions of Wipeout that I covered lol
A banging soundtrack and chaotic racing with the bravest helicopter pilots willing to fly into tunnels to follow the race.
📺: Burning Road, Toka, PS1, 1996
📺: Burning Road, Toka, PS1, 1996
November 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
I believe this actually showed up on Xbox much like the, uh, bootleg versions of Wipeout that I covered lol
I just like CRTs, what can I say?
November 5, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I just like CRTs, what can I say?
I'm convinced that Xbox today would be in a different place if Kinect had never become a thing. This was the point when things started to go off the rails.
For better or for worse, The Xbox Kinect was released 15 years ago today.
November 4, 2025 at 11:25 AM
I'm convinced that Xbox today would be in a different place if Kinect had never become a thing. This was the point when things started to go off the rails.
Working on an Unreal video - when using modern renderers, has anyone managed to achieve the current sky color? It’s always wrong compared to the original 3DFX renderer.
November 3, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Working on an Unreal video - when using modern renderers, has anyone managed to achieve the current sky color? It’s always wrong compared to the original 3DFX renderer.
Hmm, my Hucard copy of PC Genjin 2 (Bonk's Revenge) is suddenly not working even with cleaning. Just garbage tiles on screen...that's concerning. Has anyone had any failures with PC Engine Hucards before?
November 2, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Hmm, my Hucard copy of PC Genjin 2 (Bonk's Revenge) is suddenly not working even with cleaning. Just garbage tiles on screen...that's concerning. Has anyone had any failures with PC Engine Hucards before?
First episode of the DF Retro Super Show is out! This is our new retro focused podcast that will sit alongside DF Direct Weekly with episodes hitting twice a month! First one focuses on the launch of PlayStation 2. Be sure to give it a look!
When Digital Foundry went independent, one of the new things we wanted to do was a brand-new retro podcast. Thanks to the massive efforts of John and his friends, the DF Retro Super Show goes live today, revisiting the launch of PlayStation 2. youtu.be/DqtLH0MOkgI
*NEW* DF Retro Super Show #1: PlayStation 2 25th Anniversary - Launch Titles Revisted
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
First episode of the DF Retro Super Show is out! This is our new retro focused podcast that will sit alongside DF Direct Weekly with episodes hitting twice a month! First one focuses on the launch of PlayStation 2. Be sure to give it a look!
In case you missed it, a new episode of DF Retro dropped yesterday! While the new bar is featured it’s mainly focused on the originals.
DF Retro returns! In the wake of the recently remastered Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4, John revisits the originals, the ports - and the legacy. youtu.be/jbRCG8tfkiM
DF Retro: Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3+4 - The Original Games, The Ports, The Modern Version, The Legacy
YouTube video by Digital Foundry
youtu.be
November 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
In case you missed it, a new episode of DF Retro dropped yesterday! While the new bar is featured it’s mainly focused on the originals.
I had the urge to fire up Halo MCC on my PC and it’s been 20 minutes of account jail as it just refuses to let me in. I have now given up. F*** this nonsense.
October 31, 2025 at 8:33 PM
I had the urge to fire up Halo MCC on my PC and it’s been 20 minutes of account jail as it just refuses to let me in. I have now given up. F*** this nonsense.
Marcus?!
October 31, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Marcus?!
We're starting a proper DF Retro podcast called 'The DF Retro Super Show'! View the full announcement within! We'll have guests but main cast includes myself, @pc98audi.bsky.social and both Coury and Marc from @mylifeingaming.bsky.social! First ep next week!
youtu.be/FZLio3AN4fY?...
youtu.be/FZLio3AN4fY?...
October 27, 2025 at 4:42 PM
We're starting a proper DF Retro podcast called 'The DF Retro Super Show'! View the full announcement within! We'll have guests but main cast includes myself, @pc98audi.bsky.social and both Coury and Marc from @mylifeingaming.bsky.social! First ep next week!
youtu.be/FZLio3AN4fY?...
youtu.be/FZLio3AN4fY?...