Daryl Baxter
@darylbaxter.com
👨👧 Dad
📚 The Making of Tomb Raider: Part II - out 2026!
✍️ Freelance writer & author
🚐 Running Springboard — a newsletter and a copywriting business with no AI
📬 [email protected]
📚 The Making of Tomb Raider: Part II - out 2026!
✍️ Freelance writer & author
🚐 Running Springboard — a newsletter and a copywriting business with no AI
📬 [email protected]
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Daryl Baxter
@darylbaxter.com
· Oct 17
I'm Daryl, a freelance writer, author and podcaster.
My newsletter, called Springboard, is all about gaming, apps, health, my books, and more.
darylbaxter.com/springboard/
I also host PAL KEYS, a gaming interview podcast.
palkeys.buzzsprout.com
You can reach me here: [email protected]
My newsletter, called Springboard, is all about gaming, apps, health, my books, and more.
darylbaxter.com/springboard/
I also host PAL KEYS, a gaming interview podcast.
palkeys.buzzsprout.com
You can reach me here: [email protected]
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Reposted by Daryl Baxter
A pleasure to work with @darylbaxter.com on this! Despite the byline, this was all him.
www.escapistmagazine.com/fortnite-ani...
www.escapistmagazine.com/fortnite-ani...
From Simpsons to South Park, here are the best animated comedy crossovers in Fortnite history
With plenty of animated crossovers having featured in Fortnite, we’re ranking five of the best.
www.escapistmagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:33 PM
A pleasure to work with @darylbaxter.com on this! Despite the byline, this was all him.
www.escapistmagazine.com/fortnite-ani...
www.escapistmagazine.com/fortnite-ani...
Looking forward to reading this.
Resurrection especially.
Resurrection especially.
My book of later this year, Aliens: The Video Games, features over 20 new interviews, complementing archive details and firsthand experience of (re)playing the games.
Among the games with new, exclusive interviews content:
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
Alien: Isolation
Among the games with new, exclusive interviews content:
Aliens
Alien 3
Alien Resurrection
Alien: Isolation
January 12, 2026 at 5:36 PM
Looking forward to reading this.
Resurrection especially.
Resurrection especially.
Can’t help but think: if Charizard was available on its own, it’d be a sell out.
LEGO Pokemon up for preorder at LEGO Store:
Pikachu and Poké Ball ($199.99) buff.ly/2Mg4cGo
Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise ($649.99) buff.ly/1iEkjZn
Eevee ($59.99) buff.ly/jDfsYCj #ad
purchases include free GWP Kanto Region Badge Collection
Pikachu and Poké Ball ($199.99) buff.ly/2Mg4cGo
Venusaur, Charizard and Blastoise ($649.99) buff.ly/1iEkjZn
Eevee ($59.99) buff.ly/jDfsYCj #ad
purchases include free GWP Kanto Region Badge Collection
January 12, 2026 at 2:52 PM
Can’t help but think: if Charizard was available on its own, it’d be a sell out.
An absolute treat to work with @lloydcoombes.bsky.social again - just like the old days.
And more are coming!
And more are coming!
A pleasure to work with @darylbaxter.com on this! Despite the byline, this was all him.
www.escapistmagazine.com/fortnite-ani...
www.escapistmagazine.com/fortnite-ani...
From Simpsons to South Park, here are the best animated comedy crossovers in Fortnite history
With plenty of animated crossovers having featured in Fortnite, we’re ranking five of the best.
www.escapistmagazine.com
January 12, 2026 at 2:42 PM
An absolute treat to work with @lloydcoombes.bsky.social again - just like the old days.
And more are coming!
And more are coming!
Fantastic Patreon for a fantastic site.
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January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Fantastic Patreon for a fantastic site.
This year’s AGDQ has been great throughout.
Need to attend someday.
Need to attend someday.
January 10, 2026 at 11:45 PM
This year’s AGDQ has been great throughout.
Need to attend someday.
Need to attend someday.
Still enjoying Letterboxd.
boxd.it/cyVC4V
boxd.it/cyVC4V
A ★★½ review of The Irishman (2019)
I remember looking forward to this for so long. And then feeling lots of disappointment once the credits rolled. Way too long, and the de-aging effects don’t come across well at all. Big ‘Star Trek XI...
boxd.it
January 10, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Still enjoying Letterboxd.
boxd.it/cyVC4V
boxd.it/cyVC4V
Wild to me that it’s been 10 years since Bowie passed.
youtu.be/iuDJue0r2G8?...
youtu.be/iuDJue0r2G8?...
David Bowie - Queen Bitch (Live) [Official Video] [HD]
YouTube video by David Bowie
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Wild to me that it’s been 10 years since Bowie passed.
youtu.be/iuDJue0r2G8?...
youtu.be/iuDJue0r2G8?...
I always forget how to transform Link back to normal at the start of Majora’s Mask, so this is incredible to watch.
youtu.be/SIjhOlmF-DM?...
youtu.be/SIjhOlmF-DM?...
The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask Blindfolded by Bubzia in 52:20 - Awesome Games Done Quick 2026
YouTube video by Games Done Quick
youtu.be
January 10, 2026 at 2:08 PM
I always forget how to transform Link back to normal at the start of Majora’s Mask, so this is incredible to watch.
youtu.be/SIjhOlmF-DM?...
youtu.be/SIjhOlmF-DM?...
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You may have seen reports swimming around claiming that X finally restricted the Grok deepfake/undressing features behind a paid subscription.
That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
No, Grok hasn’t paywalled its deepfake image feature
X’s sexual deepfake machine is still running, despite Grok saying otherwise.
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM
You may have seen reports swimming around claiming that X finally restricted the Grok deepfake/undressing features behind a paid subscription.
That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
That simply isn't true. Not even close. www.theverge.com/news/859309/...
Tomb Raider 3:
Pick.
Nevada.
First.
Pick.
Nevada.
First.
people over 30 quote this with some life advice for the rest of us?
January 9, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Tomb Raider 3:
Pick.
Nevada.
First.
Pick.
Nevada.
First.
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Now that we're firmly in 2026, I've got pitches I want to talk to you about! If you're looking for feature pieces, opinion pieces, news and reviews, I'm looking too! Shares appreciated, email is [email protected]
a close up of a cartoon character , pikachu , with his tongue out .
ALT: a close up of a cartoon character , pikachu , with his tongue out .
media.tenor.com
January 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
Now that we're firmly in 2026, I've got pitches I want to talk to you about! If you're looking for feature pieces, opinion pieces, news and reviews, I'm looking too! Shares appreciated, email is [email protected]
The weekend will be spent playing Majora's Mask 3D - because I am now fully back in the Nintendo DS/3DS era.
January 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM
The weekend will be spent playing Majora's Mask 3D - because I am now fully back in the Nintendo DS/3DS era.
Stumbled across this:
Stu Atkinson and Nathan McCree being recorded for something during Tomb Raider 2’s development.
youtu.be/yVFyZ2IVHpo?...
Stu Atkinson and Nathan McCree being recorded for something during Tomb Raider 2’s development.
youtu.be/yVFyZ2IVHpo?...
Inside Core Design Studio In 1997
YouTube video by This Week In Gaming
youtu.be
January 8, 2026 at 7:59 PM
Stumbled across this:
Stu Atkinson and Nathan McCree being recorded for something during Tomb Raider 2’s development.
youtu.be/yVFyZ2IVHpo?...
Stu Atkinson and Nathan McCree being recorded for something during Tomb Raider 2’s development.
youtu.be/yVFyZ2IVHpo?...
This film will be about Ewoks.
Because Endor is near to a *star* system, and many of them are *fighters*.
You’re welcome
Because Endor is near to a *star* system, and many of them are *fighters*.
You’re welcome
Deeply funny to me that we know so little about Star Wars: Starfighter at the moment, but every time we DO learn something it makes it seem like the movie has, in fact, very little to do with starfighters at all
January 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
This film will be about Ewoks.
Because Endor is near to a *star* system, and many of them are *fighters*.
You’re welcome
Because Endor is near to a *star* system, and many of them are *fighters*.
You’re welcome
I’ve not seen my son become so immersed in a handheld like the 3DS.
As soon as I switched on the 3D, that was it.
Can’t help but think Nintendo has unfinished business here.
As soon as I switched on the 3D, that was it.
Can’t help but think Nintendo has unfinished business here.
January 8, 2026 at 2:31 PM
I’ve not seen my son become so immersed in a handheld like the 3DS.
As soon as I switched on the 3D, that was it.
Can’t help but think Nintendo has unfinished business here.
As soon as I switched on the 3D, that was it.
Can’t help but think Nintendo has unfinished business here.
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Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
January 8, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Bluesky community! This is my official NYC mayor account. I’ll be posting updates on what’s happening at City Hall and how we’re delivering for New Yorkers. It’s great to be here.
Currently emailing and messaging a few. It's been good to catch up with some, as well as meet new folk.
Also - mock reviews is something I'd love to get into for 2026.
If this is you, let's chat!
Also - mock reviews is something I'd love to get into for 2026.
If this is you, let's chat!
This is less of an 'I'm more free for freelance opportunities' post. It's more of an 'I'm going to be messaging/emailing you soon about whether I can help' post.
Because, let's be honest, the former barely does anything.
Hope to chat soon!
Because, let's be honest, the former barely does anything.
Hope to chat soon!
January 8, 2026 at 11:27 AM
Currently emailing and messaging a few. It's been good to catch up with some, as well as meet new folk.
Also - mock reviews is something I'd love to get into for 2026.
If this is you, let's chat!
Also - mock reviews is something I'd love to get into for 2026.
If this is you, let's chat!
Sometimes, you should celebrate the wins, especially in a world where it feels like it rarely happens.
Today, I’m celebrating. Lots of good things coming it turns out.
Never stop.
Today, I’m celebrating. Lots of good things coming it turns out.
Never stop.
January 7, 2026 at 4:57 PM
Sometimes, you should celebrate the wins, especially in a world where it feels like it rarely happens.
Today, I’m celebrating. Lots of good things coming it turns out.
Never stop.
Today, I’m celebrating. Lots of good things coming it turns out.
Never stop.
Bortposting nails it again
January 7, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Bortposting nails it again
Ashes to Ashes.
Wrapped both shows up in an hour.
Wrapped both shows up in an hour.
Given that apparently the Stranger Things finale was meh (idk, didn't watch it, just the scuttlebutt) and we're not that far removed from the disastrous GOT finale that retroactively made everyone have never cared about the show:
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
What's the *best* ending to a show you've ever seen? Quote/reply etc
January 6, 2026 at 11:18 PM
Ashes to Ashes.
Wrapped both shows up in an hour.
Wrapped both shows up in an hour.
What a shame how broken Polygon's site has become.
From countless ads and a huge 'here are our other brands', to this
From countless ads and a huge 'here are our other brands', to this
January 6, 2026 at 5:46 PM
What a shame how broken Polygon's site has become.
From countless ads and a huge 'here are our other brands', to this
From countless ads and a huge 'here are our other brands', to this