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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My favorite games of 2025
Clair Obscur, Donkey Kong Bananza and a perfectly absurd game to top the list.
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Because I don’t believe in doing this until the absolute last moment — there’s more than 11 months in a year, Spotify Wrapped — here’s my top 10 games of 2025! ravi64.com/2025-favorit...
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There honestly cannot be a satire cutting enough to make fun of Americans. What the fuck do you mean the highest colonial ideal you could imagine was a parking lot with McDonald's on both sides
January 9, 2026 at 10:39 AM
There honestly cannot be a satire cutting enough to make fun of Americans. What the fuck do you mean the highest colonial ideal you could imagine was a parking lot with McDonald's on both sides
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So mad at myself for thinking “six seven!!” while watching this on mute 😬😬
Frey: "This notion of inflammatory comments -- c'mon guys. I dropped an F bomb, they killed someone. Which one of those is more inflammatory? I'm going with the killing somebody."
January 9, 2026 at 4:54 PM
So mad at myself for thinking “six seven!!” while watching this on mute 😬😬
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The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
We've analysed this video of the shooting of Renee Nicole Good yesterday in Minneapolis frame-by-frame to highlight the positioning of the gun and phone in the ICE agent's hands.
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
Video: @minnesotareformer.com with annotations by Bellingcat
January 9, 2026 at 1:19 PM
The evidence is increasingly pointing to the probability that an ICE agent killed a woman after misreading her as a threat because he was distracted by his simultaneous effort to record her so he could upload her image to a facial recognition database.
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I don't know why any of yall have been using Substack at all, but do note I do keep tabs on those you using that.
Can you all stop using Substack already? If you were mad about Bari Weiss becoming editor-in-chief of CBS News, why are you willing to hand over actual substantial support — your time, money, and energy — to the platform that literally partnered with her in December? www.theverge.com/2024/12/17/2...
Substack partners with Bari Weiss to launch an ‘enterprise offering’ website builder.
[Link: The new media, powered by Substack | https://on.substack.com/p/the-new-media-powered-by-substack? | on.substack.com]
This expansion is described as capable of supporting a “fully-fledged ...
www.theverge.com
January 9, 2026 at 8:08 AM
I don't know why any of yall have been using Substack at all, but do note I do keep tabs on those you using that.
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In 2D Mario platformers, Mario can either crouch or slide, but is denied the ability to sit in place. However, with a specific setup in Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario will come to rest in a sliding animation, finally allowing him to simply sit.
January 9, 2026 at 3:54 PM
In 2D Mario platformers, Mario can either crouch or slide, but is denied the ability to sit in place. However, with a specific setup in Super Mario Bros. 3, Mario will come to rest in a sliding animation, finally allowing him to simply sit.
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happy anniversary of christopher columbus mistaking manatees for mermaids and complaining about how mid they were
January 9, 2026 at 12:34 PM
happy anniversary of christopher columbus mistaking manatees for mermaids and complaining about how mid they were
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Bradley off in a stretcher. Martinelli could have made a serious injury worse. Strong case for the FA to step in with a punishment of some kind.
January 8, 2026 at 9:58 PM
Bradley off in a stretcher. Martinelli could have made a serious injury worse. Strong case for the FA to step in with a punishment of some kind.
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Bradley likely did his knee and Martinelly threw the ball at him and then pushed him off the pitch. Both whilst Bradley was down in great pain.
Fucking prick.
Fucking prick.
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Bradley likely did his knee and Martinelly threw the ball at him and then pushed him off the pitch. Both whilst Bradley was down in great pain.
Fucking prick.
Fucking prick.
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Martinelli, the league’s premier injury faker, pushing a guy who’s down injured. lol
January 8, 2026 at 9:52 PM
Martinelli, the league’s premier injury faker, pushing a guy who’s down injured. lol
Absolute scum. Arsenal have some really lovely, likable players.
They also have Gabriel Martinelli.
They also have Gabriel Martinelli.
Fuck you, Martinelli. Fuck you.
January 8, 2026 at 9:53 PM
Absolute scum. Arsenal have some really lovely, likable players.
They also have Gabriel Martinelli.
They also have Gabriel Martinelli.
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interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
January 8, 2026 at 7:41 PM
interesting! here's a video i took yesterday of federal agents ramming community members with their car
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Hasbro's GIJoe Classified Series Legacy Action Police Officer is an incredibly versatile figure that you can plug in to just about any action figure display.
October 31, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Hasbro's GIJoe Classified Series Legacy Action Police Officer is an incredibly versatile figure that you can plug in to just about any action figure display.
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People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it:
January 8, 2026 at 7:25 PM
People Magazine is incredibly clear eyed about ICE being a terrorist organization. I’ll probably buy a subscription because of it:
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John Carmack continues to be a giant disappointment. Romero is King of Doom Johns.
January 8, 2026 at 11:31 AM
John Carmack continues to be a giant disappointment. Romero is King of Doom Johns.
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Kinda sucks how one day you’ll post stuff like “does the Grinch use the toilet?” and then the next it has to be “I reject those who worship death”
January 7, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Kinda sucks how one day you’ll post stuff like “does the Grinch use the toilet?” and then the next it has to be “I reject those who worship death”
One of the odd things about the Switch 2 design is that the colored bits on the edge of the Joy-Cons are supposed to match up with the colored bits inside the Switch 2, but that stops working when the Joy-Cons get different colors like this
Nintendo just announced new light purple and light green Joy Con 2 controllers are coming 2/12 via Nintendo Today! Surely to time up with Pikmin 5 which will introduce light green Pikmin.
January 8, 2026 at 12:40 PM
One of the odd things about the Switch 2 design is that the colored bits on the edge of the Joy-Cons are supposed to match up with the colored bits inside the Switch 2, but that stops working when the Joy-Cons get different colors like this
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AOC has the unnerving habit of saying exactly what happened.
Raju: The Speaker and others have said that this driver was weaponizing her vehicle.
AOC: Their editorializing of this event to justify a public murder is disgusting. It is horrifying. Watch it for yourself and make that assessment for yourself on which of these leaders are lying to you.
AOC: Their editorializing of this event to justify a public murder is disgusting. It is horrifying. Watch it for yourself and make that assessment for yourself on which of these leaders are lying to you.
January 8, 2026 at 1:34 AM
AOC has the unnerving habit of saying exactly what happened.
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In non-gaming news, here are some pics I took in LA last year
January 8, 2026 at 4:31 AM
In non-gaming news, here are some pics I took in LA last year
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Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
January 7, 2026 at 10:14 PM
Google the video & see for yourself.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
This is not law enforcement. This is murder.
Sickening.
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........ do not give the evil owned theft machine your medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
OpenAI launches ChatGPT Health, encouraging users to connect their medical records
But it’s “not intended for diagnosis or treatment.”
buff.ly
January 7, 2026 at 9:48 PM
........ do not give the evil owned theft machine your medical records
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After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
January 7, 2026 at 8:22 PM
After posting on the White House website just yesterday that Ashli Babbit was "murdered in cold blood," the administration states that the victim of the ICE shooting in Minnesota was justifiably killed as a "domestic terrorist."
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"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
ICE agents stopped by protesters after the shooting an observer in Minneapolis, according to witnesse. ICE deployed pepper spray and tear gas.
January 7, 2026 at 5:25 PM
"You gonna murder someone else? You can't kill us all, Nazis."
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It's nothing everyone doesn't already know, but ICE/CBP guys know they can do whatever they want. They're the absolute dregs of the Violence Worker Community, not trained for anything like what they're doing, out of their depth, all that. But it starts with them knowing they won't face consequences.
January 7, 2026 at 7:07 PM
It's nothing everyone doesn't already know, but ICE/CBP guys know they can do whatever they want. They're the absolute dregs of the Violence Worker Community, not trained for anything like what they're doing, out of their depth, all that. But it starts with them knowing they won't face consequences.
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Exactly one Allied combat fatality happened in Greenland during World War II, and he was a Danish soldier on patrol killed in a firefight with a German weather station crew.
Ogles: "It's important that we have a stake in Greenland, that they are quite frankly a protectorate of the US. They've been in relationship with Denmark - that needs to end. We've spilled more blood protecting Greenland than the Danes... we are the dominant predator force in the Western Hemisphere"
January 7, 2026 at 1:20 PM
Exactly one Allied combat fatality happened in Greenland during World War II, and he was a Danish soldier on patrol killed in a firefight with a German weather station crew.
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January 7, 2026 at 4:05 PM